Channel Ten Challenge Cup 1978

Final

North Sydney Bears 23 def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 14

Info On Record

Champions
North Sydney Bears
No. Of Teams
8
No. Of Games
7
No. Of Players
128

Final

Channel Ten Challenge Cup 1978
Final
North Sydney
Bears
23
14 South Sydney
Rabbitohs
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27594
Status Completed
Date Friday, 15th September, 1978
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Denis Braybrook
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Crowd 2,500
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 14
North Sydney Scoresheet South Sydney
Peter CRAIG T Gary KNIGHT
Pat CUDMORE   John PEEK
Bruce FOYE      
Tony QUIRK      
John VANDENBERG      
 
Peter SCHOFIELD 4 G 4/4 Eric FERGUSON
 
Russell HUNTER OFF    
North Sydney Teams South Sydney
Tony QUIRK 1 FB 1 Eric FERGUSON
John VANDENBERG 2 W 2 Gary KNIGHT
Peter SCHOFIELD 3 C 3 Robert LAURIE
Keith HARRIS 4 C 4 John BERNE
John ADAM 5 W 5 Terry FAHEY
 
Pat CUDMORE 6 FE 6 Gary WRIGHT
Peter CRAIG 7 HB 7 Bob McMILLAN
 
Lee COOPER 8 L 8 Trevor BARNES
Russell HUNTER 9 2R 9 Darrell BAMPTON (c)
Glen BOATSWAIN 10 2R 10 Paul SAIT
Don McKINNON 11 FR 11 John PEEK
Bruce FOYE 12 HK 12 Ken STEWART
Bill HAMILTON (c) 13 FR 13 Harry BRYANT
 
Kevin WILSON 14 B 14 Joe SQUADRITO
Gary FRAZIER 15 B 15 Arthur KITINAS
Gordon WEST 16 B 16 Nathan GIBBS
Jeff SIMONS 17 B 17 Peter TUNKS
 
Bill HAMILTON   HC   Jack GIBSON
   
 

Team Info

North Sydney

Previous Game:
Channel Ten Challenge Cup 1978 - Semi Final vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
Ken Potter (bench)
In:
Keith Harris (centre)
Changes:
Gordon West (centre to bench)

South Sydney

Previous Game:
Channel Ten Challenge Cup 1978 - Semi Final vs. Balmain
Next Game:
n/a
Changes:
Peter Tunks (front row to bench), Arthur Kitinas (hooker to bench), Ken Stewart (bench to hooker), Harry Bryant (bench to front row)

Match Notes

Russell Hunter was sent off in the 2nd quarter for an incident in back play.

This was reported as the biggest crowd of the tournament.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin