NSWRFL 1969

Round 9

South Sydney Rabbitohs 16 def. Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 4

NSWRFL 1969
Round 9
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
16
4 Manly Warringah
Sea Eagles
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12656
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 24th May, 1969
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Ernie Cook
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 24,710
Match Stats
Halftime Score 13 4
Scrums 11 11
Penalties 8 12
Souths Scoresheet Manly
Ray BRANIGHAN T    
Alan HEILER      
John O'NEILL      
Paul SAIT      
 
Eric SIMMS 2/7 G 2 Bob BATTY
Souths Teams Manly
Eric SIMMS 1 FB 1 Bob BATTY
Alan HEILER 2 W 2 Danny GOUGH
Keith EDWARDS 3 C 3 John McDONALD
Ray BRANIGHAN 4 C 4 Alec TENNANT
Brian JAMES 5 W 5 Les HANIGAN
 
Ivan JONES 6 FE 6 Bob FULTON (c)
Bob GRANT 7 HB 7 Dennis WARD
 
Paul SAIT 8 L 10 Bill BRADSTREET
Bob MOSES (c) 9 2R 9 Peter PETERS
Alan SCOTT 10 2R 15 John MORGAN
John O'NEILL 11 FR 11 Mick VEIVERS
George PIGGINS 12 HK 12 Fred JONES
Jim MORGAN 13 FR 13 Bill HAMILTON
 
Dennis LEE 24 B 24 John BUCKNALL
    B 49 Tony ANTUNAC
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   George HUNTER
   
 

Team Info

Souths

Previous Game:
Round 8 vs. St George
Next Game:
Round 10 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Bob Honan (centre), Greg Norgard (centre), Denis Pittard (five-eighth), John Sattler (front row), Elwyn Walters (hooker), Kerry Burke (bench)
In:
Keith Edwards (centre), Ray Branighan (centre), Ivan Jones (five-eighth), Jim Morgan (front row), Dennis Lee (bench)
Changes:
George Piggins (bench to hooker)

Manly

Previous Game:
Round 8 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Round 10 vs. Canterbury
Out:
Frank Stanton (centre), Allan Thomson (second row), Rob Cameron (lock)
In:
John McDonald (centre), John Morgan (second row), Bill Bradstreet (lock), John Bucknall (bench), Tony Antunac (bench)

Match Notes

Souths decided to rest all their Australian players selected for NZ tour, Manly played theirs.

Rob Cameron withdrew following Thursday night training and was replaced by John Morgan in the 2nd row and Bradstreet moving to lock.

Alan Scott retired at halftime and was replaced by Lee.

John Morgan injured his leg after 16 mins and was replaced by John Bucknell who was then forced to retire at halftime and replaced by Antunac. Antunac then dislocated his shoulder with 12 mins remaining and retired from the game.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash