NSWRFL 1969

Round 16

South Sydney Rabbitohs 31 def. Eastern Suburbs Roosters 4

NSWRFL 1969
Round 16
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
31
4 Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12699
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 12th July, 1969
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Holman (Melbourne)
Venue Redfern (Sydney)
Crowd 12,799
Match Stats
Halftime Score 4 7
Scrums 17 13
South Sydney Scoresheet Eastern Suburbs
Ray BRANIGHAN 2 T    
Ron COOTE      
Alan HEILER      
Denis PITTARD      
 
Eric SIMMS 4/9 G 2 Terry BAWDEN
 
Eric SIMMS 3 FG    
Bob HONAN      
South Sydney Teams Eastern Suburbs
Eric SIMMS 1 FB 1 Terry BAWDEN
Brian JAMES 2 W 2 Bill MULLINS
Bob HONAN 3 C 3 John BRASS
Ray BRANIGHAN 4 C 4 Ron SADDLER (c)
Alan HEILER 5 W 5 Les HAYES
 
Denis PITTARD 6 FE 6 Bruce AYSHFORD
Bob GRANT 7 HB 7 Kevin JUNEE
 
Ron COOTE 8 L 8 Barry REILLY
Bob MOSES 9 2R 9 Kevin ASHLEY
Bob McCARTHY 10 2R 22 Graham MAYHEW
John O'NEILL 11 FR 11 Jim HALL
Elwyn WALTERS 12 HK 12 Peter MOSCATT
John SATTLER (c) 13 FR 26 Trevor FANNING
 
    B 16 Alan GILL
    B 19 John PEARD
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Louis NEUMANN
   
 

Team Info

South Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 15 vs. Western Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 17 vs. Parramatta
Out:
Michael Cleary (wing), Arthur Branighan (centre)
In:
Ray Branighan (centre), Alan Heiler (wing)

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 15 vs. Cronulla
Next Game:
Round 17 vs. Penrith
Out:
Johnny Mayes (halfback), John Walker (front row)
In:
Kevin Junee (halfback), Trevor Fanning (front row), Alan Gill (bench), John Peard (bench)

Match Notes

Mike Cleary suffering from a slight groin strain was replaced by Brian James in the South team following Thursday training.

Easts lost Louis Neumann with a back injury & John Walker with an ankle problem they were replaced by Graham Mayhew & Trevor Fanning in the starting lineup.

Bill Mullins fractured ribs early in the match and was replaced by Alan Gill, John Peard replaced John Brass at halftime suffering from concussion.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables