NSWRFL 1970

Round 6

South Sydney Rabbitohs 14 def. Balmain Tigers 5

NSWRFL 1970
Round 6
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
14
5 Balmain
Tigers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12774
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 2nd May, 1970
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 37,959
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 2
Scrums 20 14
Penalties 9 14
Souths Scoresheet Balmain
Ray BRANIGHAN 2 T John SPENCER
Ron COOTE      
Bob GRANT      
 
Eric SIMMS G Wayne THOMSON
Souths Teams Balmain
Eric SIMMS 1 FB 1 Bob SMITHIES
Ray BRANIGHAN 2 W 2 Terry PARKER
Paul SAIT 3 C 3 Olaf PRATTL
Bob HONAN 4 C 4 Allan FITZGIBBON
Alan HEILER 5 W 17 Wayne THOMSON
 
Denis PITTARD 6 FE 6 Peter JONES
Bob GRANT 7 HB 7 Keith OUTTEN (c)
 
Ron COOTE 8 L 8 John SPENCER
Gary STEVENS 9 2R 9 Arthur BEETSON
Bob McCARTHY 10 2R 10 Geoff CONNELL
John O'NEILL 11 FR 11 Barry McTAGGART
Elwyn WALTERS 12 HK 12 Peter BOULTON
John SATTLER (c) 13 FR 13 Garry LEO
 
    B 22 Greg FRYER
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Leo NOSWORTHY
   
 

Team Info

Souths

Previous Game:
Round 5 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 7 vs. St George

No changes.

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 5 vs. Western Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 7 vs. Penrith
Out:
Len Killeen (wing)
In:
Terry Parker (wing), Greg Fryer (bench)
Changes:
Olaf Prattl (wing to centre), Wayne Thomson (centre to wing)

Match Notes

Game was played in front of the Queen, Prince Philip & Princess Anne. The players were presented to the Royal Family prior to the match.

Len Killeen dropped out of the Balmain team on Friday night after sustaining a hamstring injury at training on Thursday his place was taken by Wayne Thomson.

Geoff Connell was carries from the field after 10 mins of play with concussion and was replaced by Greg Fryer.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables