NSWRFL 1971

Round 4

Western Suburbs Magpies 16 lost to South Sydney Rabbitohs 40

NSWRFL 1971
Round 4
Western Suburbs
Magpies
16
40 South Sydney
Rabbitohs
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12900
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 18th April, 1971
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Laurie Bruyeres
Venue Lidcombe (Sydney)
Crowd 9,788
Match Stats
Halftime Score 6 15
Scrums 12 11
Penalties 11 8
Western Suburbs Scoresheet Souths
Barry BRYANT T 2 Bob McCARTHY
Roy FERGUSON   2 Denis PITTARD
Don ROGERS   Keith EDWARDS
Kevin TIMBS   Bob GRANT
      Alan HEILER
      Bob HONAN
 
Tony FORD 2 G 8/10 Eric SIMMS
Western Suburbs Teams Souths
Tony FORD 1 FB 1 Eric SIMMS
Don ROGERS 2 W 2 Keith EDWARDS
Roy FERGUSON (c) 3 C 5 Ray BRANIGHAN
Dick TIMBS 4 C 4 Bob HONAN
John ELFORD 5 W 17 Alan HEILER
 
Tim MURPHY 6 FE 6 Denis PITTARD
John MAXWELL 20 HB 7 Bob GRANT
 
Rod SMITH 8 L 8 Paul SAIT
Barry BRYANT 9 2R 40 Gordon FRASER
John BAKER 10 2R 10 Bob McCARTHY (c)
George SKEERS 26 FR 11 John O'NEILL
Ken STONESTREET 12 HK 12 Elwyn WALTERS
Bill HANSEN 13 FR 26 Dallas O'NEILL
 
Kevin TIMBS 22 B 23 Darrell BAMPTON
    B 27 George PIGGINS
 
Ron WATSON   HC   Clive CHURCHILL
   
 

Team Info

Western Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 3 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Round 5 vs. Newtown
Out:
Peter Flanders (fullback), Tom Raudonikis (halfback), Tony Antunac (front row), Neville Sinclair (lock), Russell Mullins (bench)
In:
Tony Ford (fullback), Bill Hansen (front row), Rod Smith (lock), Kevin Timbs (bench)
Changes:
John Maxwell (bench to halfback)

Souths

Previous Game:
Round 3 vs. Cronulla
Next Game:
Round 5 vs. Parramatta
Out:
Phil Smith (centre), Kerry Burke (five-eighth), John Sattler (front row), Arthur Branighan (second row), Gary Stevens (second row)
In:
Denis Pittard (five-eighth), Dallas O'Neill (front row), Bob McCarthy (second row), Gordon Fraser (second row), Darrell Bampton (bench), George Piggins (bench)
Changes:
Ray Branighan (wing to centre), Alan Heiler (bench to wing)

Match Notes

Jim Cody dropped out of the Wests team on Thursday and was replaced by Kevin Timbs, Tom Raudonikis withdrew on Saturday with a shoulder injury and was replaced by John Maxwell.

Phil Smith, John Sattler & Gary Stevens withdrew from the Souths team with injuries and were replaced by Alan Heiler, Dallas O'Neill & Gordon Fraser.

Paul Sait limped off before halftime with a knee injury and was replaced by Darrel Bampton then in the 2nd half George Piggins replaced Gordon Fraser due to a broken nose.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables