NSWRFL 1971

Round 9

South Sydney Rabbitohs 17 def. North Sydney Bears 15

NSWRFL 1971
Round 9
South Sydney
Rabbitohs		 17
–
15 North Sydney
Bears
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12930
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 23rd May, 1971
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Les Samuelson
Venue Redfern (Sydney)
Crowd 10,909
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 – 8
Scrums 14 – 9
Penalties 13 – 7
South Sydney Scoresheet North Sydney
Denis PITTARD 2 T John BOOBY
Ray BRANIGHAN   Phil FRANKS
Keith EDWARDS   Rex MURPHY
Claude WILLIAMS      
 
Ray BRANIGHAN G 3 John BOOBY
South Sydney Teams North Sydney
Ray BRANIGHAN 1 FB 1 Laurie MORASCHI
Keith EDWARDS 2 W 2 John BOOBY
Phil SMITH 3 C 3 Owen O'DONNELL
Bob HONAN 5 C 4 Rex MURPHY
Claude WILLIAMS 19 W 5 George AMBRUM
 
Denis PITTARD 6 FE 6 Phil FRANKS
Bob GRANT 7 HB 7 Graham WILLIAMS
 
Ron COOTE 8 L 8 John McDONELL
Paul SAIT 4 2R 9 Bruce WALKER
Bob McCARTHY (c) 10 2R 10 Peter JACQUES
John O'NEILL 11 FR 11 Merv HICKS (c)
Elwyn WALTERS 12 HK 12 Dick HARRIS
Dallas O'NEILL 13 FR 13 Jim MILLS
 
Gordon FRASER 40 B 14 Johnny FAIRNS
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Merv HICKS
   
 

Team Info

South Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 8 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Round 10 vs. Newtown
Out:
Gary Stevens (second row)
In:
Dallas O'Neill (front row), Gordon Fraser (bench)
Changes:
Bob McCarthy (front row to second row)

North Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 8 vs. Newtown
Next Game:
Round 10 vs. St George
Out:
Noel Cavanagh (front row), Ross Warner (hooker)
In:
Jim Mills (front row), Johnny Fairns (bench)
Changes:
Dick Harris (bench to hooker)

Match Notes

Gary Stevens injured his shoulder playing for City Seconds on Saturday and Paul Sait moved from centre to 2nd row, Bob Honan wing to centre and Claude Williams coming in on the wing.

Paul Sait had a bad head wound and withdrew at halftime and was replaced by Gordon Fraser.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Max Turner

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