NSWRFL 1973

Round 20

South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 def. Balmain Tigers 8

NSWRFL 1973
Round 20
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
20
8 Balmain
Tigers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13267
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 5th August, 1973
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Laurie Bruyeres
Venue Redfern (Sydney)
Crowd 8,485
Match Stats
Halftime Score 11 5
Scrums 9 8
Penalties 9 9
South Sydney Scoresheet Balmain
Tom MOONEY 2 T Tim MURPHY
Ross BIRRELL   Mark TONKS
Tom MOYLAN      
 
Ross BIRRELL 4/6 G 1/6 Mark TONKS
Jim HALL 0/2   0/1 Ron LEIS
South Sydney Teams Balmain
Ross BIRRELL 1 FB 1 Mark TONKS
Tom MOYLAN 2 W 2 Mal McMARTIN
Tom MOONEY 3 C 3 Trevor RYAN
Jeff WITHERS 4 C 4 Geoff STARLING
Steve KOSTA 5 W 5 Paul CROSS
 
Denis PITTARD (c) 6 FE 6 Tim MURPHY
Bob GRANT 7 HB 7 Jeff SHIELD
 
Rod URQUHART 8 L 8 John SPENCER (c)
John KEARNS 59 2R 9 Vic QUERIN
Paul SAIT 10 2R 10 Greg FRYER
Jim HALL 11 FR 11 Bruce DOUST
Elwyn WALTERS 12 HK 12 Peter BOULTON
Herbie TIMMS 9 FR 13 Garry LEO
 
    B 17 Ron LEIS
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Leo NOSWORTHY
   
 

Team Info

South Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 19 vs. Western Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 21 vs. St George
Out:
Keith Edwards (wing), Gary Stevens (second row)
In:
Steve Kosta (wing), John Kearns (second row)

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 19 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 21 vs. Western Suburbs
In:
Ron Leis (bench)
Changes:
Greg Fryer (front row to second row), Bruce Doust (second row to front row)

Match Notes

Bob McCarthy was ruled out on Saturday and replaced in the 2nd row by John Kearns in the 2nd row with Herbie Timms moving to prop and Pittard taking over as captain.

Vic Querin left the field early in the 1st half with a dislocated knee cap and was replaced by Ron Leis on the wing with Mal McMartin moving to centre Geoff Starling to lock & John Spencer into the 2nd row.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin