NSWRFL 1978

Round 20

Balmain Tigers 8 lost to Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 23

NSWRFL 1978
Round 20
Balmain
Tigers
8
23 Cronulla Sutherland
Sharks
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13959
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 5th August, 1978
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Greg Hartley (Sydney)
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Crowd 4,624
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 7
Scrums 7 14
Penalties 9 11
Balmain Scoresheet Cronulla
Dennis BENDALL T Scott DUDMAN
Larry COROWA   Martin RAFTERY
      Dane SORENSEN
 
Peter NINNESS G 7 Steve ROGERS
Balmain Teams Cronulla
Phil SCHAEFER 1 FB 1 Mick MULLANE JNR
Allan McMAHON 2 W 2 Rick BOURKE
Dennis BENDALL 3 C 3 Steve ROGERS
Wayne WIGHAM 4 C 4 Dave CHAMBERLIN
Larry COROWA 5 W 5 Steve EDMONDS
 
Percy KNIGHT 6 FE 6 Martin RAFTERY
Peter NINNESS 7 HB 7 Steve HANSARD
 
Neil PRINGLE 8 L 8 Scott DUDMAN
Gary SPEARS 9 2R 9 Greg PIERCE (c)
Trevor RYAN 10 2R 10 Steve KNEEN
Geoff NAYLOR 11 FR 11 Dane SORENSEN
Noel MAYBURY (c) 12 HK 12 John McMARTIN
Bill HILLIARD 13 FR 13 Paul KHAN
 
    B 14 Greg COX
 
Ron WILLEY   HC   Norm PROVAN
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 19 vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
Round 21 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Out:
Warren Boland (wing), Les Mara (five-eighth), David Grant (front row)
In:
Phil Schaefer (fullback), Dennis Bendall (centre), Bill Hilliard (front row)
Changes:
Allan McMahon (fullback to wing), Percy Knight (centre to five-eighth)

Cronulla

Previous Game:
Round 19 vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
AMCO Cup 1978 - Semi Final vs. St George
Out:
Barry Andrews (centre)
In:
Steve Rogers (centre), Dave Chamberlin (centre)
Changes:
Greg Cox (centre to bench)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash