Interstate Series 1981 Series

Game 1

Queensland Firsts 2 lost to New South Wales Firsts 10

Interstate Series 1981

Queensland Firsts
2
10
New South Wales Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/17482
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 2nd June, 1981
Kick Off 8:00 PM (local time)
Referee Greg Hartley (Sydney)
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 32,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 5
Scrums 11 16
Penalties 14 10
QLD Firsts Scoresheet NSW Firsts
    T 2 John RIBOT
 
Mal MENINGA G 2 Michael CRONIN
QLD Firsts Teams NSW Firsts
Colin SCOTT 1 FB 1 Greg BRENTNALL
[Canterbury]
Brad BACKER 2 W 2 John RIBOT
[Western Suburbs]
Mal MENINGA 3 C 3 Michael CRONIN
[Parramatta]
Chris CLOSE 4 C 4 Brian JOHNSTON
[St George]
Steve STACEY 5 W 5 Kerry BOUSTEAD
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
Wally LEWIS 6 FE 6 Robert LAURIE
[Eastern Suburbs]
Ross HENRICK 7 HB 7 Steve MORTIMER
[Canterbury]
 
Norm CARR 8 L 8 Ray PRICE
[Parramatta]
Chris PHELAN 9 2R 9 Des O'REILLY
[Eastern Suburbs]
Bryan NIEBLING 10 2R 10 Paul McCABE
[Eastern Suburbs]
Arthur BEETSON (c) 11 FR 11 Craig YOUNG (c)
[St George]
Gary PRICKETT 12 HK 12 Jeff MASTERMAN
[Eastern Suburbs]
Brad ROWCLIFFE 13 FR 13 John HARVEY
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
Lindsay GILL 14 B 14 Phil SIGSWORTH
[Newtown]
Trevor BENSON 15 B 15 Ron HILDITCH
[Parramatta]
 
Arthur BEETSON   HC   Ted GLOSSOP
   
 

Team Info

Queensland Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1980 - Game 2 vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
Interstate Series 1981 - Game 2 vs. NSW Firsts
Out:
Mick Neill (wing), Peter McWhirter (five-eighth), Rohan Hancock (front row), Greg Conescu (hooker), Geoff Naylor (front row), Ray Higgs (second row), Con Marrinan (second row), Trevor Dunemann (bench), Ray Kelly (bench)
In:
Steve Stacey (wing), Ross Henrick (halfback), Brad Rowcliffe (front row), Gary Prickett (hooker), Arthur Beetson (front row), Bryan Niebling (second row), Chris Phelan (second row), Lindsay Gill (bench), Trevor Benson (bench)
Changes:
Wally Lewis (halfback to five-eighth)

New South Wales Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1980 - Game 2 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
Interstate Series 1981 - Game 2 vs. QLD Firsts
Out:
Kevin Dann (fullback), Chris Anderson (wing), Graham Quinn (centre), Tony Trudgett (five-eighth), Steve Morris (halfback), Robert Stone (front row), John Lang (hooker), Rod Morris (front row), Les Boyd (second row), Graeme Wynn (second row), Jim Leis (bench), Steve Martin (bench)
In:
John Ribot (wing), Michael Cronin (centre), Brian Johnston (centre), Robert Laurie (five-eighth), Steve Mortimer (halfback), John Harvey (front row), Jeff Masterman (hooker), Craig Young (front row), Paul McCabe (second row), Des O'Reilly (second row), Phil Sigsworth (bench), Ron Hilditch (bench)
Changes:
Greg Brentnall (centre to fullback)

Match Notes

Greg Brentnall dislocated his collarbone and was replaced by Phil Sigsworth at halftime.

Mick Cronin and Ross Henrick were joint man of the match winners

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin