Round 2
Gold Coast/Tweed Heads Giants 14 def. Illawarra Steelers 10
| 1989 NSWRL Winfield Cup Round 2 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/2279 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 26th March, 1989 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Brian Grant | |||||||
| Venue | Seagulls (Tweed Heads) | |||||||
| Crowd | 5,255 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Scrums | 9 | – | 10 | |||||
| Penalties | 5 | – | 9 | |||||
| Gold Coast | Scoresheet | Illawarra | ||||||
| Peter BENSON | T | Trevor KISSELL | ||||||
| Mark GEE | ||||||||
| Ron GIBBS | ||||||||
| Peter BENSON | 1/3 | G | 3/5 | Rod WISHART | ||||
| Gold Coast | Teams | Illawarra | ||||||
| Glenn BURGESS | 1 | FB | 1 | Tony SMITH | ||||
| Ben GONZALES | 2 | W | 4 | James MATHEWS | ||||
| Chris CLOSE | 3 | C | 3 | Rod WISHART | ||||
| Neil HUNT | 4 | C | 40 | Jeff HARDY | ||||
| Peter BENSON | 5 | W | 5 | Jason MOON | ||||
| Troy McCARTHY | 6 | FE | 6 | Trevor KISSELL | ||||
| Mark GEE | 19 | HB | 2 | Peter PHILLIPS | ||||
| Peter SMITH | 8 | FR | 8 | Chris WALSH (c) | ||||
| Billy JOHNSTONE (c) | 9 | HK | 9 | Dean SCHIFILLITI | ||||
| Keith NELLER | 10 | FR | 10 | Michael CARBERRY | ||||
| Greg WHITBREAD | 11 | 2R | 11 | Neil PICCINELLI | ||||
| Ron GIBBS | 12 | 2R | 12 | Cavill HEUGH | ||||
| Robert SIMPKINS | 13 | L | 13 | Ian RUSSELL | ||||
| Bob LINDNER | 32 | B | 14 | Steve LARDER | ||||
| Terry DARDENGO | 14 | B | 25 | Les MORRISSEY | ||||
| Scott MIENI | 17 | B | 26 | Craig KEEN | ||||
| Jim COWELL | 25 | B | ||||||
| Bob McCARTHY | HC | Ron HILDITCH | ||||||
Team Info
Gold Coast
- Previous Game:
- Round 1 vs. Canterbury
- Next Game:
- Round 4 vs. Canberra
- Out:
- Geoff Bagnall (halfback)
- In:
- Scott Mieni (bench)
- Changes:
- Mark Gee (bench to halfback)
Illawarra
- Previous Game:
- Round 1 vs. St George
- Next Game:
- 1989 National Panasonic Cup - Round 1 vs. Western Suburbs
- Out:
- Frazer Hamment (halfback), David Moon (bench)
- In:
- Steve Larder (bench), Craig Keen (bench)
- Changes:
- Peter Phillips (wing to halfback), James Mathews (centre to wing), Jeff Hardy (second row to centre), Cavill Heugh (bench to second row)
Match Notes
- Gold Coast won this game in the last minute after the ball shot out of the back of Illawarra's pack in a scrum just a few metres out from their line. Mark Gee was quick to pounce on the ball and score the winning try for the Giants
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio
Sources:David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)
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