Wills Cup 1971

Semi Final

St George Dragons 18 def. Canterbury Bankstown 7

Wills Cup 1971
Semi Final
St George
Dragons		 18
–
7
Canterbury Bankstown
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27314
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 17th March, 1971
Kick Off 7:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Holman (Melbourne)
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 11,678
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 – 7
St George Scoresheet Canterbury
Stan GORTON T Marty DRISCOLL
Johnny KING      
Ken MADDISON      
Billy SMITH      
 
Graeme LANGLANDS 3 G 2 Peter INSKIP
St George Teams Canterbury
Graeme LANGLANDS (c) 1 FB 1 Peter INSKIP
Stan GORTON 2 W 2 Ray STRUDWICK
Geoff CARR 3 C 14 Peter BELLAMY
Kevin O'SULLIVAN 4 C 4 Johnny RHODES
Johnny KING 5 W 5 Rod JACKSON
 
Tony BRANSON 6 FE 6 Dennis SCAHILL
Billy SMITH 7 HB 7 Roger KINLYSIDE
 
Peter FITZGERALD 8 L 8 Ron RAPER (c)
Barry BEATH 9 2R 15 Bill NOONAN
Ken MADDISON 10 2R 10 John ARMSTRONG
Brian NORTON 11 FR 11 Phil CHARLTON
Col RASMUSSEN 12 HK 12 Marty DRISCOLL
Grahame BOWEN 13 FR 13 Ray PAYNE
 
Keith MADDISON 14 B 16 Peter VAN GULIK
Phil HAWTHORNE 15 B 17 Barry PHILLIS
Ross POPPLEWELL 16 B 18 Wayne GOLDING
Ted WALTON 17 B    
 
Jack GIBSON   HC   Bob HAGAN
   
 

Team Info

St George

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Game 4 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Final vs. Cronulla
In:
Tony Branson (five-eighth), Ross Popplewell (bench), Ted Walton (bench)
Changes:
Phil Hawthorne (five-eighth to bench)

Canterbury

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Game 4 vs. Cronulla
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Playoff vs. Newtown
Out:
Johnny Greaves (centre), Alan James (wing), Les Hutchings (halfback), Ron Costello (second row), Neville Hornery (second row)
In:
Rod Jackson (wing), Roger Kinlyside (halfback), John Armstrong (second row), Bill Noonan (second row), Peter Van Gulik (bench), Barry Phillis (bench), Wayne Golding (bench)
Changes:
Peter Bellamy (bench to centre)

Match Notes

Nev Hornery was a late withdrawal due to a groin injury and was replaced by Bill Noonan.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin

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