Game 1
South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 lost to Penrith Panthers 11
| Wills Cup 1976 Game 1 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27463 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 22nd February, 1976 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 4:30 PM (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Jack Danzey Jnr | |||||||
| Venue | Redfern (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 6,564 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 6 | |||||
| South Sydney | Scoresheet | Penrith | ||||||
| Paul PEACHEY | T | |||||||
| Herbie TIMMS | ||||||||
| Steve LITTLE | 2/2 | G | 5/6 | Ken WILSON | ||||
| FG | Ken WILSON | |||||||
| South Sydney | Teams | Penrith | ||||||
| Greg PURCELL | 1 | FB | 1 | Peter NEWSOME | ||||
| Terry FAHEY | 2 | W | 14 | Ken WILSON | ||||
| Bernie LOWTHER | 3 | C | 3 | Ross GIGG | ||||
| Jeff WITHERS | 4 | C | 2 | Terry QUINN | ||||
| Steve LITTLE | 5 | W | 5 | Gary ALLSOPP | ||||
| Andrew DONNELLY | 6 | FE | 6 | Terry WICKEY | ||||
| Brian SMITH | 7 | HB | 7 | Zac OLEJARNIK | ||||
| Paul SAIT | 8 | L | 8 | Barry LE BROCQ | ||||
| Gary STEVENS (c) | 9 | 2R | 9 | Tim SHEENS | ||||
| David GRANT | 10 | 2R | 10 | Roy WEST | ||||
| Herbie TIMMS | 11 | FR | 15 | Russell HUGHES | ||||
| George PIGGINS | 12 | HK | 12 | Mike STEPHENSON (c) | ||||
| John O'NEILL | 18 | FR | 13 | Bruce WARD | ||||
| Gary SOUTER | 13 | B | ||||||
| Paul PEACHEY | 15 | B | ||||||
| Bill ANNABEL | 17 | B | ||||||
| Ken STEWART | 29 | B | ||||||
| Johnny KING | HC | Barry HARRIS | ||||||
Team Info
South Sydney
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- Wills Cup 1976 - Round 2 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Penrith
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- Wills Cup 1976 - Round 2 vs. Manly
Match Notes
This game was originally to be played Friday 20 Feb at 8:30pm but due to heavy rained was postponed and played on Sunday at 4:30pm.
John O'Neill has signed to play with Souths during the week and replaced Gary Souter in the starting lineup.
Bob O'Reilly dropped out of the Penrith team with a leg injury and was replaced by Russell Hughes, Glenn West was a late withdrawal and was replaced by Ken Wilson.
Greg Purcell, John O'Neill & David Grant were replaced at halftime by Paul Peachey, Gary Souter & Bill Annabel. South coach Johnny King accidently sent on a 5th replacement Trevor Reardon when Sait & Piggins left the field injured at the same time in the 2nd half. Ken Stewart ran on first followed by Reardon when he realised his error a few minutes later he quickly got Reardon off the field and Sait back on.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin