NSWRFL 1978

Round 3

Western Suburbs Magpies 25 def. Penrith Panthers 11

NSWRFL 1978
Round 3
Western Suburbs
Magpies
25
11 Penrith
Panthers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13860
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 9th April, 1978
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Greg Hartley (Sydney)
Venue Lidcombe (Sydney)
Crowd 5,038
Match Stats
Halftime Score 14 3
Scrums 6 11
Penalties 5 6
Western Suburbs Scoresheet Penrith
Don MOSELEY 2 T Ross GIGG
Les BOYD   George LONGHURST
Geoff FOSTER   Terry WICKEY
Peter ROWLES      
Wayne SMITH      
 
Peter ROWLES 3/6 G Jim HINDMARSH
      0/1 Ken WILSON
 
Ron GITEAU FG    
Western Suburbs Teams Penrith
Eric CAIN 1 FB 1 Kevin DANN
Don MOSELEY 2 W 2 Gary ALLSOPP
Ron GITEAU 3 C 3 Greg MOORE
Les BOYD 4 C 4 Ross GIGG
Wayne SMITH 5 W 5 Russell MULLINS
 
Peter ROWLES 6 FE 6 Ken WILSON (c)
Tom RAUDONIKIS (c) 7 HB 7 Terry WICKEY
 
Graeme O'GRADY 8 L 8 Ken BOUSFIELD
Geoff FOSTER 9 2R 9 John KING
Steve BLYTH 10 2R 10 Paul MERLO
John DONNELLY 11 FR 11 Ross CALE
John PURCELL 12 HK 12 George LONGHURST
Peter YOUNG 13 FR 13 Tim SHEENS
 
    B 14 Jim HINDMARSH
    B 15 Phil GOULD
 
Roy MASTERS   HC   Don PARISH
   
 

Team Info

Western Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 2 vs. St George
Next Game:
Round 4 vs. Newtown
Out:
John Dorahy (fullback), Trevor Scarr (wing), Mick Liubinskas (lock)
In:
Eric Cain (fullback), Les Boyd (centre)
Changes:
Wayne Smith (centre to wing), Graeme O'Grady (bench to lock)

Penrith

Previous Game:
Round 2 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Round 4 vs. South Sydney
Out:
Mike Stephenson (hooker)
In:
George Longhurst (hooker), Jim Hindmarsh (bench), Phil Gould (bench)

Match Notes

All newspapers, RLW, Big League & Rugby Leaguer magazine all report Peter Rowles as kicking a field goal however video highlights of the game show Ron Giteau kicking the field goal & season points tally in annuals show Ron Giteau as kicking a field goal during the season and he has not been credited with a field goal in any other game. Thanks to RLP member ontheburst

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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