NSWRFL 1970

Round 2

Balmain Tigers 7 lost to St George Dragons 18

NSWRFL 1970
Round 2
Balmain
Tigers
7
18 St George
Dragons
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12750
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 4th April, 1970
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Holman (Melbourne)
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 18,943
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 11
Scrums 17 14
Penalties 7 9
Balmain Scoresheet St George
Bob SMITHIES T Barry BEATH
      Keith MADDISON
 
Len KILLEEN 2 G 5 Graeme LANGLANDS
 
    FG Phil HAWTHORNE
Balmain Teams St George
Bob SMITHIES 1 FB 1 Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
Paul CROSS 2 W 2 Geoff CARR
Hal BROWNE 3 C 3 Tony BRANSON
Olaf PRATTL 4 C 4 Jeff BELL
Len KILLEEN 5 W 5 Johnny KING
 
Keith OUTTEN 6 FE 6 Phil HAWTHORNE
Dave BOLTON (c) 7 HB 7 Billy SMITH
 
Allan FITZGIBBON 8 L 8 Keith MADDISON
Joe WALSH 9 2R 9 Barry BEATH
John SPENCER 10 2R 10 Apisai TOGA
Arthur BEETSON 11 FR 11 John WITTENBERG
Peter BOULTON 12 HK 12 Col RASMUSSEN
Garry LEO 13 FR 13 Grahame BOWEN
 
Terry PARKER 16 B    
Geoff CONNELL 23 B    
 
Leo NOSWORTHY   HC   Jack GIBSON
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Round 3 vs. North Sydney
Out:
George Ruebner (centre), Kevin Bowrey (five-eighth), Barry McTaggart (front row), Greg Fryer (lock), Daryl Palmer (bench)
In:
Olaf Prattl (centre), Garry Leo (front row), John Spencer (second row), Allan Fitzgibbon (lock), Terry Parker (bench)
Changes:
Geoff Connell (second row to bench), Keith Outten (bench to five-eighth)

St George

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 3 vs. Manly

No changes.

Match Notes

Geoff Connell replaced Joe Walsh at halftime & Terry Parker replaced Prattl both due to injury. Dave Bolton with a hamstring injury finished the game at lock with Fitzgibbon moving to 5/8 and Outten to halfback.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Max Turner