NSWRFL 1970

Round 20

Balmain Tigers 15 def. Newtown 9

NSWRFL 1970
Round 20
Balmain
Tigers
15
9
Newtown
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12860
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 9th August, 1970
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Jack Harris
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Crowd 5,720
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 3
Scrums 13 16
Penalties 10 15
Balmain Scoresheet Newtown
Paul CROSS T Dave BARSLEY
George RUEBNER   Brian MOORE
Wayne THOMSON   Gary SULLIVAN
 
George RUEBNER 3/4 G 0/1 Dave BARSLEY
Len KILLEEN 0/3   0/4 John BONHAM
Balmain Teams Newtown
Bob SMITHIES 1 FB 1 Dave BARSLEY
George RUEBNER 2 W 2 Dave COTTER
Wayne THOMSON 3 C 3 Brian MOORE
Terry PARKER 4 C 4 Bob KEYES (c)
Len KILLEEN 5 W 5 Lionel WILLIAMSON
 
Peter FARDELL 6 FE 6 Barry WOOD
Keith OUTTEN (c) 7 HB 7 John BONHAM
 
John SPENCER 8 L 23 Gary SULLIVAN
Arthur BEETSON 9 2R 9 Charlie RENILSON
Olaf PRATTL 10 2R 10 Phil FLACK
Barry McTAGGART 11 FR 11 Oscar DANIELSON
Peter BOULTON 12 HK 12 Doug KEMISTER
Garry LEO 13 FR 13 Terry BOWLES
 
Paul CROSS 15 B 21 John OAKLEY
Greg FRYER 21 B 22 Col CASEY
 
Leo NOSWORTHY   HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 19 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 21 vs. Canterbury
Out:
Allan Fitzgibbon (centre), Dave Bolton (halfback)
In:
Wayne Thomson (centre), Len Killeen (wing), Peter Fardell (five-eighth), John Spencer (lock)
Changes:
Paul Cross (wing to bench), Keith Outten (five-eighth to halfback), Greg Fryer (second row to bench), Olaf Prattl (lock to second row)

Newtown

Previous Game:
Round 19 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 21 vs. St George
Out:
Alan Maddalena (centre), Les Bell (wing), Bob Carnegie (lock)
In:
Bob Keyes (centre), Lionel Williamson (wing), Gary Sullivan (lock), John Oakley (bench), Col Casey (bench)

Match Notes

Alan Fitzgibbon with a sprained ankle was replaced by Wayne Thompson following Thursday training.

Bob Carnegie dropped out of the Newtown team on Thursday with an injured wrist and was replaced by Gary Sullivan.

Paul Cross replaced Len Killeen at halftime due to a knee injury then John Spencer was replaced by Greg Fryer just after halftime with a groin strain.

Col Casey replaced Phil Flack in the 1st half, Terry Bowles left the field late in the 2nd half with a leg injury and was replaced by John Oakley.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables