NSWRFL 1979

Round 1

Balmain Tigers 27 def. Eastern Suburbs Roosters 5

NSWRFL 1979
Round 1
Balmain
Tigers		 27
–
5 Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13987
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 25th March, 1979
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Greg Hartley (Sydney)
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Crowd 10,268
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 – 0
Scrums 7 – 9
Penalties 7 – 13
Balmain Scoresheet Eastern Suburbs
Les MARA 2 T Kevin HASTINGS
Rod MORRIS      
Allan McMAHON      
Wayne WIGHAM      
 
Wayne MIRANDA 6/7 G Ken WRIGHT
 
    OFF Royce AYLIFFE
      John HARVEY
Balmain Teams Eastern Suburbs
Allan McMAHON 1 FB 1 Russell FAIRFAX
Wayne MIRANDA 2 W 2 Ian SCHUBERT
Dennis BENDALL 3 C 3 Greg OWENS
Wayne WIGHAM 4 C 4 Ken WRIGHT
Larry COROWA 5 W 5 Kerry BOUSTEAD
 
Les MARA 6 FE 6 Bob FULTON (c)
Greg OLIPHANT (c) 7 HB 7 Kevin HASTINGS
 
Neil PRINGLE 8 L 8 John MACKAY
Gary SPEARS 9 2R 9 John HARVEY
Mick LIUBINSKAS 10 2R 10 Gary METCALFE
David GRANT 11 FR 11 Royce AYLIFFE
Frank MARINO 12 HK 12 Arthur MOUNTIER
Rod MORRIS 13 FR 13 Bob O'REILLY
 
Percy KNIGHT 14 B 14 Mark HARRIS
Gary WEBSTER 15 B    
 
Ron WILLEY   HC   Bob FULTON
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Craven Mild Cup 1979 - Final vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Western Suburbs

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Craven Mild Cup 1979 - Final vs. Balmain
Next Game:
AMCO Cup 1979 - Round 1 vs. Manly

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash

See also: