Final
Canterbury Bankstown 20 def. St George Dragons 11
Info On Record
- Champions
- Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
- No. Of Teams
- No. Of Games
- 32
- No. Of Players
- 310
Final
| 1970 Wills Cup Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27285 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 22nd March, 1970 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Don Lancashire (Toowoomba) | |||||||
| Venue | Sports Ground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 21,842 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 11 | – | 6 | |||||
| Canterbury | Scoresheet | St George | ||||||
| Ron RAPER | T | Phil HAWTHORNE | ||||||
| Ray STRUDWICK | ||||||||
| Peter INSKIP | 6 | G | Graeme LANGLANDS | |||||
| Dennis PRESTON | ||||||||
| Ron RAPER | FG | 2 | Phil HAWTHORNE | |||||
| Canterbury | Teams | St George | ||||||
| Peter INSKIP | 1 | FB | 1 | Graeme LANGLANDS (c) | ||||
| Ray STRUDWICK | 2 | W | 2 | Geoff CARR | ||||
| Dennis SCAHILL | 3 | C | 3 | Tony BRANSON | ||||
| Wayne PECKHAM | 4 | C | 4 | Dennis PRESTON | ||||
| Tony BRENTON | 5 | W | 5 | Johnny KING | ||||
| Alan BURWELL | 6 | FE | 6 | Phil HAWTHORNE | ||||
| Terry REYNOLDS | 7 | HB | 7 | Billy SMITH | ||||
| Ron RAPER (c) | 8 | L | 8 | Keith MADDISON | ||||
| Neville HORNERY | 9 | 2R | 9 | Barry BEATH | ||||
| Ron COSTELLO | 10 | 2R | 10 | Apisai TOGA | ||||
| Bill NOONAN | 11 | FR | 11 | John WITTENBERG | ||||
| Marty DRISCOLL | 12 | HK | 17 | Col RASMUSSEN | ||||
| Denis BEEBY | 16 | FR | 13 | Grahame BOWEN | ||||
| John DARBY | 14 | B | 12 | Norm HENDERSON | ||||
| Kevin RYAN | HC | Jack GIBSON | ||||||
Team Info
Canterbury
- Previous Game:
- 1970 Wills Cup - Semi Final vs. South Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 1 vs. North Sydney
- Out:
- Merv Hicks (front row)
- In:
- Denis Beeby (front row), John Darby (bench)
St George
- Previous Game:
- 1970 Wills Cup - Semi Final vs. Newtown
- Next Game:
- Round 1 vs. Eastern Suburbs
- Out:
- Stan Gorton (wing), Leo Foster (centre), Greg Cross (front row)
- In:
- Geoff Carr (wing), Grahame Bowen (front row)
- Changes:
- Norm Henderson (hooker to bench), Dennis Preston (bench to centre), Col Rasmussen (bench to hooker)
Match Notes
Merv Hicks withdrew from the Canterbury team and was replaced by Denis Beeby.
Geoff Carr replaced Stan Gorton & Dennis Preston replaced Ken Maddison in the St.George team.
Nev Hornery was injured 28 mins into the 1st half and was replaced by John Darby.
Norm Henderson replaced Col Rasmussen at halftime.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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