Final
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 12 def. Balmain Tigers 9
Info On Record
- Champions
- Sydney Roosters
- No. Of Teams
- No. Of Games
- 19
- No. Of Players
- 254
Final
| 1979 Craven Mild Cup Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27613 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 17th March, 1979 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 8:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Gary Cook | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 16,865 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 0 | |||||
| Scrums | 11 | – | 8 | |||||
| Penalties | 11 | – | 13 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Scoresheet | Balmain | ||||||
| T | Mick LIUBINSKAS | |||||||
| Ken WRIGHT | 6 | G | 3 | Wayne MIRANDA | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Teams | Balmain | ||||||
| Russell FAIRFAX | 1 | FB | 1 | Allan McMAHON | ||||
| Ian SCHUBERT | 2 | W | 2 | Wayne MIRANDA | ||||
| Ken WRIGHT | 3 | C | 3 | Dennis BENDALL | ||||
| Gavin MILLER | 4 | C | 4 | Wayne WIGHAM | ||||
| Kerry BOUSTEAD | 5 | W | 5 | Larry COROWA | ||||
| Bob FULTON (c) | 6 | FE | 6 | Les MARA | ||||
| Kevin HASTINGS | 7 | HB | 7 | Greg OLIPHANT (c) | ||||
| John MACKAY | 9 | L | 8 | Gary SPEARS | ||||
| Garry METCALFE | 15 | 2R | 9 | Steve LAVERS | ||||
| John HARVEY | 10 | 2R | 10 | Mick LIUBINSKAS | ||||
| Royce AYLIFFE | 11 | FR | 11 | Geoff NAYLOR | ||||
| Arthur MOUNTIER | 12 | HK | 12 | Guy TULLY | ||||
| Bob O'REILLY | 13 | FR | 13 | Rod MORRIS | ||||
| Greg OWENS | 14 | B | 14 | Peter NINNESS | ||||
| Paul JELFS | 16 | B | 15 | Frank MARINO | ||||
| Mark HARRIS | 17 | B | 16 | Neil PRINGLE | ||||
| Des O'REILLY | 18 | B | 17 | Percy KNIGHT | ||||
| Bob FULTON | HC | Ron WILLEY | ||||||
Team Info
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- 1979 Craven Mild Cup - Game 3 vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- Round 1 vs. Balmain
- Out:
- Kevin Stevens (lock)
- In:
- Bob Fulton (five-eighth), Garry Metcalfe (second row), Des O'Reilly (bench)
- Changes:
- Mark Harris (centre to bench), Ken Wright (five-eighth to centre), John Mackay (second row to lock)
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- 1979 Craven Mild Cup - Game 3 vs. Penrith
- Next Game:
- Round 1 vs. Eastern Suburbs
- Out:
- Gary Webster (bench)
- In:
- Neil Pringle (bench)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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