Final
South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 def. Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 2
Info On Record
- Champions
- South Sydney Rabbitohs
- No. Of Teams
- No. Of Games
- 23
- No. Of Players
- 463
Final
| 1981 Tooth Cup Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27724 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 12th August, 1981 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | John Gocher | |||||||
| Venue | Leichhardt (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 23,000 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Steve Walsh | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 2 | |||||
| Scrums | 12 | – | 14 | |||||
| South Sydney | Scoresheet | Cronulla | ||||||
| Peter TUNKS | T | |||||||
| Steve WALSH | ||||||||
| Mark ROSS | 2/4 | G | 1/2 | Steve ROGERS | ||||
| South Sydney | Teams | Cronulla | ||||||
| Steve WALSH | 1 | FB | 1 | Mick MULLANE JNR | ||||
| Mark ROSS | 2 | W | 2 | John JARVIE | ||||
| Mitch BRENNAN (c) | 3 | C | 3 | John BERNE | ||||
| Robert SIMPKINS | 4 | C | 4 | Chris GARDNER | ||||
| Ziggy NISZCZOT | 5 | W | 5 | Rick BOURKE | ||||
| Mick PATTISON | 6 | FE | 6 | Mark WAKEFIELD | ||||
| Graham MURRAY | 7 | HB | 7 | Perry HADDOCK | ||||
| Nathan GIBBS | 8 | L | 8 | Steve ROGERS (c) | ||||
| Peter TUNKS | 9 | 2R | 9 | Kurt SORENSEN | ||||
| Garry METCALFE | 10 | 2R | 10 | David HATCH | ||||
| Charlie FRITH | 11 | FR | 11 | Rex WILLIAMS | ||||
| Ken STEWART | 12 | HK | 12 | Rowland BECKETT | ||||
| Gary HAMBLY | 13 | FR | 13 | Paul KHAN | ||||
| Greg MACKEY | 15 | B | 14 | Ossie WELSH | ||||
| Joe SQUADRITO | 16 | B | 15 | Steve HANSARD | ||||
| Tony RAMPLING | 17 | B | 16 | Gavin MILLER | ||||
| Bill ANDERSON | HC | Greg PIERCE | ||||||
Team Info
South Sydney
- Previous Game:
- Round 19 vs. Newtown
- Next Game:
- Round 20 vs. Canterbury
- Out:
- Arthur Mountier (bench)
- In:
- Mick Pattison (five-eighth)
- Changes:
- Joe Squadrito (five-eighth to bench)
Cronulla
- Previous Game:
- Round 19 vs. Manly
- Next Game:
- Round 20 vs. Newtown
- Out:
- Dane Sorensen (front row)
- In:
- Ossie Welsh (bench), Steve Hansard (bench), Gavin Miller (bench)
- Changes:
- Rex Williams (second row to front row), Kurt Sorensen (bench to second row)
Match Notes
Just before halftime Charlie Frith left the field with a dislocated shoulder and was replaced by Tony Rampling,& 2 mins from fulltime Mick Pattison was replaced by Joe Squadrito & Graham Murray was replaced by Greg Mackey, Mario Fenech was a non-playing reserve for Souths.
5 mins into the 4th quarter Mark Wakefield was replaced Gavin Miller at the 10th min Perry Haddock was replaced Steve Hansard then 5 mins later John Berne was replaced by Ossie Welsh, David Laming was a non-playing reserve for Cronulla.
Steve Rogers named Superstar player of the series - Paul Carter
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio
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