NSWRFL 1970

Round 1

St George Dragons 23 def. Eastern Suburbs Roosters 17

NSWRFL 1970
Round 1
St George
Dragons
23
17 Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12747
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 29th March, 1970
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Holman (Melbourne)
Venue Kogarah (Sydney)
Crowd 12,519
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 5
Scrums 17 18
Penalties 12 6
St George Scoresheet Eastern Suburbs
Geoff CARR T John BRASS
Johnny KING   Alan CARDY
Graeme LANGLANDS   Kevin JUNEE
 
Graeme LANGLANDS 4 G 2 Allan McKEAN
 
Phil HAWTHORNE 3 FG 2 John BRASS
St George Teams Eastern Suburbs
Graeme LANGLANDS (c) 1 FB 1 Allan McKEAN
Geoff CARR 2 W 2 Jim PORTER
Tony BRANSON 3 C 3 John BRASS (c)
Jeff BELL 17 C 4 Ron SADDLER
Johnny KING 5 W 5 Alan CARDY
 
Phil HAWTHORNE 6 FE 6 John PEARD
Billy SMITH 7 HB 7 Kevin JUNEE
 
Keith MADDISON 8 L 8 Barry REILLY
Barry BEATH 9 2R 9 John DYKES
Apisai TOGA 10 2R 11 Ian BAKER
John WITTENBERG 11 FR 26 Kevin GOLDSPINK
Col RASMUSSEN 12 HK 12 Peter MOSCATT
Grahame BOWEN 13 FR 13 John WALKER
 
    B 24 Jim HALL
 
Jack GIBSON   HC   Don FURNER
   
 

Team Info

St George

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1970 - Final vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Balmain
Out:
Dennis Preston (centre), Norm Henderson (bench)
In:
Jeff Bell (centre)

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1970 - Round 4 vs. Newtown
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Bill Mullins (wing), Mark Harris (centre), John Ballesty (five-eighth), Chris Armstrong (front row), Louis Neumann (second row)
In:
John Brass (centre), John Peard (five-eighth), Kevin Goldspink (front row), Jim Hall (bench)
Changes:
John Dykes (bench to second row), Alan Cardy (bench to wing)

Match Notes

Ken Maddison dropped out of the St.George team with a shoulder injury Jeff Bell was his replacement.

Louis Neumann was dropped from the East team for not attending training and was replaced by Kevin Goldspink at prop with Ian Baker moving to 2nd row.

Jim Hall replaced Kevin Goldspink in the 2nd half.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables