NSWRFL 1970

Round 13

South Sydney Rabbitohs 27 def. Parramatta Eels 9

NSWRFL 1970
Round 13
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
27
9 Parramatta
Eels
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12817
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 21st June, 1970
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Les Samuelson
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 10,864
Match Stats
Halftime Score 18 0
Scrums 17 13
Penalties 14 11
Souths Scoresheet Parramatta
Ron COOTE T Rod TOLHURST
Keith EDWARDS      
Denis PITTARD      
John SATTLER      
Eric SIMMS      
 
Eric SIMMS 5/8 G 3 Dennis MOUNT
 
Eric SIMMS FG    
 
    OFF John McMARTIN
Souths Teams Parramatta
Ray BRANIGHAN 1 FB 1 Greg HYDE
Keith EDWARDS 2 W 2 Dave IRVINE
Arthur BRANIGHAN 3 C 3 Barry RUSHWORTH (c)
Bob HONAN 4 C 4 Keith CAMPBELL
Eric SIMMS 5 W 5 Kevin MacFARLANE
 
Denis PITTARD 6 FE 6 Graham LYE
Bob GRANT 7 HB 7 John WILSON
 
Ron COOTE 8 L 24 Rod TOLHURST
Gary STEVENS 9 2R 9 Denis FITZGERALD
Paul SAIT 10 2R 11 Barry LEANEY
Dennis LEE 29 FR 14 Dennis MOUNT
Elwyn WALTERS 12 HK 12 John McMARTIN
John SATTLER (c) 13 FR 13 Bob O'REILLY
 
    B 14 Ivor LINGARD
    B 15 Ron GRAHAM
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Ron LYNCH
   
 

Team Info

Souths

Previous Game:
Round 12 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Round 14 vs. Newtown
Out:
Greg Norgard (centre), George Piggins (hooker), Bob McCarthy (second row)
In:
Arthur Branighan (centre), Elwyn Walters (hooker), Ron Coote (lock)
Changes:
Paul Sait (lock to second row)

Parramatta

Previous Game:
Round 12 vs. Western Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 14 vs. Penrith
Out:
Dick Thornett (second row)
In:
Rod Tolhurst (lock), Ivor Lingard (bench), Ron Graham (bench)
Changes:
Denis Fitzgerald (lock to second row)

Match Notes

Bob McCarthy withdrew from a 14 man Souths team with a shoulder injury, John O'Neill withdrew with a shoulder injury and was replaced by Dennis Lee.

Parramatta lost captain Dick Thornett due to pleurisy and was replaced by Rod Tolhurst with Dennis Fitzgerald moving to 2nd row from lock, Barry Rushworth the new captain.

Parramatta replaced Graham Lye at half time due to a swollen eye & then Keith Campbell early in the 2nd half with concussion they were replaced by Ivor Lingard & Ron Graham.

John McMartin was sent off 6 mins from fulltime for punching.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

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