NSWRFL 1971

Round 1

Balmain Tigers 26 def. Penrith Panthers 4

NSWRFL 1971
Round 1
Balmain
Tigers
26
4 Penrith
Panthers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12879
Status Completed
Date Friday, 26th March, 1971
Kick Off 9:30 PM (local time)
Referee Phil McCarroll
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 4,437
Match Stats
Halftime Score 6 2
Scrums 9 6
Penalties 20 13
Balmain Scoresheet Penrith
Terry PARKER 2 T    
Paul CROSS      
Garry LEO      
 
Geoff STARLING 5 G 2 Bruce WARD
Ron LEIS 2      
 
Peter BOULTON OFF    
Geoff STARLING      
Balmain Teams Penrith
Bob SMITHIES 1 FB 1 Mike LEARY
Paul CROSS 2 W 2 Reg HATTON
Terry PARKER 3 C 3 John MORAN
Geoff STARLING 4 C 4 Mal McMARTIN
Wayne THOMSON 5 W 5 Ray STEELE
 
Peter FARDELL 6 FE 6 Grahame MORAN (c)
Keith OUTTEN (c) 7 HB 7 Noel SING
 
Daryl PALMER 8 L 14 John STAPLEY
Geoff CONNELL 9 2R 9 Peter WRIGHT
Dennis TUTTY 10 2R 10 Rod ELLIOTT
Barry McTAGGART 11 FR 11 Bruce WARD
Peter BOULTON 12 HK 12 Ron WORKMAN
Garry LEO 13 FR 13 Terry GEARY
 
Ron LEIS 15 B 15 Larry PINKERTON
Ron PALMER 17 B    
 
Leo NOSWORTHY   HC   Bob BOLAND
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Round 4 vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Souths
Out:
Len Killeen (wing), Graham Mayhew (bench)
In:
Ron Leis (bench), Ron Palmer (bench)
Changes:
Wayne Thomson (centre to wing), Geoff Starling (bench to centre)

Penrith

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Round 4 vs. St George
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Cronulla
Out:
David Applebee (centre), Russell Johnstone (front row), Bob Broad (front row), Gary Harvey (second row), Phil Kliendienst (lock)
In:
John Moran (centre), Terry Geary (front row), Bruce Ward (front row), Rod Elliott (second row), Peter Wright (second row), Larry Pinkerton (bench)
Changes:
Grahame Moran (centre to five-eighth), Mal McMartin (wing to centre), Ray Steele (five-eighth to wing), John Stapley (second row to lock)

Match Notes

Phil Kliendienst dropped out of a 14 man Penrith team.

Both hookers were sent off for scrum infringements 4 minutes before halftime, Geoff Starling was sent off with 8 minutes remaining for a spear tackle, Ron Leis replaced Wayne Thompson due to a broken collarbone.

Larry Pinkerton replaced John Moran who broke a toe.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables