NSWRFL 1971

Grand Final

South Sydney Rabbitohs 16 def. St George Dragons 10

NSWRFL 1971
Grand Final
South Sydney
Rabbitohs		 16
–
10 St George
Dragons
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13014
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 18th September, 1971
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Holman (Melbourne)
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 62,838
Match Stats
Halftime Score 1 – 0
Scrums 14 – 12
Penalties 8 – 11
South Sydney Scoresheet St George
Ray BRANIGHAN T Barry BEATH
Ron COOTE   Ted WALTON
Bob McCARTHY      
 
Eric SIMMS 3/4 G 2/4 Graeme LANGLANDS
 
Eric SIMMS FG    
South Sydney Teams St George
Eric SIMMS 1 FB 1 Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
Keith EDWARDS 2 W 2 Ken BATTY
Paul SAIT 3 C 3 Bob CLAPHAM
Bob HONAN 4 C 4 Ken MADDISON
Ray BRANIGHAN 5 W 5 Geoff CARR
 
Denis PITTARD 6 FE 6 Tony BRANSON
Bob GRANT 7 HB 7 Billy SMITH
 
Ron COOTE 8 L 8 Ted WALTON
Gary STEVENS 9 2R 9 Barry BEATH
Bob McCARTHY 10 2R 10 Peter FITZGERALD
John O'NEILL 11 FR 11 Grahame BOWEN
George PIGGINS 12 HK 12 Col RASMUSSEN
John SATTLER (c) 13 FR 13 Harry EDEN
 
    B 39 Russell COX
    B 22 Mick DRYDEN
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Jack GIBSON
   
 

Team Info

South Sydney

Previous Game:
Major Semi vs. Manly
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
Elwyn Walters (hooker)
Changes:
George Piggins (bench to hooker)

St George

Previous Game:
Prelim Final vs. Manly
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
Keith Maddison (front row)
In:
Mick Dryden (bench)
Changes:
Grahame Bowen (bench to front row)

Match Notes

Russell Cox replaced Grahame Bowen at halftime & Mick Dryden replaced Peter Fitzgerald with 5 mins remaining.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables

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