NSWRFL 1972

Round 2

Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 2 lost to Penrith Panthers 5

NSWRFL 1972
Round 2
Cronulla Sutherland
Sharks
2
5 Penrith
Panthers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13021
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 1st April, 1972
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Gary Bennett
Venue Endeavour (Sydney)
Crowd 4,942
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 2
Scrums 8 18
Penalties 14 16
Cronulla Scoresheet Penrith
    T David APPLEBEE
 
Barry ANDREWS G Len KILLEEN
Cronulla Teams Penrith
Chris WELLMAN 1 FB 1 Mike LEARY
Bob WEAR 2 W 2 David APPLEBEE
Greg PIERCE 3 C 3 Ian McKECHNIE
Paul TAYLOR 4 C 4 Grahame MORAN
Ray CORCORAN 5 W 5 Len KILLEEN
 
Tony FLETCHER 6 FE 6 Zac OLEJARNIK
Steve HANSARD 7 HB 7 Noel SING
 
Maurie RAPER 8 L 8 Phil KLIENDIENST
Barry ANDREWS 9 2R 9 Bruce WARD
Ken MADDISON 10 2R 10 Gary HARVEY
Denis BEEBY 11 FR 11 Ron LYNCH (c)
Gary STEWART 12 HK 12 Alan WINGATE
Cliff WATSON (c) 13 FR 13 Terry GEARY
 
Eric ARCHER 20 B 14 Wayne MELVILLE
George TAYLFORTH 43 B    
 
Tommy BISHOP   HC   Bob BOLAND
   
 

Team Info

Cronulla

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
Round 3 vs. St George
Out:
Dave Cotter (bench)
In:
Eric Archer (bench)

Penrith

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Round 3 vs. North Sydney
Out:
John Moran (centre), Dennis Tutty (second row)
In:
Ian McKechnie (centre), Gary Harvey (second row)
Changes:
Bruce Ward (front row to second row), Ron Lynch (second row to front row)

Match Notes

John Moran & Dennis Tutty withdrew from the Penrith team on Friday with gastro they were replaced by Ian McKechnie & Bruce Ward.

Cliff Watson broke his jaw in the 1st half and was replaced at halftime by George Taylforth, Paul Taylor was also replaced at halftime with a knee injury by Eric Archer.

Phil Kliendienst was replaced in the 2nd half due to concussion by Wayne Melville.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables