NSWRFL 1973

Round 2

South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 def. Penrith Panthers 12

NSWRFL 1973
Round 2
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
22
12 Penrith
Panthers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13160
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 1st April, 1973
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Don MacDonald
Venue Redfern (Sydney)
Crowd 6,697
Match Stats
Halftime Score 11 6
Scrums 14 11
Penalties 10 10
South Sydney Scoresheet Penrith
Bob McCARTHY 2 T Geoff BRACKEN
Denis PITTARD 2   John MORAN
Tom MOONEY      
 
Eric SIMMS 3 G 3 Reg WALTON
 
Eric SIMMS FG    
South Sydney Teams Penrith
Eric SIMMS 1 FB 1 Reg WALTON
Keith EDWARDS 2 W 2 John MORAN
Jeff WILLIAMS 3 C 3 Grahame MORAN
Paul SAIT 4 C 4 Peter SWANSON
Tom MOONEY 5 W 5 Phillip CAPPER
 
Denis PITTARD 6 FE 6 Zac OLEJARNIK
Bob GRANT 7 HB 7 Phil RYAN
 
Mick BYRNE 8 L 8 Dennis TUTTY
Gary STEVENS 9 2R 9 Ron LYNCH (c)
Bob McCARTHY (c) 10 2R 10 Ron MASON
Jim HALL 11 FR 11 Tim SHEENS
Elwyn WALTERS 12 HK 12 Doug BAYLY
George PIGGINS 13 FR 13 Terry GEARY
 
    B 14 Geoff BRACKEN
    B 15 Wayne MELVILLE
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Leo TREVENA
   
 

Team Info

South Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 3 vs. Cronulla
Out:
Phil Smith (centre), Rod Urquhart (lock), Paul Hills (bench)
In:
Jeff Williams (centre), Mick Byrne (lock)

Penrith

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 3 vs. Western Suburbs
In:
Geoff Bracken (bench), Wayne Melville (bench)

Match Notes

Elwyn Walters & George Piggins swap positions at half time and Piggins won 8 of 9 scrums in the 2nd half.

Dennis Tutty was replaced early in the 1st half by Wayne Melville when he injured his back, Terry Geary hurt is shoulder in the 2nd half and was replaced by Geoff Bracken.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables