NSWRFL 1973

Round 5

South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 def. Newtown Jets 16

NSWRFL 1973
Round 5
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
22
16 Newtown
Jets
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13175
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 21st April, 1973
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Holman (Melbourne)
Venue Redfern (Sydney)
Crowd 10,259
Match Stats
Halftime Score 11 11
Scrums 11 11
Penalties 10 7
Souths Scoresheet Newtown
Tom MOONEY T 2 Lionel WILLIAMSON
Denis PITTARD   John BRADSTOCK
Rod URQUHART   Dennis GARDINER
 
Ross BIRRELL 6 G 2 Ken WILSON
 
Ross BIRRELL FG    
Souths Teams Newtown
John KAY 1 FB 1 John FLOYD
Tom MOONEY 5 W 2 Lionel WILLIAMSON (c)
Keith EDWARDS 3 C 3 Brian MOORE
Ross BIRRELL 4 C 4 Dave OLIVERI
Frank CURRY JNR 2 W 5 John BRADSTOCK
 
Denis PITTARD 6 FE 6 Ken WILSON
Bob GRANT 7 HB 7 Des O'CONNOR
 
Rod URQUHART 8 L 22 Graham MATTHEWS
Gary STEVENS 9 2R 9 Gary SULLIVAN
Paul SAIT 10 2R 10 Paul DAWSON
Elwyn WALTERS 11 FR 11 Tom MELVILLE
George PIGGINS 12 HK 12 Mark ROBERTSON
Bob McCARTHY (c) 13 FR 13 Dennis GARDINER
 
Herbie TIMMS 22 B 26 Col CASEY
Jeff WITHERS 30 B    
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Jack GIBSON
   
 

Team Info

Souths

Previous Game:
Round 4 vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Round 6 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Out:
Eric Simms (fullback), Bob Broad (front row), Jim Hall (front row)
In:
John Kay (fullback), Elwyn Walters (front row), Paul Sait (second row), Jeff Withers (bench)
Changes:
Bob McCarthy (second row to front row)

Newtown

Previous Game:
Round 4 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 6 vs. Western Suburbs
Out:
Barry Cox (fullback), Ron Fogarty (wing), Neil Pringle (lock), Warren Snodgrass (bench)
In:
John Floyd (fullback), Lionel Williamson (wing), Graham Matthews (lock), Col Casey (bench)

Match Notes

Eric Simms suffered a gash to the leg in a training accident on Thursday night and was ruled out of the game he was replaced by John Kay.

Graham Matthews replaced Neil Pringle who was suffering from a chest injury on Thursday.

Paul Sait injured his knee 9 mins from fulltime and was replaced by Herbie Timms, Bob Grant tore shoulder ligaments and was replaced by Jeff Withers.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables