Round 5
South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 def. Newtown Jets 16
| 1973 NSWRFL Round 5 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13175 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 21st April, 1973 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Keith Holman (Melbourne) | |||||||
| Venue | Redfern (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 10,259 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 11 | – | 11 | |||||
| Scrums | 11 | – | 11 | |||||
| Penalties | 10 | – | 7 | |||||
| South Sydney | Scoresheet | Newtown | ||||||
| Tom MOONEY | T | 2 | Lionel WILLIAMSON | |||||
| Denis PITTARD | John BRADSTOCK | |||||||
| Rod URQUHART | Dennis GARDINER | |||||||
| Ross BIRRELL | 6/6 | G | 2 | Ken WILSON | ||||
| Ross BIRRELL | FG | |||||||
| South Sydney | Teams | Newtown | ||||||
| John KAY | 35 | 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
South Sydney
- 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.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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