NSWRFL 1973

Round 8

South Sydney Rabbitohs 19 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 12

NSWRFL 1973
Round 8
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
19
12 Western Suburbs
Magpies
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13195
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 13th May, 1973
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Richie Humphreys
Venue Redfern (Sydney)
Crowd 7,536
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 5
Scrums 6 7
Penalties 17 13
Souths Scoresheet Western Suburbs
Ross BIRRELL 2 T Stephen KNIGHT
Peter BROWN   Neville SINCLAIR
 
Eric SIMMS 5/6 G 3/7 Tony FORD
Souths Teams Western Suburbs
Eric SIMMS 1 FB 1 Tony FORD
Keith EDWARDS 2 W 2 Allan ASHMORE
Jeff WILLIAMS 3 C 3 Stephen KNIGHT
Ross BIRRELL 4 C 4 Robbie PARKER
Tom MOONEY 5 W 5 Russell MULLINS
 
Denis PITTARD 6 FE 6 John HEYWARD
Peter BROWN 7 HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS (c)
 
Rod URQUHART 8 L 8 Neville SINCLAIR
Greg LONGHURST 40 2R 9 John BAKER
Bob McCARTHY (c) 11 2R 10 Barry BRYANT
Bob BROAD 27 FR 11 John O'BRYAN
Elwyn WALTERS 12 HK 12 Shayne DAY
Steve REILLY 13 FR 13 Nick MOROKO
 
Bill MOORE 25 B    
John SCHMITZER 23 B    
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Don PARISH
   
 

Team Info

Souths

Previous Game:
Round 7 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Round 9 vs. Balmain
Out:
Frank Curry Jnr (wing), Noel Murray (halfback), George Piggins (hooker), Paul Sait (second row), Gary Stevens (second row)
In:
Jeff Williams (centre), Peter Brown (halfback), Steve Reilly (front row), Bob Broad (front row), Greg Longhurst (second row), Bill Moore (bench), John Schmitzer (bench)
Changes:
Keith Edwards (centre to wing), Elwyn Walters (front row to hooker), Bob McCarthy (front row to second row)

Western Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 7 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 9 vs. Manly
Out:
Russell Johnstone (front row), Geoff Foster (bench)
Changes:
Nick Moroko (bench to front row)

Match Notes

Paul Sait & Gary Stevens were both late withdrawals for Souths and were replaced by Gary Longhurst & Bob Broad with Bob McCarthy moving to 2nd row & Broad the new prop.

Elwyn Walter injured his knee 10 mins from fulltime and was replaced by Bill Moore then soon after Rod Urquhart injured an ankle and was replaced by John Schmitzer.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin