Round 6
Balmain Tigers 5 lost to St George Dragons 31
| 1975 NSWRFL Round 6 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13458 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Friday, 25th April, 1975 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Kevin Roberts | |||||||
| Venue | Leichhardt (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 11,697 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 9 | |||||
| Scrums | 13 | – | 15 | |||||
| Penalties | 12 | – | 13 | |||||
| Balmain | Scoresheet | St George | ||||||
| Mike FISH | T | Barry BEATH | ||||||
| John CHAPMAN | ||||||||
| Roy FERGUSON | ||||||||
| Peter FITZGERALD | ||||||||
| Rod REDDY | ||||||||
| Graham ROBERTS | G | 8 | Graeme LANGLANDS | |||||
| Balmain | Teams | St George | ||||||
| Allan McMAHON | 1 | FB | 1 | Graeme LANGLANDS (c) | ||||
| Mike FISH | 2 | W | 2 | Paul MILLS | ||||
| Graham ROBERTS | 3 | C | 3 | Roy FERGUSON | ||||
| Trevor RYAN | 4 | C | 16 | Robert FINCH | ||||
| Paul SOMMERVILLE | 5 | W | 5 | John CHAPMAN | ||||
| Jeff SHIELD | 6 | FE | 6 | Barry HULBERT | ||||
| Keith OUTTEN (c) | 7 | HB | 7 | Billy SMITH | ||||
| Neil PRINGLE | 8 | L | 8 | Lindsay DRAKE | ||||
| John SPENCER | 9 | 2R | 9 | Peter FITZGERALD | ||||
| Ron PALMER | 10 | 2R | 10 | Rod REDDY | ||||
| Warren EVANS | 11 | FR | 11 | Barry BEATH | ||||
| Noel MAYBURY | 12 | HK | 12 | Steve EDGE | ||||
| Brian LOCKWOOD | 13 | FR | 13 | Russell COX | ||||
| Paul BROUGHTON | HC | Graeme LANGLANDS | ||||||
Team Info
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- Round 5 vs. South Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 7 vs. Cronulla
- Out:
- Mark Levy (fullback), Trevor Forwood (wing), Merv Muggleton (wing), Keith Cook (front row), Dennis Manteit (front row)
- In:
- Allan McMahon (fullback), Mike Fish (wing), Trevor Ryan (centre), Neil Pringle (lock)
- Changes:
- Paul Sommerville (centre to wing), Brian Lockwood (second row to front row), Ron Palmer (lock to second row), Warren Evans (bench to front row)
St George
- Previous Game:
- Round 5 vs. Newtown
- Next Game:
- Round 7 vs. South Sydney
- Out:
- Ted Goodwin (centre), Bruce Starkey (bench)
- In:
- Robert Finch (centre)
Match Notes
Ted Goodwin was a late withdrawal and was replaced by Robert Finch.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash
Your Say
31 Aug 2026 7:57pm
Balmain wore orange shorts in this match.
This was the only time in the Premiership (outside of 1908 and 1995-96) that the Tigers wore shorts that weren’t black.
The orange shorts also appeared in their two AMCO Cup matches in 1975.
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Thanks, Alan
31 Aug 2026 8:09pm
I believe the shorts were for colour television which is why South wore green shorts, Manly, Easts and other teams added stripes to their shorts in that season all to make them look better on colour TV.
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