NSWRFL 1978

Round 1

Eastern Suburbs Roosters 19 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 14

NSWRFL 1978
Round 1
Eastern Suburbs
Roosters		 19
–
14 Western Suburbs
Magpies
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13848
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 26th March, 1978
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Jack Danzey Jnr
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 10,471
Match Stats
Halftime Score 9 – 7
Scrums 12 – 12
Penalties 7 – 13
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet Western Suburbs
Ron COOTE T Geoff FOSTER
Ian SCHUBERT   Wayne SMITH
Kevin STEVENS      
 
Kevin STEVENS 5/6 G 2 Don MOSELEY
      2/3 Peter ROWLES
Eastern Suburbs Teams Western Suburbs
Alan POWER 1 FB 1 Don MOSELEY
Ian SCHUBERT 2 W 2 Peter ROWLES
Mark HARRIS 3 C 3 Ron GITEAU
Terry MURPHY 4 C 4 Wayne SMITH
Bill MULLINS 5 W 5 Trevor SCARR
 
Bob FULTON (c) 6 FE 6 Graeme O'GRADY
Kevin HASTINGS 7 HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS (c)
 
Ron COOTE 8 L 8 Mick LIUBINSKAS
Barry REILLY 9 2R 9 Geoff FOSTER
Kevin STEVENS 10 2R 10 Steve BLYTH
Gary METCALFE 11 FR 11 John DONNELLY
Arthur MOUNTIER 12 HK 12 Shayne DAY
Bob O'REILLY 13 FR 13 Peter YOUNG
 
Gavin MILLER 14 B 14 Steve EISENHUTH
Des O'REILLY 15 B    
 
Arthur BEETSON   HC   Roy MASTERS
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Craven Mild Cup 1978 - Round 3 vs. St George
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. South Sydney
Out:
Mal Connor (hooker), Royce Ayliffe (front row), Paul Jelfs (bench)
In:
Arthur Mountier (hooker), Gary Metcalfe (front row)
Changes:
Bob Fulton (centre to five-eighth), Kevin Stevens (five-eighth to second row), Des O'Reilly (second row to bench), Terry Murphy (bench to centre)

Western Suburbs

Previous Game:
Craven Mild Cup 1978 - Round 3 vs. South Sydney
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. St George
Out:
John Dorahy (fullback), Ken Bourke (centre), Bill Cloughessy (front row), Ron Brodrick (bench), Bruce Gibbs (bench)
In:
Trevor Scarr (wing), Peter Young (front row), Steve Eisenhuth (bench)
Changes:
Wayne Smith (wing to centre), Don Moseley (five-eighth to fullback), Graeme O'Grady (bench to five-eighth)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash

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