NSWRFL 1978

Round 5

Balmain Tigers 24 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 14

NSWRFL 1978
Round 5
Balmain
Tigers
24
14 Western Suburbs
Magpies
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13869
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 23rd April, 1978
Kick Off 12:00 PM (local time)
Referee Kevin Roberts
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 44,507
Match Stats
Halftime Score 6 4
Scrums 13 7
Penalties 4 16
Balmain Scoresheet Western Suburbs
Larry COROWA 3 T Geoff FOSTER
Dennis BENDALL   Graeme O'GRADY
David GRANT      
Geoff NAYLOR      
 
Merv MUGGLETON 3 G 4/6 Peter ROWLES
Balmain Teams Western Suburbs
Mike FISH 1 FB 1 Eric CAIN
Merv MUGGLETON 2 W 2 Don MOSELEY
Dennis BENDALL 3 C 3 Ron GITEAU
Wayne WIGHAM 4 C 4 Les BOYD
Larry COROWA 5 W 5 Wayne SMITH
 
Lloyd MARTIN 6 FE 6 Peter ROWLES
Peter NINNESS 7 HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS (c)
 
Trevor RYAN (c) 8 L 8 Graeme O'GRADY
David GRANT 9 2R 9 Geoff FOSTER
Gary SPEARS 10 2R 10 Steve BLYTH
Geoff NAYLOR 11 FR 11 John DONNELLY
Noel MAYBURY 12 HK 12 John PURCELL
Keith COOK 13 FR 13 Peter YOUNG
 
Steve LAVERS 14 B 14 John DORAHY
    B 15 Bruce GIBBS
 
Ron WILLEY   HC   Roy MASTERS
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 4 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 6 vs. Manly
Out:
Les Mara (five-eighth), Neil Pringle (lock), Wayne Miranda (bench)
In:
Lloyd Martin (five-eighth), Steve Lavers (bench)
Changes:
Trevor Ryan (second row to lock), Gary Spears (bench to second row)

Western Suburbs

Previous Game:
AMCO Cup 1978 - Round 3 vs. Southern Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 6 vs. Canterbury

Match Notes

League-A-Thon

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables