Round 5
Balmain Tigers 24 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 14
| 1978 NSWRFL Round 5 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13869 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 23rd April, 1978 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 12:00pm (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:
- 1978 AMCO Cup - Round 3 vs. Southern Suburbs
- Next Game:
- Round 6 vs. Canterbury
- Out:
- Shane Day (hooker), Alan Neil (bench), Ron Brodrick (bench), Dave Kennedy (bench), Mick Liubinskas (bench)
- In:
- John Purcell (hooker), John Dorahy (bench), Bruce Gibbs (bench)
Match Notes
League-A-Thon
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, Tony McCarron
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