Interstate Series 1979 Series

Game 2

Queensland Firsts 7 lost to New South Wales Firsts 31

Interstate Series 1979

Queensland Firsts
7
31
New South Wales Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/17478
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 29th May, 1979
Kick Off 8:00 PM (local time)
Referee Gary Cook
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 12,000
Official Player of the Match Alan Thompson
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 15
Scrums 8 9
Penalties 11 8
QLD Firsts Scoresheet NSW Firsts
Greg PLATZ T 2 Alan THOMPSON
      Larry COROWA
      Graham EADIE
      Ray PRICE
      Steve ROGERS
      Peter WYNN
 
Mal MENINGA 2 G 5/10 Michael CRONIN
 
    OFF Rod REDDY
QLD Firsts Teams NSW Firsts
Colin SCOTT 1 FB 1 Graham EADIE
[Manly]
Brad BACKER 2 W 2 Larry COROWA
[Balmain]
Alan SMITH 3 C 3 Steve ROGERS
[Cronulla]
Mal MENINGA 4 C 4 Michael CRONIN
[Parramatta]
Ian DAUTH 5 W 5 Kerry BOUSTEAD
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
Wayne CARR 6 FE 6 Alan THOMPSON
[Manly]
Wayne LINDENBERG 7 HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
 
Norm CARR 8 L 8 Ray PRICE
[Parramatta]
Des MORRIS 9 2R 9 Rod REDDY
[St George]
Greg PLATZ (c) 10 2R 10 Peter WYNN
[Parramatta]
Robert COX 11 FR 11 Craig YOUNG
[St George]
John LANG 12 HK 12 George PEPONIS (c)
[Canterbury]
Dave BROWN 13 FR 13 Rod MORRIS
[Balmain]
 
Mark PAYNE 15 B 14 Steve MORTIMER
[Canterbury]
Greg QUINN 16 B 15 John COVENEY
[Canterbury]
 
John McDONALD   HC   Frank STANTON
   
 

Team Info

Queensland Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1979 - Game 1 vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
Interstate Series 1979 - Game 3 vs. NSW Firsts
Out:
Bruce Astill (centre), Peter McWhirter (five-eighth), John McLeod (bench), Billy Whitmore (bench)
In:
Alan Smith (centre), Wayne Carr (five-eighth), Greg Platz (second row), Mark Payne (bench)
Changes:
Greg Quinn (second row to bench)

New South Wales Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1979 - Game 1 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
Interstate Series 1979 - Game 3 vs. QLD Firsts
Out:
John Dorahy (centre), Les Boyd (second row)
In:
Michael Cronin (centre), Peter Wynn (second row)

Match Notes

The lone Qld try was scored by Greg Platz even though newspapers reported Norm Carr as the scorer. Both players were on the line as Colin Scott spilt the ball but replays showed it was Platz who caught it and scored. Rex Mossop says so in his commentary.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson