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1978 NSW City vs Country Firsts

New South Wales City Firsts 30 def. New South Wales Country Firsts 13

1978 NSW City vs Country Firsts

New South Wales City Firsts
30
13
New South Wales Country Firsts
Match Info
Match URLwww.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22236
StatusCompleted
DateSaturday, 20th May, 1978
Kick Off3:00pm (local time)
RefereeJack Danzey Jnr
VenueSCG (Sydney)
Crowd12,932
Match Stats
Halftime Score158
Scrums1013
NSW City FirstsScoresheetNSW Country Firsts
Steve ROGERS3TSteve THOMPSON
Larry COROWA   
Terry FAHEY   
John RIBOT   
 
Michael CRONIN6/8G5/5Greg HILLIARD
NSW City FirstsTeamsNSW Country Firsts
Allan McMAHON
[Balmain]
1FB1Brian JOHNSON
Terry FAHEY
[South Sydney]
2W2Allan SHEPPARD
Michael CRONIN
[Parramatta]
3C3Brian JOHNSTON
Steve ROGERS
[Cronulla]
4C4Ashley BARNETT
Larry COROWA
[Balmain]
5W5Greg HILLIARD
 
Bob FULTON
[Eastern Suburbs]
6FE6Pat SMITH (c)
Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
7HB7Joe CRAIGIE
 
Greg PIERCE (c)
[Cronulla]
8L8Colin SCOTT
John RIBOT
[Newtown]
92R9Peter WYNN
Terry RANDALL
[Manly]
102R10Graeme WYNN
Ian THOMSON
[Manly]
11FR11Len BERTOLDO
Noel MAYBURY
[Balmain]
12HK12Ray BROWN
Paul KHAN
[Cronulla]
13FR13Bob BELFORD
 
  B17Mark SMITH
  B20Steve MORRIS
  B21Steve THOMPSON
  B22Don PRIOR
  B24Gary SOUTER
 
Frank STANTON HC Phil JACKSON
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales City Firsts

Previous Game:
1977 NSW City vs Country Firsts - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
Next Game:
1979 NSW City vs Country Firsts - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
Out:
Graham Eadie (fullback), Mark Harris (wing), John Peard (five-eighth), Steve Mortimer (halfback), Denis Fitzgerald (front row), George Peponis (hooker), Arthur Beetson (front row), Ray Higgs (second row), Rod Reddy (lock)
In:
Terry Fahey (wing), Larry Corowa (wing), Bob Fulton (five-eighth), Tom Raudonikis (halfback), Paul Khan (front row), Noel Maybury (hooker), Ian Thomson (front row), John Ribot (second row), Greg Pierce (lock)
Changes:
Allan McMahon (wing to fullback)

New South Wales Country Firsts

Previous Game:
1977 NSW City vs Country Firsts - Game 1 vs. NSW City Firsts
Next Game:
1979 NSW City vs Country Firsts - Game 1 vs. NSW City Firsts
Out:
Peter McGrath (fullback), Larry Corowa (wing), Percy Knight (centre), Brian Hetherington (wing), John Brass (five-eighth), Phil Phillips (halfback), Steve Bowden (front row), Barry Pearson (hooker), Peter Jirgens (second row), John Ballesty (lock), Peter Lewis (bench), John Coveney (bench)
In:
Brian Johnson (fullback), Allan Sheppard (wing), Brian Johnston (centre), Greg Hilliard (wing), Pat Smith (five-eighth), Joe Craigie (halfback), Bob Belford (front row), Ray Brown (hooker), Graeme Wynn (second row), Peter Wynn (second row), Colin Scott (lock), Mark Smith (bench), Steve Morris (bench), Don Prior (bench), Gary Souter (bench)
Changes:
Steve Thompson (second row to bench)

Match Notes

Russell Cox withdrew from the Country team on Wednesday and was replaced by Bob Belford.

Country used 5 replacements in the game.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash