Round 3
South Sydney Rabbitohs 9 lost to Newtown 13
| 1971 Wills Cup Round 3 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27304 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 6th March, 1971 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 8:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Keith Holman (Melbourne) | |||||||
| Venue | Redfern (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 8,272 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 9 | – | 8 | |||||
| South Sydney | Scoresheet | Newtown | ||||||
| Darrell BAMPTON | T | 2 | Lionel WILLIAMSON | |||||
| Keith EDWARDS | Dave BARSLEY | |||||||
| Denis PITTARD | ||||||||
| Ray BRANIGHAN | 0/3 | G | Dave BARSLEY | |||||
| John BONHAM | ||||||||
| South Sydney | Teams | Newtown | ||||||
| Ray BRANIGHAN | 2 | FB | 1 | Dave BARSLEY | ||||
| Keith EDWARDS | 14 | W | 2 | Lionel WILLIAMSON | ||||
| Greg NORGARD | 3 | C | 3 | Bob CARNEGIE (c) | ||||
| Phil SMITH | 4 | C | 4 | Brian MOORE | ||||
| Bob HONAN | 5 | W | 15 | Danny GOUGH | ||||
| Denis PITTARD | 6 | FE | 6 | Des O'CONNOR | ||||
| Bob GRANT | 7 | HB | 7 | John BONHAM | ||||
| Darrell BAMPTON | 8 | L | 8 | Larry RALEIGH | ||||
| Gary STEVENS | 9 | 2R | 9 | Charlie RENILSON | ||||
| Bob McCARTHY | 10 | 2R | 10 | Col CASEY | ||||
| John O'NEILL | 11 | FR | 11 | Oscar DANIELSON | ||||
| Elwyn WALTERS | 12 | HK | 12 | Mark ROBERTSON | ||||
| John SATTLER (c) | 13 | FR | 13 | Phil FLACK | ||||
| Arthur BRANIGHAN | 15 | B | 14 | Doug COLEMAN | ||||
| Clive CHURCHILL | HC | Harry BATH | ||||||
Team Info
South Sydney
- Previous Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Game 2 vs. Manly
- Next Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Round 4 vs. Eastern Suburbs
- Out:
- Eric Simms (fullback), Alan Heiler (bench), George Inman (bench), Dallas O'Neill (bench)
- In:
- Ray Branighan (fullback)
- Changes:
- Arthur Branighan (centre to bench), Greg Norgard (bench to centre)
Newtown
- Previous Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Game 2 vs. Penrith
- Next Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Round 4 vs. Manly
- Out:
- Alan Maddalena (wing), Barry Wood (five-eighth), Doug Kemister (hooker), Gary Sullivan (lock)
- In:
- Danny Gough (wing), Des O'Connor (five-eighth), Mark Robertson (hooker), Larry Raleigh (lock), Doug Coleman (bench)
Match Notes
Eric Simms was dropped from the team for missing training on Thursday and replaced by Keith Edwards on the wing with Ray Branighan moving to fullback.
Phil Flack was sent off for punching 17 mins into the 2nd half for punching.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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