Wills Cup 1971

Game 3

South Sydney Rabbitohs 9 lost to Newtown 13

Wills Cup 1971
Game 3
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
9
13
Newtown
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27304
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 6th March, 1971
Kick Off 8:30 PM (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:
Wills Cup 1971 - Game 2 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - 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:
Wills Cup 1971 - Game 2 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - 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: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin