Semi Final
St George Dragons 18 def. Canterbury Bankstown 7
| 1971 Wills Cup Semi Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27314 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 17th March, 1971 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Keith Holman (Melbourne) | |||||||
| Venue | Sports Ground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 11,678 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 10 | – | 7 | |||||
| St George | Scoresheet | Canterbury | ||||||
| Stan GORTON | T | Marty DRISCOLL | ||||||
| Johnny KING | ||||||||
| Ken MADDISON | ||||||||
| Billy SMITH | ||||||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS | 3 | G | 2 | Peter INSKIP | ||||
| St George | Teams | Canterbury | ||||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS (c) | 1 | FB | 1 | Peter INSKIP | ||||
| Stan GORTON | 2 | W | 2 | Ray STRUDWICK | ||||
| Geoff CARR | 3 | C | 14 | Peter BELLAMY | ||||
| Kevin O'SULLIVAN | 4 | C | 4 | Johnny RHODES | ||||
| Johnny KING | 5 | W | 5 | Rod JACKSON | ||||
| Tony BRANSON | 6 | FE | 6 | Dennis SCAHILL | ||||
| Billy SMITH | 7 | HB | 7 | Roger KINLYSIDE | ||||
| Peter FITZGERALD | 8 | L | 8 | Ron RAPER (c) | ||||
| Barry BEATH | 9 | 2R | 15 | Bill NOONAN | ||||
| Ken MADDISON | 10 | 2R | 10 | John ARMSTRONG | ||||
| Brian NORTON | 11 | FR | 11 | Phil CHARLTON | ||||
| Col RASMUSSEN | 12 | HK | 12 | Marty DRISCOLL | ||||
| Grahame BOWEN | 13 | FR | 13 | Ray PAYNE | ||||
| Keith MADDISON | 14 | B | 16 | Peter VAN GULIK | ||||
| Phil HAWTHORNE | 15 | B | 17 | Barry PHILLIS | ||||
| Ross POPPLEWELL | 16 | B | 18 | Wayne GOLDING | ||||
| Ted WALTON | 17 | B | ||||||
| Jack GIBSON | HC | Bob HAGAN | ||||||
Team Info
St George
- Previous Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Game 4 vs. Penrith
- Next Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Final vs. Cronulla
- In:
- Tony Branson (five-eighth), Ross Popplewell (bench), Ted Walton (bench)
- Changes:
- Phil Hawthorne (five-eighth to bench)
Canterbury
- Previous Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Game 4 vs. Cronulla
- Next Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Playoff vs. Newtown
- Out:
- Johnny Greaves (centre), Alan James (wing), Les Hutchings (halfback), Ron Costello (second row), Neville Hornery (second row)
- In:
- Rod Jackson (wing), Roger Kinlyside (halfback), John Armstrong (second row), Bill Noonan (second row), Peter Van Gulik (bench), Barry Phillis (bench), Wayne Golding (bench)
- Changes:
- Peter Bellamy (bench to centre)
Match Notes
Ron Costello dropped out of the Canterbury team and was replaced by new signing John Armstrong, Nev Hornery was a late withdrawal due to a groin injury and was replaced by Bill Noonan.
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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