Round 3
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 25 def. Newtown Jets 0
| 1977 Wills Cup Round 3 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27517 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 9th March, 1977 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 4:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | John Gocher | |||||||
| Venue | Sports Ground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 4,132 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 0 | |||||
| Scrums | 12 | – | 14 | |||||
| Penalties | 5 | – | 7 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Scoresheet | Newtown | ||||||
| Bob FULTON | T | |||||||
| Mark HARRIS | ||||||||
| Kevin HASTINGS | ||||||||
| Barry REILLY | ||||||||
| Ian SCHUBERT | ||||||||
| Russell FAIRFAX | 5 | G | ||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Teams | Newtown | ||||||
| Russell FAIRFAX | 1 | FB | 1 | John FLOYD | ||||
| Ian SCHUBERT | 2 | W | 2 | Les COOLEY | ||||
| Mark HARRIS | 3 | C | 3 | Brian ROBERTSON | ||||
| Kevin HASTINGS | 4 | C | 4 | Mark WRIGHT | ||||
| Bill MULLINS | 5 | W | 5 | Brian PLUMMER | ||||
| Bob FULTON | 6 | FE | 6 | Paul HAYWARD | ||||
| Johnny MAYES | 7 | HB | 7 | Phil YOUNG | ||||
| Kevin STEVENS | 8 | L | 8 | Ron PILON | ||||
| Barry REILLY | 9 | 2R | 9 | Paul DAWSON | ||||
| Arthur BEETSON (c) | 10 | 2R | 10 | Terry ELFORD | ||||
| Grant HEDGER | 11 | FR | 11 | Bruce GIBBS | ||||
| Bob JONES | 12 | HK | 12 | Geoff EDWARDS | ||||
| Garry METCALFE | 13 | FR | 13 | Col CASEY (c) | ||||
| Bruce PICKETT | 14 | B | 14 | Chris DAWSON | ||||
| Trevor BARNES | 15 | B | 15 | Gary BOYD | ||||
| Peter REED | 16 | B | ||||||
| Arthur BEETSON | HC | Paul BROUGHTON | ||||||
Team Info
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- 1977 Wills Cup - Game 2 vs. South Sydney
- Next Game:
- 1977 Wills Cup - Final vs. North Sydney
- Out:
- Royce Ayliffe (front row), Mal Connor (hooker), Michael Mosman (bench)
- In:
- Russell Fairfax (fullback), Garry Metcalfe (front row), Trevor Barnes (bench), Peter Reed (bench)
- Changes:
- Ian Schubert (fullback to wing), Bruce Pickett (wing to bench), Bob Jones (bench to hooker)
Newtown
- Previous Game:
- 1977 Wills Cup - Game 2 vs. Balmain
- Next Game:
- Round 1 vs. Western Suburbs
- Out:
- Mark O'Brien (centre)
- In:
- Brian Robertson (centre), Gary Boyd (bench)
Match Notes
Game was initially scheduled to be played at Henson Park on Sunday 6 March however due to rain Henson Park was unavailable and no other ground could be found so the match was postponed. It was changed to the Sports Ground on Monday after negotiations with the SCG Trust the NSWRL initially wanted to play Tuesday 8 March but settled on Wednesday.
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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