Final
Balmain Tigers 14 def. Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 12
| 1985 National Panasonic Cup Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27795 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 5th June, 1985 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Kevin Roberts | |||||||
| Venue | Leichhardt (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 15,466 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Scott Gale | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 0 | |||||
| Scrums | 13 | – | 5 | |||||
| Penalties | 4 | – | 4 | |||||
| Balmain | Scoresheet | Cronulla | ||||||
| Gary BRIDGE | T | Dean CARNEY | ||||||
| Russel GARTNER | Mark WAKEFIELD | |||||||
| Ross CONLON | 3/3 | G | 2 | Dean CARNEY | ||||
| Balmain | Teams | Cronulla | ||||||
| Garry JACK | 1 | FB | 1 | Jonathan DOCKING | ||||
| John DAVIDSON | 2 | W | 2 | Mark McGAW | ||||
| Garry SCHOFIELD | 3 | C | 3 | Dean CARNEY | ||||
| Ross CONLON | 4 | C | 4 | Graham QUINN | ||||
| Russel GARTNER | 5 | W | 5 | Wayne SMITH | ||||
| Gary BRIDGE | 6 | FE | 6 | Mark ELLISON | ||||
| Scott GALE | 7 | HB | 7 | Mark WAKEFIELD | ||||
| Wayne PEARCE (c) | 8 | L | 8 | David HATCH (c) | ||||
| David BROOKS | 9 | 2R | 9 | Craig DIMOND | ||||
| Kevin HARDWICK | 10 | 2R | 10 | Kurt SORENSEN | ||||
| Steve ROACH | 11 | FR | 11 | Dane SORENSEN | ||||
| Ben ELIAS | 12 | HK | 12 | Michael PORTER | ||||
| Paul CLARKE | 13 | FR | 13 | Paul MERLO | ||||
| John OWENS | 15 | B | 14 | Barry RUSSELL | ||||
| Kerry HEMSLEY | 16 | B | 15 | Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN | ||||
| Paul BEAVEN | 17 | B | 16 | Darren COLES | ||||
| B | 17 | Chris WITHALL | ||||||
| Frank STANTON | HC | Jack GIBSON | ||||||
Team Info
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- Round 13 vs. South Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 14 vs. North Sydney
- Out:
- Rod Pethybridge (fullback), Neil Whittaker (bench)
- In:
- Garry Jack (fullback), Kevin Hardwick (second row), Kerry Hemsley (bench)
- Changes:
- John Owens (second row to bench)
Cronulla
- Previous Game:
- Round 13 vs. Manly
- Next Game:
- Round 14 vs. Canterbury
- Out:
- Gary Hammond (bench), Garry Walker (bench), Brian Noble (bench)
- In:
- Paul Merlo (front row), Barry Russell (bench), Andrew Ettingshausen (bench), Chris Withall (bench)
- Changes:
- Darren Coles (hooker to bench), Michael Porter (front row to hooker)
Match Notes
Neil Whittaker was a non-playing reserve for Balmain.
Scott Gale was awarded the Superstar Man of the Series.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio
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