NSWRL 1987

Round 26

Eastern Suburbs Roosters 18 lost to Canberra Raiders 22

NSWRL 1987
Round 26
Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
18
22 Canberra
Raiders
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/5622
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 29th August, 1987
Kick Off 3:05 PM (local time)
Referee Kevin Roberts
Venue Henson (Sydney)
Crowd 5,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 8
Scrums 7 10
Penalties 10 7
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet Canberra
Russell BARTLETT T 2 Gary BELCHER
Wayne CHALLIS   Matthew CORKERY
Tony MELROSE   Ashley GILBERT
 
David SMITH 3/5 G 3/5 Gary BELCHER
 
    BIN Steve WALTERS
Eastern Suburbs Teams Canberra
Glen LEGGETT 1 FB 1 Gary BELCHER
Steve MORRIS 2 W 2 Chris KINNA
David SMITH 3 C 3 Ivan HENJAK
Tony MELROSE (c) 4 C 4 Peter JACKSON
Wayne CHALLIS 5 W 5 Matthew CORKERY
 
Brendan HALL 6 FE 6 Chris O'SULLIVAN
Paul DANES 7 HB 7 Kevin WALTERS
 
Terry MATTERSON 8 L 8 Dean LANCE (c)
Mike McLEAN 9 2R 9 Gary COYNE
Craig SALVATORI 10 2R 10 Ashley GILBERT
Danny SHEPHERD 51 FR 11 Sam BACKO
John THOMAS 12 HK 12 Steve WALTERS
Russell BARTLETT 13 FR 13 Brent TODD
 
Trevor PATERSON 23 B 15 Phil CAREY
David FRENCH 16 B    
Gary PROHM 21 B    
Kurt SHERLOCK 19 B    
 
Arthur BEETSON   HC   Wayne BENNETT
        Don FURNER
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 25 vs. Cronulla
Next Game:
Round 26 vs. Canberra
Out:
Gary Wurth (fullback), Joe Lydon (wing), Laurie Spina (halfback), David Trewhella (hooker), Trevor Gillmeister (second row), Robert Simpkins (lock), John Tobin (bench)
In:
Wayne Challis (wing), Russell Bartlett (front row), John Thomas (hooker), Terry Matterson (lock), David French (bench), Gary Prohm (bench), Kurt Sherlock (bench)
Changes:
Craig Salvatori (front row to second row), Trevor Paterson (second row to bench), Mike McLean (bench to second row), Paul Danes (bench to halfback), Glen Leggett (bench to fullback)

Canberra

Previous Game:
Round 25 vs. Souths
Next Game:
Round 26 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Out:
Steve Jackson (bench), Les Morrissey (bench), Paul Elliott (bench)
Changes:
Kevin Walters (centre to halfback), Ivan Henjak (halfback to centre)

Match Notes

The 1987/88 Rugby League annual mentions that this crowd figure is approximate.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables

Sources: NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, Match Video