Round 1
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 44 def. Balmain Tigers 10
| 1970 NSWRFL Round 1 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – |
| ||||||
| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12746 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 29th March, 1970 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Don Lancashire (Toowoomba) | |||||||
| Venue | Brookvale (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 16,654 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 24 | – | 2 | |||||
| Scrums | 9 | – | 8 | |||||
| Penalties | 8 | – | 14 | |||||
| Manly | Scoresheet | Balmain | ||||||
| Danny GOUGH | 2 | T | Paul CROSS | |||||
| Bob FULTON | Len KILLEEN | |||||||
| Bill HAMILTON | ||||||||
| Les HANIGAN | ||||||||
| John McDONALD | ||||||||
| Ed WHILEY | ||||||||
| Howard WHITAKER | ||||||||
| Bob BATTY | 8 | G | 2 | Len KILLEEN | ||||
| Bob FULTON | 2 | FG | ||||||
| Manly | Teams | Balmain | ||||||
| Bob BATTY | 1 | FB | 1 | Bob SMITHIES | ||||
| Danny GOUGH | 2 | W | 2 | Paul CROSS | ||||
| John McDONALD (c) | 3 | C | 3 | Hal BROWNE | ||||
| Howard WHITAKER | 4 | C | 4 | George RUEBNER | ||||
| Les HANIGAN | 5 | W | 5 | Len KILLEEN | ||||
| Bob FULTON | 6 | FE | 6 | Kevin BOWREY | ||||
| Ed WHILEY | 7 | HB | 7 | Dave BOLTON (c) | ||||
| Rob CAMERON | 8 | L | 23 | Greg FRYER | ||||
| John MORGAN | 9 | 2R | 9 | Joe WALSH | ||||
| Allan THOMSON | 10 | 2R | 10 | Geoff CONNELL | ||||
| Norm POUNDER | 11 | FR | 11 | Arthur BEETSON | ||||
| Max KRILICH | 12 | HK | 12 | Peter BOULTON | ||||
| Bill HAMILTON | 13 | FR | 24 | Barry McTAGGART | ||||
| B | 20 | Keith OUTTEN | ||||||
| B | 21 | Daryl PALMER | ||||||
| Ron WILLEY | HC | Leo NOSWORTHY | ||||||
Team Info
Manly
- Previous Game:
- 1970 Wills Cup - Round 4 vs. St George
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Penrith
- Out:
- Barry Ferguson (wing), Fred Jones (hooker), Peter Peters (second row), Ron Sparkes (bench), Derek Moritz (bench), Alec Tennant (bench)
- In:
- Les Hanigan (wing), Max Krilich (hooker), John Morgan (second row)
- Changes:
- Allan Thomson (front row to second row), Norm Pounder (second row to front row)
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- 1970 Wills Cup - Round 4 vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. St George
- Out:
- Terry Parker (centre), Norm Miller (hooker), Garry Leo (bench), John Spencer (bench)
- In:
- Kevin Bowrey (five-eighth), Daryl Palmer (bench)
- Changes:
- George Ruebner (wing to centre), Keith Outten (five-eighth to bench), Peter Boulton (bench to hooker), Paul Cross (bench to wing)
Match Notes
Alec Tennant withdrew from the Manly team on Friday due to a hand injury he was replaced by Howard Whitaker.
Balmain lost John Spencer with a rib injury on Thursday with Greg Fryer taking his position & Barry McTaggart was a late replacement for Garry Leo whose mother passed away on the Saturday.
Keith Outten replaced Dave Bolton at halftime with a hamstring injury and Daryl Palmer replaced Joe Walsh due to a chest injury.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
Your Say
Want to have your say? Add a comment.