Round 1
St George Dragons 23 def. Eastern Suburbs Roosters 17
| 1970 NSWRFL Round 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12747 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 29th March, 1970 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Keith Holman (Melbourne) | |||||||
| Venue | Kogarah (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 12,519 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 10 | – | 5 | |||||
| Scrums | 17 | – | 18 | |||||
| Penalties | 12 | – | 6 | |||||
| St George | Scoresheet | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Geoff CARR | T | John BRASS | ||||||
| Johnny KING | Alan CARDY | |||||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS | Kevin JUNEE | |||||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS | 4 | G | 2 | Allan McKEAN | ||||
| Phil HAWTHORNE | 3 | FG | 2 | John BRASS | ||||
| St George | Teams | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS (c) | 1 | FB | 1 | Allan McKEAN | ||||
| Geoff CARR | 2 | W | 2 | Jim PORTER | ||||
| Tony BRANSON | 3 | C | 3 | John BRASS (c) | ||||
| Jeff BELL | 17 | C | 4 | Ron SADDLER | ||||
| Johnny KING | 5 | W | 5 | Alan CARDY | ||||
| Phil HAWTHORNE | 6 | FE | 6 | John PEARD | ||||
| Billy SMITH | 7 | HB | 7 | Kevin JUNEE | ||||
| Keith MADDISON | 8 | L | 8 | Barry REILLY | ||||
| Barry BEATH | 9 | 2R | 9 | John DYKES | ||||
| Apisai TOGA | 10 | 2R | 11 | Ian BAKER | ||||
| John WITTENBERG | 11 | FR | 26 | Kevin GOLDSPINK | ||||
| Col RASMUSSEN | 12 | HK | 12 | Peter MOSCATT | ||||
| Grahame BOWEN | 13 | FR | 13 | John WALKER | ||||
| B | 24 | Jim HALL | ||||||
| Jack GIBSON | HC | Don FURNER | ||||||
Team Info
St George
- Previous Game:
- 1970 Wills Cup - Final vs. Canterbury
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Balmain
- Out:
- Dennis Preston (centre), Norm Henderson (bench)
- In:
- Jeff Bell (centre)
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- 1970 Wills Cup - Round 4 vs. Newtown
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. North Sydney
- Out:
- Bill Mullins (wing), Mark Harris (centre), John Ballesty (five-eighth), Chris Armstrong (front row), Louis Neumann (second row)
- In:
- John Brass (centre), John Peard (five-eighth), Kevin Goldspink (front row), Jim Hall (bench)
- Changes:
- John Dykes (bench to second row), Alan Cardy (bench to wing)
Match Notes
Ken Maddison dropped out of the St.George team with a shoulder injury Jeff Bell was his replacement.
Louis Neumann was dropped from the East team for not attending training and was replaced by Kevin Goldspink at prop with Ian Baker moving to 2nd row.
Jim Hall replaced Kevin Goldspink in the 2nd half.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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