Round 1
Balmain Tigers 26 def. Penrith Panthers 4
| 1971 NSWRFL Round 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12879 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Friday, 26th March, 1971 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 9:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Phil McCarroll | |||||||
| Venue | Sports Ground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 4,437 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 2 | |||||
| Scrums | 9 | – | 6 | |||||
| Penalties | 20 | – | 13 | |||||
| Balmain | Scoresheet | Penrith | ||||||
| Terry PARKER | 2 | T | ||||||
| Paul CROSS | ||||||||
| Garry LEO | ||||||||
| Geoff STARLING | 5 | G | 2 | Bruce WARD | ||||
| Ron LEIS | 2 | |||||||
| Peter BOULTON | OFF | Ron WORKMAN | ||||||
| Geoff STARLING | ||||||||
| Balmain | Teams | Penrith | ||||||
| Bob SMITHIES | 1 | FB | 1 | Mike LEARY | ||||
| Paul CROSS | 2 | W | 2 | Reg HATTON | ||||
| Terry PARKER | 3 | C | 3 | John MORAN | ||||
| Geoff STARLING | 4 | C | 4 | Mal McMARTIN | ||||
| Wayne THOMSON | 5 | W | 5 | Ray STEELE | ||||
| Peter FARDELL | 6 | FE | 6 | Grahame MORAN (c) | ||||
| Keith OUTTEN (c) | 7 | HB | 7 | Noel SING | ||||
| Daryl PALMER | 8 | L | 14 | John STAPLEY | ||||
| Geoff CONNELL | 9 | 2R | 9 | Peter WRIGHT | ||||
| Dennis TUTTY | 10 | 2R | 10 | Rod ELLIOTT | ||||
| Barry McTAGGART | 11 | FR | 11 | Bruce WARD | ||||
| Peter BOULTON | 12 | HK | 12 | Ron WORKMAN | ||||
| Garry LEO | 13 | FR | 13 | Terry GEARY | ||||
| Ron LEIS | 15 | B | 15 | Larry PINKERTON | ||||
| Ron PALMER | 17 | B | ||||||
| Leo NOSWORTHY | HC | Bob BOLAND | ||||||
Team Info
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Round 4 vs. North Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. South Sydney
- Out:
- Len Killeen (wing), Graham Mayhew (bench)
- In:
- Ron Leis (bench), Ron Palmer (bench)
- Changes:
- Wayne Thomson (centre to wing), Geoff Starling (bench to centre)
Penrith
- Previous Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Round 4 vs. St George
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Cronulla
- Out:
- David Applebee (centre), Russell Johnstone (front row), Bob Broad (front row), Gary Harvey (second row), Phil Kliendienst (lock)
- In:
- John Moran (centre), Terry Geary (front row), Bruce Ward (front row), Rod Elliott (second row), Peter Wright (second row), Larry Pinkerton (bench)
- Changes:
- Grahame Moran (centre to five-eighth), Mal McMartin (wing to centre), Ray Steele (five-eighth to wing), John Stapley (second row to lock)
Match Notes
Phil Kliendienst dropped out of a 14 man Penrith team.
Both hookers were sent off for scrum infringements 4 minutes before halftime, Geoff Starling was sent off with 8 minutes remaining for a spear tackle, Ron Leis replaced Wayne Thompson due to a broken collarbone.
Larry Pinkerton replaced John Moran who broke a toe.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash
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