Round 5
Parramatta Eels 18 lost to South Sydney Rabbitohs 25
| 1971 NSWRFL Round 5 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12908 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Monday, 26th April, 1971 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Laurie Bruyeres | |||||||
| Venue | Cumberland (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 22,470 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 11 | – | 8 | |||||
| Scrums | 6 | – | 10 | |||||
| Penalties | 12 | – | 10 | |||||
| Parramatta | Scoresheet | South Sydney | ||||||
| Kevin MacFARLANE | T | 2 | Denis PITTARD | |||||
| Terry SCURFIELD | Bob HONAN | |||||||
| Bob McCARTHY | ||||||||
| Elwyn WALTERS | ||||||||
| Keith CAMPBELL | 6/8 | G | 5/7 | Eric SIMMS | ||||
| Parramatta | Teams | South Sydney | ||||||
| Ken THORNETT | 1 | FB | 1 | Eric SIMMS | ||||
| Terry SCURFIELD | 4 | W | 2 | Keith EDWARDS | ||||
| Peter LANGMACK | 2 | C | 3 | Phil SMITH | ||||
| Ron GRAHAM | 3 | C | 4 | Bob HONAN | ||||
| Kevin MacFARLANE | 5 | W | 5 | Ray BRANIGHAN | ||||
| Graham LYE | 6 | FE | 6 | Denis PITTARD | ||||
| John WILSON | 7 | HB | 7 | Bob GRANT | ||||
| Keith CAMPBELL | 8 | L | 23 | Darrell BAMPTON | ||||
| Dick THORNETT | 9 | 2R | 9 | Gary STEVENS | ||||
| Ron LYNCH (c) | 10 | 2R | 10 | Bob McCARTHY (c) | ||||
| Denis FITZGERALD | 11 | FR | 11 | John O'NEILL | ||||
| John McMARTIN | 12 | HK | 12 | Elwyn WALTERS | ||||
| Bob O'REILLY | 13 | FR | 13 | John SATTLER | ||||
| John VINCENT | 24 | B | 19 | Claude WILLIAMS | ||||
| Barry LEANEY | 26 | B | ||||||
| Ian WALSH | HC | Clive CHURCHILL | ||||||
Team Info
Parramatta
- Previous Game:
- Round 4 vs. Penrith
- Next Game:
- Round 6 vs. Newtown
- Out:
- Peter Archibald (centre)
- In:
- Ron Graham (centre), John Vincent (bench), Barry Leaney (bench)
South Sydney
- Previous Game:
- Round 4 vs. Western Suburbs
- Next Game:
- Round 6 vs. Canterbury
- Out:
- Alan Heiler (wing), Dallas O'Neill (front row), Gordon Fraser (second row), Paul Sait (lock), George Piggins (bench)
- In:
- Phil Smith (centre), John Sattler (front row), Gary Stevens (second row), Claude Williams (bench)
- Changes:
- Ray Branighan (centre to wing), Darrell Bampton (bench to lock)
Match Notes
Paul Sait dropped out of the Souths team on Thursday with a knee injury and was replaced by Darrel Bampton.
Dennis Fitzgerald left the field with 18 mins to go and was replaced by Barry Leaney, then just before fulltime John Vincent replaced Dick Thornett.
Claude Williams replaced Phil Smith in the 2nd half for Souths.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash
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