Round 6
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 31 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 20
| 1971 NSWRFL Round 6 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12911 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 2nd May, 1971 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Jack Farrelly | |||||||
| Venue | Sports Ground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 8,410 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 3 | – | 12 | |||||
| Scrums | 14 | – | 9 | |||||
| Penalties | 2 | – | 8 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Scoresheet | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| John PEARD | 2 | T | John BAKER | |||||
| Arthur BEETSON | Barry BRYANT | |||||||
| Michael CLEARY | Don ROGERS | |||||||
| Mark HARRIS | Ken STONESTREET | |||||||
| Kevin JUNEE | ||||||||
| Louis NEUMANN | ||||||||
| Allan McKEAN | 5 | G | 4 | Tony FORD | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Teams | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Allan McKEAN | 1 | FB | 1 | Tony FORD | ||||
| Michael CLEARY | 2 | W | 2 | Don ROGERS | ||||
| John BRASS (c) | 3 | C | 3 | John ELFORD | ||||
| Mark HARRIS | 4 | C | 4 | Tim MURPHY | ||||
| Bill MULLINS | 5 | W | 18 | Wayne MERRY | ||||
| John BALLESTY | 6 | FE | 6 | John MAXWELL | ||||
| Kevin JUNEE | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS | ||||
| Barry REILLY | 8 | L | 8 | Rod SMITH | ||||
| Kevin GOLDSPINK | 9 | 2R | 9 | Barry BRYANT | ||||
| Louis NEUMANN | 10 | 2R | 10 | John BAKER | ||||
| Jim MORGAN | 11 | FR | 11 | Jim CODY (c) | ||||
| Kel BROWN | 12 | HK | 12 | Ken STONESTREET | ||||
| Arthur BEETSON | 13 | FR | 24 | George SKEERS | ||||
| John PEARD | 19 | B | 17 | Roy FERGUSON | ||||
| Don COLQUHOUN | 22 | B | ||||||
| Don FURNER | HC | Ron WATSON | ||||||
Team Info
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 5 vs. Cronulla
- Next Game:
- Round 7 vs. North Sydney
- Out:
- Ron Saddler (lock)
- In:
- Barry Reilly (lock), John Peard (bench), Don Colquhoun (bench)
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 5 vs. Newtown
- Next Game:
- Round 7 vs. Cronulla
- Out:
- Dick Timbs (wing)
- In:
- Wayne Merry (wing)
- Changes:
- Tom Raudonikis (five-eighth to halfback), John Maxwell (halfback to five-eighth)
Match Notes
Wests lost Dick Timms with the flu & Steve Winter following Thursday training and were replaced by Wayne Merry & George Skeers.
John Brass torn ankle ligaments just before halftime and was replaced by John Peard with Ballesty moving to centre and Peard to 5/8.
Wayne Merry suffered a groin injury and was replaced by Roy Ferguson.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Wests Archives
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