Round 4
Canterbury Bankstown 29 def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 20
| 1973 NSWRFL Round 4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – |
| ||||||
| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13170 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 15th April, 1973 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Gary Cook | |||||||
| Venue | Belmore (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 11,338 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 22 | – | 8 | |||||
| Scrums | 1 | – | 14 | |||||
| Penalties | 12 | – | 14 | |||||
| Canterbury | Scoresheet | South Sydney | ||||||
| Tony HERRING | T | Ross BIRRELL | ||||||
| Bernie LOWTHER | Bob GRANT | |||||||
| Dennis MANTEIT | Tom MOONEY | |||||||
| John McDONELL | Bob McCARTHY | |||||||
| Phil YOUNG | ||||||||
| Henry TATANA | 7/9 | G | 4/9 | Eric SIMMS | ||||
| Canterbury | Teams | South Sydney | ||||||
| Garry DOWLING | 1 | FB | 1 | Eric SIMMS | ||||
| Don ROGERS | 2 | W | 5 | Tom MOONEY | ||||
| Terry MURPHY | 3 | C | 3 | Keith EDWARDS | ||||
| Bernie LOWTHER | 4 | C | 4 | Ross BIRRELL | ||||
| Chris ANDERSON | 5 | W | 2 | Frank CURRY JNR | ||||
| Tony HERRING | 6 | FE | 6 | Denis PITTARD | ||||
| Phil YOUNG | 7 | HB | 7 | Bob GRANT | ||||
| John PEEK | 8 | L | 8 | Rod URQUHART | ||||
| John McDONELL | 9 | 2R | 9 | Gary STEVENS | ||||
| Geoff CONNELL (c) | 10 | 2R | 10 | Bob McCARTHY (c) | ||||
| Henry TATANA | 11 | FR | 11 | Jim HALL | ||||
| Barry PHILLIS | 12 | HK | 13 | George PIGGINS | ||||
| Dennis MANTEIT | 13 | FR | 27 | Bob BROAD | ||||
| Norm THOMAS | 22 | B | 22 | Herbie TIMMS | ||||
| Bill NOONAN | 26 | B | ||||||
| Malcolm CLIFT | HC | Clive CHURCHILL | ||||||
Team Info
Canterbury
- Previous Game:
- Round 3 vs. Eastern Suburbs
- Next Game:
- Round 5 vs. Western Suburbs
- Out:
- Peter Winchester (five-eighth), Dave Cotter (bench)
- In:
- Tony Herring (five-eighth), Bill Noonan (bench)
South Sydney
- Previous Game:
- Round 3 vs. Cronulla
- Next Game:
- Round 5 vs. Newtown
- Out:
- Jeff Williams (centre), Paul Sait (centre), Elwyn Walters (hooker), Mick Byrne (lock)
- In:
- Ross Birrell (centre), Frank Curry Jnr (wing), Bob Broad (front row), Rod Urquhart (lock)
- Changes:
- Keith Edwards (wing to centre), George Piggins (front row to hooker)
Match Notes
Elwyn Walters & Paul Sait were late withdrawals for Souths with George Piggins moving from prop to hooker & Bob Broad the new prop, Ross Birrell moved from wing to centre with Tom Mooney the new winger.
Barry Phillis injured his knee early in the 2nd half he was replaced by Bill Noonan, then Geoff Connell sustained a broken rib and was replaced by Norm Thomas.
Urquhart cut his head in the 2nd half and was replaced by Herbie Timms.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash

Your Say
Want to have your say? Add a comment.