Round 1
Balmain Tigers 13 def. Eastern Suburbs Roosters 9
| 1977 NSWRFL Round 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13708 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 20th March, 1977 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Don MacDonald | |||||||
| Venue | Leichhardt (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 11,887 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 5 | |||||
| Scrums | 16 | – | 10 | |||||
| Penalties | 9 | – | 19 | |||||
| Balmain | Scoresheet | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Neil PRINGLE | 2 | T | Bob FULTON | |||||
| Allan McMAHON | ||||||||
| Greg COX | 2 | G | 3/6 | Bob FARRUGIA | ||||
| Balmain | Teams | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Allan McMAHON | 1 | FB | 1 | Russell FAIRFAX | ||||
| Mike FISH | 2 | W | 2 | Ian SCHUBERT | ||||
| Trevor RYAN (c) | 3 | C | 3 | Mark HARRIS | ||||
| Stephen KNIGHT | 4 | C | 4 | Kevin HASTINGS | ||||
| Trevor FORWOOD | 5 | W | 5 | Bill MULLINS | ||||
| Dennis BENDALL | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob FULTON | ||||
| Greg COX | 7 | HB | 7 | Bob FARRUGIA | ||||
| Neil PRINGLE | 8 | L | 8 | Ron COOTE | ||||
| Steve LAVERS | 9 | 2R | 9 | Barry REILLY | ||||
| Greg BANDIERA | 10 | 2R | 10 | Kevin STEVENS | ||||
| Brian LOCKWOOD | 11 | FR | 11 | Arthur BEETSON (c) | ||||
| Keith COOK | 12 | HK | 12 | Bob JONES | ||||
| Noel MAYBURY | 13 | FR | 13 | Grant HEDGER | ||||
| Dave EDWARDS | 20 | B | 14 | Bruce PICKETT | ||||
| B | 20 | Mal CONNOR | ||||||
| Ron WILLEY | HC | Arthur BEETSON | ||||||
Team Info
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- 1977 Wills Cup - Round 3 vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. South Sydney
- Out:
- Col Gorton (wing), Steve Frewin (bench)
- In:
- Trevor Forwood (wing)
- Changes:
- Keith Cook (front row to hooker), Noel Maybury (hooker to front row)
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- 1977 Wills Cup - Final vs. North Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Cronulla
- Out:
- Trevor Barnes (halfback), Garry Metcalfe (front row), Des O'Reilly (second row)
- In:
- Bob Farrugia (halfback), Kevin Stevens (second row)
- Changes:
- Arthur Beetson (second row to front row), Barry Reilly (lock to second row), Ron Coote (bench to lock)
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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