Round 1
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 19 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 14
| 1978 NSWRFL Round 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13848 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 26th March, 1978 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Jack Danzey Jnr | |||||||
| Venue | Sports Ground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 10,471 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 9 | – | 7 | |||||
| Scrums | 12 | – | 12 | |||||
| Penalties | 7 | – | 13 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Scoresheet | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Ron COOTE | T | Geoff FOSTER | ||||||
| Ian SCHUBERT | Wayne SMITH | |||||||
| Kevin STEVENS | ||||||||
| Kevin STEVENS | 5/6 | G | 2/6 | Don MOSELEY | ||||
| 2/3 | Peter ROWLES | |||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Teams | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Alan POWER | 1 | FB | 1 | Don MOSELEY | ||||
| Ian SCHUBERT | 2 | W | 2 | Peter ROWLES | ||||
| Mark HARRIS | 3 | C | 3 | Ron GITEAU | ||||
| Terry MURPHY | 4 | C | 4 | Wayne SMITH | ||||
| Bill MULLINS | 5 | W | 5 | Trevor SCARR | ||||
| Bob FULTON (c) | 6 | FE | 6 | Graeme O'GRADY | ||||
| Kevin HASTINGS | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS (c) | ||||
| Ron COOTE | 8 | L | 8 | Mick LIUBINSKAS | ||||
| Barry REILLY | 9 | 2R | 9 | Geoff FOSTER | ||||
| Kevin STEVENS | 10 | 2R | 10 | Steve BLYTH | ||||
| Garry METCALFE | 11 | FR | 11 | John DONNELLY | ||||
| Arthur MOUNTIER | 12 | HK | 12 | Shane DAY | ||||
| Bob O'REILLY | 13 | FR | 13 | Peter YOUNG | ||||
| Gavin MILLER | 14 | B | 14 | Steve EISENHUTH | ||||
| Des O'REILLY | 15 | B | ||||||
| Arthur BEETSON | HC | Roy MASTERS | ||||||
Team Info
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- 1978 Craven Mild Cup - Round 3 vs. St George
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. South Sydney
- Out:
- Mal Connor (hooker), Royce Ayliffe (front row), Paul Jelfs (bench)
- In:
- Arthur Mountier (hooker), Garry Metcalfe (front row)
- Changes:
- Bob Fulton (centre to five-eighth), Kevin Stevens (five-eighth to second row), Des O'Reilly (second row to bench), Terry Murphy (bench to centre)
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- 1978 Craven Mild Cup - Round 3 vs. South Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. St George
- Out:
- John Dorahy (fullback), Ken Bourke (centre), Bill Cloughessy (front row), Ron Brodrick (bench), Bruce Gibbs (bench)
- In:
- Trevor Scarr (wing), Peter Young (front row), Steve Eisenhuth (bench)
- Changes:
- Wayne Smith (wing to centre), Don Moseley (five-eighth to fullback), Graeme O'Grady (bench to five-eighth)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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