NSWRFL 1978

Round 22

St George Dragons 8 lost to Balmain Tigers 16

NSWRFL 1978
Round 22
St George
Dragons
8
16 Balmain
Tigers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13975
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 20th August, 1978
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Kevin Roberts
Venue Kogarah (Sydney)
Crowd 4,178
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 12
Scrums 10 11
Penalties 16 6
St George Scoresheet Balmain
Rod REDDY T Larry COROWA
Tony TRUDGETT   Wayne WIGHAM
 
Ken KEARNEY G 5/6 Peter NINNESS
St George Teams Balmain
Michel SORRIDIMI 1 FB 1 Allan McMAHON (c)
Mitch BRENNAN 2 W 2 Mike FISH
Graham QUINN 3 C 3 Dennis BENDALL
Robert FINCH 4 C 4 Wayne WIGHAM
Tony GRAHAM 5 W 5 Larry COROWA
 
Tony TRUDGETT 6 FE 6 Les MARA
Ken KEARNEY 7 HB 7 Peter NINNESS
 
Grahame BUCKLEY 8 L 8 Neil PRINGLE
John JANSEN 9 2R 9 Gary SPEARS
Rod REDDY (c) 10 2R 10 Dave EDWARDS
Craig YOUNG 11 FR 11 Geoff NAYLOR
Connell BYRNE 12 HK 12 Guy TULLY
Robert STONE 13 FR 13 Keith COOK
 
Brad BUCHANAN 14 B 14 Lloyd MARTIN
Steve EDGE 15 B    
 
Harry BATH   HC   Ron WILLEY
   
 

Team Info

St George

Previous Game:
AMCO Cup 1978 - Final vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Channel Ten Challenge Cup 1978 - Round 1 vs. South Sydney
Out:
Steve Butler (fullback), George Grant (front row), Jack Jeffries (hooker), Lee Pomfret (bench), Bruce Starkey (bench)
In:
Tony Graham (wing), Connell Byrne (hooker), Brad Buchanan (bench)
Changes:
Michel Sorridimi (wing to fullback), Robert Stone (second row to front row), Rod Reddy (lock to second row), Grahame Buckley (bench to lock)

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 21 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Channel Ten Challenge Cup 1978 - Round 1 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Out:
Phil Schaefer (fullback), Bill Hilliard (front row), Noel Maybury (hooker), Trevor Ryan (second row)
In:
Mike Fish (wing), Keith Cook (front row), Dave Edwards (second row), Lloyd Martin (bench)
Changes:
Allan McMahon (wing to fullback), Guy Tully (bench to hooker)

Match Notes

St George lost Jack Jeffries & Steve Butler on Friday they were replaced by Connell Byrne & Tony Graham on the wing with Michael Sorridimi moving to fullback.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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