Round 3
Western Suburbs Magpies 25 def. Penrith Panthers 11
| 1978 NSWRFL Round 3 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13860 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 9th April, 1978 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Greg Hartley (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | Lidcombe (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 5,038 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 14 | – | 3 | |||||
| Scrums | 6 | – | 11 | |||||
| Penalties | 5 | – | 6 | |||||
| Western Suburbs | Scoresheet | Penrith | ||||||
| Don MOSELEY | 2 | T | Ross GIGG | |||||
| Les BOYD | George LONGHURST | |||||||
| Geoff FOSTER | Terry WICKEY | |||||||
| Peter ROWLES | ||||||||
| Wayne SMITH | ||||||||
| Peter ROWLES | 3/6 | G | Jim HINDMARSH | |||||
| 0/1 | Ken WILSON | |||||||
| Ron GITEAU | FG | |||||||
| Western Suburbs | Teams | Penrith | ||||||
| Eric CAIN | 1 | FB | 1 | Kevin DANN | ||||
| Don MOSELEY | 2 | W | 2 | Gary ALLSOPP | ||||
| Ron GITEAU | 3 | C | 3 | Greg MOORE | ||||
| Les BOYD | 4 | C | 4 | Ross GIGG | ||||
| Wayne SMITH | 5 | W | 5 | Russell MULLINS | ||||
| Peter ROWLES | 6 | FE | 6 | Ken WILSON (c) | ||||
| Tom RAUDONIKIS (c) | 7 | HB | 7 | Terry WICKEY | ||||
| Graeme O'GRADY | 8 | L | 8 | Ken BOUSFIELD | ||||
| Geoff FOSTER | 9 | 2R | 9 | John KING | ||||
| Steve BLYTH | 10 | 2R | 10 | Paul MERLO | ||||
| John DONNELLY | 11 | FR | 11 | Ross CALE | ||||
| John PURCELL | 12 | HK | 12 | George LONGHURST | ||||
| Peter YOUNG | 13 | FR | 13 | Tim SHEENS | ||||
| B | 14 | Jim HINDMARSH | ||||||
| B | 15 | Phil GOULD | ||||||
| Roy MASTERS | HC | Don PARISH | ||||||
Team Info
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 2 vs. St George
- Next Game:
- Round 4 vs. Newtown
- Out:
- John Dorahy (fullback), Trevor Scarr (wing), Mick Liubinskas (lock)
- In:
- Eric Cain (fullback), Les Boyd (centre)
- Changes:
- Wayne Smith (centre to wing), Graeme O'Grady (bench to lock)
Penrith
- Previous Game:
- Round 2 vs. Manly
- Next Game:
- Round 4 vs. South Sydney
- Out:
- Mike Stephenson (hooker)
- In:
- George Longhurst (hooker), Jim Hindmarsh (bench), Phil Gould (bench)
Match Notes
All newspapers, RLW, Big League & Rugby Leaguer magazine all report Peter Rowles as kicking a field goal however video highlights of the game show Ron Giteau kicking the field goal & season points tally in annuals show Ron Giteau as kicking a field goal during the season and he has not been credited with a field goal in any other game. Thanks to RLP member ontheburst
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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