NSWRFL 1978

Round 1

Results

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View  Cronulla 25 (W. Fisher, P. Khan, G. Pierce, S. Rogers, O. Welsh tries; B. Andrews 5 goals) defeated South Sydney 7 (G. Wright try; S. Little 2 goals) at Endeavour Field.
Date: Sat, 25th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Cronulla 10-7.   Scrums: Cronulla 10-4.   Penalties: South Sydney 14-11.   Referee: Denis Braybrook.   Crowd: 9,902.
Cronulla: Mullane Jnr, Bourke, Rogers, Welsh, Fisher; Andrews, Hansard; Khan, McMartin, Sorensen, Kneen, Ryan Jnr, Pierce (C). Int: Glossop.
South Sydney: Little, Swift, Bishop, Berne, Fahey; Wright, Sinclair; Sait, Piggins (C), Bryant, McCarthy, Bampton, Peek. Int: Tunks.
View  Canterbury 22 (G. Peponis 2, G. Brentnall, M. Ryan tries; S. Cutler 5 goals) defeated Newtown 3 (J. Ribot try) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 26th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 8-0.   Scrums: Canterbury 13-6.   Penalties: Newtown 13-9.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   Crowd: 10,399.
Canterbury: Brentnall, Ryan, Mullane, Hughes, Cutler; Pickup, Mortimer; Noonan, Peponis (C), Charlton, Hage, Stevens, Cassilles. Int: Mortimer, Hughes.
Newtown: Sigsworth, Hunt, Wright, Hetherington, Floyd; Hayward, Wood (C); Bowden, Walters, Pagano, Howard, Pilon, Ribot. Int: Jensen.
View  Eastern Suburbs 19 (R. Coote, I. Schubert, K. Stevens tries; K. Stevens 5 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 14 (G. Foster, W. Smith tries; D. Moseley 2, P. Rowles 2 goals) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 26th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 9-7.   Scrums: 12-all.   Penalties: Western Suburbs 13-7.   Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.   Crowd: 10,471.
Eastern Suburbs: Power, Schubert, Harris, Murphy, Mullins; Fulton (C), Hastings; O'Reilly, Mountier, Metcalfe, Stevens, Reilly, Coote. Int: Miller, O'Reilly.
Western Suburbs: Moseley, Rowles, Giteau, Smith, Scarr; O'Grady, Raudonikis (C); Young, Day, Donnelly, Blyth, Foster, Liubinskas. Int: Eisenhuth.
View  Manly 19 (J. Gibbs, M. Krilich, T. Mooney tries; G. Eadie 5 goals) defeated St George 5 (S. Butler try; T. Goodwin goal) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sun, 26th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: 2-all.   Scrums: Manly 9-5.   Penalties: St George 14-12.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 23,168.
Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Branighan, Gartner, Knight; Thompson, Gibbs; Thomson, Krilich, Gray, Walker, Higgs, Randall (C). Int: Booth.
St George: Goodwin, Butler, Quinn, Finch, Chapman; McGregor, Kearney; McDonnell, Edge (C), Young, Stone, Jansen, Reddy. Int: Sorridimi.
View  Parramatta 45 (M. Cronin 2, R. Hilditch 2, G. Owens 2, G. Gerard, N. Glover, E. Sulkowicz tries; M. Cronin 9 goals) defeated North Sydney 12 (R. Hunter 2 tries; P. Schofield 3 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 26th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 25-4.   Scrums: North Sydney 12-9.   Penalties: North Sydney 10-6.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   Crowd: 9,674.
Parramatta: Levy, Glover, Cronin, Sulkowicz, Owens; Hey, Murray; Quinn, Hilditch, Jay, Platz, Gerard, Price (C). Int: Langmack, Hundy.
North Sydney: Schofield, Vandenberg, Adams, Adam, Craig; Cudmore, Smith; Hamilton (C), Foye, McKinnon, Kelly, Hunter, Harris. Int: West.
View  Balmain 16 (L. Corowa, L. Mara tries; W. Miranda 5 goals) defeated Penrith 8 (K. Wilson 4 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Mon, 27th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 6-2.   Scrums: Balmain 8-4.   Penalties: Balmain 16-13.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 8,656.
Balmain: Miranda, Corowa, Bendall, Wigham, Fish; Mara, Ninness; Cook, Maybury, Naylor, Ryan (C), Grant, Pringle. Int: Edwards, Marino.
Penrith: Dann, Allsopp, Moore, Gigg, Quinn; Wilson, Wickey; Lambert, Stephenson (C), Cale, Sheens, Merlo, King. Int: Hindmarsh, Waugh.

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