Grand Final
St George Dragons 17 def. Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 13
| 1979 NSWRFL Grand Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14122 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 22nd September, 1979 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Greg Hartley (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 50,991 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 17 | – | 2 | |||||
| Scrums | 11 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 6 | – | 12 | |||||
| St George | Scoresheet | Canterbury | ||||||
| Mitch BRENNAN | T | Stan CUTLER | ||||||
| Brian JOHNSON | Steve GEARIN | |||||||
| Rod REDDY | Peter MORTIMER | |||||||
| George GRANT | 4/5 | G | 2/5 | Steve GEARIN | ||||
| St George | Teams | Canterbury | ||||||
| Brian JOHNSON | 1 | FB | 1 | Stan CUTLER | ||||
| Mitch BRENNAN | 2 | W | 2 | Chris ANDERSON | ||||
| Graham QUINN | 3 | C | 3 | Chris MORTIMER | ||||
| Robert FINCH | 4 | C | 4 | Peter MORTIMER | ||||
| Michel SORRIDIMI | 5 | W | 5 | Steve GEARIN | ||||
| Tony TRUDGETT | 6 | FE | 6 | Garry HUGHES | ||||
| Steve MORRIS | 7 | HB | 7 | Steve MORTIMER | ||||
| Rod REDDY | 8 | L | 8 | Steve FOLKES | ||||
| Graeme WYNN | 9 | 2R | 9 | Peter CASSILLES | ||||
| George GRANT | 10 | 2R | 10 | Graeme HUGHES | ||||
| Craig YOUNG (c) | 11 | FR | 11 | Peter SMITH | ||||
| Steve EDGE | 12 | HK | 12 | George PEPONIS (c) | ||||
| Bruce STARKEY | 13 | FR | 13 | Greg COOK | ||||
| Steve BUTLER | 16 | B | 14 | Mark HUGHES | ||||
| Robert STONE | 18 | B | ||||||
| Harry BATH | HC | Ted GLOSSOP | ||||||
Team Info
St George
- Previous Game:
- Round masf vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- n/a
- In:
- Michel Sorridimi (wing)
- Changes:
- Steve Butler (wing to bench)
Canterbury
- Previous Game:
- Round pf vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- n/a
No changes.
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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