Round 1
Balmain Tigers 12 def. Eastern Suburbs Roosters 11
| 1981 NSWRFL Round 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/4468 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 28th March, 1981 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | John Gocher | |||||||
| Venue | Leichhardt (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 7,815 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 9 | |||||
| Scrums | 7 | – | 10 | |||||
| Penalties | 7 | – | 18 | |||||
| Balmain | Scoresheet | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Larry COROWA | T | Noel CLEAL | ||||||
| Wayne WIGHAM | ||||||||
| Wayne MIRANDA | 2/6 | G | 3/3 | Ron GITEAU | ||||
| Steve KERR | Kevin HASTINGS | |||||||
| OFF | Ron GITEAU | |||||||
| Balmain | Teams | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Allan McMAHON (c) | 1 | FB | 1 | Kerry BOUSTEAD | ||||
| Wayne MIRANDA | 2 | W | 2 | Terry FAHEY | ||||
| Olsen FILIPAINA | 3 | C | 3 | Ron GITEAU | ||||
| Wayne WIGHAM | 4 | C | 4 | Noel CLEAL | ||||
| Larry COROWA | 5 | W | 5 | Steve McFARLANE | ||||
| Percy KNIGHT | 6 | FE | 6 | Robert LAURIE | ||||
| Mal CREEVEY | 7 | HB | 7 | Kevin HASTINGS | ||||
| Neil PRINGLE | 8 | L | 8 | John TOBIN | ||||
| David GRANT | 9 | 2R | 9 | Des O'REILLY | ||||
| Ron PILON | 10 | 2R | 10 | Paul McCABE | ||||
| Kerry HEMSLEY | 11 | FR | 11 | Royce AYLIFFE (c) | ||||
| Neil WHITTAKER | 12 | HK | 12 | Jeff MASTERMAN | ||||
| Gary WEBSTER | 13 | FR | 13 | John HARVEY | ||||
| Steve KERR | 16 | B | 21 | Ian BARKLEY | ||||
| B | 15 | Dave BROWN | ||||||
| Frank STANTON | HC | Bob FULTON | ||||||
Team Info
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- 1981 Craven Mild Cup - Round 3 vs. Canterbury
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Manly
- Out:
- John Sparks (five-eighth)
- In:
- Mal Creevey (halfback), Steve Kerr (bench)
- Changes:
- Percy Knight (halfback to five-eighth)
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- 1981 Craven Mild Cup - Final vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- 1981 Tooth Cup - Round 1 vs. Canterbury
- Out:
- Robert Lane (bench)
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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