NSWRL 1985

Round 1

Results

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View  Canterbury 18 (P. Mortimer 2, P. Langmack tries; C. Mortimer 3 goals) defeated Cronulla 4 (D. Carney 2 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 16th March.   Halftime: Canterbury 8-4.   Scrums: Canterbury 9-7.   Penalties: Canterbury 17-8.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 10,552.
Canterbury: Potter, Mortimer, Mortimer, Farrar, O'Brien; Lamb, Mortimer (C); Tunks, Bugden, Kelly, Battese, Folkes, Langmack. Int: Sigsworth, Doyle, Brohman.
Cronulla: Docking, Smith, Carney, Ettingshausen, McGaw; O'Connor, Wakefield; Merlo, Roods, Sorensen, Hatch, Porter, Rogers (C). Int: Hillier, Walker.
View  Balmain 26 (R. Conlon, J. Davidson, B. Elias, R. Gartner, G. Hanrahan tries; R. Conlon 3 goals) defeated North Sydney 6 (A. Burns try; B. Dennis goal) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sun, 17th March.   Halftime: Balmain 14-2.   Scrums: North Sydney 12-9.   Penalties: North Sydney 10-6.   Referee: John Gocher.   Crowd: 5,350.
Balmain: Jack, Davidson, Conlon, Hanrahan, Gartner; Beaven, Gale; Clarke, Elias, Roach, Brooks, Hardwick, Pearce (C). Int: Pethybridge, Davidson, Marketo.
North Sydney: Casey, Dennis, Brockwell, Tait, Kelly; Cox, McCaffery; Cross, Wright, McKinnon, Graham (C), Teasdell, Burns.
View  Canberra 34 (C. Bellamy 2, I. Henjak 2, A. Gilbert tries; R. Giteau 7 goals) defeated Illawarra 24 (S. Browne, K. Kelly, A. McIndoe tries; J. Dorahy 5, K. Kelly goals) at Seiffert Oval.
Date: Sun, 17th March.   Halftime: 20-all.   Scrums: 7-all.   Penalties: 12-all.   Referee: Barry Barnes.   Crowd: 4,872.
Canberra: Davis, Carey, Aldous, Bellamy, Giteau (C); Henjak, O'Sullivan; Ellis, Hoffman, Grant, Backo, Atkins, Gilbert. Int: Regan, Elliott, Dunning.
Illawarra: Dorahy, Saunders, Browne, Hetherington (C), McIndoe; Pattison, Kelly; Smith, O'Connor, Williams, Reddy, Carberry, Selby. Int: Moon, Worthington, Greenland, Bolt.
View  Souths 34 (D. McCarthy 3, N. Baker, L. Biles tries; N. Baker 7 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 16 (J. Ferguson 2, S. McKellar tries; D. Greene 2 goals) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 17th March.   Halftime: Souths 16-2.   Scrums: Souths 10-6.   Penalties: Eastern Suburbs 10-7.   Referee: Chris Ward.   Crowd: 8,105.
Eastern Suburbs: Greene, McKellar, Bell, Gibbs, Ferguson; Filipaina, Hastings; Brown (C), Masterman, Simpkins, Dunn, McGahan, Tobin. Int: Leggett, Williams, Spina, Hardy.
Souths: Djura, Biles, McCarthy, Pobjie, Longbottom; Baker, Coleman; Evans, Fenech (C), Ayliffe, Davidson, Rampling, Chisholm. Int: Murphy.
View  Penrith 26 (G. Alexander, D. Burnes, B. Gonzales, T. Trudgett tries; M. Levy 5 goals) defeated Manly 14 (K. Boustead, C. Close, P. Vautin tries; T. Melrose goal) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sun, 17th March.   Halftime: Penrith 6-4.   Scrums: Manly 10-6.   Penalties: Penrith 11-10.   Referee: Mick Stone.   Crowd: 8,035.
Manly: Gurr, Boustead, Close, Elwin, Shearer; Hasler, Blake; Ryan, Cochrane, Poulsen, Cleal, McCabe, Vautin (C). Int: Melrose, Barkley, Daley, Brown.
Penrith: Levy, Houghton, Wolffe, Burnes, Gonzales; Trudgett, Alexander; Gerard, Simmons (C), Goodwin, Zivanovic, Fenton, Connor. Int: Clements, Robinson, Lee.
View  St George 26 (B. Johnston, S. Linnane, S. Morris, M. O'Connor tries; M. O'Connor 5 goals) defeated Parramatta 6 (D. Liddiard try; M. Cronin goal) at Kogarah Oval.
Date: Sun, 17th March.   Halftime: St George 12-0.   Scrums: St George 14-10.   Penalties: St George 11-9.   Referee: Greg McCallum.   Crowd: 12,396.
St George: Johnson, Johnston, O'Connor, Beattie, Morris; O'Grady, Linnane; Jarvis, Jones, Young (C), Walsh, Wynn, Fraser. Int: Ritchie, Burgess.
Parramatta: Liddiard, Broughton, Cronin, Ella, Atkins; Quinn, Henry; Jurd, Stewart, Mares, Wynn, Price, Price (C). Int: Laurie, Settree, Bugden.

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