Round 1
South Sydney Rabbitohs 7 lost to Balmain Tigers 16
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12608 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 29th March, 1969 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Arthur Neville | |||||||
| Venue | Sports Ground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 15,838 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 9 | |||||
| Scrums | 12 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 19 | – | 17 | |||||
| South Sydney | Scoresheet | Balmain | ||||||
| Elwyn WALTERS | T | Hal BROWNE | ||||||
| Len KILLEEN | ||||||||
| Eric SIMMS | 2/4 | G | 3 | Len KILLEEN | ||||
| 2 | Bob SMITHIES | |||||||
| South Sydney | Teams | Balmain | ||||||
| Eric SIMMS | 1 | FB | 1 | Bob SMITHIES | ||||
| Michael CLEARY | 2 | W | 2 | George RUEBNER | ||||
| Ray BRANIGHAN | 19 | C | 3 | Hal BROWNE | ||||
| Arthur BRANIGHAN | 4 | C | 4 | Terry PARKER | ||||
| Brian JAMES | 5 | W | 5 | Len KILLEEN | ||||
| Denis PITTARD | 6 | FE | 6 | Olaf PRATTL | ||||
| Bob GRANT | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith OUTTEN | ||||
| Paul SAIT | 21 | L | 8 | Peter PROVAN (c) | ||||
| Ron COOTE | 8 | 2R | 9 | Allan FITZGIBBON | ||||
| Bob McCARTHY | 10 | 2R | 10 | John SPENCER | ||||
| John O'NEILL | 11 | FR | 11 | Barry McTAGGART | ||||
| Elwyn WALTERS | 15 | HK | 25 | John CRAWFORD | ||||
| John SATTLER (c) | 13 | FR | 13 | Garry LEO | ||||
| Clive CHURCHILL | HC | Leo NOSWORTHY | ||||||
Team Info
South Sydney
- Previous Game:
- Preseason Cup 1969 - Final vs. Western Suburbs
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Newtown
- Out:
- Bob Honan (centre), Bob Moses (second row)
- In:
- Ray Branighan (centre), Ron Coote (second row)
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- Preseason Cup 1969 - Round 4 vs. North Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Cronulla
- Out:
- Syd Williams (wing), G Hussy (five-eighth)
- In:
- George Ruebner (wing), Len Killeen (wing)
- Changes:
- Allan Fitzgibbon (centre to second row), Terry Parker (wing to centre), Olaf Prattl (second row to five-eighth)
Match Notes
Honan & Moses pulled out off the Souths team during the week and were replaced by Ray Branighan & Paul Sait with Sait playing locj and Coote moving to 2nd row.
John Crawford replaced Norm Miller following training earlier in the week.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash
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