Round 1
Balmain Tigers 16 def. Penrith Panthers 8
| NSWRFL 1978 Round 1 |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
– |
|
||||||
| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13850 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Monday, 27th March, 1978 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Don MacDonald | |||||||
| Venue | Leichhardt (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 8,656 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 2 | |||||
| Scrums | 8 | – | 4 | |||||
| Penalties | 16 | – | 13 | |||||
| Balmain | Scoresheet | Penrith | ||||||
| Larry COROWA | T | |||||||
| Les MARA | ||||||||
| Wayne MIRANDA | 5/10 | G | 4/5 | Ken WILSON | ||||
| Noel MAYBURY | OFF | |||||||
| Balmain | Teams | Penrith | ||||||
| Wayne MIRANDA | 1 | FB | 1 | Kevin DANN | ||||
| Larry COROWA | 2 | W | 2 | Gary ALLSOPP | ||||
| Dennis BENDALL | 3 | C | 3 | Greg MOORE | ||||
| Wayne WIGHAM | 4 | C | 4 | Ross GIGG | ||||
| Mike FISH | 5 | W | 5 | Terry QUINN | ||||
| Les MARA | 6 | FE | 6 | Ken WILSON | ||||
| Peter NINNESS | 7 | HB | 7 | Terry WICKEY | ||||
| Neil PRINGLE | 8 | L | 8 | John KING | ||||
| David GRANT | 9 | 2R | 9 | Paul MERLO | ||||
| Trevor RYAN (c) | 10 | 2R | 10 | Tim SHEENS | ||||
| Geoff NAYLOR | 11 | FR | 11 | Ross CALE | ||||
| Noel MAYBURY | 12 | HK | 12 | Mike STEPHENSON (c) | ||||
| Keith COOK | 13 | FR | 13 | Kent LAMBERT | ||||
| Dave EDWARDS | 14 | B | 14 | Jim HINDMARSH | ||||
| Frank MARINO | 15 | B | 15 | Brad WAUGH | ||||
| Ron WILLEY | HC | Don PARISH | ||||||
Team Info
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- Craven Mild Cup 1978 - Round 3 vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Newtown
- Out:
- Merv Muggleton (wing), Percy Knight (five-eighth), Lloyd Martin (bench), Neil McDowell (bench)
- In:
- Larry Corowa (wing), Les Mara (five-eighth)
Penrith
- Previous Game:
- Craven Mild Cup 1978 - Round 3 vs. Canterbury
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Manly
- Out:
- Gary Pethybridge (centre), Russell Mullins (wing), Phil Gould (lock)
- In:
- Greg Moore (centre), Ken Wilson (five-eighth), John King (lock), Brad Waugh (bench)
- Changes:
- Jim Hindmarsh (five-eighth to bench), Terry Quinn (bench to wing)
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, Max Turner

Your Say
Want to have your say? Add a comment.