Game 5
St Helens 37 def. Australia 10
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23270 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Monday, 9th November, 1970 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Mick Naughton | |||||||
| Venue | Knowsley (St Helens) | |||||||
| Crowd | 15,213 | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 19 | – | 7 | |||||
| Scrums | 19 | – | 12 | |||||
| St Helens | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Alan WHITTLE | 3 | T | Mark HARRIS | |||||
| Billy BENYON | Elwyn WALTERS | |||||||
| Kel COSLETT | ||||||||
| Brian GLOVER | ||||||||
| Frank WILSON | ||||||||
| Kel COSLETT | 6/10 | G | 2 | Eric SIMMS | ||||
| John WALSH | 2 | FG | ||||||
| St Helens | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Frank BARROW | 1 | FB | 1 | Eric SIMMS [South Sydney] |
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| Brian GLOVER | 2 | W | 2 | Ray BRANIGHAN [South Sydney] |
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| Billy BENYON | 3 | C | 3 | John COOTES | ||||
| John WALSH | 4 | C | 4 | Mark HARRIS [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Frank WILSON | 5 | W | 5 | Lionel WILLIAMSON [Newtown] |
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| Frank MYLER | 6 | FE | 6 | Denis PITTARD [South Sydney] |
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| Alan WHITTLE | 7 | HB | 7 | John BROWN | ||||
| Graham REES | 8 | FR | 8 | Barry McTAGGART [Balmain] |
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| Tony KARALIUS | 9 | HK | 9 | Elwyn WALTERS [South Sydney] |
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| Cliff WATSON (c) | 10 | FR | 10 | Bob O'REILLY [Parramatta] |
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| Eric CHISNALL | 11 | 2R | 11 | Gary SULLIVAN [Newtown] |
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| Eric PRESCOTT | 12 | 2R | 12 | Ron COSTELLO [Canterbury] |
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| Kel COSLETT | 13 | L | 13 | Ron COOTE (c) [South Sydney] |
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| Jeff HEATON | 14 | B | ||||||
| Albert HALSALL | 15 | B | ||||||
| Jim CHALLINOR | HC | Harry BATH | ||||||
Team Info
St Helens
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 12 vs. Hull
- Next Game:
- Match Day 13 vs. Leigh
Australia
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1970 - Final vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1970 - Game 6 vs. France
- Out:
- Paul Sait (centre), Bob Fulton (five-eighth), Billy Smith (halfback), John O'Neill (front row), Ron Turner (hooker), Bob McCarthy (second row)
- In:
- Denis Pittard (five-eighth), John Brown (halfback), Barry McTaggart (front row), Gary Sullivan (second row)
- Changes:
- Mark Harris (wing to centre), Ray Branighan (bench to wing), Elwyn Walters (bench to hooker)
Match Notes
For St. Helens Heaton replaced Myler.
Australia lost Costello early in the 2nd half with a broken ankle.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash
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