Round 8
St George Dragons 14 def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 10
NSWRFL 1969 Round 8 |
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Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12651 | |||||||
Status | Completed | |||||||
Date | Sunday, 18th May, 1969 | |||||||
Kick Off | 3:00 PM (local time) | |||||||
Referee | Keith Page | |||||||
Venue | Sports Ground (Sydney) | |||||||
Crowd | 27,958 | |||||||
Match Stats | ||||||||
Halftime Score | 7 | – | 2 | |||||
Scrums | 7 | – | 16 | |||||
Penalties | 14 | – | 18 | |||||
St George | Scoresheet | South Sydney | ||||||
Tony BRENTON | T | |||||||
Johnny KING | ||||||||
Graeme LANGLANDS | 4 | G | 3 | Eric SIMMS | ||||
FG | 2 | Eric SIMMS | ||||||
St George | Teams | South Sydney | ||||||
Graeme LANGLANDS | 3 | FB | 1 | Eric SIMMS | ||||
Tony BRENTON | 2 | W | 15 | Alan HEILER | ||||
Ken MADDISON | 9 | C | 3 | Bob HONAN | ||||
Tony BRANSON | 4 | C | 4 | Greg NORGARD | ||||
Johnny KING | 5 | W | 5 | Brian JAMES | ||||
John RAPER (c) | 6 | FE | 6 | Denis PITTARD | ||||
Billy SMITH | 7 | HB | 7 | Bob GRANT | ||||
Peter FITZGERALD | 8 | L | 21 | Paul SAIT | ||||
Apisai TOGA | 51 | 2R | 9 | Bob MOSES | ||||
Barry BEATH | 10 | 2R | 23 | Alan SCOTT | ||||
Grahame BOWEN | 11 | FR | 11 | John O'NEILL | ||||
Norm HENDERSON | 12 | HK | 12 | Elwyn WALTERS | ||||
John WITTENBERG | 13 | FR | 13 | John SATTLER (c) | ||||
B | 17 | Kerry BURKE | ||||||
B | 25 | George PIGGINS | ||||||
John RAPER | HC | Clive CHURCHILL | ||||||
Team Info
St George
- Previous Game:
- Round 7 vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- Round 9 vs. North Sydney
- Out:
- Max Ninness (centre), Jeff Bell (centre), Denis O'Callaghan (second row)
- In:
- John Wittenberg (front row), Barry Beath (second row)
- Changes:
- Tony Branson (five-eighth to centre), Apisai Toga (front row to second row), Ken Maddison (second row to centre), John Raper (lock to five-eighth), Peter Fitzgerald (bench to lock)
South Sydney
- Previous Game:
- Round 7 vs. Penrith
- Next Game:
- Round 9 vs. Manly
- Out:
- Michael Cleary (wing), Jim Morgan (front row), Bob McCarthy (second row), Ron Coote (lock), Ray Branighan (bench), Gary Stevens (bench)
- In:
- Alan Heiler (wing), John O'Neill (front row), Alan Scott (second row), Paul Sait (lock), Kerry Burke (bench), George Piggins (bench)
Match Notes
Souths had 7 players returning from the 2 interstate games in Queensland during the week, Cleary, Coote & McCarthy withdrew from the match they were replaced by Heiler, Sait & Scott.
Dennis Preston broke down at training during the week selectors decided to switch Langlands to fullback Ken Maddison to the centre and recalled Toga to the team in the 2nd row.
Norgard broke his ankle in the opening minute and was replaced by Kerry Burke. Piggins replaced Walters at halftime.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash