1971 NSWRL Premiership - Round 1

South Sydney v St George

Sydney Cricket Ground

Sun Mar 28, 2:30pm

Sait passing to Stevens

WIN 26-20

Selected Round 1 Teams

It was agreed midweek that the premiership would also be played under 6 tackles. A number of players including Ron Coote are having transfer fees disputes.

 9 min  0-2
22 min  0-7
31 min  3-7  K.Burke try Simms miss
35 min  8-7  P.Smith try Simms goal
HT      8-7
46 min 13-7  McCarthy try Simms goal
49 min 16-7  P.Smith try Simms goal
52 min 21-7  McCarthy try Simms goal
59 min 21-12
62 min 26-12 Edwards try Simms goal
69 min 26-15
72 min 26-21

P.Smith 2, McCarthy 2, K.Burke, Edwards tries
Simms 4 from 6 goals

Crowd        26,926
Referee      K.Holman
Touch Judges R.Dick / G.Hedger

Scrums       15-13 
Penalties     5-10 

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Simms, Eric            -  4/6  -     
Wing -  2 - Edwards, Keith         1  -     -     
Cntr -  3 + Smith, Phil            2  -     -     
Cntr -  4 - Honan, Bob             -  -     -     
Wing -  5 - Branighan, Ray         -  -     -
5/8  -  6 - Burke, Kerry           1  -     -     
Half -  7 - Grant, Bob             -  -     -     
Lock -  8 - Sait, Paul             -  -     -
SRow -  9 - Stevens, Gary          -  -     -     
SRow - 10 - McCarthy, Bob          2  -     -     
Prop - 11 - O'Neill, John          -  -     -
Hook - 12 - Walters, Elwyn         -  -     -     
Prop - 13 - Sattler, John          -  -     - (c)

                                   6  4/6   -

Other First Grade Matches

26-4  SSG  Balmain    b Penrith
19-0  SSG  Easts      b Newtown
38-9  Brok Manly      b Parramatta
42-3  Ende Cronulla   b Norths
55-12 Lidc Wests      b Canterbury

Judiciary News

No one was sent off.

Reserve Grade - Round 1

v St George, 1:15pm

LOSS 7-11

P.Brown was sent off for using the knee and suspended for 2 games.

HT    0-3

Maguire tries
C.Williams 2 goals

Referee      D.MacDonald
Touch Judges A.McGilvray / M.Godfrey

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk - 16 - Floyd, J               -  -     -
Wing - 17 - Heiler, A              -  -     -     
Cntr - 32 - Branighan, A           -  -     -     
Cntr - 19 - Williams, C            -  2     - 
Wing - 20 - Maguire, P             1  -     -
5/8  - 18 - Norgard, G             -  -     -
Half - 22 - Brown, P               -  -     - (c)
Lock - 23 - Bampton, D             -  -     -
SRow - 24 - Dixon, A               -  -     -
SRow - 25 - Inman, G Jnr           -  -     -     r37
Prop - 26 - O'Neill, D             -  -     -
Hook - 27 - Piggins, G             -  -     -
Prop - 28 - Burke, A               -  -     -     r40

Res  - 37 - Robinson, R            -  -     -
Res  - 40 - Frazer, G              -  -     -

                                   1  2     -

Other Reserve Grade Matches

15-9  SSG  Balmain    b Penrith
11-8  SSG  Easts      b Newtown
15-6  Brok Manly      b Parramatta
14-6  Ende Norths     b Cronulla
18-3  Lidc Wests      b Canterbury

Third Grade - Round 1

v St George, 12:00pm

LOSS 18-19

HT   7-2

Bolin, Newton, Redman, Kosta tries 
Withers 3 goals 

Referee      G.Cook
Touch Judges J.Turner / A.Collins

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk - 30 - Longbottom, K          -  -     -
Wing - 31 - Newton, J              1  -     -
Cntr - 46 - Kosta, S               1  -     -
Cntr - 33 - Withers, J             -  3     -
Wing - 34 - Redman, G              1  -     -
5/8  - 35 - McMillan, R            -  -     -
Half - 36 - Cranshaw, M            -  -     - 
Lock - 37 - Robinson, R            -  -     - (c)
SRow - 38 - Bolin, R               1  -     -    
SRow - 39 - Lupton, M              -  -     - 
Prop - 40 - Frazer, G              -  -     -
Hook - 41 - Van, S                 -  -     -
Prop - 42 - Haney, J               -  -     -  

                                   4  3     -

Other Third Grade Matches

13-5  SSG  Penrith    b Balmain
13-9  SSG  Easts      b Newtown
 5-0  Brok Manly      b Parramatta
15-3  Ende Norths     b Cronulla
14-10 Lidc Canterbury b Wests

Ref - SMH


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