1978 NSWRL Premiership - Round 1

South Sydney v Cronulla-Sutherland

Endeavour Field

Sat Mar 25, 3:00pm [Ch2]

LOSS 7-25

Selected Round 1 Teams

Bryant dislocated his collar bone. Piggins tore his knee cartlidge and will require a operation.

 4 min  2-0  Little goal
11 min  2-5  
20 min  2-10
25 min  7-10 Wright try Little goal
HT      7-10
58 min  7-12
60 min  7-17
67 min  7-20
79 min  7-25

Wright try 
Little 2 from 3 goals

Crowd         9,902
Referee      D.Braybrook
Touch Judges N.Clement / I.McCall

Scrums        4-12
Penalties    14-12

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Little, Steve          -  2/3   -        
Wing - 15 - Swift, Jim             -  -     -        
Cntr -  2 - Bishop, Glen           -  -     -        
Cntr -  4 - Berne, John            -  -     -     
Wing -  5 - Fahey, Terry           -  -     -        
5/8  -  6 - Wright, Gary           1  -     -        
Half -  7 - Sinclair, David        -  -     -   
Lock -  8 - Peek, John             -  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Bampton, Darrell       -  -     - 
SRow - 10 - McCarthy, Bob          -  -     - 
Prop - 11 - Bryant, Harry          -  -     -     r14
Hook - 12 - Piggins, George        -  -     - (c)
Prop - 13 - Sait, Paul             -  -     - 

Res  - 14 - Tunks, Peter           -  -     -

                                   1  2/3   -

Other First Grade Matches

45-12 Cumb Parramatta b Norths
22-3  Belm Canterbury b Newtown
19-5  Brok Manly      b St George   [Ch7]
19-14 SSG  Easts      b Wests
16-8  Leic Balmain    b Penrith     [Ch7]

Judiciary News

No one was sent off.

Reserve Grade - Round 1

v Cronulla-Sutherland, 1:35pm

WIN 18-14

Porter dislocated his shoulder. Stewart broke his hand.

HT    14-7

Donnelly, McMillan tries
E.Ferguson 6 goals

Referee      K.Roberts
Touch Judges R.Freeman / T.Delauney

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG 

Flbk -  1 - Ferguson, Eric         -  6     -     
Wing -  2 - Jones, Grant           -  -     -     
Cntr -  3 - Sherry, Kel            -  -     -     r18
Cntr -  4 - Donnelly, Andrew       1  -     -     
Wing - 14 - Haig, Gary             -  -     -     
5/8  -  6 - Wall, Brian            -  -     -
Half -  7 - McMillan, Bob          1  -     - (c)
Lock -  8 - Barnes, Trevor         -  -     - 
SRow -  9 - Porter, Glen           -  -     -     r16
SRow - 10 - Buchan, Bruce          -  -     - 
Prop - 11 - Annabel, Bill          -  -     -     
Hook - 12 - Stewart, Ken           -  -     -     
Prop - 13 - Mackay, Ian            -  -     -     

Res  - 18 - Squadrito, Joe         -  -     -
Res  - 16 - Reed, Peter            -  -     -

                                   2  6     -

Other Reserve Grade Matches

22-5  Cumb Parramatta b Norths
21-10 Belm Canterbury b Newtown
15-10 Brok Manly      b St George
12-11 SSG  Wests      b Easts
18-15 Leic Balmain    b Penrith

Under 23's - Round 1

v Cronulla-Sutherland, 12:10pm

WIN 18-2

HT    10-2

Stratton, Rosiello, Sellar, Ella tries 
Sellar 2, Tunks goals

Referee      G.Braine
Touch Judges P.Atkins / B.Bolton

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Sellar, John           1  2     -     
Wing -  2 - Rosiello, Carmine      1  -     -     r19
Cntr -  3 - Squadrito, Joe         -  -     -     
Cntr -  4 - Sydenham, Steve        -  -     -     
Wing -  5 - Roche, Kevin           -  -     -     r22
5/8  -  6 - Neville, Steve         -  -     -
Half -  7 - Stratton, Bob          1  -     - (c)
Lock -  8 - Griffith, Morrie       -  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Seelin, Dave           -  -     -     
SRow - 10 - Cronon, Rod            -  -     -     r14
Prop - 11 - Tunks, Peter           -  1     - 
Hook - 12 - Kitinas, Arthus        -  -     -     
Prop - 13 - Mayoh, Steve           -  -     -     r20

Res  - 19 - Ella, Rod              1  -     -
Res  - 22 - Strattos, Spiro        -  -     -
Res  - 14 - Corak, Denis           -  -     -
Res  - 20 - Holbrow, Ian           -  -     -

                                   4  3     -

Other U23 Matches

31-12 Cumb Parramatta b Norths
22-11 Belm Canterbury b Newtown
17-14 Brok St George  b Manly
17-11 SSG  Easts      b Wests
18-8  Leic Balmain    b Penrith

Selected Round 2 Teams

Ref - SMH


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