1978 NSWRL Premiership - Round 17

South Sydney v Newtown

Henson Park

Sun Jul 16, 3:00pm

Berne discusses being sent off

WIN 28-5

Selected Round 17 Teams

Swift left the field with knee ligament damage after scoring a hatrick of tries.

 4 min  5-0  Sait try E.Ferguson goal
11 min  8-0  Barnes try E.Ferguson miss
17 min  8-2  
23 min 11-2  Swift try E.Ferguson miss
HT     11-2
43 min 14-2  Swift try E.Ferguson miss
49 min 17-2  Swift try E.Ferguson miss
64 min 20-2  Tunks try E.Ferguson miss
70 min 23-2  Knight try E.Ferguson miss
74 min 28-2  Wright try E.Ferguson goal
78 min 28-5

Swift 3, Sait, Barnes, Tunks, Knight, Wright tries
E.Ferguson 2 from 9 goals

Crowd         3,534
Referee      G.Hartley
Touch Judges G.Benson / B.Cross

Scrums       10-14
Penalties    10-8 

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Ferguson, Eric         -  2/7   -        
Wing -  2 - Swift, Jim             3  -     -     r15
Cntr -  3 - Laurie, Robert         -  -     -        
Cntr -  4 - Berne, John            -  -     -     [0-78]
Wing -  5 - Corak, Denis           -  -     -     
5/8  -  6 - Wright, Gary           1  -     -        
Half - 14 - McMillan, Bob          -  -     -     r11
Lock -  7 - Barnes, Trevor         1  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Bampton, Darrell       -  -     - (c) 
SRow - 10 - Sait, Paul             1  -     -     
Prop -  8 - Peek, John             -  -     -     
Hook - 12 - Stewart, Ken           -  -     -     
Prop - 13 - Tunks, Peter           1  -     -     

Res  - 11 - Buchan, Bruce          -  -     -
Res  - 15 - Knight, Gary           1  -     -

                                   8  2/7   -

Other First Grade Matches

19-7  Leic Balmain    b Manly
16-14 Belm Canterbury b Wests      [Ch7]
55-3  NSO  Norths     b Penrith
13-8  Cumb Easts      b Parramatta
23-11 Koga Cronulla   b St George  [Ch2]

Other First Grade Matches - Postponed Round 15 Match

19-5  Koga Norths     b St George  (Jul 19)

Judiciary News

Berne was sent off for a deliberate head high tackle in the 78th minute. He was later suspended for 4 weeks at the judicary. He has since lodged an appeal providing new evidence and the charge was reduced to one week.

Reserve Grade - Round 17

v Newtown, 1:35pm

WIN 24-10

McCarthy returns after shoulder surgery.

HT    15-0

Purcell, Bultitude, Annabel, Kitinas tries 
Purcell 6 goals

Referee      D.Wintin
Touch Judges B.Bolton / J.Colenso

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG 

Flbk -  1 - Jones, Grant           -  -     -     r14
Wing - 18 - Bultitude, Geoff       1  -     -     
Cntr -  3 - Knight, Gary           -  -     -     
Cntr - 10 - Gibbs, Nathan          -  -     -     
Wing - 15 - Purcell, Greg          1  6     -     
5/8  -  6 - Squadritto, Joe        -  -     -
Half -  7 - Stratton, Bob          -  -     -
Lock -  8 - Marsh, John            -  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Buchan, Bruce          -  -     -     
SRow - 16 - Piggins, George        -  -     -     r17
Prop - 11 - Annabel, Bill          1  -     -     
Hook - 12 - Kitinas, Arthur        1  -     - 
Prop - 13 - Bryant, Harry          -  -     - (c)

Res  - 14 - Haig, Gary             -  -     -
Res  - 17 - McCarthy, Bob          -  -     -

                                   4  6     -

Other Reserve Grade Matches

13-4  Leic Balmain    b Manly
24-13 Belm Canterbury b Wests
18-17 NSO  Penrith    b Norths
22-5  Cumb Parramatta b Easts
25-14 Koga Cronulla   b St George

Other First Grade Matches - Postponed Round 15 Match

26-7  Koga St George  b Norths     (Jul 19)

Under 23's - Round 17

v Newtown, 12:10pm

WIN 26-13

HT    13-0

Roche 2, Mayoh 2, Sydenham, Neville tries
Ella 3, Sydneham goals

Referee      R.Hunt
Touch Judges L.Matthews / R.Sinclair

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Ella, Rod              -  3     -     
Wing -  2 - Churchill, Rod         -  -     -     
Cntr -  3 - Sydenham, Steve        1  1     -     
Cntr -  6 - Neville, Steve         1  -     -     
Wing -  5 - Roche, Kevin           2  -     -     
5/8  - 22 - Studdon, Tony          -  -     -     r25
Half - 23 - Topper, Steve          -  -     -     r26
Lock -  8 - Strattos, Spiro        -  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Cheeseman, Col         -  -     -     
SRow - 10 - Griffiths, Morrie      -  -     - (c) 
Prop - 11 - Cronon, Rod            -  -     -     r20
Hook - 12 - Simpson, Tom           -  -     -     
Prop - 13 - Mayoh, Steve           2  -     -     

Res  - 25 - Holborow, Ian          -  -     -
Res  - 26 - Anastasakis, Peter     -  -     -
Res  - 20 - Brightwell, Tony       -  -     -

                                   6  4     -

Other U23 Matches

15-7  Leic Balmain    b Manly
18-7  Belm Wests      b Canterbury
26-17 NSO  Penrith    b Norths
23-8  Cumb Parramatta b Easts
 7-6  Koga St George  b Cronulla

Other U23 Matches - Postponed Round 15 Match

22-13 Koga St George  b Norths     (Jul 19)

Selected Round 18 Teams

Ref - SMH


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