1978 NSWRL Premiership - Round 18

South Sydney v Balmain

Leichhardt Oval

Sun Jul 23, 3:00pm

WIN 7-3

Selected Round 18 Teams

Buchan broke his arm.

32 min  2-0  E.Ferguson goal
HT      2-0
50 min  4-0  E.Ferguson goal
63 min  6-0  E.Ferguson goal
67 min  6-3
76 min  7-3  Barnes fieldgoal

no tries
E.Ferguson 3 from 5 goals
Barnes fieldgoal

Crowd        11,604
Referee      G.Cook
Touch Judges G.Benson / B.Cross

Scrums       13-18
Penalties     9-9 

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Ferguson, Eric         -  3/5   -        
Wing -  2 - Swift, Jim             -  -     -     
Cntr -  3 - Knight, Gary           -  -     -        
Cntr -  4 - Laurie, Robert         -  -     -     
Wing -  5 - Fahey, Terry           -  -     -     [0-42]
5/8  -  6 - Wright, Gary           -  -     -        
Half -  8 - Barnes, Trevor         -  -     1     
Lock - 11 - Peek, John             -  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Bampton, Darrell       -  -     - (c) r15
SRow - 10 - Sait, Paul             -  -     -     
Prop - 14 - Buchan, Bruce          -  -     -     r16
Hook - 12 - Stewart, Ken           -  -     -     
Prop - 13 - Tunks, Peter           -  -     -     

Res  - 15 - Dykes, John            -  -     -
Res  - 16 - Cheeseman, Col         -  -     -

                                   -  3/5   1

Other First Grade Matches

22-2  Belm Canterbury b Norths
44-0  Ende Cronulla   b Newtown
16-10 Brok Manly      b Wests      [Ch7]
25-8  Cumb Parramatta b St George  [Ch2]
34-5  Penr Easts      b Penrith

Judiciary News

Fahey was sent offfor a high tackle, 2 minutes into the second half. He was later suspended for 2 matches.

Reserve Grade - Round 18

v Balmain, 1:35pm

WIN 8-7

HT    2-0

Jones try
Jones 2 goals
Jones fieldgoal

Referee      D.Wintin
Touch Judges C.Turnell / T.Murphy

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG 

Flbk -  1 - Jones, Grant           1  2     1     
Wing - 16 - Bultitude, Geoff       -  -     -     
Cntr -  3 - Bishop, Glen           -  -     -     r17
Cntr -  2 - Little, Steve          -  -     -     
Wing -  5 - Corak, Denis           -  -     -     
5/8  -  6 - Squadritto, Joe        -  -     -
Half -  7 - Stratton, Bob          -  -     -
Lock -  8 - Marsh, John            -  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Buchan, Bruce          -  -     -     
SRow - 10 - Gibbs, Nathan          -  -     -     
Prop - 11 - Piggins, George        -  -     -     r25
Hook - 12 - Kitinas, Arthur        -  -     - 
Prop - 13 - Bryant, Harry          -  -     - (c)

Res  - 17 - McCarthy, Bob          -  -     -
Res  - 25 - Annabel, Bill          -  -     -

                                   1  2     1

Other Reserve Grade Matches

15-11 Belm Norths     b Canterbury
43-3  Ende Cronulla   b Newtown
12-11 Brok Manly      b Wests
18-17 Cumb Parramatta b St George
29-15 Penr Penrith    b Easts

Under 23's - Round 18

v Balmain, 12:10pm

WIN 20-8

HT    10-5

Topper 2, Neville, Mayoh tries
Sydenham 4 goals

Referee      D.Barsley 
Touch Judges R.Pearce / M.Stone

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Ella, Rod              -  -     -     
Wing - 24 - Churchill, Rod         -  -     -     r27
Cntr -  3 - Sydenham, Steve        -  4     -     
Cntr -  4 - Neville, Steve         1  -     -     
Wing -  5 - Roche, Kevin           -  -     -     
5/8  -  6 - Studdon, Tony          -  -     -     r22
Half -  7 - Topper, Steve          2  -     -     r23
Lock - 26 - Strattos, Spiro        -  -     -     
SRow -  8 - Cheeseman, Col         -  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Griffiths, Morrie      -  -     - (c) 
Prop - 11 - Cronon, Rod            -  -     -     
Hook - 12 - Simpson, Tom           -  -     -     r18
Prop - 13 - Mayoh, Steve           1  -     -     

Res  - 27 - Rosiello, Carmine      -  -     -
Res  - 22 - Smith, Geoff           -  -     -
Res  - 23 - Brightwell, Tony       -  -     -
Res  - 18 - Cain, Terry            -  -     -

                                   4  4     -

Other U23 Matches

17-8  Belm Canterbury b Norths
32-9  Ende Cronulla   b Newtown
 6-5  Brok Wests      b Manly
10-7  Cumb Parramatta b St George
23-10 Penr Penrith    b Easts

Selected Round 19 Teams

Ref - SMH


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