1978 NSWRL Premiership - Round 22

South Sydney v North Sydney

North Sydney Oval Oval

Sat Aug 19, 3:00pm [Ch2]

WIN 14-6

Selected Round 22 Teams

 6 min  5-0  Laurie try Ferguson goal
11 min  5-3
17 min 10-3  Kitinas try Ferguson goal
21 min 12-3  Ferguson goal
33 min 12-6
38 min 14-6  Ferguson goal
HT     14-6

Laurie, Kitinas tries
E.Ferguson 4 from 4 goals

Crowd        1,515
Referee      D.MacDonald
Touch Judges J.Connor / B.Wiseman

Scrums       10-16(1H  4-4 )
Penalties    11-13

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Ferguson, Eric         -  4/4   -        
Wing -  2 - Swift, Jim             -  -     -     
Cntr -  3 - Laurie, Robert         1  -     -        
Cntr -  4 - Berne, John            -  -     -     r14
Wing -  5 - Fahey, Terry           -  -     -     
5/8  -  6 - Wright, Gary           -  -     -        
Half -  7 - McMillan, Bob          -  -     -     
Lock -  8 - Barnes, Trevor         -  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Bampton, Darrell       -  -     - (c) 
SRow - 10 - Cheeseman, Col         -  -     -     
Prop - 11 - Peek, John             -  -     -     
Hook - 12 - Kitinas, Arthur        1  -     -     r15
Prop - 13 - Tunks, Peter           -  -     -     

Res  - 14 + Roche, Kevin           -  -     -
Res  - 15 - Stewart, Ken           -  -     -

                                   2  4/4   -

Other First Grade Matches

18-17 Ende Wests      b Cronulla   [Ch7]
20-10 SSG  Manly      b Easts
62-18 Hens Parramatta b Newtown
 7-7  Penr Penrith    d Canterbury
16-8  Koga Balmain    b St George

               W D  L   F   A Diff Pt
WESTS         16 1  5 424 288 +136 33
CRONULLA      15 -  7 418 261 +157 30
MANLY         15 -  7 427 287 +140 30
PARRAMATTA    14 -  8 525 306 +219 28
CANTERBURY    13 2  7 307 273  +34 28
--
Easts         13 -  9 337 280  +57 26
Souths        12 1  9 298 300   -2 25
St George     10 1 11 367 354  +13 21
Balmain        9 1 12 337 344   -7 19
Penrith        4 2 16 206 463 -257 10
Norths         4 1 17 325 439 -114  9
Newtown        2 1 19 199 575 -376  5

Judiciary News

No one was sent off.

Reserve Grade - Round 22

v North Sydney, 1:35pm

WIN 24-0

HT    18-0

Gibbs 2, McCarthy, Squadrito, Stratton, Annabel tries
Purcell 3 goals

Referee      B.Goldsworthy
Touch Judges W.Grono / T.Murphy

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG 

Flbk -  1 - Jones, Grant           -  -     -     r15
Wing -  2 - Purcell, Greg          -  3     -     
Cntr -  3 - Knight, Gary           -  -     -     
Cntr - 16 - Sherry, Kel            -  -     -     
Wing -  5 - Corak, Denis           -  -     -     
5/8  -  6 - Squadritto, Joe        1  -     -
Half -  7 - Stratton, Bob          1  -     -
Lock -  8 - Marsh, John            -  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Gibbs, Nathan          2  -     -     
SRow - 10 - McCarthy, Bob          1  -     -     
Prop - 11 - Annabel, Bill          1  -     -     r14
Hook - 12 - Stewart, Ken           -  -     - 
Prop - 13 - Bryant, Harry          -  -     - (c)

Res  - 15 - Bultitude, Geoff       -  -     -
Res  - 14 - Haig, Gary             -  -     -

                                   6  3     -

Other Reserve Grade Matches

16-13 Ende Cronulla   b Wests
10-3  SSG  Easts      b Manly
38-16 Hens Parramatta b Newtown
14-9  Penr Penrith    b Canterbury
14-6  Koga St George  b Balmain

               W D  L   F   A Diff Pt
BALMAIN       15 2  5 386 219 +167 32
PARRAMATTA    15 1  6 394 262 +132 31
CRONULLA      14 2  6 369 233 +136 30
ST GEORGE     13 3  6 349 275  +74 29
SOUTHS        14 1  7 339 283  +56 29
--
Manly         12 1  9 259 268   -9 25
Canterbury    10 2 10 341 312  +29 22
Wests         10 1 11 335 348  -13 21
Penrith       10 - 12 364 326  +38 20
Easts          5 1 16 248 387 -139 11
Norths         4 - 18 305 498 -193  8
Newtown        3 - 19 238 516 -278  6

Under 23's - Round 22

v North Sydney, 12:10pm

WIN 18-0

HT    11-0

Roche, Neville, Smith, Strattos tries
Kilham 2, Studdon goals

Referee      P.Longhurst
Touch Judges R.Pearce / D.Bowron

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk - 24 - Kilham, Greg           -  2     -     r18
Wing -  2 - Roche, Kevin           1  -     -     r19
Cntr -  3 - Bishop, Glen           -  -     -     
Cntr -  4 - Neville, Steve         1  -     -     
Wing -  5 - Rosiello, Carmine      -  -     -     
5/8  -  6 - Smith, Geoff           1  -     -     r22
Half -  7 - Topper, Steve          -  -     -     
Lock -  8 - Strattos, Spiro        1  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Griffiths, Morrie      -  -     - (c) 
SRow - 10 - Seelin, Dave           -  -     -     r21
Prop - 11 - Cronon, Rod            -  -     -     
Hook - 23 - Simpson, Tom           -  -     -     
Prop - 20 - Brightwell, Tony       -  -     -     

Res  - 18 - Cain, Terry            -  -     -
Res  - 19 - Churchill, Rod         -  -     -
Res  - 22 - Studdon, Tony          -  1     -
Res  - 21 - Anastaakis, Peter      -  -     -

                                   4  3     -

Other U23 Matches

20-16 Ende Wests      b Cronulla
15-3  SSG  Easts      b Manly
45-8  Hens Parramatta b Newtown
29-6  Penr Penrith    b Canterbury
18-12 Koga Balmain    b St George

               W D  L   F   A Diff Pt
PARRAMATTA    19 -  3 421 181 +240 38
SOUTHS        17 -  5 354 204 +150 34
PENRITH       13 2  7 380 266 +112 28
MANLY         13 1  8 266 234  +32 27
WESTS         12 1  9 333 293  +40 25
--
Easts         12 - 10 311 269  +42 24
Balmain       11 - 11 265 259   +6 22
St George     10 1 11 280 328  -48 21
Cronulla       9 - 13 313 270  +43 18
Canterbury     8 - 14 261 333  -72 16
Norths         3 - 19 195 421 -226  6
Newtown        2 1 19 204 525 -321  5

Club Championship

               FG  RG U23  Pt
PARRAMATTA    112  93  76 281
--
Souths        100  87  68 255
Manly         120  75  54 249
Cronulla      120  90  36 246
Wests         132  63  50 245
Balmain        76  96  44 216
St George      84  87  42 213
Canterbury    112  66  32 210
Easts         104  33  48 185
Penrith        40  60  56 156
Norths         36  24  12  72
Newtown        20  18  10  48

Ref - SH / BL #27 / RLW #27

End of Season Summary

Ref - SMH

Weekend - Aug 26-27

1978 NSWRL Premiership - Preliminary Semi-Finals

BYE        (1)   Wests
17-12 SCG  (2v3) Cronulla   b Manly      [Ch7/Ch2]
22-15 SCG  (4v5) Parramatta b Canterbury [Ch7/Ch2]

Reserve Grade - Preliminary Semi-Finals

(5v4) v St George, 1:35pm

LOSS 12-23

HT    2-11

Marsh, Stewart tries
Purcell 3 from 5 goals

Referee      K.Roberts
Touch Judges J.Turner / B.Wiseman

Scrums        9-9
Penalties    10-8

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG 

Flbk -  1 - Jones, Grant           -  -     -     
Wing -  2 - Purcell, Greg          -  3/5   -     
Cntr -  3 - Knight, Gary           -  -     -     
Cntr -  4 - Little, Steve          -  -     -     r19
Wing -  5 - Corak, Denis           -  -     -     
5/8  -  6 - Squadritto, Joe        -  -     -
Half -  7 - Stratton, Bob          -  -     -
Lock -  8 - Marsh, John            1  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Gibbs, Nathan          -  -     -     
SRow - 10 - McCarthy, Bob          -  -     -     
Prop - 11 - Annabel, Bill          -  -     -     r14
Hook - 12 - Stewart, Ken           1  -     - 
Prop - 13 - Bryant, Harry          -  -     - (c)

Res  - 14 - Haig, Gary             -  -     -
Res  - 19 - Sellar, John           -  -     -

                                   2  3/5   -

Other Reserve Grade Matches

BYE        (1)   Balmain
31-10 SCG  (2v3) Parramatta b Cronulla

Under 23's - Preliminary Semi-Finals

(2v3) v Penrith, 12:10pm

LOSS 2-5

HT    2-2

no tries
Ella goal

Referee      D.Braybrook
Touch Judges N.Clement / G.Benson

Scrums       12-16
Penalties     8-7

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Ella, Rod              -  1     -     
Wing -  2 - Rosiello, Carmine      -  -     -     r25
Cntr -  3 - Sydenham, Steve        -  -     -     
Cntr -  4 - Roche, Kevin           -  -     -     
Wing -  5 - Strattos, Spiro        -  -     -     
5/8  -  6 - Smith, Geoff           -  -     -     
Half -  7 - Topper, Steve          -  -     -     
Lock -  8 - Cheeseman, Col         -  -     -     
SRow -  9 - Griffiths, Morrie      -  -     - (c) 
SRow - 10 - Seelin, Dave           -  -     -     
Prop - 11 - Cronon, Rod            -  -     -     
Hook - 12 - Simpson, Tom           -  -     -     r24
Prop - 13 - Mayoh, Steve           -  -     -     r21

Res  - 21 - Brightwell, Tony       -  -     -
Res  - 24 - Kitinas, Arthus        -  -     -
Res  - 25 - Sellar, John           -  -     -

                                   -  1     -

Other U23 Matches

BYE        (1)   Parramatta
16-13 SCG  (5v4) Wests      b Manly

Ref - BL #28 / - RLW #28

Weekend - Sep 2-3

1978 NSWRL Premiership - Semi-Finals

14-10 SCG  (2v1) Cronulla   b Wests      [Ch7/Ch2]
13-13 SCG  (3v4) Manly      d Parramatta [Ch7/Ch2]

Reserve Grade - Semi-Finals

 3-3  SCG  (1v2) Balmain    d Parramatta
14-13 SCG  (4v3) St George  b Cronulla

Under 23's - Semi-Finals

(3v4) v Western Suburbs, 12:10pm

LOSS 9-17

Seelin was sent off for head high tackle in the 13th minute of the match and later suspended for 4 weeks.

HT    2-12

Roche try
Ella 3 from 3 goals

Referee      D.Wintin
Touch Judges N.Clement / G.Benson

Scrums       11-8
Penalties     9-8

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Ella, Rod              -  3/3   -     
Wing -  2 - Sydenham, Steve        -  -     -     
Cntr -  3 - Bishop, Glen           -  -     -     r19
Cntr -  4 - Sellar, John           -  -     -     
Wing -  5 - Roche, Kevin           1  -     -     
5/8  -  6 - Neville, Steve         -  -     -     
Half -  7 - Topper, Steve          -  -     -     
Lock -  8 - Strattos, Spiro        -  -     -     r16
SRow -  9 - Cheeseman, Col         -  -     - (c) 
SRow - 10 - Griffiths, Morrie      -  -     -     
Prop - 11 - Cronon, Rod            -  -     -     
Hook - 12 - Simpson, Tom           -  -     -     r15
Prop - 13 - Seelin, Dave           -  -     -     

Res  - 19 - Churchill, Rod         -  -     -
Res  - 16 - Mayoh, Steve           -  -     -
Res  - 15 - Smith, Geoff           -  -     -

                                   1  3/3   -

Other U23 Matches

13-6  SCG  (2v1) Penrith    b Parramatta

Ref - BL #29 / - RLW #29

Midweek - Sep 6

1978 NSWRL Premiership - Semi-Final Replay

17-11 SCG  (3v4) Manly      b Parramatta [Ch7/Ch2]

Reserve Grade - Semi-Final Replay

16-14 SCG  (1v2) Balmain   b Parramatta

Weekend - Sep 9

1978 NSWRL Premiership - Preliminary Final

BYE        (1)   Cronulla
14-7  SCG  (3v2) Manly      b Wests      [Ch7/Ch2]

Reserve Grade - Preliminary Final

BYE        (1)   Balmain
11-11 SCG  (2v3) Parramatta d St George

Under 23's - Preliminary Final


BYE        (1)   Penrith
21-14 SCG  (3v2) Wests      b Parramatta

Midweek - Sep 12

Reserve Grade - Preliminary Final Replay

22-9  SCG  (3v2) St George   b Parramatta

Weekend - Sep 16

1978 NSWRL Premiership - Grand Final

11-11 SCG  (1v2) Cronulla    d Manly     [Ch7/Ch2]

Reserve Grade - Grand Final

10-5  SCG  (1v2) Balmain    b St George

Under 23's - Grand Final

23-5  SCG  (1v2) Penrith    b Wests

Midweek - Sep 19

1978 NSWRL Premiership - Grand Final Replay

16-0  SCG  (2v1) Manly      b Cronulla   [Ch7/Ch2]


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