KB Cup 1983

Game 1

New South Wales Country Firsts 20 def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 12

KB Cup 1983
Game 1

New South Wales Country Firsts		 20
–
12 South Sydney
Rabbitohs
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27755
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 25th May, 1983
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Chris Ward
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Crowd 800
Official Player of the Match Ross Gibson
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 – 6
Scrums 9 – 7
Penalties 10 – 8
NSW Country Firsts Scoresheet South Sydney
Paul FIELD T Darren McCARTHY
Neil MICHELL   Michael POBJIE
 
Neville ELWIN 6 G 2/3 Tony MELROSE
NSW Country Firsts Teams South Sydney
Greg ASHTON 1 FB 1 Michael POBJIE
Garry WICKS 2 W 2 Les BILES
Neville ELWIN 3 C 3 John JARVIE
Terry McCARTNEY 4 C 4 Ziggy NISZCZOT
Robert FRENCH 5 W 5 Darren McCARTHY
 
Robert LAURIE (c) 6 FE 16 Tony MELROSE
Ken KEARNEY 7 HB 7 George LONGBOTTOM
 
Rick PATRICK 8 L 8 Michael CARBERRY
Peter JOHNSTON 9 2R 9 David BOYLE
Paul FIELD 10 2R 10 Nathan GIBBS (c)
Ross GIBSON 11 FR 11 Gary HAMBLY
Neil MICHELL 12 HK 12 Ken STEWART
Geoff FOSTER 13 FR 13 Peter TUNKS
 
Richard LAURIE 14 B 6 Greg MACKEY
Lee DOUGLAS 15 B 15 Bronko DJURA
Gary DAVIS 16 B 17 Mario FENECH
Tony MORGAN 17 B 18 Bill HARDY
 
Allan THOMSON   HC   Ron WILLEY
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales Country Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1983 - Game 1 vs. NSW City Firsts
Next Game:
KB Cup 1983 - Quarter Final vs. Brisbane Firsts
Out:
Greg Brentnall (fullback), Chris Mortimer (centre), Peter Sterling (halfback), Peter Kelly (front row), Ray Brown (hooker), Les Boyd (second row)
In:
Greg Ashton (fullback), Terry McCartney (centre), Ken Kearney (halfback), Geoff Foster (front row), Neil Michell (hooker), Peter Johnston (second row), Richard Laurie (bench), Lee Douglas (bench), Gary Davis (bench), Tony Morgan (bench)

South Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 12 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Round 14 vs. Penrith
Out:
Wayne Lonergan (fullback), Craig Coleman (halfback)
In:
Tony Melrose (five-eighth), George Longbottom (halfback), Bronko Djura (bench), Mario Fenech (bench)
Changes:
Darren McCarthy (centre to wing), Ziggy Niszczot (wing to centre), Greg Mackey (five-eighth to bench), Michael Pobjie (bench to fullback)

Match Notes

Shane Matthews dropped out of the Country team with a broken collarbone and was replaced by Richard Laurie.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin

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