World Club Challenge 1976

Eastern Suburbs Roosters 25 def. St Helens 2

World Club Challenge 1976
Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
25
2
St Helens
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14548
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 29th June, 1976
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Gary Cook
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 26,865
Official Player of the Match Royce Ayliffe
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 0
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet St Helens
Royce AYLIFFE T    
Russell FAIRFAX      
Ian SCHUBERT      
Kevin STEVENS      
Greg TOWNSEND      
 
John BRASS 5 G Geoff PIMBLETT
Eastern Suburbs Teams St Helens
Russell FAIRFAX 1 FB 1 Geoff PIMBLETT
Ian SCHUBERT 2 W 2 Les JONES
Mark HARRIS 3 C 3 Eddie CUNNINGHAM
John BRASS 4 C 4 Derek NOONAN
Bill MULLINS 5 W 5 Roy MATHIAS
 
Trevor BARNES 8 FE 6 Billy BENYON
Kevin STEVENS 7 HB 16 Ken GWILLIAM
 
Ken JONES 10 FR 8 John MANTLE
Elwyn WALTERS 15 HK 9 Tony KARALIUS
Royce AYLIFFE 13 FR 10 Kel COSLETT (c)
Ian MACKAY 16 2R 11 Eric CHISNALL
Arthur BEETSON (c) 11 2R 12 George NICHOLLS
Barry REILLY 9 L 13 David HULL
 
Robert LAURIE 6 B 17 Peter GLYNN
Johnny MAYES 20 B 14 Frank WILSON
Grant HEDGER 21 B 7 Jeff HEATON
Greg TOWNSEND 14 B 15 Mel JAMES
 
Jack GIBSON   HC   Eric ASHTON
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 15 vs. Newtown
Next Game:
Game 16 vs. Souths
Out:
Mal Connor (hooker)
In:
Russell Fairfax (fullback), Johnny Mayes (bench), Grant Hedger (bench)
Changes:
Greg Townsend (fullback to bench), Robert Laurie (five-eighth to bench), Barry Reilly (second row to lock), Trevor Barnes (lock to five-eighth), Ian Mackay (bench to second row), Elwyn Walters (bench to hooker)

St Helens

Previous Game:
Premiership Trophy 1975/76 - Final vs. Salford
Next Game:
Lancashire Cup 1976/77 - Game 1 vs. Wigan

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann