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NSWRFL 1978

Round 5

Results

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>  Balmain 24 (L. Corowa 3, D. Bendall, D. Grant, G. Naylor tries; M. Muggleton 3 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 14 (G. Foster, G. O'Grady tries; P. Rowles 4 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sun, 23rd April.   Kickoff: 12:00 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 6-4.   Scrums: Balmain 13-7.   Penalties: Western Suburbs 16-4.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 44,507.
Balmain: Fish, Muggleton, Bendall, Wigham, Corowa; Martin, Ninness; Cook, Maybury, Naylor, Spears, Grant, Ryan (C). Int: Lavers.
Western Suburbs: Cain, Moseley, Giteau, Boyd, Smith; Rowles, Raudonikis (C); Young, Purcell, Donnelly, Blyth, Foster, O'Grady. Int: Dorahy, Gibbs.
>  Manly 27 (S. Booth, G. Eadie, T. Mooney, I. Thomson, B. Walker tries; G. Eadie 5, J. Gray goals) defeated Parramatta 15 (N. Glover, P. Mann, G. Murray tries; M. Cronin 3 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sun, 23rd April.   Kickoff: 1:35 PM.   Halftime: Manly 12-2.   Scrums: Parramatta 11-7.   Penalties: Parramatta 11-8.   Referee: Denis Braybrook.   Crowd: 44,507.
Parramatta: Levy, Glover, Cronin, Sulkowicz, Atkins; Hey, Murray (C); Hundy, Hilditch, Jay, Mann, Gerard, Sulkowicz. Int: Mann, Langmack.
Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Branighan, Gartner, Booth; Thompson, Gibbs; Thomson, Gray, Harvey, Walker, Higgs, Randall (C). Int: Martin, Drake.
>  Canterbury 24 (S. Gearin 2, S. Cutler, B. Noonan tries; S. Gearin 6 goals) defeated South Sydney 10 (T. Fahey, J. Swift tries; S. Little 2 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sun, 23rd April.   Kickoff: 3:10 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 16-2.   Scrums: Canterbury 13-6.   Penalties: Canterbury 9-7.   Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.   Crowd: 44,507.
Canterbury: Brentnall, Ryan, Cutler, Hughes, Gearin; Hughes, Pickup; Noonan, Peponis (C), Charlton, Hughes, Stevens, Cassilles.
South Sydney: Little, Swift, Laurie, Berne, Fahey; Wright, Barnes; Sait (C), Stewart, McCarthy, Peek, Bampton, Griffiths. Int: Tunks, Cheeseman.
>  North Sydney 16 (P. Craig 2 tries; P. Schofield 5 goals) defeated Newtown 5 (J. Ribot try; P. Sigsworth goal) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Tue, 25th April.   Kickoff: 12:00 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 7-2.   Scrums: North Sydney 11-9.   Penalties: Newtown 14-10.   Referee: John Gocher.   Crowd: 25,004.
North Sydney: Quirk, Adam, Harris, West, Schofield; Cudmore, Craig; Hamilton (C), Foye, Simons, Kelly, Hunter, Long. Int: Keogh, McKinnon.
Newtown: Sigsworth, Hunt, Doyle, Hetherington, Pickett; Wright, Wood (C); Bowden, Jensen, Casey, Fogarty, Ribot, Hayward. Int: Cooley.
>  Cronulla 35 (D. Chamberlin 2, R. Bourke, S. Edmonds, J. Glossop, S. Hansard, D. Sorensen tries; B. Andrews 7 goals) defeated Penrith 9 (K. Dann try; K. Wilson 3 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Tue, 25th April.   Kickoff: 1:35 PM.   Halftime: 7-all.   Scrums: Cronulla 13-5.   Penalties: Penrith 12-6.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 25,004.
Cronulla: Mullane Jnr, Bourke, Rogers, Chamberlin, Edmonds; Andrews, Hansard; Khan, McMartin, Sorensen, Kneen, Pierce (C), Glossop. Int: Ryan Jnr, Neville.
Penrith: Dann, Henderson, Moore, Gigg, Mullins; Wilson (C), Wickey; Farragher, Longhurst, Cale, Merlo, King, Bousfield. Int: Pethybridge, Gould.
>  Eastern Suburbs 22 (R. Fairfax, K. Hastings, A. Mountier, B. O'Reilly tries; B. Fulton 5 goals) defeated St George 6 (M. Brennan 2 tries) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Tue, 25th April.   Kickoff: 3:10 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 17-3.   Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 12-11.   Penalties: St George 12-9.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 25,004.
Eastern Suburbs: Schubert, Harris, Power, Fulton (C), Mullins; Fairfax, Hastings; O'Reilly, Mountier, Metcalfe, Mackay, Reilly, Coote. Int: Stevens, Hedger.
St George: Goodwin, Butler, Quinn, Finch, Brennan; McGregor, Kearney; Starkey, Edge (C), Young, Buchanan, Jansen, Reddy. Int: Shulman, Stone.

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