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NSWRFL 1979

Round 1

Results

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>  St George 34 (M. Brennan, S. Butler, J. Dowling, R. Finch, G. Quinn, G. Wynn tries; G. Grant 8 goals) defeated Manly 9 (B. Walker try; G. Eadie 3 goals) at Kogarah Oval.
Date: Sat, 24th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: St George 20-7.   Scrums: Manly 9-8.   Penalties: Manly 8-4.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 11,335.
St George: Johnson, Brennan, Quinn (C), Finch, Butler; Trudgett, Kearney; Starkey, Dowling, Grant, Jansen, Reddy, Wynn. Int: Bramley, Buchanan.
Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Gartner, Booth, Knight; Thompson, Adams; Thomson, Krilich (C), Gray, Randall, Springall, Walker. Int: Vautin.
>  Balmain 27 (L. Mara 2, A. McMahon, R. Morris, W. Wigham tries; W. Miranda 6 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 5 (K. Hastings try; K. Wright goal) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sun, 25th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 10-0.   Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 9-7.   Penalties: Eastern Suburbs 13-7.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   Crowd: 10,268.
Balmain: McMahon, Miranda, Bendall, Wigham, Corowa; Mara, Oliphant (C); Morris, Marino, Grant, Liubinskas, Spears, Pringle. Int: Knight, Webster.
Eastern Suburbs: Fairfax, Schubert, Owens, Wright, Boustead; Fulton (C), Hastings; O'Reilly, Mountier, Ayliffe, Metcalfe, Harvey, Mackay. Int: Harris.
>  Canterbury 25 (S. Cutler, S. Mortimer, G. Robinson tries; S. Gearin 8 goals) defeated Penrith 14 (W. Fenton, T. Wickey tries; W. Seaton 3, P. Gould goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 25th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 7-6.   Scrums: Canterbury 9-8.   Penalties: Canterbury 10-9.   Referee: Denis Braybrook.   Crowd: 7,480.
Canterbury: Cutler, Gearin, Mortimer, Mortimer, Anderson; Hughes, Mortimer; Coveney, Peponis (C), Moffett, Robinson, Hughes, Cassilles.
Penrith: Dann, Seaton, Pethybridge (C), Kelly, Ryan; Fenton, Wickey; Waugh, Geiger, Brohman, Merlo, Gould, Le Brocq. Int: King.
>  Cronulla 34 (S. Edmonds 3, M. Raftery 2, S. Rogers 2, D. Chamberlin tries; B. Andrews 4, S. Rogers goals) defeated North Sydney 7 (P. Cudmore try; R. Henniker 2 goals) at North Sydney Oval.
Date: Sun, 25th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Cronulla 16-2.   Scrums: North Sydney 10-5.   Penalties: Cronulla 11-8.   Referee: Barry Bradstock.   Crowd: 5,399.
North Sydney: Le Brocq, Sheppard, Rugg, Harris (C), Adam; Cudmore, Craig; McKinnon, Foye, Mayoh, Wilson, Boatswain, Henniker. Int: Dunn, McCaffery.
Cronulla: Mullane Jnr, Edmonds, Rogers (C), Chamberlin, Raftery; Andrews, Hansard; Sorensen, McMartin, Khan, Kneen, Archer, Sorensen. Int: Purcell.
>  Western Suburbs 21 (R. Brodrick, R. Brown, B. Cooper tries; J. Dorahy 6 goals) defeated Parramatta 10 (E. Grothe, P. Wynn tries; M. Cronin 2 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 25th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 7-4.   Scrums: Parramatta 7-6.   Penalties: Parramatta 10-9.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 14,302.
Parramatta: Dowling, Grothe, Cronin, West, Glover; Sterling, Murray; Jay, Hilditch, Olling, Gerard, Wynn, Price (C). Int: Pattison, Ella.
Western Suburbs: Smith, Moseley, Brodrick, Dorahy, Boland; Heyward, Raudonikis (C); Gibbs, Jeffries, Cloughessy, Brown, Boyd, O'Grady. Int: Cooper.
>  Newtown 7 (K. Wilson 3 goals; K. Wilson field goal) defeated South Sydney 6 (J. Berne 3 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sun, 25th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: 4-all.   Scrums: Newtown 11-10.   Penalties: South Sydney 13-12.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 9,555.
South Sydney: Sellar, Berne, Laurie, Beauchamp, Swift; McGregor, Topper; Pagano, Stewart, Rampling, Frith, Bampton (C), Prior.
Newtown: Sigsworth, Hetherington, Goodwin, Ryan, Wright; Wilson, Wood; Noonan, Jensen, Charlton, Blyth, Hage, Ryan (C). Int: Ogilvie, Bowden.

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