AMCO Cup 1979

Game 1

Brisbane Firsts 13 def. St George Dragons 10

AMCO Cup 1979
Game 1

Brisbane Firsts
13
10 St George
Dragons
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27619
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 2nd May, 1979
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Eddie Ward
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 15,000
Official Player of the Match Des Morris
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 5
Scrums 15 6
Penalties 6 9
Brisbane Firsts Scoresheet St George
Brad BACKER T Randall BARGE
Wayne LINDENBERG   Rod REDDY
Greg QUINN      
 
Mal MENINGA 2/5 G 2/4 Ken KEARNEY
Wayne LINDENBERG 0/1      
Brisbane Firsts Teams St George
Peter DUTTON 1 FB 1 Brian JOHNSON
Brad BACKER 2 W 2 Steve BUTLER
Mark PAYNE 3 C 3 Graham QUINN (c)
Mal MENINGA 4 C 4 Robert FINCH
Peter EASTWELL 5 W 5 Michel SORRIDIMI
 
Wayne CARR 6 FE 6 Tony TRUDGETT
Wayne LINDENBERG 7 HB 7 Ken KEARNEY
 
Norm CARR 8 L 8 Grahame BUCKLEY
Des MORRIS 9 2R 9 Rod REDDY
Greg QUINN 10 2R 10 Randall BARGE
Greg VEIVERS (c) 11 FR 11 Robert STONE
John LANG 12 HK 12 Steve EDGE
Billy WHITMORE 13 FR 13 Ross CALE
 
Ross STRUDWICK 14 B 14 Steve MORRIS
Mick NEILL 15 B 16 Craig YOUNG
Wally LEWIS 16 B 17 John DOWLING
 
Henry HOLLOWAY   HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

Brisbane Firsts

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers World Cup Tour 1977 - Game 2 vs. France
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 9 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Tony Obst (fullback), Brian Gardiner (wing), Peter Leis (centre), Ian Pearce (centre), John Callus (wing), Chris Ryan (five-eighth), Greg Oliphant (halfback), Darryl van de Velde (front row), John Dowling (hooker), Peter McNamara (front row), Bob Cock (second row), Forrester Grayson (second row), John Ribot (lock)
In:
Peter Dutton (fullback), Brad Backer (wing), Mark Payne (centre), Mal Meninga (centre), Peter Eastwell (wing), Wayne Carr (five-eighth), Wayne Lindenberg (halfback), Billy Whitmore (front row), John Lang (hooker), Greg Veivers (front row), Greg Quinn (second row), Des Morris (second row), Norm Carr (lock), Ross Strudwick (bench), Mick Neill (bench), Wally Lewis (bench)

St George

Previous Game:
Round 6 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 7 vs. Western Suburbs
Out:
Col Bramley (wing), Bruce Starkey (front row), George Grant (second row), Graeme Wynn (lock)
In:
Steve Butler (wing), Ken Kearney (halfback), Ross Cale (front row), Steve Edge (hooker), Grahame Buckley (lock)
Changes:
Steve Morris (halfback to bench), John Dowling (hooker to bench), Craig Young (front row to bench), Randall Barge (bench to second row), Robert Stone (bench to front row)

Match Notes

Ken Fletcher was an unused reserve for Brisbane.

Col Bramley was an unused reserve for St.George.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin