AMCO Cup 1979

Game 3

Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 18 def. Penrith Panthers 10

AMCO Cup 1979
Game 3
Canterbury Bankstown
Bulldogs
18
10 Penrith
Panthers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27631
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 4th July, 1979
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Kevin Roberts
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Official Player of the Match Mal Creevey
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 10
Scrums 13 11
Penalties 3 11
Canterbury Scoresheet Penrith
Chris ANDERSON 2 T Ray BLACKLOCK
Greg BRENTNALL   Peter KELLY
Pat ENGLISH      
 
Chris MORTIMER 3 G 2 Darryl BROHMAN
Canterbury Teams Penrith
Ray KEAR 1 FB 1 Ray BLACKLOCK
Chris ANDERSON 2 W 2 Phil DOYLE
Greg BRENTNALL (c) 3 C 3 Ken WOLFFE
Chris MORTIMER 4 C 4 Peter KELLY
Gary SULLIVAN 5 W 5 John RYAN (c)
 
Steve FOLKES 6 FE 6 Kevin DANN
Mal CREEVEY 7 HB 7 Mick KELLY
 
Allen GEELAN 8 L 8 Warren FENTON
Peter SMITH 9 2R 9 Lew ZIVANOVIC
John ABBOTT 10 2R 10 Wayne SHEENS
Leo DRIVER 11 FR 11 Darryl BROHMAN
Pat ENGLISH 12 HK 12 Steve MARTIN
Mick BASHAM 13 FR 13 Paul MERLO
 
Mark BIRD 14 B 14 Graeme JENNINGS
Graham FAUX 15 B 15 Jon BURNITT
Jeff HUNT 16 B 16 Tim ARMITSTEAD
Lee POMFRET 17 B 17 David CARTWRIGHT
 
Ted GLOSSOP   HC   Len STACKER
   
 

Team Info

Canterbury

Previous Game:
Round 15 vs. Balmain
Next Game:
Round 16 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Out:
Stan Cutler (fullback), Peter Mortimer (centre), Steve Gearin (wing), Garry Hughes (five-eighth), Steve Mortimer (halfback), George Peponis (hooker), Greg Cook (front row), Peter Cassilles (second row), Mark Hughes (lock)
In:
Ray Kear (fullback), Chris Mortimer (centre), Gary Sullivan (wing), Mal Creevey (halfback), Mick Basham (front row), Pat English (hooker), Leo Driver (front row), John Abbott (second row), Allen Geelan (lock), Mark Bird (bench), Graham Faux (bench), Jeff Hunt (bench), Lee Pomfret (bench)
Changes:
Peter Smith (front row to second row), Steve Folkes (second row to five-eighth)

Penrith

Previous Game:
Round 15 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Round 16 vs. South Sydney
Out:
Terry Wickey (halfback), Merv Hayward (front row), Tim Sheens (bench)
In:
Ray Blacklock (fullback), Paul Merlo (front row), Graeme Jennings (bench), Jon Burnitt (bench), Tim Armitstead (bench), David Cartwright (bench)
Changes:
Kevin Dann (fullback to five-eighth), Ken Wolffe (wing to centre), Phil Doyle (centre to wing), Mick Kelly (five-eighth to halfback)

Match Notes

Referee Kevin Roberts also blew a premature end to proceedings a couple of minute's before the end of first half. After mistaking a noise from the crowd. The genuine siren would ring a couple of minute's later.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin