Tooth Cup 1981

Game 2

Western Suburbs Magpies 23 def. New South Wales Country Firsts 14

Tooth Cup 1981
Game 2
Western Suburbs
Magpies
23
14
New South Wales Country Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27713
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 27th May, 1981
Kick Off 5:15 PM (local time)
Referee John Gocher
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Crowd 5,000
Official Player of the Match Ross Conlon
Western Suburbs Scoresheet NSW Country Firsts
Greg COX T Lee DOUGLAS
Paul MERLO   Greg HEDDLES
George MOROKO      
Alan NEIL      
John RIBOT      
 
Ross CONLON 4 G 4 Peter WALSH
 
    OFF Ken GROVES
Western Suburbs Teams NSW Country Firsts
Garry JACK 1 FB 1 Neil EPPELSTUN
John RIBOT 2 W 2 Gary BRIDGE
Ross CONLON 3 C 3 Chris HOUGHTON
Greg COX 4 C 4 Phil CAREY
Ian SCHUBERT 5 W 5 Mal GRAHAM
 
Trevor COGGER 6 FE 6 Peter WALSH
Alan NEIL (c) 7 HB 7 Rick PATRICK
 
Michael DUKE 8 L 8 Matt GOODWIN
George MOROKO 9 2R 9 Terry REGAN
John McLEOD 10 2R 10 Brian BATTESE
Paul MERLO 11 FR 11 Greg HEDDLES
Jack JEFFRIES 12 HK 12 Peter ALEXANDER (c)
Geoff SPOTSWOOD 13 FR 13 Paul FIELD
 
Alan LATHAM 14 B 14 Phil JACOBSON
Wayne SMITH 15 B 15 Lee DOUGLAS
Matt CARTER 16 B 16 Ken GROVES
Brian COOK 17 B    
 
Roy MASTERS   HC   John ARMSTRONG
   
 

Team Info

Western Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 9 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Round 10 vs. Balmain
Out:
Garry Dowling (fullback), Mark Beaven (centre), Terry Lamb (five-eighth), Terry Leabeater (front row), Bob Cooper (second row), Jim Leis (lock), Tom Arber (bench)
In:
Garry Jack (fullback), Greg Cox (centre), Trevor Cogger (five-eighth), Geoff Spotswood (front row), John McLeod (second row), Michael Duke (lock), Alan Latham (bench), Wayne Smith (bench), Matt Carter (bench), Brian Cook (bench)

New South Wales Country Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1981 - Game 1 vs. NSW City Firsts
Next Game:
Tooth Cup 1981 - Round 3 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Paul Grob (fullback), Peter Kirkland (wing), Robert Finch (centre), Tim Moule (halfback), Michael Donnelly (front row), Alan Fallah (hooker), Graham Olling (front row), Bruce McGuire (second row), Dave Howell (lock)
In:
Neil Eppelstun (fullback), Gary Bridge (wing), Chris Houghton (centre), Rick Patrick (halfback), Paul Field (front row), Peter Alexander (hooker), Brian Battese (second row), Matt Goodwin (lock), Phil Jacobson (bench), Lee Douglas (bench), Ken Groves (bench)
Changes:
Greg Heddles (bench to front row)

Match Notes

Ken Groves was sent off for a head high tackle after he came on as a replacement at halftime.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin