National Panasonic Cup 1985

Game 1

Balmain Tigers 33 def. Brisbane Firsts 16

National Panasonic Cup 1985
Game 1
Balmain
Tigers
33
16
Brisbane Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27788
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 17th April, 1985
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Kevin Roberts
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Crowd 7,500
Official Player of the Match Ben Elias
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 6
Scrums 6 4
Penalties 13 8
Balmain Scoresheet Brisbane Firsts
David BROOKS 2 T Steve BOYS
Ben ELIAS   Tim DWYER
Scott GALE      
Michael MARKETO      
 
Ross CONLON 6/10 G 4/6 John RIBOT
 
Scott GALE FG    
Balmain Teams Brisbane Firsts
Garry JACK 1 FB 1 Colin SCOTT
John DAVIDSON 2 W 2 John RIBOT
Ross CONLON 3 C 3 Brett FRENCH
Gavin HANRAHAN 4 C 4 Peter JACKSON
Russel GARTNER 5 W 5 Steve BOYS
 
Gary BRIDGE 6 FE 6 Wally LEWIS (c)
Scott GALE 7 HB 7 Henry FOSTER
 
Wayne PEARCE (c) 8 L 8 Bob LINDNER
Kevin HARDWICK 9 2R 9 Ian FRENCH
David BROOKS 10 2R 10 Mal GREEN
Steve ROACH 11 FR 11 Greg DOWLING
Ben ELIAS 12 HK 12 Greg CONESCU
Kerry HEMSLEY 13 FR 13 Bryan NIEBLING
 
Ron RYAN 14 B 14 Tim DWYER
Rod PETHYBRIDGE 15 B 15 Gary COYNE
Michael MARKETO 16 B 16 Grant RIX
John OWENS 17 B 17 Gary SMITH
[York]
 
Frank STANTON   HC   Des MORRIS
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 5 vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Round 6 vs. Manly
Out:
Paul Beaven (five-eighth), Paul Clarke (front row)
In:
Kerry Hemsley (front row), Ron Ryan (bench), Rod Pethybridge (bench)
Changes:
Gary Bridge (bench to five-eighth)

Brisbane Firsts

Previous Game:
National Panasonic Cup 1984 - Final vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
National Panasonic Cup 1986 - Round 1 vs. Manly
Out:
Joe Kilroy (wing), Mal Meninga (centre), Gene Miles (centre), Eddie Muller (hooker), Richie Poulsen (front row), Wally Fullerton-Smith (second row), Tony Currie (bench)
In:
Brett French (centre), Peter Jackson (centre), Steve Boys (wing), Greg Conescu (hooker), Mal Green (second row), Tim Dwyer (bench), Gary Coyne (bench), Grant Rix (bench), Gary Smith (bench)
Changes:
Bryan Niebling (second row to front row), Ian French (bench to second row)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio