Rugby league history

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1978 Balmain’s centre Wayne Wigham v Souths
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Gary ?? Cook was a pretty fair ref from memory

 

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Very fair ref.

 

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Gary Cook

 

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Russell Mullins 1975 - Geez, he made the short side his own and scored lots for the magpies

 

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Ray Price & John Quayle spear tackle Balmain's Brian Lockwood into Cumberland oval, round 15, 1976

 

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Wests Magpies players 1975

 

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(Not all Lurch's were in The Adams Family)
JOHN O'NEILL 1977

 

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Rugby League program from 21 April 1979, Balmain Tigers vs St George Dragons at Leichhardt Oval. The game was played in front of a crowd of 11, 621 spectators with Balmain def St George 27 - 20.

 

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Balmain’s Dennis Bendall (1977)

 

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Origin is just around the corner"

 

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Back in the day when you rocked into the ground early and watched 3 grades - what happened to all our yesterdays?

 

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1979 Wests’ John Dorahy with Manly’s lock Lindsay Drake the chaser at Brookvale Oval

 

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Penrith’s Tim Sheens tackled by St George’s Ray Grigg 1973

 

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Penrith’s Tim Sheens tackled by St George’s Ray Grigg 1973
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This was when Sheens first thought about 5/8s playing frontrow

 

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Fatty when he wasn't catching cricket balls!

 

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A unique rugby league player - John Rheinberger, only played one first grade game in his career: 1975 grand final representing Easts in their 38-nil victory over St George

 

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Parramatta’s prop Bob O’Reilly (aka The Bear) tackled by Balmain’s Jeff Shield, 1973