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Brisbane Rugby League 1979, Round One

Easts vs Redcliffe
Saturday, March 24, 1979
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
EastsRedcliffe
3119
Tries:Tries:
B Backer (2), M Fyfe,K Wilson, J Barber,
F Roddy, W LindenbergK Fletcher
Goals:Goals:
J McDonald (8)I Pearce (5)
Teams*
Jeff McDonald1Kevin Cash
Brad Backer2Craig Fenton
Frank Roddy3Richie Myers
Mark Payne4Ian Pearce
Steve Stacey5Vic Tighe
Brad Sully6Tony Obst
Wayne Lindenberg7Ken Wilson
Allan Currie8Ian Thinee
Mark Fyfe9Ken Fletcher
Des Morris10Shane O’Connor
Errol Slingsby11Forrester Grayson
John Lang12Bob Jones
Shane McNally13John Barber
Bob Arnold14
John McCarthy15
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 23 March, page 51; Rugby League Week, 29 March, page 28.

Wests vs Norths
Sunday, March 25, 1979
Venue: Purtell Park, Bardon
Crowd: N/A
WestsNorths
187
Tries:Tries:
M Moore, N Carr,J Moffatt
W Carr, B Whitmore
Goals:Goals:
P Eastwell (3)G O’Neill (2)
Teams*
Greg McCarthy1Jim Moffatt
Mick Reardon2Gary O’Neill
Peter McDonald3Gary Drew
Mick Moore4Mark Murray
Peter Eastwell5Brian Bird
Wayne Carr6Neville Draper
David McKenzie7Ross Henrick
Norm Carr8Bob McNamara
Ray Pickup9Gary Walker
Rod Bradshaw10Peter Clarke
Bill Whitmore11Brett Ferguson
Gary Prickett12Greg Conescu
Henry Williamson13Shane Bernardin
Rowan Brennan14John Payne
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 23 March, page 51; Rugby League Week, 29 March, page 28.

Souths vs Wynnum-Manly
Sunday, March 25, 1979
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
SouthsWynnum-Manly
238
Tries:Tries:
M Meninga (2), M Gramm,Nil
D Gould, B Astill
Goals:Goals:
M Meninga (2),G Leo (4)
S Glynn (2)
Teams*
Steve Glynn1Bob Patterson
Carlo Costa2Terry Wesche
Mal Meninga3Bob Boardman
Bruce Astill4Wayne Bullock
Mick Gramm5Phil Bliss
Allan Brackin6Graham Leo
Bill Argeros7Phil Attel
Brian Weir8Bruce Kingston
Mal Connell9Graham Goschnick
Bob Kellaway10Doug Slater
Dave Brown11Ray Duncan
David Gould12John Alexander
Greg Veivers13Darryl Jenner
14Stephen Crear
15Bill Carrodaus
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 23 March, page 51; Rugby League Week, 29 March, page 29.

Valleys vs Brothers
Sunday, March 25, 1979
Venue: Corbett Park, Grange
Crowd: N/A
ValleysBrothers
209
Tries:Tries:
M Svenson, A McInnes,D Sinclair
J McLeod, T Duggan
Goals:Goals:
M Neill (4)W Stewart (3)
Teams*
Alan Mills1Noel Russell
Peter Falvey2Bligh Davidson
Mick Neill3Mark Thomas
Gerry Fitzpatrick4Kerry Fraser
Marc Svenson5Wayne Stewart
Peter McWhirter6Bernie Murphy
Ross Strudwick7David Sinclair
Wally Lewis8Greg Quinn
Ian Sommer9Graham McCullough
John McLeod10Bob Cock
Alastair McInnes11John Tobin
Paul Richards12Ross Franklin
Tom Duggan13Noel Harrington
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 23 March, page 51; Rugby League Week, 29 March, page 29.

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