Final Craven Mild Cup 1978 South Sydney V Canterbury

[Ted Baxter]

https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/craven-mild-cup-1978/final/souths-vs-canterbury/summary.html

Sources were newspapers & the Canterbury Annual Report & South Sydney RL Almanac Page.

Final V South Sydney                      Sunday March 19 1978 (3pm)
South Sydney 10 (Bishop, Bryant tries, Little 2/5 goals) d Canterbury 3 (Ryan try) at Henson Park. Scrums: South Sydney 11-8. Penalties: South Sydney 10-9. Crowd: 4,259. Referee – Gary Cook.

Teams:
Canterbury: 1. Greg Brentnall, 2.Mick Ryan, 3. Mark Hughes, 4. Greg Mullane, 5. Peter Mortimer, 6. Tim Pickup, 7. Steve Mortimer, 8. Peter Cassilles, 9. Steve Hage, 10. Gary Stevens, 11. Phil Charlton, 12. George Peponis, 13. Bill Noonan. Repl. 15. John Coveney, 16. Geoff Robinson, 17. Stan Cutler.

South Sydney: 1. Steve Little, 2. Glen Bishop, 3. Robert Laurie, 4. John Berne, 5. Terry Fahey, 6. Gary Wright, 14. Trevor Barnes, 8. John Peek, 9. Darrel Bampton, 10. Bob McCarthy,  11. Bill Annabel, 12. George Piggins (c), 13. Paul Sait. Repl. 7. David Sinclair, 16. Ken Stewart, 17. Harry Bryant, 18. Bruce Buchan.

Man Of The Match – John Berne.