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Publications: Published Papers 1973-2001 wolfsonendoscopy.org.uk | SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1973-1991 meds.com | AATS: 1973 Annual Meeting Program aats.org | How shall I tell my daughter?, 1973, at MUM mum.org |
The 1973 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the sixty-sixth season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Twelve teams from across the city, including six foundation clubs, competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between the Manly-Warringah and Cronulla-Sutherland clubs.
[edit] Season summaryTwenty-two regular season rounds were played from March until August, resulting in in a top four of Manly, Cronulla, St. George and Newtown who went on to battle it out in the finals. The 1973 Rothmans Medal was awarded to Cronulla-Sutherland forward Ken Maddison. Rugby League Week awarded their player of the year award to Manly-Warringah's halfback Johnny Mayes. The 1973 season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Ken Irvine. [edit] TeamsFrom 1973 onwards, Newtown were known as the Newtown Jets[1]
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After Cronulla's 14-4 loss in the major semi-final, Manly expected the Sharks would be fired up for the Grand Final. And they were. Ian Heads wrote in the Sunday Telegraph the next day that It was a Grand Final as tough and dirty as any bar-room brawl[2]. Alan Clarkson wrote in the Sun Herald The fare served up in the first half belonged in the Colosseum[3]. The first half was not how the game's administrators would have wished to show-case rugby league, every tackle was loaded with menace and meant to damage. But from the melee Bob Fulton emerged and showed his unrivalled skill. Heads and Clarkson wrote of his "towering genius" and "football brilliance" respectively. Manly's English import Malcolm "Mal" Reilly himself never one to take a backward step, was the first victim of the carnage. In the opening minute a Cronulla forward set his sights on Reilly and didn't miss his target. Reilly was in agony from a badly bruised hip and left the field for pain-killers, to return for revenge. He then created mayhem but bowed out in the 25th minute and was replaced by John Bucknall. After an all-in brawl in the first half, Referee Keith Page eventually called all 26 players in for a mass caution, advising that he would send the next infringer off. Then Fulton took over in the 29th and 58th minutes. 'Bozo' demonstrated power and pace in both tries. The first came from a brilliant Fred Jones pass which saw Fulton split Eric Archer and Steve Rogers just 25 metres from the line. Manly took a 5-0 scoreline to the half time break. The second Fulton try came after Eadie took a pass from five-eighth. Ian Martin then looked for Fulton and set him up perfectly. Cronulla had to wait a long time before they dented the Manly line. It was in the 70th minute that the crack appeared. Trailing 8-2, the Sharks struck when lock Greg Pierce positioned replacement fullback Rick Bourke for a try. Eadie stretched the lead to three points from a penalty kick and then the Sharks rallied and bombarded Manly. However the Manly defence of John Mayes, Terry Randall, Peter Peters, Eadie and Fulton were up to the task. Manly-Warringah 10 (Tries: Fulton 2. Goals: Eadie 2. ) Cronulla 7 (Tries: Bourke. Goals: Rogers ) [edit] References
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