South Sydney Rabbitohs 13–5 St. George — Semi-Final, 1928 NRL Finals Series
8 Sep 1928 · Earl Park, Arncliffe, NSW · Attendance: 14,758
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1928 NRL finals series: South Sydney Rabbitohs 13–5 St. George, at Earl Park, Arncliffe, NSW on 8 Sep 1928.
Sourcing caveat: South Sydney's named try/goal scoring (3 tries + 1 goal = 11 points) falls 2 points short of the recorded 13; a field goal by Alan Righton, needed to close the gap, appeared only on one extraction pass out of several attempts. It is used here as the best-available reconciliation, but should be treated as lower-confidence than the rest of this match's data — flagged rather than silently trusted.
Scorers
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Tries: Root; Watson; Williams Goals: Wearing Drop goals: Righton |
| St. George | Tries: Justice Goals: Carstairs |
Team sheets
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | St. George | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Righton | Fullback | Meighan | 1 |
| 2 | Wearing | Wing | Brain | 2 |
| 3 | Why | Centre | Saunders | 3 |
| 4 | Kadwell | Centre | Carstairs | 4 |
| 5 | Williams | Wing | Delaney | 5 |
| 6 | Brogan | Five-Eighth | Traynor | 6 |
| 7 | Breen (c) | Halfback | Guest | 7 |
| 8 | Quinlivan | Lock | H. Flower | 8 |
| 9 | Treweek | Second Row | Hardman | 9 |
| 10 | Cavanough | Second Row | F. Gray | 10 |
| 11 | Watson | Prop | Killiby | 11 |
| 12 | Root | Hooker | Justice (c) | 12 |
| 13 | Binder | Prop | Warwick | 13 |
| Charlie Lynch | Coach | Frank Burge | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Lal Deane |
Match report
8 Sep 1928, Earl Park, Arncliffe (doubleheaded with the Eastern Suburbs-North Sydney semi-final at Wentworth Park). Halftime: 5-5. Scores were level at full time and the match went to extra time (10 minutes each way). St George played most of the match and all of extra time with only 12 men after Arnold Traynor was injured; South Sydney reciprocally played extra time with 12 men.