St. George 12–7 Canterbury-Bankstown — Minor Semi-Final, 1970 NRL Finals Series
29 Aug 1970 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 40,083
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Minor Semi-Final, 1970 NRL finals series: St. George 12–7 Canterbury-Bankstown, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 29 Aug 1970.
Sourcing caveat: St George's named scorers (1 try + Graeme Langlands 5/7 goals = 13) exceed the recorded 12 by 1 point, most likely a one-goal miscount in the source's extraction of Langlands' kicking tally -- reported as sourced rather than adjusted.
Scorers
| St. George | Tries: Phil Hawthorne Goals: Graeme Langlands (5/7) |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Terry Reynolds Goals: Peter Inskip (2) |
Team sheets
| St. George | Canterbury-Bankstown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme Langlands (c) | Fullback | Peter Inskip | 1 |
| 2 | Geoff Carr | Wing | Ray Strudwick | 2 |
| 3 | Dennis Brandley | Centre | Johnny Greaves (c) | 3 |
| 4 | Ken Maddison | Centre | Johnny Rhodes | 4 |
| 5 | Warren Thompson | Wing | Max Brown | 5 |
| 6 | Phil Hawthorne | Five-Eighth | Dennis Scahill | 6 |
| 7 | Ross Strudwick | Halfback | Terry Reynolds | 7 |
| 8 | Peter Fitzgerald | Lock | Ron Raper | 8 |
| 9 | Barry Beath | Second Row | Neville Hornery | 9 |
| 10 | Apisai Toga | Second Row | Ron Costello | 10 |
| 11 | John Wittenberg | Prop | Bill Noonan | 11 |
| 12 | Col Rasmussen | Hooker | Marty Driscoll | 12 |
| 13 | Keith Maddison | Prop | Merv Hicks | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Grahame Bowen | Col Brown | 15 | |
| Jack Gibson | Coach | Kevin Ryan | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Keith Page |
Match report
29 Aug 1970, SCG. Halftime: St George 2-4 Canterbury.