St. George 15–12 Manly-Warringah — Preliminary Final, 1971 NRL Finals Series
11 Sep 1971 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 45,883
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1971 NRL finals series: St. George 15–12 Manly-Warringah, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 11 Sep 1971.
Scorers
| St. George | Tries: Graeme Langlands (2) Goals: Graeme Langlands (3) Drop goals: Billy Smith (3) |
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: Lindsay Drake; Ken Irvine Goals: Derek Moritz (3) |
Team sheets
| St. George | Manly-Warringah | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme Langlands (c) | Fullback | Bob Batty | 1 |
| 2 | Ken Batty | Wing | Ken Irvine | 2 |
| 3 | Bob Clapham | Centre | John McDonald | 3 |
| 4 | Ken Maddison | Centre | Bob Fulton | 4 |
| 5 | Geoff Carr | Wing | Derek Moritz | 5 |
| 6 | Tony Branson | Five-Eighth | Ian Martin | 6 |
| 7 | Billy Smith | Halfback | Graham Williams | 7 |
| 8 | Ted Walton | Lock | Malcolm Reilly | 8 |
| 9 | Barry Beath | Second Row | Lindsay Drake | 9 |
| 10 | Peter Fitzgerald | Second Row | Allan Thomson | 10 |
| 11 | Keith Maddison | Prop | Bill Hamilton | 11 |
| 12 | Col Rasmussen | Hooker | Fred Jones (c) | 12 |
| 13 | Harry Eden | Prop | Norm Pounder | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Grahame Bowen | |||
| 15 | Russell Cox | |||
| Jack Gibson | Coach | Ron Willey | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Keith Page |
Match report
11 Sep 1971, SCG. Halftime: St George 4-7 Manly. Grahame Bowen came on for Keith Maddison at halftime; Russell Cox on for Bowen 5 minutes from fulltime.