Parramatta Eels 31–6 St. George — Major Preliminary Semi-Final, 1976 NRL Finals Series
28 Aug 1976 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 28,264
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Major Preliminary Semi-Final, 1976 NRL finals series: Parramatta Eels 31–6 St. George, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 28 Aug 1976.
Sourcing caveat: St George's named scorers (Henry Tatana, 0/2 goals, no tries recorded) total 0 of their recorded 6 points -- a full 6-point gap with no scorer named in either source consulted.
Scorers
| Parramatta Eels | Tries: Ray Higgs; John Moran; Graham Olling; Jim Porter; Ray Price Goals: John Peard (7/7); Mark Levy (1/1) |
| St. George | Goals: Henry Tatana (0/2) |
Team sheets
| Parramatta Eels | St. George | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Levy | Fullback | Tony Quirk | 1 |
| 2 | Jim Porter | Wing | Owen O'Donnell | 2 |
| 3 | Ed Sulkowicz | Centre | Roy Ferguson | 3 |
| 4 | John Moran | Centre | Robert Finch | 4 |
| 5 | Neville Glover | Wing | John Chapman | 5 |
| 6 | John Peard | Five-Eighth | John Bailey | 6 |
| 7 | John Kolc | Halfback | Mark Shulman | 7 |
| 8 | Ray Price | Lock | Rod Reddy | 8 |
| 9 | Ray Higgs (c) | Second Row | John Jansen | 9 |
| 10 | Geoff Gerard | Second Row | Bruce Starkey | 10 |
| 11 | Denis Fitzgerald | Prop | Henry Tatana | 11 |
| 12 | Ron Hilditch | Hooker | Steve Edge (c) | 12 |
| 13 | Graham Olling | Prop | Brian Wood | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Tony Charlton | |||
| 15 | Greg Moore | |||
| Terry Fearnley | Coach | Graeme Langlands | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Greg Hartley |
Match report
Sat 28 Aug 1976, SCG. Halftime 26-0 Parramatta. St George won the scrums 13-7 despite the heavy loss; penalties Parramatta 12-8. Man of the match: John Peard (Channel 7 Hunter Douglas award).