St. George 10–5 Parramatta Eels — Major Semi-Final, 1977 NRL Finals Series
3 Sep 1977 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 29,794
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Major Semi-Final, 1977 NRL finals series: St. George 10–5 Parramatta Eels, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 3 Sep 1977.
Sourcing caveat: Source lists forward-pack positions for St George in an order that may have the second-row/prop split reversed for this week -- flagged as a minor lineup-position uncertainty, not affecting the scorers.
Scorers
| St. George | Tries: Steve Butler; Ted Goodwin Goals: Ted Goodwin (2) |
| Parramatta Eels | Tries: Graeme Atkins Goals: Michael Cronin (1) |
Team sheets
| St. George | Parramatta Eels | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Ted Goodwin | Fullback | Mark Levy | 1 |
| 2 | Steve Butler | Wing | Jim Porter | 2 |
| 3 | Graham Quinn | Centre | Michael Cronin | 3 |
| 14 | Robert Finch | Centre | Ed Sulkowicz | 4 |
| 15 | John Chapman | Wing | Graeme Atkins | 5 |
| 6 | Rod McGregor | Five-Eighth | John Peard | 6 |
| 7 | Mark Shulman | Halfback | John Kolc | 7 |
| 8 | Rod Reddy | Lock | Ray Price | 8 |
| 9 | John Jansen | Second Row | Ray Higgs (c) | 9 |
| 10 | Robert Stone | Second Row | Geoff Gerard | 10 |
| 11 | Craig Young | Prop | Denis Fitzgerald | 11 |
| 12 | Steve Edge (c) | Hooker | Ron Hilditch | 12 |
| 19 | Bruce Starkey | Prop | Graham Olling | 13 |
| Harry Bath | Coach | Terry Fearnley | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Jack Danzey Jnr |
Match report
Sat 3 Sep 1977, SCG. Halftime 2-0 St George. Scrums St George 10-6; penalties Parramatta 16-7.