News - July 1997

11 Jul 1997: A big win

Manly rolled South Queensland 46-12 on Sunday, a first attempt at putting the debacle of the previous round behind them. The Eagles led 16-12 with 20 minutes to go, but a rush of points in the closing stages sent out a reminder of what this team can do when they're hot. Next Friday night the Manly side will travel to the SFS to face the Sydney City Roosters - the two teams' round five clash was probably the game of the season so far.

02 Jul 1997: Teams for the weekend

Craig Innes has been picked in the centres for the Rest of the World side. Meanwhile, teams for Sunday's round 15 clash are:

Manly: Hancock, Moore, Innes, Hill, Hopoate, Toovey (c), Field, Kosef, Gartner, Menzies, Carroll, Serdaris, Tierney. Reserves: Hunter, S Fulton, Lyons, Gillespie

South Queensland: Schifcofske, Hudson, Toshack, Eagar, Wendt, Moule, Teevan (c), Wilson, Protheroe, Solojinkin, Retchless, Antonik, O'Brien. Reserves: Saunders, Bickerstaff, Couper

FootyTAB: South Queensland +17.5 Referee: Sean Hampstead

01 Jul 1997: Australian team named

Five Manly players have been named in the Australian Test side to face the Rest of the World later in the month. Geoff Toovey has been picked at half-back, but relinquishes the Australian captaincy to Brad Fittler. Also in the side are Mark Carroll, Terry Hill and Steve Menzies, while Nik Kosef is on the bench. All five players were members of the victorious NSW State of Origin side.

Earlier stories: [Jan 97 | Feb 97 | Mar 97 | Apr 97 | May 97 | Jun 97]


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17-Jul-1997
Bryan Gaensler
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