Strong Sydney side

Press, 7 September 1976, Page 40

Strong Sydney side

By

JOHN COFFEY

A strong squad, with an ' especially attractive back- • line, has been selected by the] I Sydney Metropolitan rugby,’ league club for its tour of]' New Zealand beginning thish Although one experienced;, test centre. Steve Rogers, has! withdrawn, his replacement. ' Ted Goodwin. has also repre sented Austtalia and is > 1 garded as one of its most exciting footballers A part-Maori, Goodwin was,' a substitute on the wing in ( the second test against New], Zealand in 1972. and hast served the renowned St George club with equal effec-! triteness ar iull-back. wing.; and centre. I

The other new-comers toll the side were the former New/ South Wales Country full-J back, John Dorahy (now with;. Western Suburbs in Sydney),], who is noted for his positive;, attitude, and two hookers.]. Steve Edge (St George) and ] Arthur Mountier (Balmain). ;j Neil Pringle, a loose for-; ward for New South Wales who displayed his versatility ] by switching to the centres] in the Balmain team which: won the Amco Cup. had pre-j! iviously been added in place of i I the Eastern Suburbs stand-; I off half, Robert Laurie, who] ■ was not available. Another loose forward. | : I Rod Reddy, is appealing | ] against a three-match suspen- • ■sion which put him out of |

I the running for the tour, , which begins against Waikato at Huntly tomorrow. Reddy was sent off five minutes into I the second half of Sunday’s i semi-final between St George land Canterbury-Bankstown. and a specially convened judicial committee later suspended him. Tom Raudonikis, the first-1 choice scrum-half for Aust-: ralia since 1971. was con-' ;firmed as captain, and his de-] iputy will be the New South] Wales second-row forward, I ] Bruce Walker. I The two Canterbury plavers; in the New Zealand XIII to (meet Sydney in Auckland on (Saturday and who are also I involved in the club chamj pionship grand final the next i day. Terry Gillman (Christ-

! church-Eastem Suburbs) and , Eddie Kerrigan (Papanui), will return to Christchurch on Sat- ' urdav evening. : The full Sydney team is.— Backs: A. McMahon. J J ■ Dorahy, T. Fahey, M. Raftery,] l E. Goodwin, P. Hayward, G. ] ■ West. L. Mara, T. Raudonikis, ] ]G. Cox. ■ Forwards: N. Pringle. B.| ; Walker, S. Lavers, J. King, I [W. Annabel. D. Grant, GJ •Boatswain, J. Donnelly, S. i Edge, A. Mountier.