After winning the 1974 and 1975 Sydney premierships, Eastern Suburbs would not win another until 2002, while St Helens would go on to win a third English premiership in succession in 1976–77.
The next time Easts, now known as the Sydney Roosters, would play in a World Club Challenge was in 2003 where they would again face St Helens, the 2002 Super League champions at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England. The result would be no different though as the Roosters defeated the Saints 38-0 in front of 19,807 fans.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the challenge, St Helens and the Sydney Roosters played a match as part of the 2016 World Club Series.[2]
^Clubs confirmed for 2016 World Club Series, superleague.co.uk, 8 October 2015
External linksEdit
1976 World Club Challenge at rugbyleagueproject.com
October 20, 2023
1976, world, club, challenge, unofficial, trial, what, would, later, become, world, club, challenge, concept, with, 1975, nswrfl, season, premiers, eastern, suburbs, hosting, 1975, northern, rugby, football, league, season, premiership, challenge, winners, hel. The 1976 World Club Challenge was an unofficial trial of what would later become the World Club Challenge concept with the 1975 NSWRFL season s premiers Eastern Suburbs hosting the 1975 76 Northern Rugby Football League season s Premiership and Challenge Cup winners St Helens The one off challenge match was played on 29 June right in the middle of the 1976 NSWRFL season at the Sydney Cricket Ground before a crowd of 26 856 1 1976 1976 Unofficial World Club Challenge Eastern Suburbs St Helens NSWRFL RFL 25 21 TotalEAS 0 25ST H 0 2Date29 June 1976StadiumSydney Cricket GroundLocationMoore Park AustraliaRoyce AyliffeRefereeGary CookAttendance26 856Broadcast partnersBroadcastersATN 7CommentatorsRex MossopBarry RossWorld Club Challenge1987 The next game of its kind would not be played until 1987 Contents 1 Background 2 Eastern Suburbs Roosters 3 St Helens 4 Teams 5 Match details 6 Aftermath 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksBackground EditThe game was the first of its type and was the last to be played in Australia until 1994 Eastern Suburbs Roosters EditThe Roosters coached by Jack Gibson and captained by Australian international forward Arthur Beetson were the reigning Sydney premiers having won the NSWRFL Grand Finals in both 1974 and 1975 citation needed St Helens EditSaints were the reigning English champions having won the title in 1974 75 Saints were coached by former Great Britain captain Eric Ashton and captained by Welsh dual rugby international Kel Coslett citation needed Teams Edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Eastern Suburbs nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp St HelensFB 1 Russell FairfaxLW 2 Ian SchubertCE 3 Mark HarrisCE 4 John BrassRW 5 Bill MullinsFE 6 Trevor BarnesHB 7 Kevin StevensLK 8 Barry ReillySR 9 Arthur Beetson c SR 10 Ian MackayPR 11 Royce AyliffeHK 12 Elwyn WaltersPR 13 Kel JonesSubstitutions IC 14 Robert LaurieIC 15 Johnny MayesIC 16 Grant HedgerIC 17 Greg TownsendCoach nbsp Jack Gibson FB 1 Geoff PimblettRW 2 Les JonesCE 3 Eddie CunninghamCE 4 Derek NoonanLW 5 Roy MathiasSO 6 Billy BenyonSH 7 Kenneth GwilliamPR 8 John MantleHK 9 Tony KaraliusPR 10 Kel Coslett c SR 11 Eric ChisnallSR 12 George NichollsLF 13 David HullSubstitutions IC 14 Peter GlynnIC 15 Frank WilsonIC 16 Jeff HeatonIC 17 Mel JamesCoach nbsp Eric AshtonMatch details Edit29 June 1976Eastern Suburbs Roosters nbsp 25 2 nbsp St HelensTries Russell Fairfax Kevin Stevens Royce Ayliffe Ian Schubert Greg Townsend Goals John Brass 5 Tries Goals Pimblett 1 Sydney Cricket Ground SydneyAttendance 26 856Referee Gary Cook nbsp Player of the Match Royce Ayliffe nbsp Aftermath EditAfter winning the 1974 and 1975 Sydney premierships Eastern Suburbs would not win another until 2002 while St Helens would go on to win a third English premiership in succession in 1976 77 The next time Easts now known as the Sydney Roosters would play in a World Club Challenge was in 2003 where they would again face St Helens the 2002 Super League champions at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton England The result would be no different though as the Roosters defeated the Saints 38 0 in front of 19 807 fans To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the challenge St Helens and the Sydney Roosters played a match as part of the 2016 World Club Series 2 See also EditWorld Club ChallengeReferences Edit HighBeam dead link Clubs confirmed for 2016 World Club Series superleague co uk 8 October 2015External links Edit1976 World Club Challenge at superleague co uk 1976 World Club Challenge at rugbyleagueproject com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1976 World Club Challenge amp oldid 1137196570, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
