New Zealand 24 def. Australia 3
| New Zealand vs Australia 1971 One-off |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6812 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 26th June, 1971 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | John Percival (Auckland) | |||||||
| Venue | Carlaw (Auckland) | |||||||
| Crowd | 13,917 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 14 | – | 0 | |||||
| Scrums | 12 | – | 15 | |||||
| Penalties | 12 | – | 12 | |||||
| New Zealand | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| John WHITTAKER | 2 | T | Keith CAMPBELL | |||||
| Maurice BRERETON | ||||||||
| Robert ORCHARD | ||||||||
| Henry TATANA | 6/7 | G | 0/1 | Keith CAMPBELL | ||||
| New Zealand | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Mike McCLENNAN | 1 | FB | 1 | Graeme LANGLANDS (c) [St George] |
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| John WHITTAKER | 2 | W | 2 | Ray BRANIGHAN [South Sydney] |
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| Bernie LOWTHER | 3 | C | 3 | Bob FULTON [Manly] |
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| Roy CHRISTIAN (c) | 4 | C | 8 | Paul SAIT [South Sydney] |
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| Maurice BRERETON | 5 | W | 5 | Lionel WILLIAMSON [Newtown] |
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| Gary WOOLLARD | 6 | FE | 6 | Tony BRANSON [St George] |
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| Ken STIRLING | 7 | HB | 7 | Bob GRANT [South Sydney] |
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| Henry TATANA | 8 | FR | 13 | John SATTLER [South Sydney] |
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| Colin O'NEIL | 9 | HK | 12 | Brian FITZSIMMONS | ||||
| Robert ORCHARD | 10 | FR | 11 | Bob O'REILLY [Parramatta] |
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| Garry SMITH | 11 | 2R | 10 | Ron COSTELLO [Canterbury] |
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| Anthony KRILETICH | 12 | 2R | 9 | Bob McCARTHY [South Sydney] |
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| Eddie HEATLEY | 13 | L | 16 | Keith CAMPBELL [Parramatta] |
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| Lory BLANCHARD | HC | Harry BATH | ||||||
Team Info
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- Kiwis World Cup Tour 1970 - Game 5 vs. France B
- Next Game:
- Kiwis Tour 1971 - Game 1 vs. Southern Amateurs
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1971 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand XIII
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1971 - Game 3 vs. Auckland
- Out:
- Geoff Starling (centre), Wayne Bennett (wing), Tom Raudonikis (five-eighth), Jim Murphy (front row), Barry Beath (second row)
- In:
- Graeme Langlands (fullback), Paul Sait (centre), Tony Branson (five-eighth), John Sattler (front row)
- Changes:
- Ray Branighan (fullback to wing), Ron Costello (bench to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter

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