Lions Tour 1979

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Great Britain

Legend: FB = Fullback; C = Centre; W = Winger; FE = Five-Eighth; HB = Half-back; FR = Front Row; H = Hooker; 2R = Back Row; L = Lock; B = Bench.

Tour Appearance Summary

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Player	1 LT	2 LT	3 LT	4 LT	5 LT	6 LT	7 LT	1 AS	9 LT	10 LT	11 LT	12 LT	2 AS	14 LT	15 LT	16 LT	17 LT	3 AS	19 LT	1 NZvGB	21 LT	22 LT	23 LT	2 NZvGB	26 LT	3 NZvGB	28 LT
Mick ADAMS		2R		2R	B		L				2R	L	L		L	L	2R	B	L	L		2R		L		L
David BARENDS					W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	B	W				W		W		W		W		W
John BURKE												FR		FR	FR				FR		FR	B	FR		FR		FR
Len CASEY					L	B	2R		L	L	B	B	2R	L				FR		FR			2R	2R		2R
Steve EVANS	FE		FE	FE	C	B		B	C	C		C	B	C		B	W	W		W	C		C	W		W
George FAIRBAIRN												FB	FB	W		FB		FB		FB		FB		FB	FB	FB
Peter GLYNN	FB	FB	W		W		C		W	FE	C			C	C		C		C		C				C		C
Jeff GRAYSHON				B	2R		B		2R	B	2R		2R	2R		2R		2R		2R		2R		2R		2R
Phil HOGAN		W	B	C			C	B				2R			2R	2R		2R		2R			L		L	B	L
John HOLMES							FE	FE	FE		FE	FE	FE				FE	B	FE	FE		FE		FE		FE
Eric HUGHES	W	C	C		B			C	C	C	W	W	W		W	W		W		W		W		W		W
Mel JAMES	B	FR		FR	FR		FR		FR	FR					FR				FR		FR	FR			FR		FR
John JOYNER	C	B		C		C		C			C		C			C		C		C		C	B	C		C
Doug LAUGHTON	L		L			H		2R						B
Graham LIPTROT		H		H			B		H					2R	H		H		H		H		H		H
Brian LOCKWOOD	FR			FR			FR			FR	FR				2R		2R		2R	B	2R				2R		2R
Tommy MARTYN		2R	2R		2R		2R		2R
Roy MATHIAS	W	W	W	W		W	W	W		W		B		W	B	W			W		W	W			W		W
Jim MILLS	FR		FR			L		FR									FR
Roger MILLWARD		FE	FB		FE
Keith MUMBY					FB	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB			FB	FB		FB		FB		FB		FB				FB
Steve NASH		HB		HB			HB			HB	B	HB
George NICHOLLS	2R		2R			FR		2R		2R		2R	FR			FR		FR		FR			2R	FR		FR
Steve NORTON		L		L		FR		L			L						L	L			L	L
Alan REDFEARN				B		HB			HB					FE		HB		HB			HB		HB		HB		HB
Trevor SKERRETT	2R			2R		2R		FR	B	2R		FR	FR			FR							FR	FR		FR
Mike SMITH	B	C		W		C											W		C	C		C	C	C		C
Gary STEPHENS	HB		HB		HB		B	HB			HB		HB	HB	HB		HB		HB	HB		HB		HB		HB
Charlie STONE		FR	FR		FR				FR		FR			FR			FR		2R		2R	FR			2R		2R
David TOPLISS															FE	FE		FE			FE		FE		FE		FE
David WARD					H	2R		H			H		H			B		H		H		H		H		H
David WATKINSON	H	B	H				H			H		H	B	H	B	H					B		B				H
John WOODS	C		C	FB	C	FE		FB				C	C		C	C	C	C			B		W		C	B	C

List of Matches

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Competition	Round	Opposition		Score			FB1	W2	C3	C4	W5	FE6	HB7	FR8	HK9	FR10	2R11	2R12	L13	B14	B15	B16
Lions Tour	Game 1	North QLD	W	29	-	5	Glynn	Hughes   1T	Joyner   1T	Woods   2T 5G 1F	Mathias	Evans	Stephens   1T	Mills	Watkinson   1T	Lockwood	Skerrett	Nicholls	Laughton	Smith	James		>
Lions Tour	Game 2	Central QLD	W	20	-	11	Glynn	Hogan	Hughes   1T	Smith	Mathias	Millward   4G	Nash	James	Liptrot	Stone	Martyn   2T	Adams	Norton	Joyner   1T	Watkinson		>
Lions Tour	Game 3	Wide Bay	W	27	-	7	Millward	Mathias   1T	Hughes	Woods   6G	Glynn	Evans   2T	Stephens	Mills   1T	Watkinson	Stone	Nicholls   1T	Martyn	Laughton	Hogan			>
Lions Tour	Game 4	North Coast	W	33	-	6	Woods   6G	Smith	Joyner	Hogan   2T	Mathias   2T	Evans   2T	Nash	James	Liptrot	Lockwood	Adams	Skerrett   1T	Norton	Redfearn	Grayshon		>
Lions Tour	Game 5	Northern Division	W	20	-	11	Mumby   1T	Barends   1T	Evans	Woods   5G	Glynn   1T	Millward	Stephens	James	Ward	Stone	Martyn	Grayshon	Casey	Hughes	Adams   1F		>
Lions Tour	Game 6	QLD Firsts	W	25	-	19	Mumby	Barends   1T	Joyner   1T	Smith	Mathias	Woods   5G	Redfearn	Norton	Laughton	Nicholls   1T	Skerrett	Ward	Mills   1T	Evans   1T	Casey		>
Lions Tour	Game 7	Toowoomba	L	16	-	19	Mumby   2G	Barends	Glynn   1T	Hogan	Mathias   1T	Holmes	Nash   1T	James	Watkinson	Lockwood	Martyn	Casey   1T	Adams	Stephens	Liptrot	Grayshon	>
Ashes Series	Game 1	Australia	L	0	-	35	Woods	Barends	Joyner	Hughes	Mathias	Holmes	Stephens	Mills	Ward	Skerrett▮	Nicholls	Laughton	Norton	Evans	Hogan		>
Lions Tour	Game 9	Brisbane Firsts	W	10	-	7	Mumby	Barends   1T	Evans	Hughes	Glynn	Holmes   2G	Redfearn	James	Liptrot	Stone	Grayshon	Martyn   1T	Casey	Skerrett			>
Lions Tour	Game 10	Southern Division	D	10	-	10	Mumby   2G	Barends	Evans   1T	Hughes	Mathias   1T	Glynn	Nash	James	Watkinson	Lockwood	Skerrett	Nicholls	Casey	Grayshon			>
Lions Tour	Game 11	Newcastle	W	25	-	12	Mumby	Barends   1T	Joyner   1T	Glynn   1T	Hughes   1T	Holmes	Stephens   1T	Stone	Ward	Lockwood	Grayshon	Adams   5G	Norton	Nash	Casey		>
Lions Tour	Game 12	Riverina	W	37	-	10	Fairbairn   1T 5G	Barends	Evans   1T	Woods   1T 3G	Hughes	Holmes   1T	Nash   1T	Burke	Watkinson   1T	Skerrett	Nicholls	Hogan	Adams	Mathias	Casey   1T		>
Ashes Series	Game 2	Australia	L	16	-	24	Fairbairn	Barends	Joyner   1T	Woods   5G	Hughes   1T	Holmes	Stephens	Skerrett	Ward	Nicholls	Grayshon	Casey	Adams	Evans	Watkinson		>
Lions Tour	Game 14	Illawarra Firsts	W	18	-	13	Mumby	Fairbairn   3G	Evans   1T	Glynn   1T	Mathias   1T	Redfearn	Stephens	Burke	Watkinson	Stone	Liptrot	Grayshon   1T	Casey	Barends	Laughton		>
Lions Tour	Game 15	Western Division	W	19	-	12	Mumby	Barends	Woods   1T 5G	Glynn	Hughes	Topliss	Stephens   1T	Burke	Liptrot	James	Lockwood	Hogan   1T	Adams	Mathias	Watkinson		>
Lions Tour	Game 16	NSW Firsts	W	19	-	17	Fairbairn   1T 1F	Hughes	Joyner	Woods   1T 3G	Mathias	Topliss	Redfearn	Skerrett	Watkinson	Nicholls	Grayshon	Hogan	Adams	Evans   2T	Ward		>
Lions Tour	Game 17	Monaro	W	21	-	7	Mumby	Evans	Glynn	Woods   2T 6G	Smith	Holmes	Stephens   1T	Mills	Liptrot	Stone	Lockwood	Adams	Norton				>
Ashes Series	Game 3	Australia	L	2	-	28	Fairbairn   1G	Hughes	Joyner	Woods	Evans	Topliss	Redfearn	Nicholls	Ward	Casey	Grayshon	Hogan	Norton▮	Holmes	Adams		>
Lions Tour	Game 19	NZ Maori	W	15	-	13	Mumby	Barends   1T	Smith	Glynn	Mathias	Holmes	Stephens	Burke	Liptrot   1T	James   1T	Stone	Lockwood	Adams   3G				>
New Zealand vs Great Britain	Game 1	New Zealand	W	16	-	8	Fairbairn   1T 2G	Evans   1T	Joyner	Smith   1T	Hughes   1T	Holmes	Stephens	Casey	Ward	Nicholls	Hogan	Grayshon	Adams	Lockwood			>
Lions Tour	Game 21	Northern Districts	W	58	-	5	Mumby   4G	Barends   3T	Evans   3T	Glynn   1T	Mathias   2T	Topliss   1T	Redfearn	Burke	Liptrot	James   2T	Lockwood	Stone	Norton	Woods   2T 4G	Watkinson		>
Lions Tour	Game 22	Central Districts	W	14	-	5	Fairbairn	Hughes   1T	Joyner	Smith   1T	Mathias   1T 1G	Holmes	Stephens   1T	James	Ward	Stone	Grayshon	Adams	Norton	Burke			>
Lions Tour	Game 23	Wellington	W	39	-	3	Mumby	Barends   1T	Evans   1T	Smith   1T	Woods   1T	Topliss	Redfearn   1T	Burke	Liptrot	Skerrett	Nicholls	Casey   1T	Hogan	Joyner   1T 9G	Watkinson		>
New Zealand vs Great Britain	Game 2	New Zealand	W	22	-	7	Fairbairn   5G	Evans   1T	Joyner	Smith	Hughes   1T	Holmes	Stephens	Nicholls	Ward	Skerrett	Casey   1T	Grayshon   1T	Adams				>
Lions Tour	Game 26	West Coast	W	19	-	0	Fairbairn	Barends	Glynn	Woods   2T 2G	Mathias   1T	Topliss	Redfearn	Burke	Liptrot	James	Stone	Lockwood	Hogan   2T				>
New Zealand vs Great Britain	Game 3	New Zealand	L	11	-	18	Fairbairn   1G	Evans	Joyner	Smith   1T	Hughes   1T	Holmes	Stephens   1T	Skerrett	Ward	Nicholls	Casey	Grayshon	Adams	Woods	Hogan		>
Lions Tour	Game 28	Auckland	W	18	-	10	Mumby	Barends   1T	Woods   3G	Glynn   1T	Mathias	Topliss   1T	Redfearn	Burke	Watkinson	James	Lockwood   1T	Stone	Hogan				>

Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Max Turner