Game 1
New Zealand 12 lost to Australia 27
| World Cup 1977 Game 1 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14254 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 29th May, 1977 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Billy Thompson (Huddersfield) | |||||||
| Venue | Carlaw (Auckland) | |||||||
| Crowd | 18,000 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Denis Fitzgerald | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 12 | |||||
| Scrums | 7 | – | 6 | |||||
| Penalties | 14 | – | 9 | |||||
| New Zealand | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Alan RUSHTON | T | 2 | Allan McMAHON | |||||
| John SMITH | Mark HARRIS | |||||||
| John PEARD | ||||||||
| Mark THOMAS | ||||||||
| Warren COLLICOAT | 3 | G | 6 | Michael CRONIN | ||||
| New Zealand | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Warren COLLICOAT | 1 | FB | 1 | Graham EADIE [Manly] |
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| Dane O'HARA | 2 | W | 2 | Mark HARRIS [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Olsen FILIPAINA | 3 | C | 3 | Michael CRONIN [Parramatta] |
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| Chris JORDAN | 4 | C | 4 | Mark THOMAS [Past Christian Bros] |
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| Kevin FISHER | 5 | W | 5 | Allan McMAHON [Balmain] |
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| Dennis WILLIAMS | 6 | FE | 6 | John PEARD [Parramatta] |
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| John SMITH | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs] |
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| Whetu HENRY | 8 | FR | 8 | Greg VEIVERS (c) | ||||
| Alan RUSHTON | 9 | HK | 9 | Nick GEIGER | ||||
| Dane SORENSEN [Cronulla] |
10 | FR | 10 | Denis FITZGERALD [Parramatta] |
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| Kurt SORENSEN | 11 | 2R | 11 | Terry RANDALL [Manly] |
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| Tony COLL (c) | 12 | 2R | 12 | Ray HIGGS [Parramatta] |
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| Whare HENRY | 13 | L | 13 | Greg PIERCE [Cronulla] |
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| John WHITTAKER | 14 | B | ||||||
| Ray BAXENDALE | 15 | B | ||||||
| Ron ACKLAND | HC | Terry FEARNLEY | ||||||
Team Info
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- Kiwis World Cup Tour 1975 - Game 12 vs. Keighley
- Next Game:
- World Cup 1977 - Game 4 vs. Great Britain
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1977 - Game 1 vs. South Island
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1977 - Game 3 vs. Auckland
- Out:
- Steve Rogers (centre), Steve Crear (five-eighth), Rod Reddy (lock), Rod Morris (bench), Graham Olling (bench)
- In:
- Michael Cronin (centre), John Peard (five-eighth), Ray Higgs (second row)
- Changes:
- Greg Pierce (second row to lock)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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