Game 1
North Island Colts 13 lost to Australia 17
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23266 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 28th May, 1969 | |||||||
| Referee | Ron Pont | |||||||
| Venue | Rotorua (Rotorua) | |||||||
| Crowd | 953 | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 12 | |||||
| North Island Colts | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Phil ORCHARD | T | Ron COSTELLO | ||||||
| John SATTLER | ||||||||
| John WITTENBERG | ||||||||
| John YOUNG | 4 | G | 3 | Les JOHNS | ||||
| Bill DEACON | FG | Les JOHNS | ||||||
| North Island Colts | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| John YOUNG | 1 | FB | 1 | Les JOHNS [Canterbury] |
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| M McCLELLAN | 2 | W | 2 | Michael CLEARY [South Sydney] |
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| R WILSON | 3 | C | 3 | Jeff DENMAN | ||||
| Brian CLARK | 4 | C | 4 | Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] |
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| Phil ORCHARD | 5 | W | 5 | John McDONALD [Manly] |
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| G WOOLARD | 6 | FE | 6 | Denis PITTARD [South Sydney] |
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| H KNUCKEY | 7 | HB | 7 | Dennis WARD [Manly] |
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| G RAMSEY | 8 | FR | 8 | John WITTENBERG [St George] |
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| J WEIR | 9 | HK | 9 | Elwyn WALTERS [South Sydney] |
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| Bill DEACON | 10 | FR | 10 | John SATTLER (c) [South Sydney] |
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| D GARBY | 11 | 2R | 11 | Ron COSTELLO | ||||
| William BURGOYNE | 12 | 2R | 12 | Ian ROBSON | ||||
| Vic YATES | 13 | L | 13 | Ron COOTE [South Sydney] |
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| B | 14 | Bob HONAN [South Sydney] |
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| B | 15 | Col WEISS | ||||||
| HC | Harry BATH | |||||||
Team Info
North Island Colts
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- n/a
Australia
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1968 - Final vs. France
- Next Game:
- New Zealand vs Australia 1969 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Eric Simms (fullback), Johnny Rhodes (wing), Johnny Greaves (centre), Lionel Williamson (wing), Bob Fulton (five-eighth), Billy Smith (halfback), Fred Jones (hooker), Arthur Beetson (front row), Dick Thornett (second row), John Raper (lock), Elton Rasmussen (bench)
- In:
- Les Johns (fullback), Michael Cleary (wing), Jeff Denman (centre), John McDonald (wing), Denis Pittard (five-eighth), Dennis Ward (halfback), Elwyn Walters (hooker), John Sattler (front row), Ron Costello (second row), Ian Robson (second row), Bob Honan (bench), Col Weiss (bench)
- Changes:
- Ron Coote (second row to lock)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, Greg Fiveash
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