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Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1970 Series

Game 6

France 4 lost to Australia 7

Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1970

France
4
7
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23271
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 11th November, 1970
Referee Claude Teisseire (Carcassonne)
Venue Gilbert Brutus (Perpignan)
Crowd 14,700
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 5
France Scoresheet Australia
    T John COOTES
 
Jean CAPDOUZE 2 G 2 Eric SIMMS
France Teams Australia
Jean-Claude CROS 1 FB 1 Eric SIMMS
[South Sydney]
Serge MARSOLAN 2 W 2 Lionel WILLIAMSON
[Newtown]
Michael MOLINIER 3 C 3 Ray BRANIGHAN
[South Sydney]
Jacques GRUPPI 4 C 4 John COOTES
Daniel PELLERIN 5 W 5 Mark HARRIS
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
Jean CAPDOUZE 6 FE 6 Denis PITTARD
[South Sydney]
Andre CLERC 7 HB 7 John BROWN
 
Christian SABATIÉ 8 FR 8 Bob O'REILLY
[Parramatta]
Jacques CABERO 9 HK 9 Elwyn WALTERS
[South Sydney]
Floreal BONET 10 FR 10 Barry McTAGGART
[Balmain]
Francis DE NADAÏ 11 2R 11 Gary SULLIVAN
[Newtown]
Georges BONNET 12 2R 12 Ron COOTE (c)
[South Sydney]
Jean-Pierre CLAR (c) 13 L 13 Bob FULTON
[Manly]
 
Christian CLAR 14 B 14 Billy SMITH
[St George]
Didier HERMET 15 B 15 Ken IRVINE
[North Sydney]
 
    HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

France

Previous Game:
World Cup 1970 - Game 6 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Kiwis World Cup Tour 1970 - Game 4 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Raymond Gruppi (centre), Roger Garrigue (halfback), Roger Biffi (second row)
In:
Jacques Gruppi (centre), Andre Clerc (halfback), Georges Bonnet (second row), Christian Clar (bench), Didier Hermet (bench)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1970 - Game 5 vs. St Helens
Next Game:
Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1970 - Game 7 vs. France XIII
Out:
Ron Costello (second row)
In:
Bob Fulton (lock), Billy Smith (bench), Ken Irvine (bench)
Changes:
Ray Branighan (wing to centre), Mark Harris (centre to wing), Ron Coote (lock to second row)

Match Notes

For France Clar replaced Cabero & Hermet replaced Bonnet.

Irvine replaced Pittard & Smith replaced Walters with Sullivan moving to hooker at halftime.

Irvine was not part of the touring squad but was seconded into the team due to injuries.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin