Game 1
New Zealand XIII 14 lost to Australia 35
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23273 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 23rd June, 1971 | |||||||
| Referee | A Lowe | |||||||
| Venue | Davies Park (Huntly) | |||||||
| Crowd | 3,572 | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 4 | – | 12 | |||||
| Scrums | 17 | – | 19 | |||||
| Penalties | 21 | – | 10 | |||||
| New Zealand XIII | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Murray EADE | T | 3 | Bob FULTON | |||||
| John WHITTAKER | 2 | Bob McCARTHY | ||||||
| Wayne BENNETT | ||||||||
| Geoff STARLING | ||||||||
| Don LADNER | 4 | G | 7/9 | Keith CAMPBELL | ||||
| New Zealand XIII | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Don LADNER | 1 | FB | 1 | Ray BRANIGHAN [South Sydney] |
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| Phil ORCHARD | 2 | W | 2 | Lionel WILLIAMSON [Newtown] |
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| Bruce ROWE | 3 | C | 3 | Geoff STARLING [Balmain] |
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| John O'SULLIVAN | 4 | C | 4 | Bob FULTON [Manly] |
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| John WHITTAKER | 5 | W | 5 | Wayne BENNETT | ||||
| Dennis WILLIAMS | 6 | FE | 6 | Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs] |
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| Graeme COOKSLEY | 7 | HB | 7 | Bob GRANT [South Sydney] |
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| John GREENGRASS | 8 | FR | 8 | Bob O'REILLY [Parramatta] |
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| William BURGOYNE | 9 | HK | 9 | Brian FITZSIMMONS | ||||
| Elliot KEREOPA | 10 | FR | 10 | Jim MURPHY | ||||
| Bill DEACON (c) | 11 | 2R | 11 | Barry BEATH [St George] |
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| Murray EADE | 12 | 2R | 12 | Bob McCARTHY (c) [South Sydney] |
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| Rodney WALKER | 13 | L | 13 | Keith CAMPBELL [Parramatta] |
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| B | 14 | Ron COSTELLO [Canterbury] |
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| HC | Harry BATH | |||||||
Team Info
New Zealand XIII
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- n/a
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1970 - Game 7 vs. France XIII
- Next Game:
- New Zealand vs Australia 1971 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Eric Simms (fullback), John Cootes (centre), Mark Harris (wing), John Brown (halfback), Barry McTaggart (front row), Elwyn Walters (hooker), Ron Coote (second row), Billy Smith (lock)
- In:
- Geoff Starling (centre), Wayne Bennett (wing), Tom Raudonikis (five-eighth), Bob Grant (halfback), Brian Fitzsimmons (hooker), Jim Murphy (front row), Barry Beath (second row), Keith Campbell (lock), Ron Costello (bench)
- Changes:
- Ray Branighan (centre to fullback), Bob Fulton (five-eighth to centre)
Match Notes
Ron Costello replaced Brian Fitzsimmons with 10 mins remaining.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates, Greg Fiveash
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