Game 5
South Island 12 def. Australia 11
| Kangaroos Tour 1980 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23317 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 11th June, 1980 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Earle Pilcher | |||||||
| Venue | Addington (Christchurch) | |||||||
| Crowd | 3,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 11 | |||||
| Scrums | 10 | – | 3 | |||||
| Penalties | 18 | – | 7 | |||||
| South Island | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Kevin FRANKLIN | T | 2 | Garry DOWLING | |||||
| Paul McCONE | Chris ANDERSON | |||||||
| Barry EDKINS | 2 | G | Graeme WYNN | |||||
| Michael O'DONNELL | ||||||||
| South Island | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Michael O'DONNELL | 1 | FB | 1 | Garry DOWLING [Parramatta] |
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| Michael WILLIAMS | 2 | W | 2 | Graham QUINN [St George] |
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| Bruce DICKISON | 3 | C | 3 | Chris CLOSE | ||||
| Bernard GREEN | 4 | C | 4 | Greg BRENTNALL [Canterbury] |
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| Paul McCONE | 5 | W | 5 | Chris ANDERSON [Canterbury] |
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| Chris MENZIES | 6 | FE | 6 | Steve MARTIN [Manly] |
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| Gordon SMITH | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS (c) [Newtown] |
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| Mark BROADHURST | 8 | FR | 8 | Rod MORRIS [Balmain] |
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| Paul TRUSCOTT | 9 | HK | 9 | John LANG [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Alan RUSHTON | 10 | FR | 10 | Rohan HANCOCK | ||||
| Kevin FRANKLIN | 11 | 2R | 11 | Jim LEIS [Western Suburbs] |
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| Tony COLL (c) | 12 | 2R | 12 | Graeme WYNN [St George] |
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| Barry EDKINS | 13 | L | 13 | Ray PRICE [Parramatta] |
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| David FIELD | 14 | B | 14 | Alan THOMPSON [Manly] |
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| Wayne DWYER | 15 | B | 15 | Les BOYD [Manly] |
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| Cecil CLARK | HC | Frank STANTON | ||||||
Team Info
South Island
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1977 - Game 1 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- Les Chanticleers Tour 1981 - Game 1 vs. France
- Out:
- Steve Holden (fullback), Maurice Brereton (wing), Brian Langton (centre), Lewis Hudson (centre), Bruce Murphy (wing), Robert Jarvis (five-eighth), Gerard Harcourt (halfback), John Greengrass (front row), John Griffin (hooker), Terry Gillman (front row), Mike Godinet (second row), Rick Dalzell (second row), Ken Tait (bench), Mutu Stone (bench)
- In:
- Michael O'Donnell (fullback), Michael Williams (wing), Bruce Dickison (centre), Bernard Green (centre), Paul McCone (wing), Chris Menzies (five-eighth), Gordon Smith (halfback), Mark Broadhurst (front row), Paul Truscott (hooker), Alan Rushton (front row), Kevin Franklin (second row), Tony Coll (second row), David Field (bench), Wayne Dwyer (bench)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1980 - Game 4 vs. New Zealand XIII
- Next Game:
- New Zealand vs Australia 1980 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Michael Cronin (centre), George Peponis (hooker), Craig Young (front row), Rod Reddy (second row)
- In:
- Garry Dowling (fullback), John Lang (hooker), Rohan Hancock (front row), Jim Leis (second row)
- Changes:
- Greg Brentnall (fullback to centre), Alan Thompson (five-eighth to bench), Les Boyd (second row to bench), Steve Martin (bench to five-eighth), Graeme Wynn (bench to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates, Greg Fiveash

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