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Western Australia vs. Australia

Western Australia 5 lost to Australia 57

[no comp]

Western Australia
5
57
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23319
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 2nd October, 1982
Venue Cannington (Perth)
Crowd 3,000
WA Firsts Scoresheet Australia
Mick RASMUSSEN T 4 Eric GROTHE
      2 Ian SCHUBERT
      Chris ANDERSON
      Greg CONESCU
      Steve ELLA
      Gene MILES
      Rod MORRIS
      Paul McCABE
      Wayne PEARCE
 
Peter HARRISON G 4 Wally LEWIS
      3 Steve ELLA
      2 Les BOYD
WA Firsts Teams Australia
Peter HARRISON 1 FB 1 Ian SCHUBERT
[Eastern Suburbs]
Alan DIXON 2 W 2 Chris ANDERSON
[Canterbury]
Mick RASMUSSEN 3 C 3 Steve ELLA
[Parramatta]
Adrian MITCHELL 4 C 4 Gene MILES
Doug COOK 5 W 5 Eric GROTHE
[Parramatta]
 
Alex LOCKLEY (c) 6 FE 6 Wally LEWIS (c)
Robbie SINCLAIR 7 HB 7 Peter STERLING
[Parramatta]
 
Charlie BURKHARDT 8 FR 8 Rod MORRIS
Mick HAGGERTY 9 HK 9 Greg CONESCU
Brad SINCLAIR 10 FR 10 Don McKINNON
[North Sydney]
Bob BOYCE 11 2R 11 Les BOYD
[Manly]
Wayne COEY 12 2R 12 Paul McCABE
[Manly]
Chris BURKE 13 L 13 Wayne PEARCE
[Balmain]
 
Darren THOMAS 14 B 14 Darren WATERS
Noel TALTY 15 B    
Harry MAYBIRD 16 B    
Michael COUCH 17 B    
 
Martin DICKHART   HC   Frank FARRINGTON
   
 

Team Info

Western Australia

Previous Game:
AMCO Cup 1978 - Game 2 vs. Newcastle (AU)
Next Game:
National Panasonic Cup 1986 - Prelim Round vs. Port Moresby Vipers
Out:
Ross Shilliday (fullback), Chris Waller (wing), Don Mooney (centre), Dennis Cherry (centre), Steve Bowler (wing), Phil Bell (five-eighth), George Taylor (halfback), Rod Rice (front row), Paul Lucas (hooker), Lyndon Cullen (front row), Ken Hanneman (second row), Ian Walls (second row), Len Castle (lock), Peter Cumings (bench), Eddy Bullen (bench), Steve Allen (bench), Neil Constantine (bench)
In:
Peter Harrison (fullback), Alan Dixon (wing), Mick Rasmussen (centre), Adrian Mitchell (centre), Doug Cook (wing), Alex Lockley (five-eighth), Robbie Sinclair (halfback), Charlie Burkhardt (front row), Mick Haggerty (hooker), Brad Sinclair (front row), Bob Boyce (second row), Wayne Coey (second row), Chris Burke (lock), Darren Thomas (bench), Noel Talty (bench), Harry Maybird (bench), Michael Couch (bench)

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1982 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1982 - Game 1 vs. Hull KR
Out:
Greg Brentnall (fullback), John Ribot (wing), Michael Cronin (centre), Mal Meninga (centre), Kerry Boustead (wing), Steve Mortimer (halfback), Rohan Hancock (front row), Max Krilich (hooker), Craig Young (front row), John Muggleton (second row), Ray Price (lock), Steve Rogers (bench)
In:
Ian Schubert (fullback), Chris Anderson (wing), Steve Ella (centre), Gene Miles (centre), Eric Grothe (wing), Peter Sterling (halfback), Greg Conescu (hooker), Don McKinnon (front row), Paul McCabe (second row), Wayne Pearce (lock), Darren Waters (bench)
Changes:
Rod Morris (bench to front row)

Match Notes

2 "Invitation Players" were listed as reserves for Australia Darren Waters & Darren Riley, Darren Waters took the field unsure of Darren Riley.

Frank Farrington although team manager was the nominated coach for the match while tour coach Frank Stanton was in Papua New Guinea with the rest of the Australian team for the test match.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates, Greg Fiveash