Game 2
Wigan 9 lost to Australia 13
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23321 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 13th October, 1982 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Gerry Kershaw | |||||||
| Venue | Central Park (Wigan) | |||||||
| Crowd | 12,158 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 10 | |||||
| Scrums | 3 | – | 1 | |||||
| Penalties | 23 | – | 18 | |||||
| Wigan | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Henderson GILL | T | Kerry BOUSTEAD | ||||||
| John MUGGLETON | ||||||||
| Paul McCABE | ||||||||
| Colin WHITFIELD | 3/5 | G | 2/5 | Steve ELLA | ||||
| 0/1 | Steve ROGERS | |||||||
| Wigan | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Barry WILLIAMS | 1 | FB | 1 | Ian SCHUBERT [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Dennis RAMSDALE | 2 | W | 2 | Chris ANDERSON [Canterbury] |
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| David STEPHENSON | 3 | C | 3 | Steve ELLA [Parramatta] |
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| Colin WHITFIELD | 4 | C | 4 | Gene MILES | ||||
| Henderson GILL | 5 | W | 5 | Kerry BOUSTEAD [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Martin FOY | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally LEWIS (c) | ||||
| Gary STEPHENS (c) | 7 | HB | 7 | Steve MORTIMER [Canterbury] |
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| Lee BAMBER | 8 | FR | 8 | Don McKINNON [North Sydney] |
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| Nicky KISS | 9 | HK | 9 | Ray BROWN [Manly] |
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| Glyn SHAW | 10 | FR | 10 | Rohan HANCOCK | ||||
| Brian JULIFF | 11 | 2R | 11 | Paul McCABE [Manly] |
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| Mick SCOTT | 12 | 2R | 12 | John MUGGLETON [Parramatta] |
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| John PENDLEBURY | 13 | L | 13 | Wayne PEARCE [Balmain] |
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| Jimmy FAIRHURST | 14 | B | 14 | Steve ROGERS [Cronulla] |
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| Danny CAMPBELL | 15 | B | 15 | Ray PRICE [Parramatta] |
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| Alex MURPHY | HC | Frank STANTON | ||||||
Team Info
Wigan
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 8 vs. Bradford
- Next Game:
- Match Day 9 vs. Halifax
- In:
- Brian Juliff (second row), Jimmy Fairhurst (bench)
- Changes:
- Danny Campbell (second row to bench)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1982 - Game 1 vs. Hull KR
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1982 - Game 3 vs. Barrow
- Out:
- Greg Brentnall (fullback), Eric Grothe (wing), Mal Meninga (centre), John Ribot (wing), Brett Kenny (five-eighth), Peter Sterling (halfback), Craig Young (front row), Max Krilich (hooker), Rod Morris (front row), Les Boyd (second row), Rod Reddy (second row)
- In:
- Ian Schubert (fullback), Chris Anderson (wing), Steve Ella (centre), Gene Miles (centre), Kerry Boustead (wing), Steve Mortimer (halfback), Don McKinnon (front row), Ray Brown (hooker), Rohan Hancock (front row), Paul McCabe (second row), Wayne Pearce (lock)
- Changes:
- Steve Rogers (centre to bench), Ray Price (lock to bench), Wally Lewis (bench to five-eighth), John Muggleton (bench to second row)
Match Notes
Australia used the tactic of kicking duels in this game. Barry Williams (Wigan) was penalised during one duel for delaying play.
For Wigan Danny Campbell replaced Lee Bamber & Jimmy Fairhurst replaced Martin Foy both in the 2nd half.
For Australia Steve Rogers replaced Chris Anderson with Steve Ella moving to wing with Rogers to the centre & Ray Price replaced John Muggleton with Wayne Pearce moving to the 2nd row and Price to lock.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin
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