Game 3
Auckland 26 def. Australia 24
| Kangaroos Tour 1989 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23357 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 12th July, 1989 | |||||||
| Referee | Bill Shrimpton | |||||||
| Venue | Carlaw (Auckland) | |||||||
| Crowd | 9,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 10 | – | 10 | |||||
| Scrums | 7 | – | 3 | |||||
| Penalties | 11 | – | 6 | |||||
| Auckland | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Shane HANSEN | T | 2 | Dale SHEARER | |||||
| Francis LEOTA | Greg ALEXANDER | |||||||
| Mike PATTON | Tony CURRIE | |||||||
| Dave WATSON | Michael HANCOCK | |||||||
| Kelly SHELFORD | 5/6 | G | 2/5 | Michael O'CONNOR | ||||
| Tea ROPATI | 0/1 | |||||||
| BIN5 | Sam BACKO | |||||||
| Auckland | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Carl MAGATOGIA | 1 | FB | 1 | Dale SHEARER [Manly] |
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| Sam PANAPA | 2 | W | 2 | Michael O'CONNOR [Manly/St Helens] |
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| Mike PATTON | 3 | C | 3 | Peter JACKSON [Brisbane] |
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| Dave WATSON [Whitehaven] |
4 | C | 4 | Tony CURRIE [Brisbane] |
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| Kevin PULIETA | 5 | W | 5 | Michael HANCOCK [Brisbane] |
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| Kelly SHELFORD (c) | 6 | FE | 6 | Des HASLER [Manly] |
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| Neville RAMSAY | 7 | HB | 7 | Greg ALEXANDER [Penrith] |
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| Mike THOMSON | 8 | FR | 8 | Sam BACKO [Brisbane/Leeds] |
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| Peter ROPATI [Leigh] |
9 | HK | 9 | David TREWHELLA [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| George MANN [Leigh] |
10 | FR | 10 | Martin BELLA [North Sydney] |
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| Tawera NIKAU | 11 | 2R | 11 | Dan STAINS [Cronulla/Halifax] |
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| Francis LEOTA | 12 | 2R | 12 | Bruce McGUIRE [Balmain] |
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| Shane HANSEN | 13 | L | 13 | Paul VAUTIN (c) [Manly/St Helens] |
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| Tea ROPATI | 14 | B | 15 | Bradley CLYDE [Canberra] |
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| Taime TAGALOA | 15 | B | ||||||
| Cameron BELL | HC | Bob FULTON | ||||||
Team Info
Auckland
- Previous Game:
- Lions Tour 1988 - Game 18 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- Lions Tour 1990 - Game 8 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Paddy Tuimavave (fullback), Marty Crequer (wing), Mark Bourneville (wing), Phil Bancroft (halfback), Se'e Solomona (front row), Duane Mann (hooker), Peter Brown (front row), Nahu Timoko (second row), Greg Hiley (bench), Dean Birch (bench)
- In:
- Carl Magatogia (fullback), Sam Panapa (wing), Kevin Pulieta (wing), Neville Ramsay (halfback), Mike Thomson (front row), Peter Ropati (hooker), George Mann (front row), Tawera Nikau (second row), Tea Ropati (bench), Taime Tagaloa (bench)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- New Zealand vs Australia 1989 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- New Zealand vs Australia 1989 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Gary Belcher (fullback), Mal Meninga (centre), Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Kerrod Walters (hooker), Steve Roach (front row), Paul Sironen (second row)
- In:
- Peter Jackson (centre), Des Hasler (five-eighth), David Trewhella (hooker), Martin Bella (front row), Dan Stains (second row)
- Changes:
- Dale Shearer (wing to fullback), Bradley Clyde (second row to bench), Michael O'Connor (bench to wing), Bruce McGuire (bench to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates

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