Round 1
Western Suburbs Magpies 40 def. Auckland 14
Team Info
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 6 vs. Canterbury
- Next Game:
- Round 7 vs. St George
- Out:
- Wayne Smith (fullback), Ted Goodwin (centre), Warren Boland (wing), Jim Leis (five-eighth), Alan Neil (halfback), Bruce Gibbs (front row), Jack Jeffries (hooker), John Donnelly (front row), Bob Cooper (second row)
- In:
- Mick Evans (fullback), Steve Broughton (wing), Peter Rowles (five-eighth), Peter Duggan (halfback), Brian Cook (front row), Alan Latham (hooker), Tom Arber (front row), John McLeod (second row), Terry Lamb (bench), John Crow (bench), Dave Kennedy (bench), Michael Duke (bench)
- Changes:
- Ron Brodrick (bench to centre)
Auckland
- Previous Game:
- Lions Tour 1979 - Game 28 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1980 - Game 7 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Olsen Filipaina (centre), Ken Anderson (centre), Fred Ah Kuoi (five-eighth), Wayne Robertson (front row), Murray Netzler (hooker), Gary Prohm (lock), John Smith (bench), Ian Bell (bench)
- In:
- Michael Perrett (centre), Dane O'Hara (wing), Ron O'Regan (five-eighth), Terry Whittle (front row), John Gordon (hooker), Gary Hooker (second row), Peter Simonds (bench), Irvine Niukapu (bench), Pat Poasa (bench), Za Lawrence (bench)
- Changes:
- James Leuluai (wing to centre), Owen Wright (second row to lock)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio

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