Game 1
South Island 5 lost to Australia 68
| Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1977 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39671 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 25th May, 1977 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Peter Yaxley | |||||||
| Venue | Lancaster (Christchurch) | |||||||
| Crowd | 2,500 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 35 | |||||
| Scrums | 11 | – | 17 | |||||
| Penalties | 4 | – | 3 | |||||
| South Island | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Lewis HUDSON | T | 4 | Steve ROGERS | |||||
| 2 | Tom RAUDONIKIS | |||||||
| Graham EADIE | ||||||||
| Denis FITZGERALD | ||||||||
| Mark HARRIS | ||||||||
| Rod MORRIS | ||||||||
| Allan McMAHON | ||||||||
| Graham OLLING | ||||||||
| Terry RANDALL | ||||||||
| Rod REDDY | ||||||||
| Steve HOLDEN | G | 12/15 | Graham EADIE | |||||
| Steve ROGERS | ||||||||
| South Island | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Steve HOLDEN | 1 | FB | 1 | Graham EADIE [Manly] |
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| Maurice BRERETON (c) | 2 | W | 2 | Allan McMAHON [Balmain] |
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| Brian LANGTON | 3 | C | 3 | Steve ROGERS [Cronulla] |
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| Lewis HUDSON | 4 | C | 4 | Mark THOMAS [Past Christian Bros] |
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| Bruce MURPHY | 5 | W | 5 | Mark HARRIS [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Robert JARVIS | 6 | FE | 6 | Steve CREAR | ||||
| Gerard HARCOURT | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs] |
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| John GREENGRASS | 8 | FR | 8 | Greg VEIVERS (c) | ||||
| John GRIFFIN | 9 | HK | 9 | Nick GEIGER | ||||
| Terry GILLMAN | 10 | FR | 10 | Denis FITZGERALD [Parramatta] |
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| Mike GODINET | 11 | 2R | 11 | Terry RANDALL [Manly] |
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| Rick DALZELL | 12 | 2R | 12 | Greg PIERCE [Cronulla] |
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| Barry EDKINS | 13 | L | 13 | Rod REDDY [St George] |
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| Ken TAIT | 14 | B | 14 | Rod MORRIS | ||||
| Mutu STONE | 15 | B | 15 | Graham OLLING [Parramatta] |
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| Harry WALKER | HC | Terry FEARNLEY | ||||||
Team Info
South Island
- Previous Game:
- Combined Sydney Tour 1976 - Game 4 vs. Combined Sydney
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1980 - Game 5 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Michael O'Donnell (fullback), Eddie Kerrigan (wing), Bruce Dickison (centre), J Low (wing), David Field (five-eighth), Bill Hargreaves (front row), Mark Broadhurst (front row), Wayne Bunn (second row), Tony Coll (second row), Gary Taie (bench), Angus McGregor (bench)
- In:
- Steve Holden (fullback), Brian Langton (centre), Lewis Hudson (centre), Bruce Murphy (wing), Robert Jarvis (five-eighth), John Greengrass (front row), Terry Gillman (front row), Mike Godinet (second row), Rick Dalzell (second row), Barry Edkins (lock), Ken Tait (bench)
- Changes:
- Maurice Brereton (centre to wing), Mutu Stone (lock to bench)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- England vs Australia Challenge 1975 - Game 1 vs. England
- Next Game:
- World Cup 1977 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Johnny Rhodes (wing), Michael Cronin (centre), Ian Schubert (wing), John Peard (five-eighth), Arthur Beetson (front row), John Lang (hooker), Ray Higgs (second row)
- In:
- Allan McMahon (wing), Mark Thomas (centre), Mark Harris (wing), Steve Crear (five-eighth), Nick Geiger (hooker), Denis Fitzgerald (front row), Rod Reddy (lock), Rod Morris (bench), Graham Olling (bench)
- Changes:
- Greg Pierce (lock to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Tim Costello
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