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Lions Tour 1979 Series

Game 4

North Coast 6 lost to Great Britain 33

Lions Tour 1979

North Coast		 6
–
33
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39699
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 2nd June, 1979
Kick Off 8:00pm (local time)
Referee Noel Blewitt
Venue Les Burger Field (Tweed Heads)
Crowd 4,871
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 – 15
Scrums 11 – 9
Penalties 9 – 13
North Coast Scoresheet Great Britain
Phil AMIDY T 2 Steve EVANS
Errol RUPRECHT   2 Phil HOGAN
      2 Roy MATHIAS
      Trevor SKERRETT
 
    G 6 John WOODS
North Coast Teams Great Britain
Garry CHAPMAN 1 FB 1 John WOODS
Steve BARTIER 2 W 2 Mike SMITH
Lance RANDALL 3 C 3 John JOYNER
Greg PENSINI 4 C 4 Phil HOGAN
Gary PAXTON 5 W 5 Roy MATHIAS
 
Phil AMIDY 6 FE 6 Steve EVANS
Tony KENNEDY 7 HB 7 Steve NASH
 
Tony PRICE 8 FR 8 Mel JAMES
Errol RUPRECHT 9 HK 9 Graham LIPTROT
Gary McQUILLAN 10 FR 10 Brian LOCKWOOD
Rod PATTISON 11 2R 11 Mick ADAMS
David CLAY 12 2R 12 Trevor SKERRETT
Greg WARWICK 13 L 13 Steve NORTON
 
Gary DONNELLY 14 B 14 Alan REDFEARN
David WELSH 15 B 15 Jeff GRAYSHON
 
    HC   Eric ASHTON
   
 

Team Info

North Coast

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1978 - Game 9 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1984 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Eric Fuller (fullback), Steve Piper (wing), Les Cleal (centre), Terry McCartney (centre), Terry Mullins (wing), Barry Ferguson (five-eighth), Lindsay Burtonwood (halfback), Kevin Sherloch (hooker), Jim Murphy (front row), Wayne Rhodes (second row), John McKeough (lock), Steve Bartlett (bench), Geoff McKenzie (bench)
In:
Garry Chapman (fullback), Steve Bartier (wing), Lance Randall (centre), Greg Pensini (centre), Gary Paxton (wing), Phil Amidy (five-eighth), Tony Kennedy (halfback), Tony Price (front row), Errol Ruprecht (hooker), David Clay (second row), Greg Warwick (lock), Gary Donnelly (bench), David Welsh (bench)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 3 vs. Wide Bay
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 5 vs. Northern Division
Out:
Roger Millward (fullback), Eric Hughes (centre), Peter Glynn (wing), Gary Stephens (halfback), Jim Mills (front row), David Watkinson (hooker), Charlie Stone (front row), George Nicholls (second row), Tommy Martyn (second row), Doug Laughton (lock)
In:
Mike Smith (wing), John Joyner (centre), Steve Nash (halfback), Mel James (front row), Graham Liptrot (hooker), Brian Lockwood (front row), Mick Adams (second row), Trevor Skerrett (second row), Steve Norton (lock), Alan Redfearn (bench), Jeff Grayshon (bench)
Changes:
John Woods (centre to fullback), Phil Hogan (bench to centre)

Match Notes

English coach Eric Ashton along with 7 players had arrived from England following the Wide Bay game.

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash