Game 3
New Zealand 18 def. Australia 0
| Australia vs New Zealand 1985 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6826 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 7th July, 1985 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Julien Rascagneres | |||||||
| Venue | Carlaw (Auckland) | |||||||
| Crowd | 15,327 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Clayton Friend | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 0 | |||||
| Scrums | 10 | – | 10 | |||||
| Penalties | 6 | – | 9 | |||||
| New Zealand | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Clayton FRIEND | 2 | T | ||||||
| James LEULUAI | ||||||||
| Olsen FILIPAINA | 3/4 | G | ||||||
| New Zealand | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Gary KEMBLE [Hull] |
1 | FB | 1 | Garry JACK [Balmain] |
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| Dean BELL [Eastern Suburbs] |
2 | W | 2 | John RIBOT | ||||
| Gary PROHM [Hull KR] |
3 | C | 3 | Mal MENINGA [St Helens] |
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| James LEULUAI [Manly/Hull] |
4 | C | 4 | Steve ELLA [Parramatta] |
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| Dane O'HARA [Hull] |
5 | W | 5 | John FERGUSON [Eastern Suburbs/Wigan] |
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| Olsen FILIPAINA [Eastern Suburbs] |
6 | FE | 6 | Wally LEWIS (c) | ||||
| Clayton FRIEND | 7 | HB | 7 | Des HASLER [Manly] |
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| Owen WRIGHT | 8 | FR | 8 | Peter TUNKS [Canterbury] |
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| Howie TAMATI | 9 | HK | 9 | Ben ELIAS [Balmain] |
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| Kevin TAMATI [Warrington] |
10 | FR | 10 | Steve ROACH [Balmain] |
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| Mark GRAHAM (c) [North Sydney] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Paul VAUTIN [Manly] |
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| Kurt SORENSEN [Cronulla/Widnes] |
12 | 2R | 12 | Peter WYNN [Parramatta] |
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| Hugh McGAHAN [Eastern Suburbs] |
13 | L | 13 | Wayne PEARCE [Balmain] |
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| Joe ROPATI | 14 | B | 14 | Chris CLOSE [Manly] |
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| Ricky COWAN | 15 | B | 15 | Greg DOWLING | ||||
| Graham LOWE | HC | Terry FEARNLEY | ||||||
Team Info
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- Australia vs New Zealand 1985 - Game 2 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- Kiwis Tour 1985 - Game 1 vs. Wigan
No changes.
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1985 - Game 5 vs. Northern Districts
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1985 - Game 7 vs. Auckland
- Out:
- Michael O'Connor (centre), Noel Cleal (second row), Wally Fullerton-Smith (second row), Mark Murray (bench)
- In:
- Mal Meninga (centre), Paul Vautin (second row), Peter Wynn (second row), Chris Close (bench)
- Changes:
- Greg Dowling (front row to bench), Steve Roach (bench to front row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner

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