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Ashes Series 1978 Series

Game 3

Great Britain 6 lost to Australia 23

Ashes Series 1978/79

Lions
6
23
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7901
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 18th November, 1978
Kick Off 3:00pm (local time)
Referee Mick Naughton
Venue Headingley (Leeds)
Crowd 30,604
Official Player of the Match Tom Raudonikis
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 19
Scrums 13 7
Penalties 14 9
Great Britain Scoresheet Australia
John BEVAN T Les BOYD
Roger MILLWARD   Geoff GERARD
      George PEPONIS
      Tom RAUDONIKIS
 
George FAIRBAIRN 0/5 G 5/6 Michael CRONIN
 
    FG Bob FULTON
Great Britain Teams Australia
George FAIRBAIRN 1 FB 1 Graham EADIE
[Manly]
Stuart WRIGHT 2 W 2 Kerry BOUSTEAD
John JOYNER 3 C 3 Steve ROGERS
[Cronulla]
John BEVAN 4 C 4 Michael CRONIN
[Parramatta]
John ATKINSON 5 W 5 Chris ANDERSON
[Canterbury]
 
Roger MILLWARD (c) 6 FE 6 Bob FULTON (c)
[Eastern Suburbs]
Steve NASH 7 HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
 
Jim MILLS 8 FR 8 Craig YOUNG
[St George]
Tony FISHER 9 HK 9 George PEPONIS
[Canterbury]
Vince FARRAR 10 FR 10 Rod MORRIS
[Easts]
George NICHOLLS 11 2R 11 Geoff GERARD
[Parramatta]
Phil LOWE 12 2R 12 Les BOYD
[Western Suburbs]
Steve NORTON 13 L 13 Ray PRICE
[Parramatta]
 
John HOLMES 14 B 14 Alan THOMPSON
[Manly]
Paul ROSE 15 B 15 Ian THOMSON
[Manly]
 
Peter FOX   HC   Frank STANTON
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1978/79 - Game 2 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 1 vs. North QLD
Out:
Les Dyl (centre), Brian Lockwood (front row)
In:
John Bevan (centre), Vince Farrar (front row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1978 - Game 15 vs. York
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1978 - Game 17 vs. Catalan XIII
Out:
Rod Reddy (second row), Steve Martin (bench)
In:
Steve Rogers (centre), Les Boyd (second row)
Changes:
Bob Fulton (centre to five-eighth), Alan Thompson (five-eighth to bench), Ian Thomson (front row to bench), Rod Morris (bench to front row)

Match Notes

For Great Britain John Holmes replaced John Atkinson & Paul Rose replaced Tony Fisher.

For Australia Alan Thompson replaced Steve Rogers & Ian Thomson replaced Les Boyd.

Graham injured a hamstring and finished the game on the wing with Chris Anderson moving to fullback.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin