New Zealand vs Australia 1971

New Zealand 24 def. Australia 3

New Zealand vs Australia 1971

New Zealand
24
3
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6812
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 26th June, 1971
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee John Percival (Auckland)
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 13,917
Match Stats
Halftime Score 14 0
Scrums 12 15
Penalties 12 12
New Zealand Scoresheet Australia
John WHITTAKER 2 T Keith CAMPBELL
Maurice BRERETON      
Robert ORCHARD      
 
Henry TATANA 6/7 G 0/1 Keith CAMPBELL
New Zealand Teams Australia
Mike McCLENNAN 1 FB 1 Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
[St George]
John WHITTAKER 2 W 2 Ray BRANIGHAN
[Souths]
Bernie LOWTHER 3 C 3 Bob FULTON
[Manly]
Roy CHRISTIAN (c) 4 C 8 Paul SAIT
[Souths]
Maurice BRERETON 5 W 5 Lionel WILLIAMSON
[Newtown]
 
Gary WOOLLARD 6 FE 6 Tony BRANSON
[St George]
Ken STIRLING 7 HB 7 Bob GRANT
[Souths]
 
Henry TATANA 8 FR 13 John SATTLER
[Souths]
Colin O'NEIL 9 HK 12 Brian FITZSIMMONS
Robert ORCHARD 10 FR 11 Bob O'REILLY
[Parramatta]
Garry SMITH 11 2R 10 Ron COSTELLO
[Canterbury]
Anthony KRILETICH 12 2R 9 Bob McCARTHY
[Souths]
Eddie HEATLEY 13 L 16 Keith CAMPBELL
[Parramatta]
 
Lory BLANCHARD   HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis World Cup Tour 1970 - Game 5 vs. France B
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1971 - Game 1 vs. Southern Amateurs

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1971 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand XIII
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1971 - Game 3 vs. Auckland
Out:
Geoff Starling (centre), Wayne Bennett (wing), Tom Raudonikis (five-eighth), Jim Murphy (front row), Barry Beath (second row)
In:
Graeme Langlands (fullback), Paul Sait (centre), Tony Branson (five-eighth), John Sattler (front row)
Changes:
Ray Branighan (fullback to wing), Ron Costello (bench to second row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin