Australia vs New Zealand 1987

Australia 6 lost to New Zealand 13

Australia vs New Zealand 1987

Australia
6
13
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6830
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 21st July, 1987
Referee Neville Kesha
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 16,500
Official Player of the Match Dean Bell
Match Stats
Halftime Score 6 13
Scrums 10 9
Penalties 6 6
Australia Scoresheet New Zealand
Peter STERLING T Gary MERCER
      Ross TAYLOR
 
Michael O'CONNOR 1/2 G 2/4 Kevin IRO
 
    FG Shane COOPER
Australia Teams New Zealand
Garry JACK
[Balmain]
1 FB 1 Darrell WILLIAMS
[Manly]
Michael O'CONNOR
[Manly]
2 W 2 Mark ELIA
[St Helens]
Brett KENNY
[Parramatta]
3 C 3 Dean BELL
[Wigan]
Gene MILES
[Wynnum-Manly]
4 C 4 Kevin IRO
Dale SHEARER
[Manly]
5 W 5 Gary MERCER
 
Wally LEWIS (c)
[Wynnum-Manly]
6 FE 6 Shane COOPER
Peter STERLING
[Parramatta]
7 HB 7 Clayton FRIEND
[North Sydney]
 
Peter TUNKS
[Canterbury]
8 FR 8 Ross TAYLOR
Royce SIMMONS
[Penrith]
9 HK 9 Wayne WALLACE
Greg DOWLING
[Norths]
10 FR 10 Adrian SHELFORD
Bryan NIEBLING
[Redcliffe]
11 2R 11 Sam STEWART
Wayne PEARCE
[Balmain]
12 2R 12 Mark HORO
Bob LINDNER
[Parramatta/Castleford]
13 L 13 Hugh McGAHAN (c)
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
Brian JOHNSTON
[St George]
14 B 14 Gary FREEMAN
Les DAVIDSON
[Souths]
15 B 15 Dean LONERGAN
[Bramley]
 
Don FURNER   HC   Tony GORDON
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
World Cup 1985/88 - Game 9 vs. France
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1988 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Paul Dunn (front row), Steve Folkes (second row), Terry Lamb (bench)
In:
Peter Tunks (front row), Wayne Pearce (second row), Brian Johnston (bench)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1987 - Game 1 vs. Papua New Guinea
Next Game:
World Cup 1985/88 - Game 15 vs. Papua New Guinea
Out:
Shane Horo (wing), Brent Todd (front row)
In:
Darrell Williams (fullback), Hugh McGahan (lock)
Changes:
Gary Mercer (fullback to wing), Gary Freeman (five-eighth to bench), Adrian Shelford (second row to front row), Shane Cooper (lock to five-eighth), Sam Stewart (bench to second row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson