Anzac Test Match 2012

New Zealand 12 lost to Australia 20

Anzac Test Match 2012

New Zealand
12
20
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/28047
Status Completed
Date Friday, 20th April, 2012
Kick Off 6:15 PM (local time)
Referee Richard Silverwood (Dewsbury)
Venue Eden Park (Auckland)
Crowd 35,399
Match Stats
Halftime Score 6 14
Scrums 7 7
Penalties 6 8
New Zealand Scoresheet Australia
Shaun JOHNSON T Greg INGLIS
Issac LUKE   Cameron SMITH
      Johnathan THURSTON
 
Benji MARSHALL 2/2 G 4/4 Johnathan THURSTON
New Zealand Teams Australia
Josh HOFFMAN
[Brisbane]
1 FB 1 Billy SLATER
[Melbourne]
Jason NIGHTINGALE
[St Geo Illa]
2 W 2 Darius BOYD
[Newcastle]
Shaun KENNY-DOWALL
[Sydney]
3 C 3 Greg INGLIS
[Souths]
Simon MANNERING
[Warriors]
4 C 4 Justin HODGES
[Brisbane]
Manu VATUVEI
[Warriors]
5 W 5 Akuila UATE
[Newcastle]
 
Benji MARSHALL (c)
[Wests Tigers]
6 FE 6 Johnathan THURSTON
[North QLD]
Shaun JOHNSON
[Warriors]
7 HB 7 Cooper CRONK
[Melbourne]
 
Sam McKENDRY
[Penrith]
8 FR 8 Paul GALLEN
[Cronulla]
Issac LUKE
[Souths]
9 HK 9 Cameron SMITH (c)
[Melbourne]
Ben MATULINO
[Warriors]
10 FR 10 David SHILLINGTON
[Canberra]
Frank PRITCHARD
[Canterbury]
11 2R 11 Dave TAYLOR
[Souths]
Adam BLAIR
[Wests Tigers]
12 2R 12 Sam THAIDAY
[Brisbane]
Jeremy SMITH
[Cronulla]
13 L 13 Luke LEWIS
[Penrith]
 
Nathan FIEN
[St Geo Illa]
14 B 15 Ben HANNANT
[Brisbane]
Jared WAEREA-HARGREAVES
[Sydney]
15 B 16 James TAMOU
[North QLD]
Jesse BROMWICH
[Melbourne]
16 B 17 Anthony WATMOUGH
[Manly]
Alex GLENN
[Brisbane]
17 B    
 
Stephen KEARNEY   HC   Tim SHEENS
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Four Nations 2011 - Game 5 vs. England
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. Australia
Out:
Kevin Locke (fullback), Gerard Beale (wing), Lewis Brown (centre), Kieran Foran (halfback), Thomas Leuluai (hooker), Russell Packer (front row), Sika Manu (second row), Elijah Taylor (bench)
In:
Josh Hoffman (fullback), Shaun Kenny-Dowall (centre), Manu Vatuvei (wing), Shaun Johnson (halfback), Sam McKendry (front row), Frank Pritchard (second row), Nathan Fien (bench), Jesse Bromwich (bench)
Changes:
Issac Luke (bench to hooker)

Australia

Previous Game:
Four Nations 2011 - Final vs. England
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. New Zealand
Out:
Chris Lawrence (centre), Jharal Yow Yeh (wing), Darren Lockyer (five-eighth), Matthew Scott (front row), Keith Galloway (bench), Tony Williams (bench)
In:
Billy Slater (fullback), Justin Hodges (centre), Dave Taylor (second row), Ben Hannant (bench), James Tamou (bench)
Changes:
Darius Boyd (fullback to wing), Johnathan Thurston (halfback to five-eighth), Luke Lewis (second row to lock), Paul Gallen (lock to front row), Cooper Cronk (bench to halfback)

Match Notes

Daly Cherry-Evans was on the bench for Australia (#14) but did not take the field.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson