World Championship Series 1975

Game 1

Australia 36 def. New Zealand 8

World Championship Series 1975
Game 1

Australia
36
8
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14235
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 1st June, 1975
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Francois Escande
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 12,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 20 0
Scrums 13 14
Penalties 6 12
Australia Scoresheet New Zealand
Michael CRONIN 2 T Ken STIRLING
Graeme LANGLANDS 2   John WHITTAKER
Ray BRANIGHAN      
Bob FULTON      
Lew PLATZ      
Terry RANDALL      
 
Michael CRONIN 6 G Warren COLLICOAT
Australia Teams New Zealand
Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
[St George]
1 FB 1 Warren COLLICOAT
Chris ANDERSON
[Canterbury]
2 W 2 Phil ORCHARD
Bob FULTON
[Manly]
3 C 3 John O'SULLIVAN
Michael CRONIN 4 C 4 John WHITTAKER
Terry FAHEY 5 W 5 Maurice BRERETON
 
Tim PICKUP
[Canterbury]
6 FE 6 Dennis WILLIAMS
Ross STRUDWICK
[Fortitude Valley]
7 HB 7 Ken STIRLING (c)
 
Terry RANDALL
[Manly]
8 FR 8 Graeme WEST
John LANG 9 HK 9 Tom CONROY
David WRIGHT
[Past Christian Bros]
10 FR 10 John HIBBS
Gary STEVENS
[South Sydney]
11 2R 11 Ray BAXENDALE
Lew PLATZ 12 2R 12 Tony COLL
Ron COOTE
[Eastern Suburbs]
13 L 13 Murray EADE
 
Ray BRANIGHAN
[Manly]
14 B 14 Kurt SORENSEN
Paul SAIT
[South Sydney]
15 B    
 
Graeme LANGLANDS   HC   George MENZIES
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1974 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
World Championship Series 1975 - Game 1 vs. Wales
Out:
Lionel Williamson (wing), Tom Raudonikis (halfback), Arthur Beetson (front row), Ron Turner (hooker), John O'Neill (front row), Bob McCarthy (second row)
In:
Chris Anderson (wing), Terry Fahey (wing), Ross Strudwick (halfback), Terry Randall (front row), John Lang (hooker), David Wright (front row), Lew Platz (second row), Paul Sait (bench)
Changes:
Ray Branighan (wing to bench)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis World Cup Tour 1975 - Game 5 vs. North Coast
Next Game:
World Championship Series 1975 - Game 1 vs. France

Match Notes

Paul Sait replaced David Wright at halftime due to a hip injury & Ray Branighan replaced Terry Fahey during the 2nd half.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin