Kangaroos Tour 1969 Series

Game 6

Auckland 15 def. Australia 14

Kangaroos Tour 1969

Auckland
15
14
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23269
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 10th June, 1969
Referee Earle Pilcher
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 6,520
Auckland Scoresheet Australia
Eric CARSON T John COOTES
      Dennis MANTEIT
 
Ernie WIGGS 6 G 2 John COOTES
 
    FG 2 Dennis WARD
Auckland Teams Australia
J YOUNG 1 FB 1 Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
[St George]
Mike McCLENNAN 2 W 2 Bob HONAN
[South Sydney]
Roy CHRISTIAN 3 C 3 Ron COOTE
[South Sydney]
Paul SCHULTZ 4 C 4 John McDONALD
[Manly]
J SPARROW 5 W 5 John COOTES
 
G WOOLARD 6 FE 6 Graham LYE
Eric CARSON 7 HB 7 Dennis WARD
[Manly]
 
Ray SINEL 8 FR 8 Dennis MANTEIT
Eddie MOORE 9 HK 9 Brian FITZSIMMONS
Ernie WIGGS 10 FR 10 John WITTENBERG
[St George]
D GARBY 11 2R 11 Ron COSTELLO
William BURGOYNE 12 2R 12 Bob McCARTHY
[South Sydney]
V YATES 13 L 13 Col WEISS
 
    HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

Auckland

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 30 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1970 - Game 24 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Roger Tait (fullback), Brian Reidy (wing), Gary Bailey (centre), Lester Mills (wing), J Ellwood (five-eighth), Bill Schultz (front row), Roy Roberts (hooker), Oscar Danielson (front row), Bruce Castle (lock)
In:
J YOUNG (fullback), Mike McClennan (wing), J SPARROW (wing), G WOOLARD (five-eighth), Eric Carson (halfback), Ray Sinel (front row), Ernie Wiggs (front row), D GARBY (second row), William Burgoyne (second row)
Changes:
Paul Schultz (halfback to centre), V YATES (second row to lock), Eddie Moore (second row to hooker)

Australia

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1969 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1970 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Les Johns (fullback), Denis Pittard (five-eighth), John Sattler (front row), Elwyn Walters (hooker)
In:
Graham Lye (five-eighth), Dennis Manteit (front row), Brian Fitzsimmons (hooker), Ron Costello (second row)
Changes:
Graeme Langlands (centre to fullback), Col Weiss (second row to lock), Ron Coote (lock to centre)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson