Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1972 Series

Game 7

Bradford Northern 16 lost to Australia 29

Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1972
Bradford
Northern
16
29
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23277
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 19th November, 1972
Referee Gerry Kershaw
Venue Odsal (Bradford)
Crowd 2,820
Bradford Scoresheet Australia
M LAMB T Ray BRANIGHAN
David TREASURE   John GRANT
      Mark HARRIS
      Tom RAUDONIKIS
      Geoff STARLING
      Gary SULLIVAN
      Elwyn WALTERS
 
E TEES 5 G 4 Ray BRANIGHAN
 
    OFF Graeme LANGLANDS
Bradford Teams Australia
    FB 1 Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
[St George]
    W 2 John GRANT
    C 3 Geoff STARLING
[Balmain]
    C 4 Mark HARRIS
[Eastern Suburbs]
    W 5 Ray BRANIGHAN
[Manly]
 
    FE 6 Bob FULTON
[Manly]
    HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
 
    FR 8 Bob O'REILLY
[Parramatta]
    HK 9 Fred JONES
[Manly]
    FR 10 John O'NEILL
[Manly]
    2R 11 Elwyn WALTERS
[South Sydney]
    2R 12 Gary STEVENS
[South Sydney]
    L 13 Gary SULLIVAN
[Newtown]
 
    B 14 Arthur BEETSON
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
    HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

Bradford Northern

Previous Game:
Players No 6 Trophy 1972/73 - Game 1 vs. Rochdale
Next Game:
Players No 6 Trophy 1972/73 - Round 2 vs. York

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1972 - Game 6 vs. Wigan
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1973 - Game 1 vs. Salford
Out:
Dennis Ward (halfback)
In:
Graeme Langlands (fullback), Elwyn Walters (second row)
Changes:
Ray Branighan (fullback to wing), Bob Fulton (centre to five-eighth), Mark Harris (wing to centre), Tom Raudonikis (five-eighth to halfback), Arthur Beetson (second row to bench)

Match Notes

Arthur Beetson replaced John O'Neill due to an ankle injury after 18 mins, Graeme Langlands was sent off for dissent after arguing with the referee over a rule interpretation just before halftime.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates