Kangaroos Tour 1989 Series

Game 3

Auckland 26 def. Australia 24

Kangaroos Tour 1989

Auckland
26
24
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23357
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 12th July, 1989
Referee Bill Shrimpton
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 9,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 10
Scrums 7 3
Penalties 11 6
Auckland Scoresheet Australia
Shane HANSEN T 2 Dale SHEARER
Francis LEOTA   Greg ALEXANDER
Mike PATTON   Tony CURRIE
Dave WATSON   Michael HANCOCK
 
Kelly SHELFORD 5/6 G 2/5 Michael O'CONNOR
Tea ROPATI 0/1      
 
    BIN5 Sam BACKO
Auckland Teams Australia
Carl MAGATOGIA 1 FB 1 Dale SHEARER
[Manly]
Sam PANAPA 2 W 2 Michael O'CONNOR
[Manly/St Helens]
Mike PATTON 3 C 3 Peter JACKSON
[Brisbane]
Dave WATSON
[Whitehaven]
4 C 4 Tony CURRIE
[Brisbane]
Kevin PULIETA 5 W 5 Michael HANCOCK
[Brisbane]
 
Kelly SHELFORD (c) 6 FE 6 Des HASLER
[Manly]
Neville RAMSAY 7 HB 7 Greg ALEXANDER
[Penrith]
 
Mike THOMSON 8 FR 8 Sam BACKO
[Brisbane/Leeds]
Peter ROPATI
[Leigh]
9 HK 9 David TREWHELLA
[Eastern Suburbs]
George MANN
[Leigh]
10 FR 10 Martin BELLA
[North Sydney]
Tawera NIKAU 11 2R 11 Dan STAINS
[Cronulla/Halifax]
Francis LEOTA 12 2R 12 Bruce McGUIRE
[Balmain]
Shane HANSEN 13 L 13 Paul VAUTIN (c)
[Manly/St Helens]
 
Tea ROPATI 14 B 15 Bradley CLYDE
[Canberra]
Taime TAGALOA 15 B    
 
Cameron BELL   HC   Bob FULTON
   
 

Team Info

Auckland

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1988 - Game 18 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1990 - Game 8 vs. Great Britain

Australia

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1989 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1989 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Gary Belcher (fullback), Mal Meninga (centre), Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Kerrod Walters (hooker), Steve Roach (front row), Paul Sironen (second row)
In:
Peter Jackson (centre), Des Hasler (five-eighth), David Trewhella (hooker), Martin Bella (front row), Dan Stains (second row)
Changes:
Dale Shearer (wing to fullback), Bradley Clyde (second row to bench), Michael O'Connor (bench to wing), Bruce McGuire (bench to second row)

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Contributions: Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson