Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1977 Series

Game 1

South Island 5 lost to Australia 68

Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1977

South Island
5
68
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39671
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 25th May, 1977
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Venue Lancaster (Christchurch)
Crowd 2,500
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 35
Scrums 11 17
Penalties 4 3
South Island Scoresheet Australia
Lewis HUDSON T 4 Steve ROGERS
      2 Tom RAUDONIKIS
      Graham EADIE
      Denis FITZGERALD
      Mark HARRIS
      Rod MORRIS
      Allan McMAHON
      Graham OLLING
      Terry RANDALL
      Rod REDDY
 
Steve HOLDEN G 12/15 Graham EADIE
      Steve ROGERS
South Island Teams Australia
    FB 1 Graham EADIE
[Manly]
    W 2 Allan McMAHON
[Balmain]
    C 3 Steve ROGERS
[Cronulla]
    C 4 Mark THOMAS
    W 5 Mark HARRIS
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
    FE 6 Steve CREAR
    HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
 
    FR 8 Greg VEIVERS (c)
    HK 9 Nick GEIGER
    FR 10 Denis FITZGERALD
[Parramatta]
    2R 11 Terry RANDALL
[Manly]
    2R 12 Greg PIERCE
[Cronulla]
    L 13 Rod REDDY
[St George]
 
    B 14 Rod MORRIS
    B 15 Graham OLLING
[Parramatta]
 
Harry WALKER   HC   Terry FEARNLEY
   
 

Team Info

South Island

Previous Game:
Combined Sydney Tour 1976 - Game 4 vs. Combined Sydney
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1980 - Game 5 vs. Australia

Australia

Previous Game:
England vs Australia Challenge 1975 - Game 1 vs. England
Next Game:
World Cup 1977 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Johnny Rhodes (wing), Michael Cronin (centre), Ian Schubert (wing), John Peard (five-eighth), Arthur Beetson (front row), John Lang (hooker), Ray Higgs (second row), Jim Porter (bench), Ian Mackay (bench)
In:
Allan McMahon (wing), Mark Thomas (centre), Mark Harris (wing), Steve Crear (five-eighth), Nick Geiger (hooker), Denis Fitzgerald (front row), Rod Reddy (lock), Rod Morris (bench), Graham Olling (bench)
Changes:
Greg Pierce (lock to second row)

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Contributions: Tim Costello, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson