Game 3
Auckland 19 def. Australia 15
| Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1977 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
– |
|
||||||
| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39672 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 1st June, 1977 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30 PM (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | John Percival (Auckland) | |||||||
| Venue | Carlaw (Auckland) | |||||||
| Crowd | 10,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 14 | – | 7 | |||||
| Scrums | 11 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 15 | – | 6 | |||||
| Auckland | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Olsen FILIPAINA | T | Greg PIERCE | ||||||
| Glenn TAYLOR | Rod REDDY | |||||||
| Dennis WILLIAMS | Mark THOMAS | |||||||
| Chris JORDAN | 5 | G | 3 | Graham EADIE | ||||
| Auckland | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Gary KEMBLE | 1 | FB | 1 | Graham EADIE [Manly] |
||||
| Warren WINTER | 2 | W | 2 | Mark THOMAS [Past Christian Bros] |
||||
| Olsen FILIPAINA | 3 | C | 3 | Rod REDDY [St George] |
||||
| Dennis WILLIAMS (c) | 4 | C | 4 | Steve CREAR | ||||
| Chris JORDAN | 5 | W | 5 | Mark HARRIS [Eastern Suburbs] |
||||
| Dave SORENSEN | 6 | FE | 6 | John PEARD [Parramatta] |
||||
| John SMITH | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs] |
||||
| John WILSON | 8 | FR | 8 | Greg VEIVERS (c) | ||||
| Glenn TAYLOR | 9 | HK | 9 | Nick GEIGER [Norths] |
||||
| Lyndsay PROCTOR | 10 | FR | 10 | Graham OLLING [Parramatta] |
||||
| Kurt SORENSEN | 11 | 2R | 11 | Rod MORRIS | ||||
| Alan McCARTHY | 12 | 2R | 12 | Denis FITZGERALD [Parramatta] |
||||
| Mark GRAHAM | 13 | L | 13 | Greg PIERCE [Cronulla] |
||||
| Dave LEPPER | 14 | B | ||||||
| Mark LOW | 15 | B | ||||||
| HC | Terry FEARNLEY | |||||||
Team Info
Auckland
- Previous Game:
- AMCO Cup 1977 - Game 1 vs. Northern Division
- Next Game:
- Lions World Cup Tour 1977 - Game 4 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Noel Rollo (wing), Ken Anderson (centre), Neil Wright (wing), Shane Varley (halfback), Eddie Heatley (front row), Glen Banker (front row), Stewart Norton (bench), Neil Aspin (bench), Jake Faafua (bench)
- In:
- Olsen Filipaina (centre), Dennis Williams (centre), Chris Jordan (wing), John Smith (halfback), Lyndsay Proctor (front row), Kurt Sorensen (second row), Mark Low (bench)
- Changes:
- Warren Winter (centre to wing), John Wilson (second row to front row)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1977 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- World Cup 1977 - Game 3 vs. France
- Out:
- Michael Cronin (centre), Allan McMahon (wing), Terry Randall (second row), Ray Higgs (second row)
- In:
- Rod Reddy (centre), Steve Crear (centre), Graham Olling (front row), Rod Morris (second row)
- Changes:
- Mark Thomas (centre to wing), Denis Fitzgerald (front row to second row)
Match Notes
Australia was left with only 1 available reserve for this game, Steve Rogers had a broken thumb, Mick Cronin a groin injury, Allan McMahon an ankle & Ray Higgs pulled out an hour before the game with a back injury. Terry Randall the nominated reserve had a corked thigh and was highly unlikely to take the field even if required.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson