Game 3
Australia 12 lost to Great Britain 26
| 1988 Ashes Series Game 3 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7886 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 9th July, 1988 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Francis Desplas | |||||||
| Venue | SFS (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 15,944 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Andy Gregory | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 10 | |||||
| Scrums | 8 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 7 | – | 4 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | Great Britain | ||||||
| Sam BACKO | T | 2 | Henderson GILL | |||||
| Wally LEWIS | Phil FORD | |||||||
| Mike GREGORY | ||||||||
| Martin OFFIAH | ||||||||
| Michael O'CONNOR | 2/2 | G | 3/5 | Paul LOUGHLIN | ||||
| Australia | Teams | Great Britain | ||||||
| Garry JACK [Balmain/Salford] | 1 | FB | 1 | Phil FORD [Bradford] | ||||
| Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN [Cronulla] | 2 | W | 2 | Henderson GILL [Wigan] | ||||
| Michael O'CONNOR [Manly] | 3 | C | 3 | David STEPHENSON [Leeds] | ||||
| Peter JACKSON [Canberra/Leeds] | 4 | C | 4 | Paul LOUGHLIN [St Helens] | ||||
| Tony CURRIE [Canterbury] | 5 | W | 5 | Martin OFFIAH [Widnes] | ||||
| Wally LEWIS (c) [Brisbane] | 6 | FE | 6 | David HULME [Widnes] | ||||
| Peter STERLING [Parramatta] | 7 | HB | 7 | Andy GREGORY [Wigan] | ||||
| Martin BELLA [North Sydney] | 8 | FR | 8 | Kevin WARD [Manly/Castleford] | ||||
| Greg CONESCU [Brisbane] | 9 | HK | 9 | Paul HULME [Widnes] | ||||
| Sam BACKO [Canberra] | 10 | FR | 10 | Hugh WADDELL [Oldham] | ||||
| Wally FULLERTON-SMITH [St George] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Mike GREGORY [Warrington] | ||||
| Paul VAUTIN [Manly] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Roy POWELL [Leeds] | ||||
| Wayne PEARCE [Balmain] | 13 | L | 13 | Ellery HANLEY (c) [Balmain/Wigan] | ||||
| Gary BELCHER [Canberra] | 14 | B | 15 | Brian CASE [Wigan] | ||||
| Bob LINDNER [Parramatta] | 15 | B | ||||||
| Don FURNER | HC | Malcolm REILLY | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1988 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- 1985-88 World Cup - Game 16 vs. Papua New Guinea
- Out:
- Phil Daley (front row)
- In:
- Martin Bella (front row)
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1988 Lions Tour - Game 14 vs. Aus Presidents XIII
- Next Game:
- 1988 Lions Tour - Game 16 vs. Wellington
- Out:
- Carl Gibson (wing), Darren Wright (centre), Andy Currier (wing), Kevin Beardmore (hooker), Richie Eyres (second row), John Joyner (lock)
- In:
- Henderson Gill (wing), David Stephenson (centre), Martin Offiah (wing), Ellery Hanley (lock), Brian Case (bench)
- Changes:
- Roy Powell (front row to second row), Hugh Waddell (bench to front row), Paul Hulme (bench to hooker)
Match Notes
Stephenson & Loughlin were listed in the program in reversed jerseys.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner
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