Game 1
Great Britain 9 lost to Australia 15
| 1978/79 Ashes Series | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7899 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 21st October, 1978 | |||||||
| Referee | Ron Campbell | |||||||
| Venue | Central Park (Wigan) | |||||||
| Crowd | 17,644 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Rod Reddy | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 6 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| John BEVAN | T | Kerry BOUSTEAD | ||||||
| Bob FULTON | ||||||||
| George FAIRBAIRN | 3 | G | 4 | Michael CRONIN | ||||
| FG | Bob FULTON | |||||||
| Steve NASH | OFF | Tom RAUDONIKIS | ||||||
| Great Britain | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| George FAIRBAIRN | 1 | FB | 1 | Graham EADIE [Manly] |
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| Stuart WRIGHT | 2 | W | 2 | Kerry BOUSTEAD | ||||
| Eric HUGHES | 3 | C | 3 | Steve ROGERS [Cronulla] |
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| Eddie CUNNINGHAM | 4 | C | 4 | Michael CRONIN [Parramatta] |
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| John BEVAN | 5 | W | 5 | Chris ANDERSON [Canterbury] |
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| Roger MILLWARD (c) | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob FULTON (c) [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Steve NASH | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs] |
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| Jimmy THOMPSON | 8 | FR | 8 | Graham OLLING [Parramatta] |
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| David WARD | 9 | HK | 9 | Max KRILICH [Manly] |
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| Paul ROSE | 10 | FR | 10 | Craig YOUNG [St George] |
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| George NICHOLLS | 11 | 2R | 11 | Geoff GERARD [Parramatta] |
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| Len CASEY | 12 | 2R | 12 | Rod REDDY [St George] |
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| Steve NORTON | 13 | L | 13 | Ray PRICE [Parramatta] |
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| John HOLMES | 14 | B | ||||||
| Phil HOGAN | 15 | B | ||||||
| Peter FOX | HC | Frank STANTON | ||||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- Lions World Cup Tour 1977 - Game 11 vs. Southern Division
- Next Game:
- 1978/79 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Australia
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1978 - Game 7 vs. Leeds
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1978 - Game 9 vs. Widnes
Match Notes
Steve Kneen was on the Bench for Australia but did not take the field.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson