Game 2
Great Britain 4 lost to Australia 34
| 1986 Ashes Series Game 2 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7888 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 8th November, 1986 | |||||||
| Referee | Julien Rascagneres | |||||||
| Venue | Elland Road (Leeds) | |||||||
| Crowd | 30,808 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Noel Cleal | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 12 | |||||
| Scrums | 4 | – | 8 | |||||
| Penalties | 11 | – | 8 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Garry SCHOFIELD | T | 2 | Garry JACK | |||||
| Brett KENNY | ||||||||
| Wally LEWIS | ||||||||
| Bob LINDNER | ||||||||
| Michael O'CONNOR | ||||||||
| Lee CROOKS | 0/1 | G | 5/8 | Michael O'CONNOR | ||||
| Great Britain | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Joe LYDON [Wigan] | 1 | FB | 1 | Garry JACK [Balmain] | ||||
| Barry LEDGER [St Helens] | 2 | W | 2 | Michael O'CONNOR [St George] | ||||
| Garry SCHOFIELD [Balmain/Hull] | 3 | C | 3 | Brett KENNY [Parramatta] | ||||
| Tony MARCHANT [Castleford] | 4 | C | 4 | Gene MILES | ||||
| Henderson GILL [Wigan] | 5 | W | 5 | Dale SHEARER [Manly] | ||||
| Tony MYLER [Balmain/Widnes] | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally LEWIS (c) | ||||
| Deryck FOX [Western Suburbs/Featherstone] | 7 | HB | 7 | Peter STERLING [Parramatta] | ||||
| Kevin WARD [Castleford] | 8 | FR | 8 | Greg DOWLING | ||||
| David WATKINSON (c) [Hull KR] | 9 | HK | 9 | Royce SIMMONS [Penrith] | ||||
| John FIELDHOUSE [St Helens] | 10 | FR | 10 | Paul DUNN [Canterbury] | ||||
| Lee CROOKS [Western Suburbs/Hull] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Noel CLEAL [Manly] | ||||
| Ian POTTER [Wigan] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Bryan NIEBLING | ||||
| Andy GOODWAY [Wigan] | 13 | L | 13 | Bob LINDNER [Castleford] | ||||
| Shaun EDWARDS [Wigan] | 14 | B | 14 | Terry LAMB [Canterbury] | ||||
| Andy PLATT [St Helens] | 15 | B | 15 | Mal MENINGA [Canberra] | ||||
| Maurice BAMFORD | HC | Don FURNER | ||||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1986 Ashes Series - Game 1 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- 1986 Ashes Series - Game 3 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Ellery Hanley (centre)
- In:
- Barry Ledger (wing), Shaun Edwards (bench), Andy Platt (bench)
- Changes:
- Tony Marchant (wing to centre)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1986 Kangaroos Tour - Game 9 vs. Oldham
- Next Game:
- 1986 Kangaroos Tour - Game 11 vs. Widnes
- Out:
- Gary Belcher (fullback), Chris Mortimer (centre), Greg Alexander (halfback), Phil Daley (front row), Ben Elias (hooker), Martin Bella (front row), Steve Folkes (second row), Les Davidson (second row), Paul Langmack (lock), Paul Sironen (bench)
- In:
- Garry Jack (fullback), Brett Kenny (centre), Gene Miles (centre), Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Peter Sterling (halfback), Greg Dowling (front row), Royce Simmons (hooker), Paul Dunn (front row), Noel Cleal (second row), Bryan Niebling (second row), Bob Lindner (lock)
- Changes:
- Mal Meninga (centre to bench), Terry Lamb (five-eighth to bench)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner
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