Game 1
New Zealand 8 lost to Australia 22
| 1986 Australia vs New Zealand Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6827 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 6th July, 1986 | |||||||
| Referee | Robin Whitfield (Widnes) | |||||||
| Venue | Carlaw (Auckland) | |||||||
| Crowd | 14,566 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 10 | |||||
| Scrums | 8 | – | 10 | |||||
| Penalties | 12 | – | 4 | |||||
| New Zealand | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Dean BELL | T | 2 | Brett KENNY | |||||
| Steve FOLKES | ||||||||
| Dale SHEARER | ||||||||
| Olsen FILIPAINA | 2/2 | G | 3/5 | Michael O'CONNOR | ||||
| New Zealand | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Darrell WILLIAMS | 1 | FB | 1 | Garry JACK [Balmain] | ||||
| Joe ROPATI | 2 | W | 2 | Michael O'CONNOR [St George] | ||||
| Dean BELL [Eastern Suburbs] | 3 | C | 3 | Gene MILES | ||||
| James LEULUAI [Hull] | 4 | C | 4 | Brett KENNY [Parramatta] | ||||
| Dane O'HARA [Hull] | 5 | W | 5 | Dale SHEARER [Manly] | ||||
| Olsen FILIPAINA [North Sydney] | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally LEWIS (c) | ||||
| Shane COOPER | 7 | HB | 7 | Peter STERLING [Parramatta] | ||||
| Owen WRIGHT | 8 | FR | 8 | Steve ROACH [Balmain] | ||||
| Wayne WALLACE | 9 | HK | 9 | Royce SIMMONS [Penrith] | ||||
| Kurt SORENSEN [Widnes] | 10 | FR | 10 | Peter TUNKS [Canterbury] | ||||
| Mark GRAHAM (c) [North Sydney] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Noel CLEAL [Manly/Widnes] | ||||
| Hugh McGAHAN [Eastern Suburbs] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Steve FOLKES [Canterbury] | ||||
| Gary PROHM [Eastern Suburbs/Hull KR] | 13 | L | 13 | Wayne PEARCE [Balmain] | ||||
| Mark ELIA [St Helens] | 14 | B | 14 | Terry LAMB [Canterbury] | ||||
| Ron O'REGAN | 15 | B | 15 | Bryan NIEBLING | ||||
| Graham LOWE | HC | Don FURNER | ||||||
Team Info
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- 1985-88 World Cup - Game 3 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1986 Kiwis Tour - Game 2 vs. Western Division
- Out:
- Gary Kemble (fullback), Fred Ah Kuoi (centre), Clayton Friend (halfback), Dane Sorensen (front row), Brent Todd (bench)
- In:
- Darrell Williams (fullback), Joe Ropati (wing), Shane Cooper (halfback), Mark Graham (second row), Gary Prohm (lock)
- Changes:
- James Leuluai (wing to centre), Owen Wright (second row to front row), Ron O'Regan (lock to bench)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1985 Kangaroos Tour - Game 7 vs. Auckland
- Next Game:
- 1986 Australia vs New Zealand - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Des Hasler (wing), Chris Close (centre), John Ribot (wing), Steve Ella (five-eighth), Mark Murray (halfback), Greg Conescu (hooker), Greg Dowling (front row), Wally Fullerton-Smith (second row)
- In:
- Gene Miles (centre), Brett Kenny (centre), Dale Shearer (wing), Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Peter Sterling (halfback), Steve Roach (front row), Royce Simmons (hooker), Steve Folkes (second row), Terry Lamb (bench), Bryan Niebling (bench)
- Changes:
- Michael O'Connor (centre to wing)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner
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