New South Wales Country Firsts 18 lost to New South Wales City Firsts 34
| 1986 NSW City vs Country Firsts | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22244 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 17th May, 1986 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Mick Stone | |||||||
| Venue | Newcastle (Newcastle) | |||||||
| Crowd | 18,460 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Peter Sterling | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 14 | – | 18 | |||||
| NSW Country Firsts | Scoresheet | NSW City Firsts | ||||||
| Noel CLEAL | T | 2 | Paul LANGMACK | |||||
| Bert GORDON | Terry LAMB | |||||||
| Chris MORTIMER | Michael O'CONNOR | |||||||
| Michael POTTER | ||||||||
| Neil MOY | 3 | G | 7/9 | Michael O'CONNOR | ||||
| Neil MOY | BIN5 | |||||||
| NSW Country Firsts | Teams | NSW City Firsts | ||||||
| Garry JACK [Balmain] | 1 | FB | 1 | Michael POTTER [Canterbury] | ||||
| Bert GORDON | 2 | W | 2 | Eric GROTHE [Parramatta] | ||||
| Chris MORTIMER [Canterbury] | 3 | C | 3 | Brett KENNY [Parramatta] | ||||
| Ray SPURR | 4 | C | 4 | Michael O'CONNOR [St George] | ||||
| Glenn MURRAY | 5 | W | 5 | Brian HETHERINGTON [Illawarra] | ||||
| Steve McWHIRTER | 6 | FE | 6 | Terry LAMB [Canterbury] | ||||
| Peter STERLING (c) [Parramatta] | 7 | HB | 7 | Des HASLER [Manly] | ||||
| Neil MOY | 8 | L | 8 | Paul LANGMACK [Canterbury] | ||||
| Noel CLEAL [Manly/Widnes] | 9 | 2R | 9 | Wayne PEARCE (c) [Balmain] | ||||
| David GILLESPIE [Canterbury] | 10 | 2R | 10 | Steve FOLKES [Canterbury] | ||||
| Steve ROACH [Balmain] | 11 | FR | 11 | Peter TUNKS [Canterbury] | ||||
| Bob MORRIS | 12 | HK | 12 | Royce SIMMONS [Penrith] | ||||
| Mark BROKENSHIRE | 13 | FR | 13 | Paul DUNN [Canterbury] | ||||
| Ross GIBSON | 24 | B | 18 | Steve MORRIS [St George] | ||||
| B | 26 | Phil DALEY [Manly] | ||||||
| B | 16 | Andrew FARRAR [Canterbury] | ||||||
| Allan THOMSON | HC | Ron WILLEY | ||||||
Team Info
New South Wales Country Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1986 National Panasonic Cup - Game 1 vs. St George
- Next Game:
- 1987 National Panasonic Cup - Round 1 vs. Eastern Suburbs
- Out:
- Peter Parsons (fullback), Tony Paton (wing), Neville Elwin (centre), Rod Whitaker (wing), Robert Taylor (halfback), Tony Keevill (second row), Ron Burt (second row), Graeme O'Grady (lock), Steve McCoy (bench), Jim Vitucci (bench)
- In:
- Garry Jack (fullback), Chris Mortimer (centre), Glenn Murray (wing), Peter Sterling (halfback), Steve Roach (front row), David Gillespie (second row), Noel Cleal (second row)
- Changes:
- Ross Gibson (front row to bench), Bert Gordon (bench to wing), Neil Moy (bench to lock)
New South Wales City Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1985 NSW City vs Country Firsts - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
- Next Game:
- 1987 NSW City vs Country Seconds - Game 2 vs. NSW Country Firsts
- Out:
- Garry Jack (fullback), John Ferguson (wing), Steve Ella (five-eighth), Ben Elias (hooker), Pat Jarvis (second row), David Brooks (second row), Graeme Wynn (bench), Paul Mares (bench), Greg Alexander (bench)
- In:
- Michael Potter (fullback), Brett Kenny (centre), Brian Hetherington (wing), Terry Lamb (five-eighth), Royce Simmons (hooker), Steve Folkes (second row), Paul Langmack (lock), Steve Morris (bench), Phil Daley (bench)
- Changes:
- Andrew Farrar (centre to bench), Wayne Pearce (lock to second row)
Match Notes
Soccer player Craig Johnston did a V.I.P Kick-Off for this match.
From 1983-1986, Country was allowed to include up to 6 Sydney based players to be selected. Country selectors were given first pick of players, then City selectors could pick from the rest of the Sydney based players regardless of their origins.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash
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