Great Britain vs Australia SL 1997 Series

Game 1

Great Britain 14 lost to Australia (SL) 38

Great Britain vs Australia SL 1997

Lions
14
38
Australia (SL)
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/3074
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 1st November, 1997
Referee Phil Houston
Venue Wembley (London)
Crowd 41,135
Great Britain Scoresheet Australia (SL)
James LOWES T 3 Laurie DALEY
Jason ROBINSON   2 Brett MULLINS
      Craig GOWER
      Darren SMITH
 
Andy FARRELL 3 G 5 Ryan GIRDLER
Great Britain Teams Australia (SL)
Jason ROBINSON
[Wigan]
1 FB 1 Darren LOCKYER
[Brisbane]
Alan HUNTE
[St Helens]
2 W 2 Brett MULLINS
[Canberra]
Kris RADLINSKI
[Wigan]
3 C 3 Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN
[Cronulla]
Paul NEWLOVE
[St Helens]
4 C 4 Ryan GIRDLER
[Penrith]
Anthony SULLIVAN
[St Helens]
5 W 5 Wendell SAILOR
[Brisbane]
 
Andy FARRELL (c)
[Wigan]
6 FE 6 Laurie DALEY (c)
[Canberra]
Bobbie GOULDING
[St Helens]
7 HB 7 Craig GOWER
[Penrith]
 
Brian McDERMOTT
[Bradford]
8 FR 8 Jason STEVENS
[Cronulla]
James LOWES
[Bradford]
9 HK 9 Steve WALTERS
[North QLD]
Paul BROADBENT
[Sheffield]
10 FR 10 Brad THORN
[Brisbane]
Chris JOYNT
[St Helens]
11 2R 11 Matt ADAMSON
[Penrith]
Mick CASSIDY
[Wigan]
12 2R 12 Gorden TALLIS
[Brisbane]
Paul SCULTHORPE
[Warrington]
13 L 13 Darren SMITH
[Brisbane]
 
Steve McNAMARA
[Bradford]
14 B 14 Robbie KEARNS
[Western Reds]
Paul ATCHESON
[Oldham]
15 B 15 Craig GREENHILL
[Cronulla]
Adrian MORLEY
[Leeds]
16 B 16 Ken NAGAS
[Canberra]
Dean SAMPSON
[Castleford]
17 B 17 Brett KIMMORLEY
[Hunter]
 
Andy GOODWAY   HC   John LANG
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1996 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Great Britain vs Australia SL 1997 - Game 2 vs. Australia (SL)
Out:
Stuart Spruce (fullback), Daryl Powell (centre), Barrie-Jon Mather (wing), Karle Hammond (five-eighth), Keiron Cunningham (hooker), Terry O'Connor (front row), Denis Betts (second row), Iestyn Harris (bench), Bernard Dwyer (bench)
In:
Jason Robinson (fullback), Paul Newlove (centre), Anthony Sullivan (wing), Brian McDermott (front row), James Lowes (hooker), Mick Cassidy (second row), Steve McNamara (bench), Paul Atcheson (bench), Dean Sampson (bench)
Changes:
Paul Sculthorpe (second row to lock), Andy Farrell (lock to five-eighth), Chris Joynt (bench to second row)

Australia (SL)

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Australia SL 1997 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Great Britain vs Australia SL 1997 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Steve Renouf (centre), Paul Green (halfback), Bradley Clyde (second row), Shane Webcke (bench), Luke Priddis (bench)
In:
Andrew Ettingshausen (centre), Steve Walters (hooker), Gorden Tallis (second row), Robbie Kearns (bench), Brett Kimmorley (bench)
Changes:
Ken Nagas (wing to bench), Craig Gower (hooker to halfback), Brett Mullins (bench to wing)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin