New Zealand vs Australia 1980 Series

Game 1

New Zealand 6 lost to Australia 27

New Zealand vs Australia 1980

New Zealand
6
27
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6818
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 1st June, 1980
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Kevin Steel
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 12,321
Match Stats
Halftime Score 4 20
Scrums 9 10
Penalties 15 9
New Zealand Scoresheet Australia
    T 2 Alan THOMPSON
      Kerry BOUSTEAD
      Rod REDDY
      Craig YOUNG
 
Michael O'DONNELL 3 G 6/8 Michael CRONIN
New Zealand Teams Australia
Michael O'DONNELL 1 FB 1 Garry DOWLING
[Parramatta]
Kevin FISHER 2 W 2 Kerry BOUSTEAD
[Eastern Suburbs]
Olsen FILIPAINA
[Balmain]
3 C 3 Michael CRONIN
[Parramatta]
James LEULUAI 4 C 4 Greg BRENTNALL
[Canterbury]
Dane O'HARA (c) 5 W 5 Chris ANDERSON
[Canterbury]
 
Gordon SMITH 6 FE 6 Alan THOMPSON
[Manly]
Shane VARLEY 7 HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Newtown]
 
Mark BROADHURST 8 FR 8 Craig YOUNG
[St George]
Howie TAMATI 9 HK 9 George PEPONIS (c)
[Canterbury]
Paul TEARIKI 10 FR 10 Rod MORRIS
[Balmain]
Kevin TAMATI 11 2R 11 Rod REDDY
[St George]
Barry EDKINS 12 2R 14 Les BOYD
[Manly]
Mark GRAHAM 13 L 13 Ray PRICE
[Parramatta]
 
Lewis HUDSON 14 B    
Graeme WEST 15 B    
 
Cecil MOUNTFORD   HC   Frank STANTON
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1980 - Game 2 vs. Australia
Out:
Fred Ah Kuoi (five-eighth), Tony Coll (second row), John Smith (bench), Paul Ravlich (bench)
In:
Michael O'Donnell (fullback), Gordon Smith (five-eighth), Paul Teariki (front row), Graeme West (bench)
Changes:
James Leuluai (fullback to centre), Lewis Hudson (centre to bench), Kevin Tamati (front row to second row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1979 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1980 - Game 2 vs. NZ Maori
Out:
Graham Eadie (fullback), Steve Rogers (centre), Terry Fahey (wing)
In:
Garry Dowling (fullback), Kerry Boustead (wing), Greg Brentnall (centre)

Match Notes

"The ABC Of Rugby League" incorrectly lists the same team for this game as the following test. According to the Sydney Morning Herald (May 31, 1980), the team was (sic):
Dowling, Anderson, Cronin, Brentnall, Boustead, Thompson, Raudonokis; Price, Boyd, Reddy, Young, Peponis (c), Morris. Reserves: Steve Martin, Graeme Wynn.
The article also noted that selectors preferred "proven test player" Les Boyd over newcomer Graeme Wynn for the match.
Also the Monday edition of the Herald confirmed there were no substitutions during the match. Kevin Tamati and Les Boyd were at loggerheads and were "lucky not to be sent off".
It also declared Garry Dowling as the best on ground.

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Contributions: Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash