Kangaroos Tour 1980 Series

Game 2

New Zealand Maori 10 drew with Australia 10

Kangaroos Tour 1980

New Zealand Maori
10
10
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23314
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 4th June, 1980
Referee John Percival (Auckland)
Venue Tomoana (Hastings)
Crowd 5,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 7
NZ Maori Scoresheet Australia
James LEULUAI T Chris CLOSE
Kevin TAMATI   Graham QUINN
 
Dennis WILLIAMS 2 G 2 Graeme WYNN
 
    OFF Chris CLOSE
NZ Maori Teams Australia
James LEULUAI 1 FB 1 Garry DOWLING
[Parramatta]
Lou KUPA 2 W 2 Chris ANDERSON
[Canterbury]
John SMITH 3 C 3 Graham QUINN
[St George]
Dennis WILLIAMS (c) 4 C 4 Chris CLOSE
Ron SIULEPA 5 W 5 Greg BRENTNALL
[Canterbury]
 
Ray HARRIS 6 FE 6 Steve MARTIN
[Manly]
Dennis KEY 7 HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS (c)
[Newtown]
 
Rick MURU 8 FR 8 Rohan HANCOCK
Howie TAMATI 9 HK 9 John LANG
[Eastern Suburbs]
Warren RANGI 10 FR 10 Rod MORRIS
[Balmain]
Pat POASA 11 2R 11 Rod REDDY
[St George]
Kevin TAMATI 12 2R 12 Graeme WYNN
[St George]
Ian BELL 13 L 13 Jim LEIS
[Western Suburbs]
 
Bart HERANGI 14 B 14 Kerry BOUSTEAD
[Eastern Suburbs]
    B 15 Craig YOUNG
[St George]
 
Tom NEWTON   HC   Frank STANTON
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand Maori

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 19 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1981 - Game 4 vs. France

Australia

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1980 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1980 - Game 3 vs. Central Districts
Out:
Michael Cronin (centre), Alan Thompson (five-eighth), George Peponis (hooker), Les Boyd (second row), Ray Price (lock)
In:
Graham Quinn (centre), Chris Close (centre), Steve Martin (five-eighth), Rohan Hancock (front row), John Lang (hooker), Graeme Wynn (second row), Jim Leis (lock)
Changes:
Kerry Boustead (wing to bench), Greg Brentnall (centre to wing), Craig Young (front row to bench)

Match Notes

Chris Close was sent off 5 mins from fulltime for punching he was later cautioned by the judiciary.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson