Kangaroos Tour 1982 Series

Game 4

St Helens 0 lost to Australia 32

Kangaroos Tour 1982

St Helens
0
32
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23323
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 17th October, 1982
Referee Robin Whitfield (Widnes)
Venue Knowsley (St Helens)
Crowd 8,190
Official Player of the Match Les Boyd
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 16
Scrums 13 7
Penalties 9 7
St Helens Scoresheet Australia
    T 2 Kerry BOUSTEAD
      2 Les BOYD
      2 Eric GROTHE
      Steve ROGERS
      Peter STERLING
 
    G 4/8 Mal MENINGA
St Helens Teams Australia
Clive GRIFFITHS 1 FB 1 Greg BRENTNALL
[Canterbury]
Barry LEDGER 2 W 2 Kerry BOUSTEAD
[Eastern Suburbs]
Chris ARKWRIGHT 3 C 3 Mal MENINGA
David FAIRCLOUGH 4 C 4 Steve ROGERS
[Cronulla]
Denis LITHERLAND 5 W 5 Eric GROTHE
[Parramatta]
 
Stephen PETERS 6 FE 6 Brett KENNY
[Parramatta]
Neil HOLDING 7 HB 7 Peter STERLING
[Parramatta]
 
Mel JAMES 8 FR 8 Craig YOUNG
[St George]
Michael GLOVER 9 HK 9 Max KRILICH (c)
[Manly]
Brian GELLING 10 FR 10 Les BOYD
[Manly]
Roy MATHIAS (c) 11 2R 11 Wayne PEARCE
[Balmain]
Paul FORBER 12 2R 12 John MUGGLETON
[Parramatta]
Andy PLATT 13 L 13 Ray PRICE
[Parramatta]
 
John SMITH 14 B 14 Wally LEWIS
Paul BROWNBILL 15 B 15 Rod MORRIS
 
Billy BENYON   HC   Frank STANTON
   
 

Team Info

St Helens

Previous Game:
Match Day 8 vs. Leigh
Next Game:
Lancashire Cup 1982/83 - Final vs. Warrington
Out:
Brian Parkes (fullback), Roy Haggerty (centre), Graham Liptrot (hooker), Gary Bottell (front row), Peter Gorley (second row), Gary Moorby (second row), Harry Pinner (lock)
In:
Clive Griffiths (fullback), David Fairclough (centre), Stephen Peters (five-eighth), Michael Glover (hooker), Brian Gelling (front row), Paul Forber (second row), Paul Brownbill (bench)
Changes:
Neil Holding (five-eighth to halfback), John Smith (halfback to bench), Roy Mathias (bench to second row), Andy Platt (bench to lock)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1982 - Game 3 vs. Barrow
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1982 - Game 5 vs. Leeds
Out:
Ian Schubert (fullback), Chris Anderson (wing), Steve Ella (centre), Gene Miles (centre), John Ribot (wing), Mark Murray (halfback), Rohan Hancock (front row), Greg Conescu (hooker), Rod Reddy (second row), Ray Brown (bench)
In:
Greg Brentnall (fullback), Kerry Boustead (wing), Mal Meninga (centre), Eric Grothe (wing), Brett Kenny (five-eighth), Peter Sterling (halfback), Craig Young (front row), Max Krilich (hooker), John Muggleton (second row), Ray Price (lock)
Changes:
Wally Lewis (five-eighth to bench), Rod Morris (front row to bench), Les Boyd (second row to front row), Wayne Pearce (lock to second row), Steve Rogers (bench to centre)

Match Notes

Australia fielded close to their Test side for this match with the knowledge that St Helens had beaten eight previous Kangaroo sides. Meanwhile St Helens fielded a weakened lineup in order to prepare for their forthcoming Lancashire Cup final.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Bill Bates, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson