Ashes Series 1986 Series

Game 2

Great Britain 4 lost to Australia 34

Ashes Series 1986

Lions
4
34
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7888
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 8th November, 1986
Referee Julien Rascagneres
Venue Elland Road (Leeds)
Crowd 30,808
Official Player of the Match Noel Cleal
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 12
Scrums 4 8
Penalties 11 8
Great Britain Scoresheet Australia
Garry SCHOFIELD T 2 Garry JACK
      Brett KENNY
      Wally LEWIS
      Bob LINDNER
      Michael O'CONNOR
 
Lee CROOKS 0/1 G 5/8 Michael O'CONNOR
Great Britain Teams Australia
Joe LYDON
[Wigan]
1 FB 1 Garry JACK
[Balmain]
Barry LEDGER
[St Helens]
2 W 2 Michael O'CONNOR
[St George]
Garry SCHOFIELD
[Balmain/Hull FC]
3 C 3 Brett KENNY
[Parramatta]
Tony MARCHANT
[Castleford]
4 C 4 Gene MILES
Henderson GILL
[Wigan]
5 W 5 Dale SHEARER
[Manly]
 
Tony MYLER
[Balmain/Widnes]
6 FE 6 Wally LEWIS (c)
Deryck FOX
[Western Suburbs/Featherstone]
7 HB 7 Peter STERLING
[Parramatta]
 
Kevin WARD
[Castleford]
8 FR 8 Greg DOWLING
David WATKINSON (c)
[Hull KR]
9 HK 9 Royce SIMMONS
[Penrith]
John FIELDHOUSE
[St Helens]
10 FR 10 Paul DUNN
[Canterbury]
Lee CROOKS
[Western Suburbs/Hull FC]
11 2R 11 Noel CLEAL
[Manly]
Ian POTTER
[Wigan]
12 2R 12 Bryan NIEBLING
Andy GOODWAY
[Wigan]
13 L 13 Bob LINDNER
 
Shaun EDWARDS
[Wigan]
14 B 14 Terry LAMB
[Canterbury]
Andy PLATT
[St Helens]
15 B 15 Mal MENINGA
[Canberra]
 
Maurice BAMFORD   HC   Don FURNER
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1986 - Game 1 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1986 - Game 3 vs. Australia
Out:
Ellery Hanley (centre)
In:
Barry Ledger (wing), Shaun Edwards (bench), Andy Platt (bench)
Changes:
Tony Marchant (wing to centre)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1986 - Game 9 vs. Oldham
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1986 - Game 11 vs. Widnes
Out:
Gary Belcher (fullback), Chris Mortimer (centre), Greg Alexander (halfback), Phil Daley (front row), Ben Elias (hooker), Martin Bella (front row), Steve Folkes (second row), Les Davidson (second row), Paul Langmack (lock), Paul Sironen (bench)
In:
Garry Jack (fullback), Brett Kenny (centre), Gene Miles (centre), Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Peter Sterling (halfback), Greg Dowling (front row), Royce Simmons (hooker), Paul Dunn (front row), Noel Cleal (second row), Bryan Niebling (second row), Bob Lindner (lock)
Changes:
Mal Meninga (centre to bench), Terry Lamb (five-eighth to bench)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson