Final
Australia 10 drew with Great Britain 10
| World Cup 1972 Final |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14231 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 11th November, 1972 | |||||||
| Referee | Georges Jameau | |||||||
| Venue | Gerland (Lyon) | |||||||
| Crowd | 4,231 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Bob Fulton | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 5 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | Great Britain | ||||||
| Arthur BEETSON | T | Mike STEPHENSON | ||||||
| John O'NEILL | Clive SULLIVAN | |||||||
| Ray BRANIGHAN | 2 | G | 2/6 | Terry CLAWSON | ||||
| Australia | Teams | Great Britain | ||||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS (c) [St George] |
1 | FB | 1 | Paul CHARLTON | ||||
| Ray BRANIGHAN [Manly] |
2 | W | 2 | Clive SULLIVAN (c) | ||||
| Geoff STARLING [Balmain] |
3 | C | 3 | Chris HESKETH | ||||
| Mark HARRIS [Eastern Suburbs] |
4 | C | 4 | John WALSH | ||||
| John GRANT | 5 | W | 5 | John ATKINSON | ||||
| Bob FULTON [Manly] |
6 | FE | 6 | John HOLMES | ||||
| Dennis WARD [Manly] |
7 | HB | 7 | Steve NASH | ||||
| John O'NEILL [Manly] |
8 | FR | 8 | Terry CLAWSON | ||||
| Elwyn WALTERS [South Sydney] |
9 | HK | 9 | Mike STEPHENSON | ||||
| Bob O'REILLY [Parramatta] |
10 | FR | 10 | David JEANES | ||||
| Arthur BEETSON [Eastern Suburbs] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Phil LOWE | ||||
| Gary STEVENS [South Sydney] |
12 | 2R | 12 | Brian LOCKWOOD | ||||
| Gary SULLIVAN [Newtown] |
13 | L | 13 | George NICHOLLS | ||||
| B | 15 | Bob IRVING | ||||||
| Harry BATH | HC | Jim CHALLINOR | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1972 - Game 6 vs. France
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1972 - Game 5 vs. St Helens
- Out:
- Paul Sait (lock)
- In:
- Gary Sullivan (lock)
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1972 - Game 5 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- 1973/74 Ashes Series - Game 1 vs. Australia
- Out:
- David Redfearn (bench), Tony Karalius (bench)
- In:
- Terry Clawson (front row)
- Changes:
- Brian Lockwood (front row to second row), Bob Irving (second row to bench)
Match Notes
The score was 10-all at full time. An extra 10 minutes each way was played with no change to the score. Great Britain was awarded the Cup due to it's better preliminary record.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Alan Katzmann, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash