Australia 38 def. New Zealand 10
| 2009 Australia vs New Zealand | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/15699 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Friday, 8th May, 2009 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:45pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Richard Silverwood (Dewsbury) | |||||||
| Touch Judges | Paul Holland, Adam Burns | |||||||
| Video Refs | Bill Harrigan, David Pakieto | |||||||
| Venue | Suncorp (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 37,152 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 16 | – | 6 | |||||
| Scrums | 7 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 7 | – | 8 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| Justin HODGES | 2 | T | Sam PERRETT | |||||
| Johnathan THURSTON | 2 | Manu VATUVEI | ||||||
| Darius BOYD | ||||||||
| Israel FOLAU | ||||||||
| Billy SLATER | ||||||||
| Johnathan THURSTON | 5/7 | G | 1/2 | Benji MARSHALL | ||||
| Australia | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Billy SLATER [Melbourne] | 1 | FB | 1 | Lance HOHAIA [Warriors] | ||||
| Darius BOYD [St Geo Illa] | 2 | W | 2 | Sam PERRETT [Sydney] | ||||
| Greg INGLIS [Melbourne] | 3 | C | 17 | Iosia SOLIOLA [Sydney] | ||||
| Justin HODGES [Brisbane] | 4 | C | 4 | Jerome ROPATI [Warriors] | ||||
| Israel FOLAU [Brisbane] | 5 | W | 5 | Manu VATUVEI [Warriors] | ||||
| Darren LOCKYER (c) [Brisbane] | 6 | FE | 6 | Nathan FIEN [Warriors] | ||||
| Johnathan THURSTON [North Qld] | 7 | HB | 7 | Benji MARSHALL (c) [Wests Tigers] | ||||
| Steve PRICE [Warriors] | 8 | FR | 8 | Roy ASOTASI [South Sydney] | ||||
| Cameron SMITH [Melbourne] | 9 | HK | 9 | Dene HALATAU [Wests Tigers] | ||||
| Petero CIVONICEVA [Penrith] | 10 | FR | 10 | Adam BLAIR [Melbourne] | ||||
| Anthony LAFFRANCHI [Gold Coast] | 11 | 2R | 11 | David FA'ALOGO [South Sydney] | ||||
| Paul GALLEN [Cronulla] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Bronson HARRISON [Canberra] | ||||
| Glenn STEWART [Manly] | 13 | L | 3 | Simon MANNERING [Warriors] | ||||
| Kurt GIDLEY [Newcastle] | 14 | B | 14 | Greg EASTWOOD [Bulldogs] | ||||
| Brent KITE [Manly] | 15 | B | 15 | Jeff LIMA [Melbourne] | ||||
| Luke BAILEY [Gold Coast] | 16 | B | 16 | Jason NIGHTINGALE [St Geo Illa] | ||||
| Anthony WATMOUGH [Manly] | 17 | B | 18 | Sika MANU [Melbourne] | ||||
| Tim SHEENS | HC | Stephen KEARNEY | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 2008 World Cup - Final vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- 2009 Four Nations - Round 1 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Joel Monaghan (wing), David Williams (wing), Karmichael Hunt (bench), Anthony Tupou (bench), Craig Fitzgibbon (bench)
- In:
- Darius Boyd (wing), Justin Hodges (centre), Steve Price (front row), Kurt Gidley (bench), Luke Bailey (bench)
- Changes:
- Israel Folau (centre to wing), Brent Kite (front row to bench), Glenn Stewart (second row to lock), Paul Gallen (lock to second row)
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- 2008 World Cup - Final vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- 2009 Test Matches - vs. Tonga
- Out:
- Nathan Cayless (front row), Thomas Leuluai (hooker), Jeremy Smith (lock), Issac Luke (bench), Sam Rapira (bench)
- In:
- Iosia Soliola (centre), Roy Asotasi (front row), Dene Halatau (hooker), Jeff Lima (bench), Jason Nightingale (bench)
- Changes:
- Simon Mannering (centre to lock), Benji Marshall (five-eighth to halfback), Nathan Fien (halfback to five-eighth)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio
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