AMCO Cup 1978

Game 4

Auckland 39 def. Riverina 3

AMCO Cup 1978
Game 4

Auckland		 39
–
3
Riverina
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27575
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 24th May, 1978
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Gary Cook
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Official Player of the Match Olsen Filipaina
Match Stats
Halftime Score 18 – 0
Auckland Scoresheet Riverina
Olsen FILIPAINA 2 T Adrian FURY
Nick WRIGHT 2      
Jeff GRAINGER      
Kevin HUGHES      
Murray NETZLER      
Roger ROTA      
Terry WHITTLE      
 
Nick WRIGHT 6/9 G    
 
    OFF Greg LONGHURST
Auckland Teams Riverina
Nick WRIGHT 1 FB 1 Neil EPPLESTON
Toa FEPULEAI 2 W 2 Brian ROSETTO
Dennis WILLIAMS (c) 3 C 3 Brian PURTELL
Olsen FILIPAINA 4 C 4 John SHEA
Fred AH KUOI 5 W 5 Adrian FURY
 
John SMITH 6 FE 6 Pat SMITH (c)
Shane VARLEY 7 HB 7 Phil BISHOP
 
Jeff GRAINGER 8 L 8 Colin SCOTT
Murray NETZLER 9 2R 9 Greg LONGHURST
Terry WHITTLE 10 2R 10 Don PRIOR
Gary HOOKER 11 FR 11 Len BERTOLDO
Kevin HUGHES 12 HK 12 Ray BROWN
Gary PROHM 13 FR 13 John SANSON
 
Roger ROTA 14 B 14 Brian JOHNSON
John WRIGHT 15 B 15 Graeme SMITH
Chris JORDAN 16 B 16 Gary SAUNDERS
Mark LOWE 17 B 17 Ian O'CONNELL
 
Don HAMMOND   HC   Ron CROWE
   
 

Team Info

Auckland

Previous Game:
Lions World Cup Tour 1977 - Game 4 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
AMCO Cup 1978 - Quarter Final vs. Cronulla

Riverina

Previous Game:
AMCO Cup 1978 - Game 3 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1978 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Robert Styles (fullback)
In:
Brian Johnson (bench)
Changes:
Neil Eppleston (bench to fullback)

Match Notes

Greg Longhurst was sent off in the 3rd quarter for a high tackle.

Olsen Filipaina was Man of the Match.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin

See also: