1977 Lions World Cup Tour

Summary
Appearances
Squad
Data

Great Britain

Legend: FB = Fullback; C = Centre; W = Winger; FE = Five-Eighth; HB = Half-back; FR = Front Row; H = Hooker; 2R = Back Row; L = Lock; B = Bench.

Tour Appearance Summary

Note: Hold the mouse over the game number to see the date and opponent for that match.

Player	2 WC	2 LWCT	4 WC	4 LWCT	5 WC	F WC	7 LWCT	8 LWCT	9 LWCT	10 LWCT	11 LWCT
Eddie BOWMAN	2R	B	2R		2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	FR
Len CASEY	B	L	B	L		2R			2R	L	L
Les DYL	C		C		C	C	C	C	W	B	C
Keith ELWELL		H		H		H		H	H	H
George FAIRBAIRN	FB		FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Keith FIELDING	W	W		W	W		W	W	W	W	W
Bill FRANCIS		C	W		C	W	W	W		C	C
Ken GILL	B	FE		FE		B			C	C
Alan HODKINSON		FR		2R				B	FR
Phil HOGAN	L		L		L	L		L	FE	W
John HOLMES	C	C	C	C	B	C	C	C	B		W
Sammy LLOYD		2R		B			L		C		2R
Roger MILLWARD	FE		FE		FE	FE	B	FE		FE	FE
Steve NASH	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB
George NICHOLLS	2R		2R		2R		FR	2R		2R
Steve PITCHFORD	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	B	FR
Peter SMITH		2R		2R	B	B	2R		L	B	2R
Jimmy THOMPSON	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR
David WARD	H		H		H		H			B	H
David WATKINS		FB		C			FE		B	FB	FB
Stuart WRIGHT	W	W	W	W	W	W

Player

2
WC

2
LWCT

4
WC

4
LWCT

5
WC

F
WC

List of Matches

Competition	Round	Opposition		Score			FB1	W2	C3	C4	W5	FE6	HB7	FR8	HK9	FR10	2R11	2R12	L13	B14	B15	B16
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1977 World Cup	Game 2	France	W	23	-	4	Fairbairn 7G	Fielding	Holmes	Dyl 1T	Wright 1T	Millward 1T	Nash	Thompson	Ward	Pitchford	Nicholls	Bowman	Hogan	Casey	Gill		>
1977 Lions World Cup Tour	Game 2	North Island Maori	W	18	-	14	Watkins	Fielding 2T	Holmes	Francis	Wright	Gill 1T	Nash	Hodkinson	Elwell	Pitchford	Smith	Lloyd 3G	Casey 1T	Bowman			>
1977 World Cup	Game 4	New Zealand	W	30	-	12	Fairbairn 6G	Wright 2T	Holmes	Dyl	Francis	Millward 1T	Nash	Thompson	Ward	Pitchford	Nicholls 1T	Bowman 1T	Hogan 1T	Casey			>
1977 Lions World Cup Tour	Game 4	Auckland	L	10	-	14	Fairbairn 2G	Wright	Watkins	Holmes	Fielding	Gill	Nash	Thompson 1T	Elwell	Pitchford	Smith 1T	Hodkinson	Casey	Lloyd			>
1977 World Cup	Game 5	Australia	L	5	-	19	Fairbairn 1G	Wright	Francis	Dyl	Fielding	Millward 1T	Nash	Pitchford	Ward	Thompson	Nicholls	Bowman	Hogan	Holmes	Smith		>
1977 World Cup	Final	Australia	L	12	-	13	Fairbairn 3G	Wright	Holmes	Dyl	Francis	Millward	Nash	Thompson	Elwell	Pitchford 1T	Casey	Bowman	Hogan	Gill 1T	Smith		>
1977 Lions World Cup Tour	Game 7	Monaro	L	12	-	33	Fairbairn	Fielding	Holmes 1T	Dyl	Francis 1T	Watkins	Nash	Nicholls	Ward	Pitchford	Smith	Bowman	Lloyd 3G	Millward			>
1977 Lions World Cup Tour	Game 8	QLD Firsts	W	18	-	13	Fairbairn 3G	Fielding 2T	Dyl	Holmes	Francis 1T	Millward	Nash	Pitchford	Elwell	Thompson	Bowman	Nicholls	Hogan 1T	Hodkinson			>
1977 Lions World Cup Tour	Game 9	North QLD	L	14	-	17	Fairbairn	Fielding 2T	Gill 1T	Lloyd 1G	Dyl	Hogan 1T	Nash	Hodkinson	Elwell	Thompson	Bowman	Casey	Smith	Watkins	Pitchford	Holmes	>
1977 Lions World Cup Tour	Game 10	NSW Firsts	L	5	-	35	Watkins 1G	Fielding	Gill	Francis	Hogan	Millward 1T	Nash	Thompson	Elwell	Pitchford	Nicholls	Bowman	Casey▮	Smith	Ward	Dyl	>
1977 Lions World Cup Tour	Game 11	Southern Division	W	54	-	6	Watkins 6G	Fielding 4T	Dyl 2T	Francis 2T	Holmes 1T	Millward	Nash 1T	Thompson	Ward	Bowman	Smith 1T	Lloyd 1T 3G	Casey				>

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Max Turner

Sources:RFL Player Registers, Widnes RLFC History

1977 Lions World Cup Tour

Great Britain

Tour Appearance Summary

List of Matches

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