Auckland 22 lost to Eastern Suburbs Roosters 26
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/103183 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 1st August, 1976 | |||||||
| Referee | John Percival (Auckland) | |||||||
| Venue | Carlaw (Auckland) | |||||||
| Crowd | 11,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 20 | |||||
| Scrums | 14 | – | 5 | |||||
| Penalties | 6 | – | 5 | |||||
| Auckland | Scoresheet | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Dave LEPPER | 2 | T | 2 | Arthur BEETSON | ||||
| Bill SORENSEN | Peter FITZGERALD | |||||||
| Kurt SORENSEN | Mark HARRIS | |||||||
| Shane VARLEY | Robert LAURIE | |||||||
| Dennis WILLIAMS | Ian SCHUBERT | |||||||
| Gary KEMBLE | G | 4 | John BRASS | |||||
| Dane SORENSEN | ||||||||
| Auckland | Teams | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Gary KEMBLE | 1 | FB | 1 | Russell FAIRFAX | ||||
| Dave LEPPER | 2 | W | 2 | Ian SCHUBERT | ||||
| Fred AH KUOI | 3 | C | 3 | John BRASS | ||||
| Dennis WILLIAMS (c) | 4 | C | 4 | Mark HARRIS | ||||
| Bill SORENSEN | 5 | W | 5 | Bill MULLINS | ||||
| John SMITH | 6 | FE | 6 | Robert LAURIE | ||||
| Shane VARLEY | 7 | HB | 7 | Kevin STEVENS | ||||
| Lyndsay PROCTOR | 8 | FR | 8 | Royce AYLIFFE | ||||
| Murray NETZLER | 9 | HK | 9 | Elwyn WALTERS | ||||
| Kurt SORENSEN | 10 | FR | 10 | Ken JONES | ||||
| Josh LIAVA'A | 11 | 2R | 11 | Arthur BEETSON (c) | ||||
| Dane SORENSEN | 12 | 2R | 12 | Barry REILLY | ||||
| Ray WILLIAMS | 13 | L | 13 | Trevor BARNES | ||||
| B | 14 | Peter FITZGERALD | ||||||
| B | 15 | Kevin HASTINGS | ||||||
| William SORENSEN | HC | Jack GIBSON | ||||||
Team Info
Auckland
- Previous Game:
- 1976 St Helens Tour to Australia & NZ - Game 3 vs. St Helens
- Next Game:
- 1976 Combined Sydney Tour - Game 5 vs. Combined Sydney
- Out:
- Joe Karam (fullback), Shane Dowsett (halfback), Alby Hansen (front row), Mark Graham (second row), Murray Eade (lock)
- In:
- Gary Kemble (fullback), Shane Varley (halfback), Dane Sorensen (second row), Ray Williams (lock)
- Changes:
- Kurt Sorensen (second row to front row), Josh Liava'a (bench to second row)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters
- Previous Game:
- Round 19 vs. Canterbury
- Next Game:
- Round 20 vs. St George
- Out:
- Terry Keen (bench)
- In:
- Mark Harris (centre)
- Changes:
- Kevin Hastings (centre to bench)
Match Notes
Game billed as a World Championship after Easts & Auckland had both beaten English club St.Helens.
Peter Fitzgerald replaced Barry Reilly at halftime, Kevin Hasting replaced Mark Harris. Easts also had Grant Hedger, Bruce Pickett & Greg Townsend as reserves but they didn't play.
Auckland named 3 reserves in their squad Wayne Redmond, Dave Sorensen & Neil Aspin it is not known if any took the field.
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash
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