Final
Australia 10 drew with Great Britain 10
| 1972 World Cup 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:
- 1972 World Cup - Game 6 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1972 Kangaroos World Cup Tour - Game 5 vs. St Helens
- Out:
- Paul Sait (lock)
- In:
- Gary Sullivan (lock)
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1972 World Cup - 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:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann
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