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1971 Great Britain vs New Zealand Series

Game 1

Great Britain 13 lost to New Zealand 18

1971 Great Britain vs New Zealand
Game 1

Lions		 13
–
18
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14369
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 25th September, 1971
Referee Derek Brown
Venue The Willows (Salford)
Crowd 3,764
Match Stats
Halftime Score 13 – 12
Scrums 14 – 19
Penalties 8 – 9
Great Britain Scoresheet New Zealand
Bill ASHURST T Phil ORCHARD
Billy BENYON   Robert ORCHARD
Chris HESKETH   John WHITTAKER
      Dennis WILLIAMS
 
Derek WHITEHEAD 2 G 3 Henry TATANA
Great Britain Teams New Zealand
Derek WHITEHEAD 1 FB 1 John WHITTAKER
Les JONES 2 W 2 Phil ORCHARD
Billy BENYON 3 C 3 Roy CHRISTIAN (c)
Chris HESKETH 4 C 4 Bernie LOWTHER
Clive SULLIVAN 5 W 5 Maurice BRERETON
 
Roger MILLWARD (c) 6 FE 6 Dennis WILLIAMS
Steve NASH 7 HB 7 Ken STIRLING
 
John WARLOW 8 FR 8 Henry TATANA
Tony KARALIUS 9 HK 9 James FISHER
David JEANES 10 FR 10 Doug GAILEY
Bill ASHURST 11 2R 11 Garry SMITH
Mike COULMAN 12 2R 12 John GREENGRASS
John MANTLE 13 L 13 Anthony KRILETICH
 
Derek EDWARDS 14 B 14 Graeme COOKSLEY
    B 15 Robert ORCHARD
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
1971 Test Matches - Standalone vs. France
Next Game:
1971 Great Britain vs New Zealand - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Alan Smith (wing), John Atkinson (wing), Tony Fisher (hooker), Cliff Watson (front row), Jimmy Thompson (second row), Doug Laughton (lock), David Watkins (bench)
In:
Les Jones (wing), Clive Sullivan (wing), Tony Karalius (hooker), David Jeanes (front row), Bill Ashurst (second row), Derek Edwards (bench)
Changes:
John Mantle (second row to lock), Mike Coulman (bench to second row)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
1971 Kiwis Tour - Game 8 vs. Warrington
Next Game:
1971 Kiwis Tour - Game 10 vs. Barrow

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson