Kangaroos Tour 1971 Series

Game 3

Auckland 15 def. Australia 14

Kangaroos Tour 1971

Auckland
15
14
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23274
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 29th June, 1971
Referee Ron Pont
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 11,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 6
Auckland Scoresheet Australia
Murray EADE 2 T 2 Bob FULTON
Ray WILLIAMS   Bob O'REILLY
      Lionel WILLIAMSON
 
Henry TATANA 3 G Ray BRANIGHAN
Auckland Teams Australia
Mike McCLENNAN 1 FB 1 Ray BRANIGHAN
[South Sydney]
Robert McGUINN 2 W 2 Lionel WILLIAMSON
[Newtown]
Bernie LOWTHER 3 C 3 Bob FULTON
[Manly]
Dennis WILLIAMS 4 C 4 Geoff STARLING
[Balmain]
Roy CHRISTIAN 5 W 5 Wayne BENNETT
 
Gary WOOLLARD 6 FE 6 Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
Ken STIRLING 7 HB 7 Bob GRANT
[South Sydney]
 
Henry TATANA 8 FR 8 Jim MURPHY
G WOOLSEY 9 HK 9 Brian FITZSIMMONS
Don MANN 10 FR 10 Bob O'REILLY
[Parramatta]
Murray EADE 11 2R 11 Barry BEATH
[St George]
Anthony KRILETICH (c) 12 2R 12 Bob McCARTHY (c)
[South Sydney]
Ray WILLIAMS 13 L 13 Paul SAIT
[South Sydney]
 
Fred SCHUSTER 14 B    
 
    HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

Auckland

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1970 - Game 24 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
QLD Tour 1972 - Game 3 vs. QLD Firsts
Out:
John Dagg (wing), Wayne Redmond (centre), Paul Matete (wing), Eric Carson (halfback), Brian Lee (front row), Eddie Moore (hooker), Len Morgan (front row), Ernie Wiggs (second row)
In:
Robert McGuinn (wing), Bernie Lowther (centre), Dennis Williams (centre), Gary Woollard (five-eighth), Ken Stirling (halfback), Henry Tatana (front row), G Woolsey (hooker), Don Mann (front row), Murray Eade (second row)
Changes:
Roy Christian (centre to wing), Fred Schuster (five-eighth to bench), Ray Williams (second row to lock), Anthony Kriletich (lock to second row)

Australia

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1971 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1972 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Graeme Langlands (fullback), Tony Branson (five-eighth), John Sattler (front row), Ron Costello (second row), Keith Campbell (lock)
In:
Geoff Starling (centre), Wayne Bennett (wing), Tom Raudonikis (five-eighth), Jim Murphy (front row), Barry Beath (second row)
Changes:
Ray Branighan (wing to fullback), Paul Sait (centre to lock)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson