Game 5
St Helens 9 lost to Australia 24
| 1972 Kangaroos World Cup Tour Game 5 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23275 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 15th November, 1972 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Alec Givvons | |||||||
| Venue | Knowsley (St Helens) | |||||||
| Crowd | 9,311 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 4 | – | 10 | |||||
| Scrums | 7 | – | 9 | |||||
| St Helens | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Frank WILSON | T | 3 | Mark HARRIS | |||||
| Tom RAUDONIKIS | ||||||||
| Kel COSLETT | 3 | G | 6 | Ray BRANIGHAN | ||||
| St Helens | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Geoff PIMBLETT | 1 | FB | 1 | Ray BRANIGHAN [Manly] | ||||
| Frank WILSON | 2 | W | 2 | John GRANT | ||||
| Billy BENYON | 3 | C | 3 | Geoff STARLING [Balmain] | ||||
| John WALSH | 4 | C | 4 | Stephen KNIGHT [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Roy MATHIAS | 5 | W | 5 | Mark HARRIS [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| David ECKERSLEY | 6 | FE | 6 | Tom RAUDONIKIS (c) [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Jeff HEATON | 7 | HB | 7 | Dennis WARD [Manly] | ||||
| Mick MURPHY | 8 | FR | 8 | Bob O'REILLY [Parramatta] | ||||
| Tony KARALIUS | 9 | HK | 9 | Fred JONES [Manly] | ||||
| Mel JAMES | 10 | FR | 10 | John O'NEILL [Manly] | ||||
| John MANTLE | 11 | 2R | 11 | Arthur BEETSON [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| Eric CHISNALL | 12 | 2R | 12 | Gary STEVENS [South Sydney] | ||||
| Kel COSLETT | 13 | L | 13 | Gary SULLIVAN [Newtown] | ||||
| Chris WELLMAN | 14 | B | 14 | Paul SAIT [South Sydney] | ||||
| Jim CHALLINOR | HC | Harry BATH | ||||||
Team Info
St Helens
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 11 vs. Dewsbury
- Next Game:
- Match Day 13 vs. Workington
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1972 World Cup - Final vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- 1972 Kangaroos World Cup Tour - Game 6 vs. Wigan
- Out:
- Graeme Langlands (fullback), Bob Fulton (five-eighth), Elwyn Walters (hooker)
- In:
- Stephen Knight (centre), Tom Raudonikis (five-eighth), Fred Jones (hooker), Paul Sait (bench)
- Changes:
- Ray Branighan (wing to fullback), Mark Harris (centre to wing)
Match Notes
Paul Sait replaced Steve Knight 10 mins from fulltime due to a corked thigh.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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