Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1972 Series

Game 5

St Helens 9 lost to Australia 24

Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1972

St Helens
9
24
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23275
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 15th November, 1972
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
John WALSH 3 C 3 Geoff STARLING
[Balmain]
Billy BENYON 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]
 
    HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

St Helens

Previous Game:
BBC Floodlit Trophy 1972/73 - Week 1 vs. Leeds
Next Game:
Players No 6 Trophy 1972/73 - Round 2 vs. Featherstone

Australia

Previous Game:
World Cup 1972 - Final vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1972 - 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.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates