World Club Challenge 1997

Game 5

Oldham Bears 2 lost to Adelaide Rams 18

World Club Challenge 1997
Game 5

Oldham Bears
2
18 Adelaide
Rams
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/3042
Status Completed
Date Friday, 25th July, 1997
Referee John Connolly (Wigan)
Venue Boundary (Oldham)
Crowd 3,513
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 6
Oldham Scoresheet Adelaide
    T Danny GRIMLEY
      Wayne SIMONDS
      Steve STONE
 
Luke GOODWIN G 3 Luke WILLIAMSON
Oldham Teams Adelaide
Paul ATCHESON   FB 33 Kurt WRIGLEY
David JONES   W 22 Wayne SIMONDS
Howard HILL   C 25 Solomon KIRI
Luke GOODWIN   C 29 Danny GRIMLEY
Peaufai LEUILA   W 5 Jason DONNELLY
 
Francis MALONEY   FE 51 Luke WILLIAMSON
Martin CROMPTON   HB 7 Stuart TOPPER
 
Ian GILDART   FR 11 Andrew HICK
John CLARKE   HK 9 Steve STONE
Brett GOLDSPINK   FR 8 Alan CANN
Joe FAIMALO   2R 36 Kevin CAMPION
Paul DAVIDSON   2R 23 Bruce MAMANDO
Ian RUSSELL   L 13 Dave BOUGHTON
 
Matt MUNRO   B 21 Dean SCHIFILLITI
Paul TOPPING   B - Elias PAIYO
David STEPHENSON   B 12 Brett GALEA
Gary LORD   B 10 Cameron BLAIR
 
Bob LINDNER   HC   Rod REDDY
   
 

Team Info

Oldham

Previous Game:
World Club Challenge 1997 - Game 4 vs. North Qld
Next Game:
Round 15 vs. London
Out:
Jimmy Cowan (centre)
In:
Francis Maloney (five-eighth), Paul Topping (bench)
Changes:
Luke Goodwin (five-eighth to centre)

Adelaide

Previous Game:
World Club Challenge 1997 - Game 4 vs. Leeds
Next Game:
World Club Challenge 1997 - Game 6 vs. Salford
Out:
Michael Maguire (fullback), Kerrod Walters (hooker), Mark Corvo (front row), Andrew Pierce (bench)
In:
Jason Donnelly (wing), Stuart Topper (halfback), Alan Cann (front row), Kevin Campion (second row)
Changes:
Kurt Wrigley (centre to fullback), Danny Grimley (wing to centre), Steve Stone (halfback to hooker), Brett Galea (second row to bench), Dave Boughton (second row to lock), Cameron Blair (lock to bench), Bruce Mamando (bench to second row)

Match Notes

The kickoff was delayed by more than an hour, with the Adelaide team stuck in traffic on the M62 caused by a fatal accident.

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Contributions: Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson