Game 1
Australia 18 def. England 4
| 2017 World Cup Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/36403 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Friday, 27th October, 2017 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 8:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Matt Cecchin | |||||||
| Touch Judges | Chris Kendall, Chris Butler | |||||||
| Video Ref | Ben Thaler (Dewsbury) | |||||||
| Venue | AAMI (Melbourne) | |||||||
| Crowd | 22,724 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Billy Slater | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 10 | – | 4 | |||||
| Scrums | 5 | – | 6 | |||||
| Penalties | 2 | – | 1 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | England | ||||||
| Josh DUGAN | T | Jermaine McGILLVARY | ||||||
| Matt GILLETT | ||||||||
| Billy SLATER | ||||||||
| Cameron SMITH | 3/4 | G | 0/1 | Gareth WIDDOP | ||||
| Australia | Teams | England | ||||||
| Billy SLATER [Melbourne] | 1 | FB | 1 | Jonny LOMAX [St Helens] | ||||
| Dane GAGAI [Newcastle] | 2 | W | 2 | Jermaine McGILLVARY [Huddersfield] | ||||
| Will CHAMBERS [Melbourne] | 3 | C | 3 | Kallum WATKINS [Leeds] | ||||
| Josh DUGAN [St Geo Illa] | 4 | C | 4 | John BATEMAN [Wigan] | ||||
| Valentine HOLMES [Cronulla] | 5 | W | 5 | Ryan HALL [Leeds] | ||||
| Michael MORGAN [North Qld] | 6 | FE | 6 | Gareth WIDDOP [St Geo Illa] | ||||
| Cooper CRONK [Melbourne] | 7 | HB | 7 | Luke GALE [Castleford] | ||||
| Aaron WOODS [Wests Tigers] | 8 | FR | 8 | Chris HILL [Warrington] | ||||
| Cameron SMITH (c) [Melbourne] | 9 | HK | 9 | Josh HODGSON [Canberra] | ||||
| David KLEMMER [Canterbury] | 10 | FR | 10 | James GRAHAM [Canterbury] | ||||
| Boyd CORDNER [Sydney] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Sam BURGESS [South Sydney] | ||||
| Matt GILLETT [Brisbane] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Elliott WHITEHEAD [Canberra] | ||||
| Jake TRBOJEVIC [Manly] | 13 | L | 13 | Sean O'LOUGHLIN (c) [Wigan] | ||||
| Wade GRAHAM [Cronulla] | 14 | B | 15 | Chris HEIGHINGTON [Cronulla] | ||||
| Jordan McLEAN [Melbourne] | 15 | B | 16 | Thomas BURGESS [South Sydney] | ||||
| Josh McGUIRE [Brisbane] | 16 | B | 17 | James ROBY [St Helens] | ||||
| Tyson FRIZELL [St Geo Illa] | 17 | B | 18 | Ben CURRIE [Warrington] | ||||
| Mal MENINGA | HC | Wayne BENNETT | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 2017 Anzac Test Match - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- 2017 World Cup - Game 8 vs. France
- Out:
- Darius Boyd (fullback), Blake Ferguson (wing), Johnathan Thurston (five-eighth), Andrew Fifita (front row), Trent Merrin (lock), Sam Thaiday (bench)
- In:
- Billy Slater (fullback), Dane Gagai (wing), Aaron Woods (front row), Wade Graham (bench), Jordan McLean (bench), Josh McGuire (bench)
- Changes:
- Michael Morgan (bench to five-eighth), Jake Trbojevic (bench to lock)
England
- Previous Game:
- 2017 Internationals - Game 1 vs. Samoa
- Next Game:
- 2017 World Cup - Game 11 vs. Lebanon
- Out:
- Stefan Ratchford (fullback), Zak Hardaker (centre), Kevin Brown (five-eighth), Mike McMeeken (second row), Chris McQueen (bench)
- In:
- Jonny Lomax (fullback), John Bateman (centre), Gareth Widdop (five-eighth), James Roby (bench), Ben Currie (bench)
- Changes:
- Sam Burgess (front row to second row), Chris Hill (bench to front row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson
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