Game 1
Newcastle Firsts (AU) 19 def. New Zealand 12
| Kiwis Tour 1978 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39684 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 3rd June, 1978 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:45 PM (local time) | |||||||
| Venue | Newcastle Sports (Newcastle) | |||||||
| Crowd | 3,811 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 16 | – | 4 | |||||
| Scrums | 6 | – | 13 | |||||
| Penalties | 7 | – | 9 | |||||
| Newcastle (AU) | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| Jim BATEY | 2 | T | 2 | Gary PROHM | ||||
| Neville ELWIN | ||||||||
| Graeme WYNN | 5/8 | G | 2 | Nick WRIGHT | ||||
| Chris JORDAN | ||||||||
| Newcastle (AU) | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Jim BATEY | 1 | FB | 1 | Nick WRIGHT | ||||
| Peter COOTES | 2 | W | 2 | Warren WINTER | ||||
| Ross McKINNON | 3 | C | 3 | Olsen FILIPAINA | ||||
| Chris LAWLER | 4 | C | 4 | Chris JORDAN | ||||
| Mark SCOBIE | 5 | W | 5 | Dane O'HARA | ||||
| Neville ELWIN | 6 | FE | 6 | Steve McGREGOR | ||||
| Johnny MAYES (c) | 7 | HB | 7 | Ken STIRLING (c) | ||||
| Geoff MASON | 8 | FR | 8 | Lyndsay PROCTOR | ||||
| Jeff MASTERMAN | 9 | HK | 9 | Glenn TAYLOR | ||||
| Russell COX | 10 | FR | 10 | Whetu HENRY | ||||
| Graeme WYNN | 11 | 2R | 11 | Ian BELL | ||||
| Neville SHOEMARK | 12 | 2R | 12 | Tony COLL | ||||
| Phil AMIDY | 13 | L | 13 | Murray EADE | ||||
| B | 14 | Gary PROHM | ||||||
| Dave BROWN | HC | Ron ACKLAND | ||||||
Team Info
Newcastle Firsts (AU)
- Previous Game:
- AMCO Cup 1978 - Game 3 vs. Cronulla
- Next Game:
- Lions Tour 1979 - Game 11 vs. Great Britain
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1977 - Game 6 vs. France
- Next Game:
- Kiwis Tour 1978 - Game 2 vs. Riverina
- Out:
- Michael O'Donnell (fullback), Kevin Fisher (wing), Fred Ah Kuoi (centre), Dennis Williams (centre), John Whittaker (wing), John Smith (halfback), Alan Rushton (hooker), Kurt Sorensen (second row), Mark Graham (lock), Ray Baxendale (bench)
- In:
- Nick Wright (fullback), Warren Winter (wing), Dane O'Hara (wing), Steve McGregor (five-eighth), Ken Stirling (halfback), Glenn Taylor (hooker), Ian Bell (second row), Murray Eade (lock), Gary Prohm (bench)
- Changes:
- Chris Jordan (five-eighth to centre), Olsen Filipaina (bench to centre)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson