Australia vs New Zealand 1972 Series

Game 2

Australia 31 def. New Zealand 7

Australia vs New Zealand 1972

Australia
31
7
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6814
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 15th July, 1972
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Holman (Melbourne)
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 20,847
Match Stats
Halftime Score 20 7
Scrums 26 14
Penalties 9 13
Australia Scoresheet New Zealand
John ELFORD 2 T Murray EADE
Bob FULTON 2      
Geoff STARLING 2      
Tom RAUDONIKIS      
 
Wayne STEWART 5/9 G 2/2 Warren COLLICOAT
Australia Teams New Zealand
Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
[St George]
1 FB 1 Warren COLLICOAT
Wayne STEWART 2 W 2 Phil ORCHARD
Geoff STARLING
[Balmain]
3 C 3 Roy CHRISTIAN (c)
Bob FULTON
[Manly]
4 C 4 John O'SULLIVAN
George AMBRUM
[North Sydney]
5 W 5 Maurice BRERETON
 
Tim PICKUP
[North Sydney]
6 FE 6 Dennis WILLIAMS
Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 17 Shane DOWSETT
 
Arthur BEETSON
[Eastern Suburbs]
13 FR 15 Robert PAUL
Elwyn WALTERS
[South Sydney]
12 HK 9 James FISHER
Bob O'REILLY
[Parramatta]
11 FR 10 Doug GAILEY
Bob McCARTHY
[South Sydney]
10 2R 11 Murray EADE
John ELFORD
[Western Suburbs]
9 2R 12 John GREENGRASS
Gary SULLIVAN
[Newtown]
8 L 13 Anthony KRILETICH
 
Ted GOODWIN
[St George]
14 B 14 Dick BOLTON
Jim MURPHY 15 B    
 
Harry BATH   HC   Lory BLANCHARD
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1972 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
World Cup 1972 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Mark Harris (wing)
In:
Wayne Stewart (wing), Ted Goodwin (bench), Jim Murphy (bench)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1972 - Game 1 vs. Australia
Next Game:
World Cup 1972 - Game 1 vs. France
Out:
John Whittaker (fullback), Dave Sorensen (five-eighth), Ken Stirling (halfback), Robert Orchard (front row)
In:
Warren Collicoat (fullback), Shane Dowsett (halfback), Robert Paul (front row), Dick Bolton (bench)
Changes:
Dennis Williams (centre to five-eighth), John O'Sullivan (bench to centre)

Match Notes

Ken Stirling & Rob Orchard withdrew from the New Zealand team and were replaced by Shane Dowsett & Bob Paul.

In the 2nd half after 14 mins Jim Murphy replaced Bob McCarthy & after 22 mins Ted Goodwin replaced George Ambrum.

Dennis Williams wore jersey 19 in the 2nd half.

New Zealand replaced Tony Kriletich 31 mins into the 2nd half with Dick Bolton.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin