Game 1
New Zealand 4 lost to Australia 16
| 1983 New Zealand vs Australia Game 1 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6822 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 12th June, 1983 | |||||||
| Referee | Robin Whitfield (Widnes) | |||||||
| Venue | Carlaw (Auckland) | |||||||
| Crowd | 18,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 4 | – | 4 | |||||
| Scrums | 12 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 11 | – | 17 | |||||
| New Zealand | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| James LEULUAI | T | Eric GROTHE | ||||||
| Steve ROGERS | ||||||||
| Gordon SMITH | 0/1 | G | 4/5 | Mal MENINGA | ||||
| Dane SORENSEN | 0/1 | |||||||
| New Zealand | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Gary KEMBLE [Hull] |
1 | FB | 1 | Greg BRENTNALL [Canterbury] |
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| Joe ROPATI | 2 | W | 2 | Kerry BOUSTEAD [Manly] |
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| Ron O'REGAN [Barrow] |
3 | C | 3 | Mal MENINGA | ||||
| James LEULUAI [Hull] |
4 | C | 4 | Steve ROGERS [St George] |
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| Dean BELL [Carlisle] |
5 | W | 5 | Eric GROTHE [Parramatta] |
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| Fred AH KUOI [North Sydney] |
6 | FE | 6 | Wally LEWIS | ||||
| Gordon SMITH [Hull KR] |
7 | HB | 7 | Peter STERLING [Parramatta] |
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| Mark BROADHURST [Illawarra] |
8 | FR | 8 | Dave BROWN [Manly] |
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| Howie TAMATI | 9 | HK | 9 | Max KRILICH (c) [Manly] |
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| Dane SORENSEN [Cronulla] |
10 | FR | 10 | Geoff GERARD [Manly] |
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| Mark GRAHAM (c) [North Sydney] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Wally FULLERTON-SMITH | ||||
| Kurt SORENSEN [Cronulla] |
12 | 2R | 13 | Paul McCABE [Manly] |
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| Gary PROHM [Hull KR] |
13 | L | 12 | Paul VAUTIN [Manly] |
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| Shane VARLEY | 14 | B | 14 | Mark MURRAY | ||||
| Graeme WEST [Wigan] |
15 | B | 15 | Pat JARVIS [St George] |
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| Graham LOWE | HC | Arthur BEETSON | ||||||
Team Info
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- 1982 Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand - Game 1 vs. Papua New Guinea
- Next Game:
- 1983 New Zealand vs Australia - Game 2 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Kevin Fisher (wing), John Whittaker (centre), Dane O'Hara (wing), Clayton Friend (halfback), Kevin Tamati (front row), Bruce Gall (second row), Hugh McGahan (lock), Owen Wright (bench), Tony Coll (bench)
- In:
- Gary Kemble (fullback), Joe Ropati (wing), Ron O'Regan (centre), Dean Bell (wing), Fred Ah Kuoi (five-eighth), Dane Sorensen (front row), Mark Graham (second row), Kurt Sorensen (second row), Shane Varley (bench)
- Changes:
- James Leuluai (fullback to centre), Gary Prohm (centre to lock), Gordon Smith (five-eighth to halfback), Graeme West (second row to bench)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1982/83 France vs Australia - Game 2 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1983 New Zealand vs Australia - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Brett Kenny (five-eighth), Craig Young (front row), Les Boyd (front row), Rod Reddy (second row), Wayne Pearce (lock), Steve Ella (bench), Ray Brown (bench)
- In:
- Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Dave Brown (front row), Geoff Gerard (front row), Wally Fullerton-Smith (second row), Paul Vautin (lock), Mark Murray (bench), Pat Jarvis (bench)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson
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