Game 2
Australia 12 lost to New Zealand 19
| New Zealand vs Australia 1983 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6823 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 9th July, 1983 | |||||||
| Referee | Robin Whitfield (Widnes) | |||||||
| Venue | Lang Park (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 15,000 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Shane Varley | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 9 | |||||
| Scrums | 13 | – | 11 | |||||
| Penalties | 10 | – | 6 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| Steve ELLA | T | James LEULUAI | ||||||
| Eric GROTHE | Joe ROPATI | |||||||
| Graeme WEST | ||||||||
| Mal MENINGA | 2/3 | G | 3/4 | Nick WRIGHT | ||||
| FG | Nick WRIGHT | |||||||
| Australia | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Colin SCOTT | 1 | FB | 1 | Nick WRIGHT | ||||
| Kerry BOUSTEAD [Manly] |
2 | W | 2 | Joe ROPATI | ||||
| Mal MENINGA | 3 | C | 3 | James LEULUAI [Hull FC] |
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| Gene MILES | 4 | C | 4 | Fred AH KUOI [North Sydney] |
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| Eric GROTHE [Parramatta] |
5 | W | 5 | Dean BELL [Carlisle] |
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| Wally LEWIS | 6 | FE | 6 | Gordon SMITH [Hull KR] |
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| Steve MORTIMER [Canterbury] |
7 | HB | 7 | Shane VARLEY | ||||
| Brad TESSMANN | 17 | FR | 13 | Mark BROADHURST [Illawarra] |
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| Max KRILICH (c) [Manly] |
12 | HK | 12 | Howie TAMATI | ||||
| Dave BROWN [Manly] |
11 | FR | 11 | Dane SORENSEN [Cronulla] |
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| Wally FULLERTON-SMITH | 10 | 2R | 10 | Graeme WEST (c) [Wigan] |
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| Paul VAUTIN [Manly] |
9 | 2R | 9 | Kurt SORENSEN [Cronulla] |
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| Ray PRICE [Parramatta] |
8 | L | 8 | Gary PROHM [Hull KR] |
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| Steve ELLA [Parramatta] |
14 | B | 14 | Ron O'REGAN [Barrow] |
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| Ray BROWN [Manly] |
15 | B | 15 | Ian BELL [Carlisle] |
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| Arthur BEETSON | HC | Graham LOWE | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- New Zealand vs Australia 1983 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- Ashes Series 1984 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Greg Brentnall (fullback), Steve Rogers (centre), Peter Sterling (halfback), Geoff Gerard (front row), Paul McCabe (second row), Mark Murray (bench), Pat Jarvis (bench)
- In:
- Colin Scott (fullback), Gene Miles (centre), Steve Mortimer (halfback), Brad Tessmann (front row), Ray Price (lock), Steve Ella (bench), Ray Brown (bench)
- Changes:
- Paul Vautin (lock to second row)
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- New Zealand vs Australia 1983 - Game 1 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea 1983 - vs. Papua New Guinea
- Out:
- Gary Kemble (fullback), Mark Graham (second row)
- In:
- Nick Wright (fullback), Ian Bell (bench)
- Changes:
- Ron O'Regan (centre to bench), Fred Ah Kuoi (five-eighth to centre), Gordon Smith (halfback to five-eighth), Shane Varley (bench to halfback), Graeme West (bench to second row)
Match Notes
Ray Price and Shane Varley were joint 'man-of-the-match' winners. The reason why this was the case is because Ray Price was originally chosen as Man Of The Match. An award only Australian players were eligible for. Because Winfield Sponsored it as well as Sponsoring just the Australian Team. Then after a lot of Complaints to the switchboard at Channel 9 who covered the Test Match, another Man Of The Match Award was made out to Shane Varley. - Paul Carter
Brad Tessman Wore No 17 in this Test because the No 13 Guernsey he was supposed to wear was stolen the day before the Test - Paul Carter
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson