Australia 6 lost to New Zealand 13
| 1987 Australia vs New Zealand | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6830 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Tuesday, 21st July, 1987 | |||||||
| Referee | Neville Kesha | |||||||
| Venue | Lang Park (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 16,500 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Dean Bell | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 13 | |||||
| Scrums | 10 | – | 9 | |||||
| Penalties | 6 | – | 6 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| Peter STERLING | T | Gary MERCER | ||||||
| Ross TAYLOR | ||||||||
| Michael O'CONNOR | 1/2 | G | 2/4 | Kevin IRO | ||||
| FG | Shane COOPER | |||||||
| Australia | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Garry JACK [Balmain] | 1 | FB | 1 | Darrell WILLIAMS [Manly] | ||||
| Michael O'CONNOR [Manly] | 2 | W | 2 | Mark ELIA [St Helens] | ||||
| Brett KENNY [Parramatta] | 3 | C | 3 | Dean BELL [Wigan] | ||||
| Gene MILES [Wynnum-Manly] | 4 | C | 4 | Kevin IRO | ||||
| Dale SHEARER [Manly] | 5 | W | 5 | Gary MERCER | ||||
| Wally LEWIS (c) [Wynnum-Manly] | 6 | FE | 6 | Shane COOPER | ||||
| Peter STERLING [Parramatta] | 7 | HB | 7 | Clayton FRIEND [North Sydney] | ||||
| Peter TUNKS [Canterbury/Leeds] | 8 | FR | 8 | Ross TAYLOR | ||||
| Royce SIMMONS [Penrith] | 9 | HK | 9 | Wayne WALLACE | ||||
| Greg DOWLING [Norths] | 10 | FR | 10 | Adrian SHELFORD | ||||
| Bryan NIEBLING [Redcliffe] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Sam STEWART | ||||
| Wayne PEARCE [Balmain] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Mark HORO | ||||
| Bob LINDNER [Parramatta/Castleford] | 13 | L | 13 | Hugh McGAHAN (c) [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| Brian JOHNSTON [St George] | 14 | B | 14 | Gary FREEMAN | ||||
| Les DAVIDSON [South Sydney] | 15 | B | 15 | Dean LONERGAN [Bramley] | ||||
| Don FURNER | HC | Tony GORDON | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1985-88 World Cup - Game 9 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1988 Ashes Series - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Paul Dunn (front row), Steve Folkes (second row), Terry Lamb (bench)
- In:
- Peter Tunks (front row), Wayne Pearce (second row), Brian Johnston (bench)
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- 1987 Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand - Game 1 vs. Papua New Guinea
- Next Game:
- 1985-88 World Cup - Game 15 vs. Papua New Guinea
- Out:
- Shane Horo (wing), Brent Todd (front row)
- In:
- Darrell Williams (fullback), Hugh McGahan (lock)
- Changes:
- Gary Mercer (fullback to wing), Gary Freeman (five-eighth to bench), Adrian Shelford (second row to front row), Shane Cooper (lock to five-eighth), Sam Stewart (bench to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner
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