Game 3
Great Britain 6 lost to Australia 23
| 1978/79 Ashes Series Game 3 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7901 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 18th November, 1978 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Mick Naughton | |||||||
| Venue | Headingley (Leeds) | |||||||
| Crowd | 30,604 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Tom Raudonikis | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 19 | |||||
| Scrums | 13 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 14 | – | 9 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| John BEVAN | T | Les BOYD | ||||||
| Roger MILLWARD | Geoff GERARD | |||||||
| George PEPONIS | ||||||||
| Tom RAUDONIKIS | ||||||||
| George FAIRBAIRN | 0/5 | G | 5/6 | Michael CRONIN | ||||
| FG | Bob FULTON | |||||||
| Great Britain | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| George FAIRBAIRN | 1 | FB | 1 | Graham EADIE [Manly] | ||||
| Stuart WRIGHT | 2 | W | 2 | Kerry BOUSTEAD | ||||
| John JOYNER | 3 | C | 3 | Steve ROGERS [Cronulla] | ||||
| John BEVAN | 4 | C | 4 | Michael CRONIN [Parramatta] | ||||
| John ATKINSON | 5 | W | 5 | Chris ANDERSON [Canterbury] | ||||
| Roger MILLWARD (c) | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob FULTON (c) [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| Steve NASH | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Jim MILLS | 8 | FR | 8 | Craig YOUNG [St George] | ||||
| Tony FISHER | 9 | HK | 9 | George PEPONIS [Canterbury] | ||||
| Vince FARRAR | 10 | FR | 10 | Rod MORRIS [Easts] | ||||
| George NICHOLLS | 11 | 2R | 11 | Geoff GERARD [Parramatta] | ||||
| Phil LOWE | 12 | 2R | 12 | Les BOYD [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Steve NORTON | 13 | L | 13 | Ray PRICE [Parramatta] | ||||
| John HOLMES | 14 | B | 14 | Alan THOMPSON [Manly] | ||||
| Paul ROSE | 15 | B | 15 | Ian THOMSON [Manly] | ||||
| Peter FOX | HC | Frank STANTON | ||||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1978/79 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- 1979 Lions Tour - Game 1 vs. North QLD
- Out:
- Les Dyl (centre), Brian Lockwood (front row)
- In:
- John Bevan (centre), Vince Farrar (front row)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1978 Kangaroos Tour - Game 15 vs. York
- Next Game:
- 1978 Kangaroos Tour - Game 17 vs. Catalan XIII
- Out:
- Rod Reddy (second row), Steve Martin (bench)
- In:
- Steve Rogers (centre), Les Boyd (second row)
- Changes:
- Bob Fulton (centre to five-eighth), Alan Thompson (five-eighth to bench), Ian Thomson (front row to bench), Rod Morris (bench to front row)
Match Notes
For Great Britain John Holmes replaced John Atkinson & Paul Rose replaced Tony Fisher.
For Australia Alan Thompson replaced Steve Rogers & Ian Thomson replaced Les Boyd.
Graham injured a hamstring and finished the game on the wing with Chris Anderson moving to fullback.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash
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