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1982 Ashes Series Series

Game 3

Great Britain 8 lost to Australia 32

1982 Ashes Series
Game 3

Lions
8
32
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7895
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 28th November, 1982
Referee Julien Rascagneres
Venue Headingley (Leeds)
Crowd 17,318
Official Player of the Match Brett Kenny
Match Stats
Halftime Score 4 6
Scrums 5 2
Penalties 12 15
Great Britain Scoresheet Australia
Steve EVANS T Kerry BOUSTEAD
      Brett KENNY
      Max KRILICH
      Wayne PEARCE
      John RIBOT
      Steve ROGERS
 
Lee CROOKS 2/2 G 7/11 Mal MENINGA
George FAIRBAIRN 0/1      
 
Lee CROOKS FG    
 
Mick CRANE BIN Les BOYD
Paul ROSE   Greg BRENTNALL
 
Lee CROOKS OFF    
Great Britain Teams Australia
George FAIRBAIRN
[Hull KR]
1 FB 1 Greg BRENTNALL
[Canterbury]
Des DRUMMOND
[Leigh]
2 W 2 Kerry BOUSTEAD
[Eastern Suburbs]
David STEPHENSON
[Wigan]
3 C 3 Mal MENINGA
Mike SMITH
[Hull KR]
4 C 4 Steve ROGERS
[Cronulla]
Steve EVANS
[Hull]
5 W 5 John RIBOT
[Manly]
 
David TOPLISS (c)
[Hull]
6 FE 6 Brett KENNY
[Parramatta]
Andy GREGORY
[Widnes]
7 HB 7 Peter STERLING
[Parramatta]
 
Mike O'NEILL
[Widnes]
8 FR 8 Les BOYD
[Manly]
Brian NOBLE
[Bradford]
9 HK 9 Max KRILICH (c)
[Manly]
Paul ROSE
[Hull]
10 FR 10 Rod MORRIS
Peter SMITH
[Featherstone]
11 2R 11 Paul McCABE
[Manly]
Lee CROOKS
[Hull]
12 2R 12 Rod REDDY
[St George]
Mick CRANE
[Hull]
13 L 13 Wayne PEARCE
[Balmain]
 
Neil COURTNEY
[Warrington]
14 B 14 Wally LEWIS
    B 15 Ray BROWN
[Manly]
 
John WHITELEY   HC   Frank STANTON
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
1982 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Australia
Next Game:
1983 Test Matches - vs. France
Out:
Keith Mumby (fullback), Henderson Gill (wing), John Holmes (five-eighth), Ken Kelly (halfback), Jeff Grayshon (front row), John Dalgreen (hooker), Trevor Skerrett (front row), Bob Eccles (second row), Chris Burton (second row), David Heron (lock), John Woods (bench), Alan Rathbone (bench)
In:
George Fairbairn (fullback), Steve Evans (wing), David Topliss (five-eighth), Andy Gregory (halfback), Mike O'Neill (front row), Brian Noble (hooker), Paul Rose (front row), Peter Smith (second row), Lee Crooks (second row), Mick Crane (lock), Neil Courtney (bench)

Australia

Previous Game:
1982 Kangaroos Tour - Game 14 vs. Widnes
Next Game:
1982 Kangaroos Tour - Game 16 vs. RC Roanne
Out:
Steve Ella (fullback), Chris Anderson (wing), Steve Mortimer (halfback), Craig Young (front row), Ian Schubert (lock), Mark Murray (bench), John Muggleton (bench)
In:
Greg Brentnall (fullback), Kerry Boustead (wing), Brett Kenny (five-eighth), Peter Sterling (halfback), Max Krilich (hooker), Rod Reddy (second row), Wayne Pearce (lock)
Changes:
Wally Lewis (five-eighth to bench), Ray Brown (hooker to bench), Les Boyd (second row to front row)

Match Notes

Lee Crooks (GB) was fined £10 (send-off sufficient).

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson