Kangaroos Tour 1985 Series

Game 5

Northern Districts 6 lost to Australia 52

Kangaroos Tour 1985

Northern Districts
6
52
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23339
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 3rd July, 1985
Referee Ray Shrimpton
Venue Okara Park (Whangarei)
Crowd 1,500
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 30
Northern Districts Scoresheet Australia
Shane HORO T 2 Noel CLEAL
      2 Steve ELLA
      2 Garry JACK
      Ben ELIAS
      Wally FULLERTON-SMITH
      Des HASLER
      Michael O'CONNOR
      John RIBOT
 
Rusty CAMPBELL G 3/8 Michael O'CONNOR
      1/2 John RIBOT
Northern Districts Teams Australia
George HURIWAI 1 FB 1 Garry JACK
[Balmain]
Terry RAPANA 2 W 2 John RIBOT
Walter TOKA 3 C 3 Michael O'CONNOR
[St George]
Pihama GREEN 4 C 4 Steve ELLA
[Parramatta]
Shane HORO 5 W 5 John FERGUSON
[Eastern Suburbs/Wigan]
 
Russell STEWART 6 FE 6 Wally LEWIS (c)
Glenn DONALDSON 7 HB 7 Des HASLER
[Manly]
 
Tom MURRAY 8 FR 8 Greg DOWLING
Trevor CLARK
[Leeds]
9 HK 9 Ben ELIAS
[Balmain]
Darren HARRIS 10 FR 10 Peter TUNKS
[Canterbury]
Mark HORO 11 2R 11 Noel CLEAL
[Manly]
Rusty CAMPBELL 12 2R 12 Wally FULLERTON-SMITH
[Leeds]
Neville RAMSEY 13 L 13 Wayne PEARCE
[Balmain]
 
Poko DANIELS 14 B 14 Mark MURRAY
Derek NUKUNUKA 15 B 15 Steve ROACH
[Balmain]
 
Tony GORDON   HC   Terry FEARNLEY
   
 

Team Info

Northern Districts

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1984 - Game 16 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
George Baker (centre), Chris Curtis (wing), Pat Poasa (front row), Terrence Pirihi (hooker), James Toa (front row), Dick Smeath (bench)
In:
Walter Toka (centre), Pihama Green (centre), Trevor Clark (hooker), Mark Horo (second row), Poko Daniels (bench), Derek Nukunuka (bench)
Changes:
Terry Rapana (centre to wing), Neville Ramsey (halfback to lock), Tom Murray (second row to front row), Darren Harris (second row to front row), Rusty Campbell (lock to second row), Glenn Donaldson (bench to halfback)

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1985 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1985 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Chris Close (centre), Mal Meninga (centre), Greg Conescu (hooker), Paul Vautin (second row), Peter Wynn (second row)
In:
Michael O'Connor (centre), Des Hasler (halfback), Ben Elias (hooker), Peter Tunks (front row), Wally Fullerton-Smith (second row)
Changes:
Mark Murray (halfback to bench), Steve Roach (front row to bench), Noel Cleal (bench to second row), Steve Ella (bench to centre)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates, Greg Fiveash