Kiwis Tour 1978 Series

Game 13

North Queensland Firsts 27 def. New Zealand 20

Kiwis Tour 1978

North Queensland Firsts		 27
–
20
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/62699
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 9th July, 1978
Kick Off 2:45 PM (local time)
Referee John Willey
Venue T'ville Sports (Townsville)
Crowd 7,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 19 – 8
North QLD Scoresheet New Zealand
Kerry BOUSTEAD 2 T Fred AH KUOI
Denis DUELL   Dane O'HARA
John KYNASTON   Gary PROHM
Graham LYE   John SMITH
 
John GREW 6/7 G 2/6 Chris JORDAN
      2 Michael O'DONNELL
North QLD Teams New Zealand
Jimmy MOFFATT 1 FB 1 Chris JORDAN
Hubie ABBOTT 2 W 2 Dane O'HARA
Kerry BOUSTEAD 3 C 3 Fred AH KUOI
Michael WINDEATT 4 C 4 Michael O'DONNELL
Noah SUVURO 5 W 5 Toa FEPULEAI
 
Graham LYE 6 FE 6 John SMITH
Noel BALDERSON 7 HB 7 Ken STIRLING (c)
 
Denis DUELL 8 FR 8 Whetu HENRY
Phil GORMLEY 9 HK 9 Alan RUSHTON
Kevin GARDINER 10 FR 10 Ray BAXENDALE
John GREW 11 2R 11 Tony COLL
John KYNASTON 12 2R 12 Gary PROHM
Peter LUPPI (c) 13 L 13 Mark GRAHAM
 
R JOYCE 14 B 14 Olsen FILIPAINA
Arthur FEIN 15 B    
 
Ray LAIRD   HC   Ron ACKLAND
   
 

Team Info

North Queensland Firsts

Previous Game:
AMCO Cup 1978 - Game 1 vs. Gold Coast Firsts
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Ray McIllwain (fullback), P McDonnell (wing), P Singleton (wing), Dennis Tamaguchi (five-eighth), C Miller (halfback), B Gormley (hooker), Ken Churchill (front row), G Trackson (bench), B Rolfe (bench), G Hedding (bench), M Bolderson (bench)
In:
Jimmy Moffatt (fullback), Hubie Abbott (wing), Noah Suvuro (wing), Graham Lye (five-eighth), Noel Balderson (halfback), Phil Gormley (hooker), Kevin Gardiner (front row), John Kynaston (second row), R Joyce (bench)
Changes:
Arthur Fein (front row to bench), Denis Duell (second row to front row)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1978 - Game 12 vs. Central QLD
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1978 - Game 2 vs. Australia
Out:
Nick Wright (fullback), Warren Winter (wing), Steve McGregor (five-eighth), Shane Varley (halfback), Glenn Taylor (hooker), John Wright (front row), Ian Bell (second row)
In:
Dane O'Hara (wing), Fred Ah Kuoi (centre), Michael O'Donnell (centre), John Smith (five-eighth), Ken Stirling (halfback), Ray Baxendale (front row), Mark Graham (lock)
Changes:
Olsen Filipaina (centre to bench), Chris Jordan (centre to fullback), Gary Prohm (lock to second row), Alan Rushton (bench to hooker)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash