Lions Tour 1979 Series

Game 11

Newcastle Firsts (AU) 12 lost to Great Britain 25

Lions Tour 1979

Newcastle Firsts (AU)
12
25
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39704
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 24th June, 1979
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Adrian Wilson
Venue Newcastle Sports (Newcastle)
Crowd 14,570
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 16
Scrums 9 7
Penalties 20 8
Newcastle (AU) Scoresheet Great Britain
Doug LUCAS T David BARENDS
Ziggy NISZCZOT   Peter GLYNN
      Eric HUGHES
      John JOYNER
      Gary STEPHENS
 
Pat SMITH 3 G 5/7 Mick ADAMS
Newcastle (AU) Teams Great Britain
Jim BATEY 1 FB 1 Keith MUMBY
Tony FILIPUZZI 2 W 2 David BARENDS
Neville ELWIN 3 C 3 John JOYNER
Owen WALLACE 4 C 4 Peter GLYNN
Ziggy NISZCZOT 5 W 5 Eric HUGHES
 
Pat SMITH (c) 6 FE 6 John HOLMES
Rick GRIFFITH 7 HB 7 Gary STEPHENS
 
Dave STAFFORD 8 FR 8 Brian LOCKWOOD (c)
Allan DAGWELL 9 HK 9 David WARD
Doug LUCAS 10 FR 10 Charlie STONE
Dave EDWARDS 11 2R 11 Mick ADAMS
Terry DONNELLY 12 2R 12 Jeff GRAYSHON
Peter HOWLETT 13 L 13 Steve NORTON
 
Chris LAWLER 14 B 14 Steve NASH
Bob EVERSON 15 B 15 Len CASEY
 
Allan THOMSON   HC   Eric ASHTON
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1978 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1981 - Game 8 vs. France
Out:
Peter Cootes (wing), Ross McKinnon (centre), Mark Scobie (wing), Johnny Mayes (halfback), Geoff Mason (front row), Jeff Masterman (hooker), Russell Cox (front row), Graeme Wynn (second row), Neville Shoemark (second row), Phil Amidy (lock)
In:
Tony Filipuzzi (wing), Owen Wallace (centre), Ziggy Niszczot (wing), Pat Smith (five-eighth), Rick Griffith (halfback), Dave Stafford (front row), Allan Dagwell (hooker), Doug Lucas (front row), Dave Edwards (second row), Terry Donnelly (second row), Peter Howlett (lock), Bob Everson (bench)
Changes:
Chris Lawler (centre to bench), Neville Elwin (five-eighth to centre)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 10 vs. Southern Division
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 12 vs. Riverina
Out:
Steve Evans (centre), Roy Mathias (wing), Mel James (front row), David Watkinson (hooker), Trevor Skerrett (second row), George Nicholls (second row)
In:
John Joyner (centre), John Holmes (five-eighth), David Ward (hooker), Charlie Stone (front row), Mick Adams (second row), Steve Norton (lock)
Changes:
Eric Hughes (centre to wing), Peter Glynn (five-eighth to centre), Steve Nash (halfback to bench), Len Casey (lock to bench), Gary Stephens (bench to halfback), Jeff Grayshon (bench to second row)

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Contributions: Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash