Game 2
Australia 24 def. Great Britain 16
| 1979 Ashes Series Game 2 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7897 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 30th June, 1979 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Greg Hartley (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 26,857 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Rod Reddy | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 17 | – | 4 | |||||
| Scrums | 9 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 7 | – | 7 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | Great Britain | ||||||
| Michael CRONIN | 2 | T | Eric HUGHES | |||||
| Rod REDDY | John JOYNER | |||||||
| Steve ROGERS | ||||||||
| Michael CRONIN | 6/9 | G | 5/5 | John WOODS | ||||
| Australia | Teams | Great Britain | ||||||
| Graham EADIE [Manly] | 1 | FB | 1 | George FAIRBAIRN | ||||
| Larry COROWA [Balmain] | 2 | W | 2 | David BARENDS | ||||
| Steve ROGERS [Cronulla] | 3 | C | 3 | John JOYNER | ||||
| Michael CRONIN [Parramatta] | 4 | C | 4 | John WOODS | ||||
| Kerry BOUSTEAD [Eastern Suburbs] | 5 | W | 5 | Eric HUGHES | ||||
| Alan THOMPSON [Manly] | 6 | FE | 6 | John HOLMES | ||||
| Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs] | 7 | HB | 7 | Gary STEPHENS | ||||
| Rod MORRIS [Balmain] | 8 | FR | 8 | Trevor SKERRETT | ||||
| George PEPONIS (c) [Canterbury] | 9 | HK | 9 | David WARD | ||||
| Craig YOUNG [St George] | 10 | FR | 10 | George NICHOLLS (c) | ||||
| Rod REDDY [St George] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Jeff GRAYSHON | ||||
| Les BOYD [Western Suburbs] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Len CASEY | ||||
| Ray PRICE [Parramatta] | 13 | L | 13 | Mick ADAMS | ||||
| B | 14 | Steve EVANS | ||||||
| B | 15 | David WATKINSON | ||||||
| Frank STANTON | HC | Eric ASHTON | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1979 Ashes Series - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- 1979 Ashes Series - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
No changes.
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1979 Lions Tour - Game 12 vs. Riverina
- Next Game:
- 1979 Lions Tour - Game 14 vs. Illawarra Firsts
- Out:
- Steve Nash (halfback), John Burke (front row), Phil Hogan (second row), Roy Mathias (bench)
- In:
- John Joyner (centre), Gary Stephens (halfback), David Ward (hooker), Jeff Grayshon (second row)
- Changes:
- Steve Evans (centre to bench), David Watkinson (hooker to bench), George Nicholls (second row to front row), Len Casey (bench to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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