New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 Series

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New Zealand 8 lost to Great Britain 16

New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979

New Zealand

8

–

16

Lions

Match URL

www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14375

Status

Completed

Date

Saturday, 21st July, 1979

Kick Off

2:30 PM (local time)

Referee

John Percival (Auckland)

Venue

Carlaw (Auckland)

Crowd

9,000

Match Stats

Halftime Score

3

–

13

Scrums

11

–

5

Penalties

5

–

6

New Zealand

Scoresheet

Great Britain

T

George FAIRBAIRN

Warren COLLICOAT

G

2

George FAIRBAIRN

New Zealand

Teams

Great Britain

Warren COLLICOAT

1

FB

1

George FAIRBAIRN

2

W

2

3

C

3

Olsen FILIPAINA

4

C

4

5

W

5

6

FE

6

7

HB

7

Mark BROADHURST

8

FR

8

9

HK

9

[Cronulla]

10

FR

10

George NICHOLLS (c)

Graeme WEST (c)

11

2R

11

12

2R

12

13

L

13

B

14

Cecil MOUNTFORD

HC

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:: Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1978 - Game 1 vs. Papua New Guinea
Next Game:: New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Out:: Nick Wright (fullback), John Smith (centre), Warren Winter (wing), Dennis Williams (five-eighth), Ken Stirling (halfback), Lyndsay Proctor (front row), Alan Rushton (hooker), Ian Bell (front row), Mark Graham (second row), Ray Baxendale (second row), Gary Prohm (bench)
In:: Warren Collicoat (fullback), Dick Uluave (wing), James Leuluai (centre), Fred Ah Kuoi (five-eighth), Gordon Smith (halfback), Mark Broadhurst (front row), Howie Tamati (hooker), Dane Sorensen (front row), Graeme West (second row), Kevin Tamati (second row)

Great Britain

Previous Game:: Lions Tour 1979 - Game 19 vs. NZ Maori
Next Game:: Lions Tour 1979 - Game 21 vs. Northern Districts

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin