New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 Series

Game 1

New Zealand 8 lost to Great Britain 16

New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979

New Zealand		 8
–
16
Lions
Match Info
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
Fred AH KUOI T Steve EVANS
Dick ULUAVE   George FAIRBAIRN
      Eric HUGHES
      Mike SMITH
 
Warren COLLICOAT G 2 George FAIRBAIRN
New Zealand Teams Great Britain
Warren COLLICOAT 1 FB 1 George FAIRBAIRN
Dick ULUAVE 2 W 2 Steve EVANS
James LEULUAI 3 C 3 John JOYNER
Olsen FILIPAINA 4 C 4 Mike SMITH
Dane O'HARA 5 W 5 Eric HUGHES
 
Fred AH KUOI 6 FE 6 John HOLMES
Gordon SMITH 7 HB 7 Gary STEPHENS
 
Mark BROADHURST 8 FR 8 Len CASEY
Howie TAMATI 9 HK 9 David WARD
Dane SORENSEN
[Cronulla]
 10 FR 10 George NICHOLLS (c)
Graeme WEST (c) 11 2R 11 Phil HOGAN
Kevin TAMATI 12 2R 12 Jeff GRAYSHON
Tony COLL 13 L 13 Mick ADAMS
 
    B 14 Brian LOCKWOOD
 
Cecil MOUNTFORD   HC   Eric ASHTON
   
 

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
Out:
Keith Mumby (fullback), David Barends (wing), Peter Glynn (centre), Roy Mathias (wing), John Burke (front row), Graham Liptrot (hooker), Mel James (front row), Charlie Stone (second row)
In:
George Fairbairn (fullback), Steve Evans (wing), John Joyner (centre), Eric Hughes (wing), Len Casey (front row), David Ward (hooker), George Nicholls (front row), Phil Hogan (second row), Jeff Grayshon (second row)
Changes:
Brian Lockwood (second row to bench)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash