New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 Series

Game 3

New Zealand 18 def. Great Britain 11

New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979

New Zealand
18
11
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14377
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 11th August, 1979
Referee Kevin Steel
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 7,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 11
Scrums 8 9
Penalties 9 13
New Zealand Scoresheet Great Britain
Kevin FISHER T Eric HUGHES
Mark GRAHAM   Mike SMITH
James LEULUAI   Gary STEPHENS
Dane O'HARA      
 
Olsen FILIPAINA 3 G George FAIRBAIRN
New Zealand Teams Great Britain
James LEULUAI 1 FB 1 George FAIRBAIRN
Kevin FISHER 2 W 2 Steve EVANS
Olsen FILIPAINA 3 C 3 John JOYNER
Lewis HUDSON 4 C 4 Mike SMITH
Dane O'HARA 5 W 5 Eric HUGHES
 
Fred AH KUOI (c) 6 FE 6 John HOLMES
Shane VARLEY 7 HB 7 Gary STEPHENS
 
Mark BROADHURST 8 FR 8 Trevor SKERRETT
Howie TAMATI 9 HK 9 David WARD
Kevin TAMATI 10 FR 10 George NICHOLLS (c)
Barry EDKINS 11 2R 11 Len CASEY
Tony COLL 12 2R 12 Jeff GRAYSHON
Mark GRAHAM 13 L 13 Mick ADAMS
 
John SMITH 14 B 14 John WOODS
Paul RAVLICH 15 B 15 Phil HOGAN
 
Cecil MOUNTFORD   HC   Eric ASHTON
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1980 - Game 1 vs. Australia
Out:
Dick Uluave (wing), Gordon Smith (halfback), Dane Sorensen (front row), Graeme West (second row)
In:
Kevin Fisher (wing), Shane Varley (halfback), Barry Edkins (second row), Mark Graham (lock), John Smith (bench), Paul Ravlich (bench)
Changes:
Kevin Tamati (second row to front row), Tony Coll (lock to second row)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 26 vs. West Coast
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 28 vs. Auckland
Out:
David Barends (wing), Peter Glynn (centre), Roy Mathias (wing), David Topliss (five-eighth), Alan Redfearn (halfback), John Burke (front row), Graham Liptrot (hooker), Mel James (front row), Charlie Stone (second row), Brian Lockwood (second row)
In:
Steve Evans (wing), John Joyner (centre), Mike Smith (centre), Eric Hughes (wing), John Holmes (five-eighth), Gary Stephens (halfback), Trevor Skerrett (front row), David Ward (hooker), George Nicholls (front row), Len Casey (second row), Jeff Grayshon (second row), Mick Adams (lock)
Changes:
John Woods (centre to bench), Phil Hogan (lock to bench)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash