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1996 New Zealand vs Great Britain Series

Game 1

New Zealand 17 def. Great Britain 12

1996 New Zealand vs Great Britain
Game 1

New Zealand
17
12
Lions
Match Info
Match URLwww.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14399
StatusCompleted
DateFriday, 18th October, 1996
RefereeBill Harrigan
VenueEricsson (Auckland)
Crowd12,000
New ZealandScoresheetGreat Britain
John TIMU2TDenis BETTS
   Alan HUNTE
 
Matthew RIDGE4G2Bobbie GOULDING
 
Matthew RIDGEFG  
New ZealandTeamsGreat Britain
Matthew RIDGE (c)
[Manly]
1FB1Stuart SPRUCE
[Bradford]
Sean HOPPE
[Auckland]
2W2Alan HUNTE
[St Helens]
Richie BLACKMORE
[Auckland]
3C3Kris RADLINSKI
[Wigan]
John TIMU
[Canterbury]
4C4Daryl POWELL
[Keighley]
Richie BARNETT
[Cronulla]
5W5Anthony SULLIVAN
[St Helens]
 
Gene NGAMU
[Auckland]
6FE6Iestyn HARRIS
[Warrington]
Stacey JONES
[Auckland]
7HB7Bobbie GOULDING
[St Helens]
 
Grant YOUNG
[South Queensland]
8FR8Paul BROADBENT
[Sheffield]
Syd ERU
[Auckland]
9HK9Keiron CUNNINGHAM
[St Helens]
Quentin PONGIA
[Canberra]
10FR10Terry O'CONNOR
[Wigan]
Tony IRO
[Sydney City]
112R11Denis BETTS
[Auckland]
Stephen KEARNEY
[Auckland]
122R12Paul SCULTHORPE
[Warrington]
Tyran SMITH
[South Sydney]
13L13Andy FARRELL (c)
[Wigan]
 
Marc ELLIS
[Auckland]
14B14Tony SMITH
[Castleford]
Joe VAGANA
[Auckland]
15B15Chris JOYNT
[St Helens]
Ruben WIKI
[Canberra]
16B16Keith SENIOR
[Sheffield]
Logan SWANN17B17Adrian MORLEY
[Leeds]
 
Frank ENDACOTT HC Phil LARDER
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
1996 Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand - Game 2 vs. Papua New Guinea
Next Game:
1996 New Zealand vs Great Britain - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Mark Horo (lock)
In:
Logan Swann (bench)
Changes:
Tyran Smith (bench to lock)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
1996 Lions Tour - Game 6 vs. New Zealand XIII
Next Game:
1996 Lions Tour - Game 8 vs. NZ Maori
Out:
Steve Prescott (fullback), Joey Hayes (wing), Barrie-Jon Mather (centre), Jason Critchley (wing), Tulsen Tollett (five-eighth), Neil Harmon (front row), James Lowes (hooker), Dave Bradbury (second row), Karle Hammond (lock), Rowland Phillips (bench), Jon Roper (bench), Mick Cassidy (bench), Bernard Dwyer (bench)
In:
Stuart Spruce (fullback), Alan Hunte (wing), Kris Radlinski (centre), Daryl Powell (centre), Anthony Sullivan (wing), Iestyn Harris (five-eighth), Bobbie Goulding (halfback), Paul Broadbent (front row), Keiron Cunningham (hooker), Denis Betts (second row), Paul Sculthorpe (second row), Andy Farrell (lock), Adrian Morley (bench)
Changes:
Keith Senior (centre to bench), Tony Smith (halfback to bench), Chris Joynt (second row to bench)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

Sources:Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999)