New Zealand vs Great Britain 1996 Series

Game 1

New Zealand 17 def. Great Britain 12

New Zealand vs Great Britain 1996

New Zealand
17
12
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14399
Status Completed
Date Friday, 18th October, 1996
Referee Bill Harrigan
Venue Ericsson (Auckland)
Crowd 12,000
New Zealand Scoresheet Great Britain
John TIMU 2 T Denis BETTS
      Alan HUNTE
 
Matthew RIDGE 4 G 2 Bobbie GOULDING
 
Matthew RIDGE FG    
New Zealand Teams Great Britain
Matthew RIDGE (c)
[Manly]
1 FB 1 Stuart SPRUCE
[Bradford]
Sean HOPPE
[Auckland]
2 W 2 Alan HUNTE
[St Helens]
Richie BLACKMORE
[Auckland]
3 C 3 Kris RADLINSKI
[Wigan]
John TIMU
[Canterbury]
4 C 4 Daryl POWELL
[Keighley]
Richie BARNETT
[Cronulla]
5 W 5 Anthony SULLIVAN
[St Helens]
 
Gene NGAMU
[Auckland]
6 FE 6 Iestyn HARRIS
[Warrington]
Stacey JONES
[Auckland]
7 HB 7 Bobbie GOULDING
[St Helens]
 
Grant YOUNG
[South Queensland]
8 FR 8 Paul BROADBENT
[Sheffield]
Syd ERU
[Auckland]
9 HK 9 Keiron CUNNINGHAM
[St Helens]
Quentin PONGIA
[Canberra]
10 FR 10 Terry O'CONNOR
[Wigan]
Tony IRO
[Sydney City]
11 2R 11 Denis BETTS
[Auckland]
Stephen KEARNEY
[Auckland]
12 2R 12 Paul SCULTHORPE
[Warrington]
Tyran SMITH
[South Sydney]
13 L 13 Andy FARRELL (c)
[Wigan]
 
Marc ELLIS
[Auckland]
14 B 14 Tony SMITH
[Castleford]
Joe VAGANA
[Auckland]
15 B 15 Chris JOYNT
[St Helens]
Ruben WIKI
[Canberra]
16 B 16 Keith SENIOR
[Sheffield]
Logan SWANN 17 B 17 Adrian MORLEY
[Leeds]
 
Frank ENDACOTT   HC   Phil LARDER
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

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

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1996 - Game 6 vs. New Zealand XIII
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1996 - 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)

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

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