Game 2
New Zealand 12 lost to Australia 31
| World Cup 1968 Game 2 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14213 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 1st June, 1968 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:05 PM (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | John Percival (Auckland) | |||||||
| Venue | Lang Park (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 23,608 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 7 | – | 4 | |||||
| Scrums | 9 | – | 14 | |||||
| Penalties | 14 | – | 12 | |||||
| New Zealand | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Spencer DUNN | T | 2 | Johnny KING | |||||
| Paul SCHULTZ | Ron COOTE | |||||||
| Fred JONES | ||||||||
| Johnny RHODES | ||||||||
| Ernie WIGGS | 3/5 | G | 6/8 | Eric SIMMS | ||||
| FG | 2 | Eric SIMMS | ||||||
| New Zealand | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Doug ELLWOOD | 16 | FB | 1 | Eric SIMMS [South Sydney] |
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| Bob MINCHAM | 2 | W | 2 | Johnny RHODES [Canterbury] |
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| Spencer DUNN | 15 | C | 3 | Johnny GREAVES [Canterbury] |
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| Paul SCHULTZ | 4 | C | 4 | Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] |
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| Ernie WIGGS | 5 | W | 5 | Johnny KING [St George] |
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| Jim BOND (c) | 6 | FE | 6 | Tony BRANSON [St George] |
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| Gary CLARKE | 7 | HB | 7 | Billy SMITH [St George] |
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| Garry SMITH | 10 | FR | 13 | John WITTENBERG [St George] |
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| Colin O'NEIL | 9 | HK | 12 | Fred JONES [Manly] |
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| Henry TATANA | 19 | FR | 11 | Elton RASMUSSEN [St George] |
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| Brian LEE | 12 | 2R | 10 | Ron COOTE [South Sydney] |
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| Kevin DIXON | 11 | 2R | 9 | Dick THORNETT [Parramatta] |
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| Anthony KRILETICH | 13 | L | 8 | John RAPER (c) [St George] |
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| Roger TAIT | 1 | B | 14 | Bob FULTON [Manly] |
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| Des BARCHARD | HC | Harry BATH | ||||||
Team Info
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1968 - Game 1 vs. France
- Next Game:
- World Cup 1968 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Ray Sinel (centre), Oscar Danielson (front row)
- In:
- Doug Ellwood (fullback), Spencer Dunn (centre)
- Changes:
- Roger Tait (fullback to bench), Henry Tatana (bench to front row)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1968 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- World Cup 1968 - Game 3 vs. France
- Out:
- Arthur Beetson (lock)
- In:
- Elton Rasmussen (front row), Bob Fulton (bench)
- Changes:
- John Raper (front row to lock), Dick Thornett (hooker to second row), Ron Coote (front row to second row), John Wittenberg (second row to front row), Fred Jones (second row to hooker)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann