Game 5
Australia 19 def. Great Britain 5
| 1977 World Cup Game 5 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14258 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 18th June, 1977 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Marcel Caillol | |||||||
| Venue | Lang Park (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 27,000 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Graham Eadie | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 4 | – | 5 | |||||
| Scrums | 10 | – | 12 | |||||
| Penalties | 12 | – | 10 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | Great Britain | ||||||
| Graham EADIE | 2 | T | Roger MILLWARD | |||||
| Terry RANDALL | ||||||||
| Michael CRONIN | 5 | G | George FAIRBAIRN | |||||
| Australia | Teams | Great Britain | ||||||
| Graham EADIE [Manly] | 1 | FB | 1 | George FAIRBAIRN | ||||
| Allan McMAHON [Balmain] | 2 | W | 2 | Stuart WRIGHT | ||||
| Michael CRONIN [Parramatta] | 3 | C | 3 | Bill FRANCIS | ||||
| Mark THOMAS [Past Christian Bros] | 4 | C | 4 | Les DYL | ||||
| Terry FAHEY [South Sydney] | 5 | W | 5 | Keith FIELDING | ||||
| John PEARD [Parramatta] | 6 | FE | 6 | Roger MILLWARD (c) | ||||
| Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs] | 7 | HB | 7 | Steve NASH | ||||
| Greg VEIVERS | 8 | FR | 8 | Steve PITCHFORD | ||||
| Nick GEIGER | 9 | HK | 9 | David WARD | ||||
| Denis FITZGERALD [Parramatta] | 10 | FR | 10 | Jimmy THOMPSON | ||||
| Arthur BEETSON (c) [Eastern Suburbs] | 11 | 2R | 11 | George NICHOLLS | ||||
| Terry RANDALL [Manly] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Eddie BOWMAN | ||||
| Greg PIERCE [Cronulla] | 13 | L | 13 | Phil HOGAN | ||||
| Ray HIGGS [Parramatta] | 14 | B | 14 | John HOLMES | ||||
| B | 15 | Peter SMITH | ||||||
| Terry FEARNLEY | HC | David WATKINS | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1977 World Cup - Game 3 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1977 World Cup - Final vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Rod Reddy (lock), Russel Gartner (bench)
- In:
- Greg Pierce (lock)
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1977 Lions World Cup Tour - Game 4 vs. Auckland
- Next Game:
- 1977 World Cup - Final vs. Australia
- Out:
- David Watkins (centre), Ken Gill (five-eighth), Keith Elwell (hooker), Alan Hodkinson (second row), Len Casey (lock), Sammy Lloyd (bench)
- In:
- Bill Francis (centre), Les Dyl (centre), Roger Millward (five-eighth), David Ward (hooker), George Nicholls (second row), Eddie Bowman (second row), Phil Hogan (lock)
- Changes:
- John Holmes (centre to bench), Peter Smith (second row to bench)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann
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