New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 Series

Game 2

New Zealand 7 lost to Great Britain 22

New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979

New Zealand
7
22
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14376
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 5th August, 1979
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee John Percival (Auckland)
Venue Addington (Christchurch)
Crowd 8,500
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 7
New Zealand Scoresheet Great Britain
Olsen FILIPAINA T Len CASEY
      Steve EVANS
      Jeff GRAYSHON
      Eric HUGHES
 
Olsen FILIPAINA 2 G 5 George FAIRBAIRN
New Zealand Teams Great Britain
James LEULUAI 1 FB 1 George FAIRBAIRN
Dane O'HARA 2 W 2 Steve EVANS
Olsen FILIPAINA 3 C 3 John JOYNER
Lewis HUDSON 4 C 4 Mike SMITH
Dick ULUAVE 5 W 5 Eric HUGHES
 
Fred AH KUOI 6 FE 6 John HOLMES
Gordon SMITH 7 HB 7 Gary STEPHENS
 
Mark BROADHURST 8 FR 8 George NICHOLLS (c)
Howie TAMATI 9 HK 9 David WARD
Dane SORENSEN
[Cronulla]
10 FR 10 Trevor SKERRETT
Kevin TAMATI 11 2R 11 Len CASEY
Graeme WEST (c) 12 2R 12 Jeff GRAYSHON
Tony COLL 13 L 13 Mick ADAMS
 
Cecil MOUNTFORD   HC   Eric ASHTON
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Warren Collicoat (fullback)
In:
Lewis Hudson (centre)
Changes:
James Leuluai (centre to fullback)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 24 vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 26 vs. West Coast
In:
George Fairbairn (fullback), Steve Evans (wing), John Joyner (centre), Mike Smith (centre), Eric Hughes (wing), John Holmes (five-eighth), Gary Stephens (halfback), George Nicholls (front row), David Ward (hooker), Trevor Skerrett (front row), Len Casey (second row), Jeff Grayshon (second row), Mick Adams (lock)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin