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Kangaroos Tour 1980 Series

Game 3

Central Districts 0 lost to Australia 23

Kangaroos Tour 1980

Central Districts
0
23
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23315
Status Completed
Date Friday, 6th June, 1980
Kick Off 7:30pm (local time)
Venue Hutt Rec Ground (Lower Hutt)
Crowd 4,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 10
Scrums 8 14
Penalties 7 8
Central Districts Scoresheet Australia
    T 2 Greg BRENTNALL
      Rohan HANCOCK
      Graham QUINN
      Graeme WYNN
 
    G 4 Michael CRONIN
Central Districts Teams Australia
Paul CHRISTENSEN 1 FB 1 Garry DOWLING
[Parramatta]
Lou KUPA 2 W 2 Chris ANDERSON
[Canterbury]
John WHITTAKER (c) 3 C 3 Greg BRENTNALL
[Canterbury]
Gary BUTLER 4 C 4 Michael CRONIN
[Parramatta]
Nolan TUPAEA 5 W 5 Graham QUINN
[St George]
 
Lance PUPUKE 6 FE 6 Alan THOMPSON (c)
[Manly]
Monty HENRY 7 HB 7 Steve MARTIN
[Manly]
 
Paul TE ARIKI 8 FR 8 Rohan HANCOCK
Howie TAMATI 9 HK 9 John LANG
[Eastern Suburbs]
Whetu HENRY 10 FR 10 Craig YOUNG
[St George]
Eddie ALLBRIGHT 11 2R 11 Les BOYD
[Manly]
Bruce GALL 12 2R 12 Rod REDDY
[St George]
Victor BRACKEN 13 L 13 Ray PRICE
[Parramatta]
 
Jack KNUCKEY 14 B 14 Chris CLOSE
Mike BUTLER 15 B 15 Graeme WYNN
[St George]
 
    HC   Frank STANTON
   
 

Team Info

Central Districts

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 22 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Tooth Cup 1981 - Round 1 vs. Manly
Out:
P Truuts (fullback), P Tippens (wing), Dick Uluave (wing), Bill Rona (five-eighth), Kerry White (front row), Graeme West (second row), N Pekopo (second row), J Mitchell (bench), Brent Peri (bench)
In:
Lou Kupa (wing), John Whittaker (centre), Nolan Tupaea (wing), Lance Pupuke (five-eighth), Monty Henry (halfback), Whetu Henry (front row), Eddie Allbright (second row), Bruce Gall (second row), Victor Bracken (lock)
Changes:
Paul Christensen (centre to fullback), Jack Knuckey (halfback to bench), Mike Butler (lock to bench)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1980 - Game 2 vs. NZ Maori
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1980 - Game 4 vs. New Zealand XIII
Out:
Tom Raudonikis (halfback), Rod Morris (front row), Jim Leis (lock), Kerry Boustead (bench)
In:
Michael Cronin (centre), Alan Thompson (five-eighth), Les Boyd (second row), Ray Price (lock)
Changes:
Graham Quinn (centre to wing), Chris Close (centre to bench), Greg Brentnall (wing to centre), Steve Martin (five-eighth to halfback), Graeme Wynn (second row to bench), Craig Young (bench to front row)

Match Notes

Kevin Tamati withdrew from the Central team due to concussion following the Aust v Maoris match after being punched by Chris Close he was replaced by Eddie Allbright.

Gary Dowling & Les Boyd both left the field injured in the 2nd half and replaced by Chris Close & Graeme Wynn.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson