Australia 6 lost to New Zealand 13
| Australia vs New Zealand 1987 One-off |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6830 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Tuesday, 21st July, 1987 | |||||||
| Referee | Neville Kesha | |||||||
| Venue | Lang Park (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 16,500 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Dean Bell | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 13 | |||||
| Scrums | 10 | – | 9 | |||||
| Penalties | 6 | – | 6 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| Peter STERLING | T | Gary MERCER | ||||||
| Ross TAYLOR | ||||||||
| Michael O'CONNOR | 1/2 | G | 2/4 | Kevin IRO | ||||
| FG | Shane COOPER | |||||||
| Australia | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Garry JACK [Balmain] |
1 | FB | 1 | Darrell WILLIAMS [Manly] |
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| Michael O'CONNOR [Manly] |
2 | W | 2 | Mark ELIA [St Helens] |
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| Brett KENNY [Parramatta] |
3 | C | 3 | Dean BELL [Wigan] |
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| Gene MILES [Wynnum-Manly] |
4 | C | 4 | Kevin IRO | ||||
| Dale SHEARER [Manly] |
5 | W | 5 | Gary MERCER | ||||
| Wally LEWIS (c) [Wynnum-Manly] |
6 | FE | 6 | Shane COOPER | ||||
| Peter STERLING [Parramatta] |
7 | HB | 7 | Clayton FRIEND [North Sydney] |
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| Peter TUNKS [Canterbury/Leeds] |
8 | FR | 8 | Ross TAYLOR | ||||
| Royce SIMMONS [Penrith] |
9 | HK | 9 | Wayne WALLACE | ||||
| Greg DOWLING [Norths] |
10 | FR | 10 | Adrian SHELFORD | ||||
| Bryan NIEBLING [Redcliffe] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Sam STEWART | ||||
| Wayne PEARCE [Balmain] |
12 | 2R | 12 | Mark HORO | ||||
| Bob LINDNER [Parramatta/Castleford] |
13 | L | 13 | Hugh McGAHAN (c) [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Brian JOHNSTON [St George] |
14 | B | 14 | Gary FREEMAN | ||||
| Les DAVIDSON [South Sydney] |
15 | B | 15 | Dean LONERGAN [Bramley] |
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| Don FURNER | HC | Tony GORDON | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1985/88 - Game 9 vs. France
- Next Game:
- Ashes Series 1988 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Paul Dunn (front row), Steve Folkes (second row), Terry Lamb (bench)
- In:
- Peter Tunks (front row), Wayne Pearce (second row), Brian Johnston (bench)
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1987 - Game 1 vs. Papua New Guinea
- Next Game:
- World Cup 1985/88 - Game 15 vs. Papua New Guinea
- Out:
- Shane Horo (wing), Brent Todd (front row)
- In:
- Darrell Williams (fullback), Hugh McGahan (lock)
- Changes:
- Gary Mercer (fullback to wing), Gary Freeman (five-eighth to bench), Adrian Shelford (second row to front row), Shane Cooper (lock to five-eighth), Sam Stewart (bench to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner

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