Game 2
New Zealand 7 lost to Great Britain 22
| New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14376 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 5th August, 1979 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (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)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

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