Kiwis Tour 1978 Series

Game 2

Riverina 18 lost to New Zealand 25

Kiwis Tour 1978

Riverina
18
25
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39685
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 4th June, 1978
Referee Kevin Riolo
Venue Eric Weissel (Wagga Wagga)
Crowd 3,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 13
Riverina Scoresheet New Zealand
Pat SMITH 2 T Olsen FILIPAINA
Adrian FURY   Dane O'HARA
Wayne ROSS   John SMITH
      Shane VARLEY
      Dennis WILLIAMS
 
John SANSON 3 G 3/7 Michael O'DONNELL
      2/4 Chris JORDAN
Riverina Teams New Zealand
Neil EPPELSTUN 1 FB 1 Michael O'DONNELL
Adrian FURY 2 W 2 Dane O'HARA
Shane McKELLAR 3 C 3 Dennis WILLIAMS (c)
John SHEA 4 C 4 Olsen FILIPAINA
Brian ROSETTO 5 W 5 Chris JORDAN
 
Pat SMITH (c) 6 FE 6 John SMITH
Phil BISHOP 7 HB 7 Shane VARLEY
 
Len BERTOLDO 8 FR 8 Lyndsay PROCTOR
Ray BROWN 9 HK 9 Alan RUSHTON
John SANSON 10 FR 10 John WRIGHT
Ian O'CONNELL 11 2R 11 Ray BAXENDALE
Don PRIOR 12 2R 12 Gary PROHM
Steven McDONALD 13 L 13 Barry EDKINS
 
Wayne ROSS 14 B 14 Ian BELL
Colin SCOTT 15 B 15 Steve McGREGOR
 
Ron CROWE   HC   Ron ACKLAND
   
 

Team Info

Riverina

Previous Game:
AMCO Cup 1978 - Game 4 vs. Auckland
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 12 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Brian Purtell (centre), Greg Longhurst (second row), Brian Johnson (bench), Graeme Smith (bench), Gary Saunders (bench)
In:
Shane McKellar (centre), Steven McDonald (lock), Wayne Ross (bench)
Changes:
Colin Scott (lock to bench), Ian O'Connell (bench to second row)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1978 - Game 1 vs. Newcastle (AU)
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1978 - Game 3 vs. Northern Division
Out:
Nick Wright (fullback), Warren Winter (wing), Ken Stirling (halfback), Glenn Taylor (hooker), Whetu Henry (front row), Tony Coll (second row), Murray Eade (lock)
In:
Michael O'Donnell (fullback), Dennis Williams (centre), Shane Varley (halfback), John Wright (front row), Barry Edkins (lock)
Changes:
Chris Jordan (centre to wing), Steve McGregor (five-eighth to bench), Ian Bell (second row to bench), John Smith (bench to five-eighth), Gary Prohm (bench to second row), Alan Rushton (bench to hooker), Ray Baxendale (bench to second row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson