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Wigan 2 Australia 28 - Wednesday 8th November 1978
Venue: Central Park, Wigan
Competition: Tour Match
Kick Off: 7:30pm
| WiganlBacks:l |
1. George Fairbairn, 2. Dennis Ramsdale, 3. Dave Willicombe, 4. Alan
Greenall, 5. Jimmy Hornby, 6. Keiron O'Loughlin, 7. Bernard Coyle |
| WiganlForwards:l |
8. John Wood, 9. Tony Karalius, 10. Steve O'Neill, 11. John Foran, 12. Bill
Melling, 13. Dennis Boyd |
| WiganlSubs Used:l |
14. Malcolm Swann (replaced Dave Willicombe - 9th Minute), 15. David Regan (replaced John
Wood - 19th Minute) |
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WiganlTries:l |
(None) |
| WiganlGoals:l |
George Fairbairn 1 |
| AustralialBacks:l |
1. Allan McMahon, 2. Larry Corowa, 3. Steve Rogers, 4. Michael Cronin, 5.
Ian Schubert, 6. Alan Thompson, 7. Steve Martin |
| AustralialForwards:l |
8. Ian Thomson, 9. Ron Hilditch, 10. Rod Morris, 11. Geoff Gerard, 12. Les
Boyd, 13. Bruce Walker |
| AustralialSubs Used:l |
(None) |
|
AustralialTries:l |
Larry Corowa 2, Steve Rogers 2, Bruce Walker, Allan McMahon |
| AustralialGoals:l |
Michael Cronin 5 |
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Summary:l |
Wigan took a break from league action to welcome tourists
Australia to Central Park on a Wednesday Night. Great Britain had levelled
the test series with a 18-14 victory at Odsal the previous weekend and
Australia were looking to bounce back and when Wigan trailed just 5-2 at
half time, hopes became high of an upset. Wigan though had lost both Dave
Willicombe (broken arm) and John Wood (dislocated elbow) to injury early on
and it began to tell during the second half as Australia ran away to score
five tries after the interval for a comfortable 28-2 win in the end. |
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Half Time:l |
Wigan 2 Australia 5 |
|
Attendance:l |
10,645 |
|
Referee:l |
Peter Massey (Salford) |
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