1980 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand

The 1980 Kangaroo Tour of New Zealand was a mid-season tour of New Zealand by the Australia national rugby league team. The Australians played seven matches on tour, including a two test series against the New Zealand national rugby league team. The tour began on 1 June and finished on 17 June.[1]

Leadership

As he had been since 1978, Frank Stanton was the coach of the Australian team. Canterbury-Bankstwon hooker, Greek born George Peponis, was the tour captain.

Touring squad

The squad was made up mostly of those playing in the Sydney Premiership. Although not the only Queenslander in the squad, Chris Close was the sole player selected from Queensland after his Man of the Match performance in the experimental 1980 State of Origin game.

Player Club Position(s) Games Tests Tries Goals F/Goals Points
Chris Anderson Canterbury-Bankstown Wing 2
Kerry Boustead Eastern Suburbs Wing, Centre 1
Les Boyd Manly-Warringah Second-row, Prop 2
Greg Brentnall Canterbury-Bankstown Fullback, Wing, Centre 2
Chris Close Redcliffe Centre, Wing –
Michael Cronin Parramatta Wing 2
Garry Dowling Parramatta Fullback, Wing 2
Rod Morris Balmain Prop 2
George Peponis (c) Canterbury-Bankstown Hooker 2
Ray Price Parramatta Lock 2
Graham Quinn St George Centre 1
Tommy Raudonikis Newtown Halfback 2
Rod Reddy St George Second-row 2
Alan Thompson Manly-Warringah Five-eighth 2
Graeme Wynn St George Second-row –
Craig Young St George Prop 2

Tour

The Australian's played seven games on the tour, winning five, losing one with one drawn game.

1st Test
Sunday 1 June
New Zealand  6 – 27  Australia
Tries:




Goals:
Michael O'Donnell (3)		 [2] Tries:
Alan Thompson
Kerry Boustead
Rod Reddy
Craig Young
Goals:
Michael Cronin (6/8)
Carlaw Park, Auckland
Attendance: 12,321
Referee: Kevin Steele
New Zealand
Australia
FB1 Michael O'Donnell
RW2 Kevin Fisher
RC3 Olsen Filipaina
LC4 James Leuluai
LW5 Dane O'Hara
FE6 Gordon Smith
HB7 Shane Varley
LK8 Mark Graham (c)
SR9 Barry Edkins
SR10 Kevin Tamati
PR11 Paul Te Ariki
HK12 Howie Tamati
PR13 Mark Broadhurst
Substitutions:
IC14 Graeme West
IC15
Coach:
Ces Mountford
FB1 Garry Dowling
RW2 Chris Anderson
RC3 Michael Cronin
LC4 Greg Brentnall
LW5 Kerry Boustead
FE6 Alan Thompson
HB7 Tommy Raudonikis
LF8 Ray Price
SR9 Les Boyd
SR12 Rod Reddy
PR11 Rod Morris
HK12 George Peponis (c)
PR13 Craig Young
Substitutions:
IC14
IC15
Coach:
Frank Stanton
Wednesday 4 June
Māori  10 – 10 Australia
Tries:
James Leuluai
Kevin Tamati
Goals:
Dennis Williams (2)
Goals:		 [3] Tries:
Graham Quinn
Chris Close
Goals:
Graeme Wynn (2)
Goals:
Sent Off: Chris Close
Hastings
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: John Percival
Friday 6 June
Central Districts 0 – 23 Australia
Tries:

Goals:		 [4] Tries:

Goals:
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Attendance: 4,000
Sunday 8 June
New Zealand XIII 7 – 51 Australia
Tries:

Goals:		 [5] Tries:

Goals:
Addington Showgound, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,000
Wednesday 11 June
South Island 12 – 11 Australia
Tries:

Goals:		 [6] Tries:

Goals:
Addington Showgound, Christchurch
Attendance: 3,000

2nd Test
Sunday 15 June
New Zealand  6 – 15  Australia
Tries:




Goals:
Michael O'Donnell (3)		 [7] Tries:
Les Boyd
Michael Cronin
Rod Reddy
Goals:
Michael Cronin (3)
Carlaw Park, Auckland
Attendance: 9,706
Referee: John Percival
New Zealand
Australia
FB1 Michael O'Donnell
RW2 Kevin Fisher
RC3 Olsen Filipaina
LC4 James Leuluai
LW5 Dane O'Hara
FE6 Dennis Williams
HB7 Gordon Smith
LK8 Mark Graham (c)
SR9 Barry Edkins
SR10 Tony Coll
PR11 Kevin Tamati
HK12 Howie Tamati
PR13 Mark Broadhurst
Substitutions:
IC14
IC15
Coach:
Ces Mountford
FB1 Garry Dowling
RW2 Chris Anderson
RC3 Michael Cronin
LC4 Greg Brentnall
LW5 Graham Quinn
FE6 Alan Thompson
HB7 Tommy Raudonikis
LF8 Ray Price
SR9 Les Boyd
SR12 Rod Reddy
PR11 Rod Morris
HK12 George Peponis (c)
PR13 Craig Young
Substitutions:
IC14
IC15
Coach:
Frank Stanton
Tuesday 17 July
Auckland 7 – 21 Australia
Tries:

Goals:		 [8] Tries:

Goals:
Carlaw Park, Auckland
Attendance: 14,000

Statistics

Largest Test Attendance

Largest non-test Attendance

References
  1. 1980 Kangaroo Tour of New Zealand @ Rugby League Project
  2. 1st Test - New Zealand vs Australia
  3. New Zealand Māori vs Australia
  4. Central Districts vs Australia
  5. Auckland vs Australia
  6. South Island vs Australia
  7. 2nd Test - New Zealand vs Australia
  8. Auckland vs Australia
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