1977 Rugby League World Cup

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The eighth Rugby League World Cup was held in 1977, and saw a return to the format used on previous occasions. The tournament was held in Australasia, with games in both Australia and New Zealand.

That the final would be between Great Britain and Australia soon became obvious, with France and New Zealand both performing poorly. Great Britain were the underdogs going to the final, which was held at the Sydney Cricket Ground. They managed to dominate the possession, and it took a last minute try from Australia’s John Kolc to secure the Cup in front of 24,457 spectators.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Final standings 1.2 Final 1.2.1 Teams 2 External links

[edit] Results

1977-05-29
	New Zealand	12–27	Australia	Carlaw Park, Auckland

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1977-06-05
	France	4–23	Great Britain	Carlaw Park, Auckland

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1977-06-11
	Australia	21–9	France	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

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1977-06-12
	New Zealand	12–30	Great Britain	Christchurch

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1977-06-18
	Australia	19–5	Great Britain	Lang Park, Brisbane

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1977-06-19
	New Zealand	28–20	France	Carlaw Park, Auckland

[edit] Final standings

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Australia	3	3	0	0	67	26	+41	6
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	58	35	+23	4
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	52	77	−25	2
France	3	0	0	3	33	72	−39	0

[edit] Final

Sat. 25 June, 1977
	Australia	13–12	Great Britain	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 24,457

Australia 13 (Russel Gartner, Allan McMahon, John Kolc tries; Mick Cronin 2 goals)

Great Britain 12 (S Pitchford, K Gill tries; G Fairbairn 3 goals)

[edit] Teams

Australia: Graham Eadie; Allan McMahon, Mick Cronin, Russel Gartner, Mark Harris, John Peard, John Kolc, Greg Pierce, Ray Higgs, Arthur Beetson (c), Terry Randall, Nick Geiger, Greg Veivers; Denis Fitzgerald.

Great Britain: George Fairbairn; Stuart Wright, J Holmes, L Dyl, W Francis; R Millward (c), S Nash; P Hogan, E Bowman, G Nicholls, S Pitchford, K Elwell, J Thompson; K Gill, L Casey.

[edit] External links

• 1977 World Cup at rlhalloffame.org.uk

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