World Cup 1972 Group match 2 of 6
Attendance: 6,324
Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan, France
Referee: Claude Teisseire
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
7 Nov 1970Australia12 - 7Great Britain1970-71
24 Oct 1970Great Britain11 - 4Australia1970-71
4 Jul 1970Australia17 - 21Great Britain1970
Great Britain Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Paul Charlton        
2 Clive Sullivan 1     3
3 Chris Hesketh        
4 John Walsh        
5 John Atkinson 1     3
6 Dennis O'Neill 1     3
7 Steve Nash        
8 Terry Clawson   6   12
9 Mick Stephenson 1     3
10 David Jeanes        
11 Phil Lowe 1     3
12 Brian Lockwood        
13 George Nicholls28        
14 John Holmes        
(15) Bob Irving        
Total:        
 5 6 0 27
Australia Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Graeme Langlands   4   8
2 Mark Harris        
3 Ray Branighan        
4 Geoff Starling        
5 Steve Knight        
6 Bob Fulton 3     9
7 Tom Raudonikis 1     3
8 John O'Neill        
9 Elwyn Walters        
10 Arthur Beetson        
11 Bob McCarthy     1 1
12 John Elford        
13 Gary Sullivan        
14 Dennis Ward        
15 Paul Sait        
Total:        
 4 4 1 21



    Note: Those players whose number appears in bracketed italics are non-playing substitutes.