Kangaroos one up
NZPA Wigan Australia exposed a few football myths in the first rugby league test against Great Britain on Saturday, winning, 15-9,' at Central Park, in Wigan. The jubilant Kangaroo coach, Mr Frank Stanton, who has heard a crescendo of British talk about brain versus brawn football since arriving in Britain, hit back with his team’s performance.
The two teams had to reshuffle their line-ups 13min after the interval when both half-backs, Tom Raudonikis and Steve Nash, were sent from the field by the referee, Mr Ron Campbell, after a wild melee near a scrum. The score was level at 6-all at half-time but the Kangaroos came out on top after England led halfway through the second spell. Scorers. — For Australia, tries by Kerry Boustead and Bob Fulton, a field goal to Fulton and three penalties and a conversion by Mick Cronin. For England a try to John Bevan and three penalties to George Fairbairn.
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