Brett Codlin top scorer

Press, 14 July 1980, Page 32

Brett Codlin top scorer

NZPA Sydney The Counties full-back, Brett Codlin, was the top All Black points scorer on the 13-match All Black tour of Australia.

Codlin scored 75 points from one try, 19 conversions and 11 penalties in 8 appearances.

The second highest points scorer was Canterbury’s Richard Wilson, who in a total of six matches scored 72 points from two tries, 20 conversions and eight-penal-ties.

The top try scorer on the tour was the Wellington wing. Bernie Fraser, who dotted down on 11 occasions. The players to score the second highest number of tries were Auckland’s Tim Twigden and Manawatu’s Mark Shaw, who both scored six! apiece.

Auckland’s Andy Haden played the most number of games on tour with 11 out of a possible 13 and one behind him were Shaw, the flanker, Leicester Rutledge and the lock, John Fleming, who both played in 10 games. The All Blacks scored 430 points for and had 110 scored against them. The points for came from 70 tries. 39 conversions, 19. penalties and five dropped goals. The opposition points were scored from 12 tries, seven conversions, eight penalties and eight dropped goals. Australia scored 48 pouts

in the three-match test series from seven tries, four conversions, two penalties and two dropped goals. New Zealand scored a total of 31 points in the test series, won 2-1 by Australia, from two tries, a convers'.on and seven penalties. Codlin was the top points scorer in the series with a total of 23 points from seven penalties and a conversion. The full-back. Roger Gould, was the top points scorer for Australia with 14 points from four conversions and two penalties. Peter Grigg’s two tries in Australia’s 26-10 victory at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday made him the leading try scorer for the series.

New Zealand won nine matches, lost three (to Australia twice and Queensland) and drew the first maten cf the tour against Sydney.