1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

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The 1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France was the sixteenth Kangaroo tour in which the Australian national rugby league team (known as the Winfield Kangaroos due to sponsorship) plays a number of tour matches against British and French teams, in addition to the Test matches. The next Kangaroo tour was staged in 1990.

Australia continued its dominance, easily winning both Test series against Great Britain and France as well as defeating Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby on the way to England, going through the entire tour undefeated in a repeat of the 1982 Invincibles' tour which saw the 1986 team became known as "The Unbeatables". In twenty matches they scored 136 tries and conceded only 16, posting 738 points for and 126 against.[1] Terry Lamb became the first player to appear in every match on a Kangaroo Tour.

The team was coached by 1956/57 Kangaroo tourist Don Furner, who also coached the Canberra Raiders in the NSWRL that year. The squad was captained by Queensland captain Wally Lewis, the first time a Queensland based player had captained a Kangaroo tour since Tom Gorman led the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. Peter Sterling was named as the tour's vice-captain, while the tour managers were Gordon Treichel and John Fleming.

National Panasonic put up AU$5,000 worth of products for the Australian player who voted as player of the tour. Team sponsor Winfield also put up $1,000 for the Australian player judged the player of the match for each Test match played on the tour.

Squad[]

Of the 28 players selected to go on the tour 23 were from clubs of the New South Wales Rugby League and 5 were from clubs of the Brisbane Rugby League. This was the last time players from the Queensland-based competition were selected for a Kangaroo tour.

There were a couple of notable omissions from the touring team. Parramatta Eels test winger Eric Grothe had originally been selected in the side and even had pre-tour publicity photos taken with the rest of the team. However he was ruled out late with the recurrence of a knee injury and his place was taken by young Penrith halfback Greg Alexander. The other was regular Australian vice-captain Wayne Pearce who had ruptured his Anterior cruciate ligament during the 1986 Trans-Tasman Test series against New Zealand in July. Despite an intense rehabilitation program, and being passed as fit by his surgeon, Dr Merv Cross, Pearce was ruled out of the tour by team medico Dr Bill Monoghan after a pre-tour team physical conducted at Redfern Oval in Sydney.

Surprisingly, the 1986 NSWRL Winfield Cup premiers Parramatta only supplied two players to the Kangaroos squad (vice-captain Peter Sterling and Brett Kenny). Conversely, the 1986 Brisbane premiers Wynnum-Manly supplied four players to the squad (captain Wally Lewis, Greg Dowling, Bob Lindner and Gene Miles). With the exception of Dowling who did not play the pre-tour test against Papua New Guinea, all six 1986 premiership winners played in each test on the tour.

NOTE: Statistics only show games in Great Britain and France and do not include the test against Papua New Guinea

Player Club Position(s) Games (sub) Tests (sub) Tries Goals Points
New South Wales Greg Alexander Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers Halfback 9 (1) - 10 5 50
Queensland Gary Belcher Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Fullback 10 - 6 0 24
Queensland Martin Bella North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Prop 8 (2) - 1 0 4
New South Wales Noel Cleal Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Second-row 7 2 3 0 12
New South Wales Phil Daley Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Prop 7 - 0 0 0
New South Wales Les Davidson South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Prop, Second-row 14 3 (2) 0 0 0
Queensland Greg Dowling Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (Qld) Prop 11 5 1 0 4
New South Wales Paul Dunn Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Prop, Second-row 11 4 0 0 0
New South Wales Ben Elias Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Hooker 10 - 3 0 12
New South Wales Steve Folkes Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Second-row 6 1 1 0 4
New South Wales Des Hasler Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Halfback, Lock 8 - 4 0 16
New South Wales Garry Jack Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Fullback 12 5 12 0 48
New South Wales Brett Kenny Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Five-eighth, Centre 14 5 8 0 32
Queensland Les Kiss North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Wing 4 1 1 0 4
New South Wales Terry Lamb Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Five-eighth 20 5 (5) 19 20 116
New South Wales Paul Langmack Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Lock 10 - 3 0 12
Queensland Wally Lewis (c) Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (Qld) Five-eighth 11 5 6 0 24
Queensland Bob Lindner Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (Qld) Lock, Second-row 10 5 6 0 24
Queensland Mal Meninga Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Centre, Second-row 13 3 (2) 9 7 50
Queensland Gene Miles Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (Qld) Centre 13 5 8 0 32
New South Wales Chris Mortimer Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Centre, Wing 9 - 4 0 32
Queensland Bryan Niebling Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins (Qld) Second-row, Prop 10 5 2 0 8
New South Wales Michael O'Connor St. George colours.svg St George Dragons Centre, Wing 14 5 13 59 170
New South Wales Steve Roach Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Prop 8 1 3 0 12
Queensland Dale Shearer Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Wing, Centre, Fullback 13 4 12 0 48
New South Wales Royce Simmons Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers Hooker 10 5 1 0 4
New South Wales Paul Sironen Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Second-row 10 1 0 0 0
New South Wales Peter Sterling (vc) Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Halfback 10 5 3 0 12

By Club[]

The touring side was represented by 18 New South Welshmen (N) and 10 Queenslanders (Q).

  • Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5): Paul Dunn (N), Steve Folkes (N), Terry Lamb (N), Paul Langmack (N), Chris Mortimer (N)
  • Balmain Tigers (4): Ben Elias (N), Garry Jack (N), Steve Roach (N), Paul Sironen (N)
  • Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (4): Noel Cleal (N), Phil Daley (N), Des Halser (N), Dale Shearer (Q)
  • Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (4): Wally Lewis (captain) (Q), Greg Dowling (Q), Bob Lindner (Q), Gene Miles (Q)
  • Canberra Raiders (2): Gary Belcher (Q), Mal Meninga (Q)
  • North Sydney Bears (2): Martin Bella (Q), Les Kiss (Q)
  • Parramatta Eels (2): Peter Sterling (N) (vice-captain), Brett Kenny (N)
  • Penrith Panthers (2): Greg Alexander (N), Royce Simmons (N)
  • Redcliffe Dolphins (1): Bryan Niebling (Q)
  • South Sydney Rabbitohs (1): Les Davidson (N)
  • St George Dragons (1): Michael O'Connor (N)

Papua New Guinea[]

Before flying to England, the Kangaroos played their second ever Test against Papua New Guinea at the Lloyd Robson Oval in Port Moresby on 4 October. In front of 17,000 fans (still the record attendance for the venue as of 2017), the Wally Lewis led Kangaroos defeated the Kumuls 62–12. Reserve Australian forward Paul Sironen made his test debut in the game. This was the first of three test matches on the tour that counted towards the ongoing 1985-1988 Rugby League World Cup

4 October 1986
Papua New Guinea  12 – 62  Australia
Tries:
(2)








Goals:
Dairi Kovae (2/2)
[2] Tries:
Noel Cleal (2)
Les Kiss (2)
Michael O'Connor (2)
Garry Jack
Des Hasler
Wally Lewis
Bob Lindner
Chris Mortimer
Steve Roach
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (7/12)
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Neville Kesha Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Australia
FB 1 Dairi Kovae
RW 2
RC 3 Lauta Atoi
LC 4
LW 5
FE 6
HB 7 (c)
PR 8
HK 9
PR 10
SR 11
SR 12
LK 13 Arebo Taumaku
Substitutions:
IC 14
IC 15
Coach:
New Zealand Barry Wilson
FB 1 Balmain colours.svg Garry Jack
LW 2 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
RC 3 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Gene Miles
LC 4 Canterbury colours.svg Chris Mortimer
RW 5 North Sydney colours.svg Les Kiss
FE 6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wally Lewis (c)
HB 7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Des Hasler
PR 8 Balmain colours.svg Steve Roach
HK 9 Penrith colours.svg Royce Simmons
PR 10 Redcliffe colours.svg Bryan Niebling
SR 11 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Dunn
SR 12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Noel Cleal
LF 13 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Bob Lindner
Substitutions:
IC 14 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
IC 15 Balmain colours.svg Paul Sironen
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

Great Britain[]

The Kangaroos played 13 games in England, including the three Ashes tests against Great Britain. Australia kept alive its streak of not having lost to an English club or provincial team since 1978. The English leg of the tour drew a total of 212,068 fans to the 13 games (including the three tests).

Test Venues[]

The three Ashes series tests took place at the following venues.

Manchester Leeds Wigan
Old Trafford Elland Road Central Park
Capacity: 51,000 Capacity: 32,500 Capacity: 30,000
Old Trafford march 1992.JPG Elland rd2.jpg Central park kop.jpg

Sunday, 12 October
Wigan Wigancolours.svg 18 – 26 Australian colours.svg Australia
Tries:
Dean Bell, Shaun Edwards, Joe Lydon
Goals:
Henderson Gill (3/4)
[3] Tries:
Michael O'Connor, Peter Sterling, Noel Cleal, Wally Lewis, Les Kiss
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (3/5)
Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 30,622
Referee: John Holdsworth
Man of the Match: Bryan Niebling Australian colours.svg
Wigan
Australia
FB 1 Steve Hampson
RW 2 Dean Bell
CE 3 David Stephenson
CE 4 Joe Lydon
LW 5 Henderson Gill
SO 6 Shaun Edwards
SH 7 Mike Ford
PR 8 Graeme West (c)
HK 9 Martin Dermott
PR 10 Brian Case
SR 11 Ian Roberts
SR 12 Ian Potter
LF 13 Andy Goodway
Substitutions:
IC 14
IC 15 Rob Louw
Coach:
New Zealand Graham Lowe
FB 1 Balmain colours.svg Garry Jack
LW 2 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
CE 3 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Gene Miles
CE 4 Parramatta colours.svg Brett Kenny
RW 5 North Sydney colours.svg Les Kiss
FE 6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wally Lewis (c)
HB 7 Parramatta colours.svg Peter Sterling
PR 8 Balmain colours.svg Steve Roach
HK 9 Penrith colours.svg Royce Simmons
PR 10 Redcliffe colours.svg Bryan Niebling
SR 11 Balmain colours.svg Paul Sironen
SR 12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Noel Cleal
LK 13 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Bob Lindner
Substitutions:
IC 14 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
IC 15 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

The Kangaroos led 16-2 at half time in front of 30,622 fans (the record for a Wigan vs Australia match on a Kangaroo Tour) in the tour opener at Wigan (more than 10,000 than would attend the dead rubber 3rd test at the same ground some 6 weeks later). A fightback in the second half by the home side saw them close the game to just 8 points at full time.[4]

The attendance at this game (30,622) was the largest crowd the Kangaroos had played in front of in England since 30,604 attended the 3rd Ashes Test at Headingley on the 1978 Kangaroo tour. It was also the highest ever tour game attendance against Wigan beating the 28,554 who attended the match at Central Park between Wigan and the Kangaroos captained by Clive Churchill.


Wednesday, 15 October
Hull Kingston Rovers HKRcolours.svg 10 – 46 Australian colours.svg Australia
Tries:
Kerry Boustead
Goals:
John Dorahy (3)
[5] Tries:
Terry Lamb (5), Ben Elias (2), Paul Langmack, Chris Mortimer
Goals:
Terry Lamb (3)
Mal Meninga (2)
Craven Park, Hull
Attendance: 6,868
Referee: Gerry Kershaw
Man of the Match: Terry Lamb Australian colours.svg
Hull KR
Australia
FB 1 George Fairbairn (c)
RW 2 Garry Clark
CE 3 John Dorahy
CE 4 Kerry Boustead
LW 5 David Laws
SO 6 Mike Smith
SH 7
PR 8 Mark Broadhurst
HK 9
PR 10
SR 11 Andy Kelly
SR 12
LF 13
Substitutions:
IC 14
IC 15
Coach:
England Roger Millward
FB 1 Canberra colours.svg Gary Belcher
LW 2 Canterbury colours.svg Chris Mortimer
CE 3 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Gene Miles
CE 4 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
RW 5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dale Shearer
FE 6 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
HB 7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Des Hasler
PR 8 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Greg Dowling
HK 9 Balmain colours.svg Benny Elias (c)
PR 10 North Sydney colours.svg Martin Bella
SR 11 Canterbury colours.svg Steve Folkes
SR 12 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Dunn
LK 13 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Langmack
Substitutions:
IC 14 Penrith colours.svg Greg Alexander
IC 15 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

All of Hull KR's points were scored by Australian's. Former Wests, Manly and Illawarra back John Dorahy kicked 3 goals for the Robins while 1978 and 1982 Kangaroo tourist and 25 test veteran Kerry Boustead scored the only try for the home team with all 10 points coming in the first half. For the Kangaroos, Terry Lamb crossed for 5 of the teams 9 tries. Australian halfback Des Hasler broke his hand in the first half and was replaced by Greg Alexander. Hasler's injury would keep him out of action for a month and he would not return to the field until the 11th game of the tour against Hull F.C. at The Boulevard.

For the match at Craven Park, Kangaroo tour broadcaster Network Ten had to hire extra lighting to bring the lights up to broadcasting standard. It would become a common theme and problem during tour games for Ten with all bar the Ashes tests and the games against Wigan, Leeds and Hull F.C. being played at night at grounds where the lighting was usually not up to broadcast standard.[6]


Sunday, 19 October
Leeds Rhinoscolours.svg 0 – 40 Australian colours.svg Australia
Tries:

Goals:
David Creasser (0/1)
[7] Tries:
Michael O'Connor (2), Wally Lewis (2), Garry Jack, Noel Cleal, Greg Dowling, Brett Kenny
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (4/8)
Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 11,389
Referee: Robin Whitfield
Leeds
Australia
FB 1
RW 2 David Creasser
CE 3 Andrew Ettingshausen
CE 4 Mark McGaw
LW 5
SO 6 John Holmes
SH 7
PR 8 Jeff Grayshon
HK 9
PR 10 Peter Smith
SR 11
SR 12 Gary Price
LF 13 David Heron (c)
Substitutions:
IC 14 Paul Medley
IC 15 Trevor Skerrett
Coach:
England Peter Fox
FB 1 Balmain colours.svg Garry Jack
RW 2 North Sydney colours.svg Les Kiss
CE 3 Parramatta colours.svg Brett Kenny
CE 4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Gene Miles
LW 5 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
FE 6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wally Lewis (c)
HB 7 Parramatta colours.svg Peter Sterling
PR 8 Balmain colours.svg Steve Roach
HK 9 Penrith colours.svg Royce Simmons
PR 10 Redcliffe colours.svg Bryan Niebling
SR 11 Balmain colours.svg Paul Sironen
SR 12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Noel Cleal
LK 13 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Bob Lindner
Substitutions:
IC 14 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
IC 15 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Greg Dowling
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

Leeds were unlucky not to be awarded a try midway through the second half after it appeared that replacement forward Trevor Skerrett had managed to get the ball down after good lead up work by former Great Britain international Jeff Greyshon. However an un-sighted referee Whitfield ruled that Skerrett had been held up in-goal. Leeds only other scoring opportunity came in the first half but young winger David Creasser missed a relatively simple penalty kick from in front of the posts. Leeds' centre pairing for the game were Cronulla-Sutherland imports Andrew Ettingshausen and Mark McGaw who would play against Leeds for Australia on the 1990 Kangaroo tour.[8]


Tuesday, 21 October
Cumbria Cumbria 12 – 48 Australian colours.svg Australia
Tries:
, Les Holliday
Goals:
Graeme Cameron (2)
[9] Tries:
Greg Alexander (3), Terry Lamb (3), Dale Shearer (2), Gary Belcher, Mal Meninga
Goals:
Terry Lamb (3)
Michael O'Connor (1)
Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness
Attendance: 4,233
Referee: John McDonald
Man of the Match: Les Davidson Australian colours.svg
Cumbria
Australia
FB 1 Workingtoncolours.svg Gary Smith
RW 2 Barrowcolours.svg
CE 3 France colours.svg
CE 4 Barrowcolours.svg
LW 5 Workingtoncolours.svg
SO 6 Haven colours.svg (c)
SH 7 Barrowcolours.svg David Cairns
PR 8 Barrowcolours.svg
HK 9 Workingtoncolours.svg
PR 10 Haven colours.svg
SR 11 Barrowcolours.svg
SR 12 Swintoncolours.svg Les Holliday
LF 13 Leigh colours.svg Milton Huddart
Substitutions:
IC 14 Haven colours.svg
IC 15 Workingtoncolours.svg
Coach:
FB 1 Canberra colours.svg Gary Belcher
RW 2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dale Shearer
CE 3 Canterbury colours.svg Chris Mortimer
CE 4 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
LW 5 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
FE 6 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
HB 7 Penrith colours.svg Greg Alexander
PR 8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Phil Daley
HK 9 Balmain colours.svg Benny Elias (c)
PR 10 North Sydney colours.svg Martin Bella
SR 11 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Dunn
SR 12 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
LK 13 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Langmack
Substitutions:
IC 14 Balmain colours.svg Paul Sironen
IC 15
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

The Kangaroos only match against a full county lineup was played in front of the English leg's smallest crowd of just 4,233 at Craven Park in Barrow-in-Furness. As of 2017 this would be the 11th last game the Kangaroos played at the home of the Barrow club.


The Ashes[]

1st Ashes Test[]

The crowd of 50,583 for the first Test at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester, set a record for an international match on British soil, beating the previous record of 42,685 for an England vs New Zealand test at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford in 1947.[10][11] The Ashes series against Great Britain saw an aggregate Ashes series crowd of 101,560 attending the three Tests, though this fell short of the record aggregate attendance of 114,883 set during the .[12][13]

Saturday, 25 October 1986
Great Britain  16 – 38  Australia
Tries:
Garry Schofield
Joe Lydon
Tony Marchant
Goals:
Lee Crooks (1/3)
Henderson Gill (1/1)
[14] Tries:
Gene Miles (3)
Michael O'Connor (3)
Garry Jack
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (5/9)
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 50,583
Referee: Julien Rascagneres France
Man of the Match: Wally Lewis Australian colours.svg
Great Britain
Australia
FB 1 Wigancolours.svg Joe Lydon
RW 2 Castleford colours.svg Tony Marchant
RC 3 Hullcolours.svg Garry Schofield
LC 4 Wigancolours.svg Ellery Hanley
LW 5 Wigancolours.svg Henderson Gill
SO 6 Widnes colours.svg Tony Myler
SH 7 Fevcolours.svg Deryck Fox
PR 8 Castleford colours.svg Kevin Ward
HK 9 HKRcolours.svg David Watkinson (c)
PR 10 Saintscolours.svg John Fieldhouse
SR 11 Hullcolours.svg Lee Crooks
SR 12 Wigancolours.svg Ian Potter
LK 13 Wigancolours.svg Andy Goodway
Substitutions:
IC 14 Wigancolours.svg Shaun Edwards
IC 15 Saintscolours.svg Andy Platt
Coach:
England Maurice Bamford
FB 1 Balmain colours.svg Garry Jack
LW 2 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
RC 3 Parramatta colours.svg Brett Kenny
LC 4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Gene Miles
RW 5 North Sydney colours.svg Les Kiss
FE 6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wally Lewis (c)
HB 7 Parramatta colours.svg Peter Sterling
PR 8 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Greg Dowling
HK 9 Penrith colours.svg Royce Simmons
PR 10 Balmain colours.svg Steve Roach
SR 11 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Noel Cleal
SR 12 Redcliffe colours.svg Bryan Niebling
LF 13 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Bob Lindner
Substitutions:
IC 14 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
IC 15 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

The Kangaroos began their Ashes defence in a blaze of glory. Wet and windy conditions were the order of the day at Old Trafford as Gene Miles (who completely out-played Ellery Hanley) and Michael O'Connor crossed for 3 tries each. O'Connor also contributed 5 goals in the tricky conditions for a personal haul of 22 points as the Australian's took a 1-0 series lead with a convincing 38-16 win. Although soundly beaten, the Lions gave their fans something to cheer in the second half by providing something of a fightback, culminating in Joe Lydon sprinting 60 metres and out-pacing Garry Jack to score in the corner. Lydon's try created Ashes history as it was the first time in 97 tests between the two sides that a British fullback had scored a try.


Wednesday, 29 October
Halifax Faxcolours.svg 2 – 36 Australian colours.svg Australia
Tries:

Goals:
Colin Whitfield (1/3)
[15] Tries:
Greg Alexander (2), Terry Lamb (2), Gary Belcher, Brett Kenny, Mal Meninga
Goals:
Terry Lamb (4/7)
Thrum Hall, Halifax
Attendance: 7,193
Referee: Mick Beaumont
Man of the Match: Greg Alexander Australian colours.svg
Halifax
Australia
FB 1 Graham Eadie
RW 2 Scott Wilson
CE 3 Colin Whitfield
CE 4 Chris Anderson (c)
LW 5
SO 6 Neil Hague
SH 7 Gary Stephens
PR 8 Keith Neller
HK 9 Chris Preece
PR 10 Brian Juliff
SR 11
SR 12 Paul Dixon
LF 13 Grant Rix
Substitutions:
IC 14
IC 15
Coach:
Australia Chris Anderson
FB 1 Canberra colours.svg Gary Belcher
RW 2 Parramatta colours.svg Brett Kenny
CE 3 Canterbury colours.svg Chris Mortimer
CE 4 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
LW 5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Noel Cleal
FE 6 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
HB 7 Penrith colours.svg Greg Alexander
PR 8 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Dunn
HK 9 Balmain colours.svg Benny Elias (c)
PR 10 North Sydney colours.svg Martin Bella
SR 11 Balmain colours.svg Paul Sironen
SR 12 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
LK 13 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Langmack
Substitutions:
IC 14 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
IC 15
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

This game saw Don Furner play a couple of players out of position with Brett Kenny and Noel Cleal on the wings.


Sunday, 2 November
St. Helens Saintscolours.svg 8 – 32 Australian colours.svg Australia
Tries:

Goals:
Paul Loughlin (4)
[16] Tries:
Dale Shearer (2), Noel Cleal, Mal Meninga, Gene Miles, Bryan Niebling
Goals:
Mal Meninga (3)
Terry Lamb (1)
Knowsley Road, St. Helens
Attendance: 15,381
Referee: Fred Lindop
St Helens
Australia
FB 1 Phil Veivers
RW 2 Barry Ledger
CE 3 Paul Loughlin
CE 4 Steve Halliwell
LW 5
SO 6 Brett Clark
SH 7 Neil Holding (c)
PR 8
HK 9 Graham Liptrot
PR 10
SR 11
SR 12 Andy Platt
LF 13 Chris Arkwright
Substitutions:
IC 14 Shaun Allen
IC 15 Paul Round
Coach:
England Alex Murphy
FB 1 Balmain colours.svg Garry Jack
RW 2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dale Shearer
CE 3 Parramatta colours.svg Brett Kenny
CE 4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Gene Miles
LW 5 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
FE 6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wally Lewis (c)
HB 7 Parramatta colours.svg Peter Sterling
PR 8 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Greg Dowling
HK 9 Penrith colours.svg Royce Simmons
PR 10 Balmain colours.svg Steve Roach
SR 11 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Noel Cleal
SR 12 Redcliffe colours.svg Bryan Neibling
LK 13 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Bob Lindner
Substitutions:
IC 14 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
IC 15 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Dunn
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

With the exception of Mal Meninga on the wing in place of a resting Michael O'Connor (Meninga had played for St Helens in 1984–85 and remained a crowd favourite at Knowsley Road), the Kangaroos played with the expected 2nd Test line up. Dale Shearer had replaced the injured Les Kiss on the wing and highlighted his return to the top side with a 70-metre intercept try in the first half that in effect gave a clean bill of health to a previously injured groin muscle.

Steve Roach's tour effectively ended after dislocating his elbow during the match which would see Don Furner use Paul Dunn in the front row for the second test.


Tuesday, 4 November
Oldham Oldhamcolours.svg 16 – 22 Australian colours.svg Australia
Tries:
, Des Foy
Goals:
Mick Worrall (3/5)
David Hobbs (1/1)
[17] Tries:
Terry Lamb (2), Ben Elias, Greg Alexander
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (3/6)
Mal Meninga (0/1)
The Watersheddings, Oldham
Attendance: 5,678
Referee: Mick Beaumont
Oldham
Australia
FB 1
RW 2
CE 3 Des Foy
CE 4 Gary Warnecke
LW 5 Hussein M'Barki
SO 6 David Topliss (c)
SH 7
PR 8 Bruce Clark
HK 9 Terry Flanagan
PR 10
SR 11 David Hobbs
SR 12 Mick Worrall
LF 13 Stuart Raper
Substitutions:
IC 14
IC 15
Coach:
England Frank Myler
FB 1 Canberra colours.svg Gary Belcher
RW 2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dale Shearer
CE 3 Canterbury colours.svg Chris Mortimer
CE 4 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
LW 5 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
FE 6 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
HB 7 Penrith colours.svg Greg Alexander
PR 8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Phil Daley
HK 9 Balmain colours.svg Benny Elias (c)
PR 10 North Sydney colours.svg Martin Bella
SR 11 Canterbury colours.svg Steve Folkes
SR 12 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
LK 13 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Langmack
Substitutions:
IC 14 Balmain colours.svg Paul Sironen
IC 15
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

Oldham put up a spirited display against the Kangaroos before going down by the closest score of the tour, 22–16. This would be the last time the touring Kangaroos would play Oldham.


2nd Ashes Test[]

Great Britain coach Maurice Bamford surprisingly made only one change to the team that had lost heavily in Manchester. Centre Ellery Hanley was ruled out through injury and replaced by St. Helens winger Barry Ledger, with Tony Marchant moving from the wing to partner Garry Schofield in the centres. Bamford came in for heavy criticism from former Great Britain and England internationals for his selections. For the Kangaroos, Dale Shearer made his return to the Test team replacing the injured Les Kiss on the wing, while Canterbury-Bankstown forward Paul Dunn returned to the team in the front row replacing Steve Roach who had dislocated his elbow in the win over St. Helens.

Saturday, 8 November 1986
Great Britain  4 – 34  Australia
Tries:
Garry Schofield




Goals:
Lee Crooks (0/1)
[18] Tries:
Garry Jack (2)
Bob Lindner
Michael O'Connor
Wally Lewis
Brett Kenny
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (5/8)
Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 30,808
Referee: Julien Rascagneres France
Man of the Match: Noel Cleal Australian colours.svg
Great Britain
Australia
FB 1 Wigancolours.svg Joe Lydon
RW 2 Saintscolours.svg Barry Ledger
RC 3 Hullcolours.svg Garry Schofield
LC 4 Castleford colours.svg Tony Marchant
LW 5 Wigancolours.svg Henderson Gill
SO 6 Widnes colours.svg Tony Myler
SH 7 Fevcolours.svg Deryck Fox
PR 8 Castleford colours.svg Kevin Ward
HK 9 HKRcolours.svg David Watkinson (c)
PR 10 Saintscolours.svg John Fieldhouse
SR 11 Hullcolours.svg Lee Crooks
SR 12 Wigancolours.svg Ian Potter
LK 13 Wigancolours.svg Andy Goodway
Substitutions:
IC 14 Wigancolours.svg Shaun Edwards
IC 15 Saintscolours.svg Andy Platt
Coach:
England Maurice Bamford
FB 1 Balmain colours.svg Garry Jack
LW 2 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
RC 3 Parramatta colours.svg Brett Kenny
LC 4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Gene Miles
RW 5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dale Shearer
FE 6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wally Lewis (c)
HB 7 Parramatta colours.svg Peter Sterling
PR 8 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Greg Dowling
HK 9 Penrith colours.svg Royce Simmons
PR 10 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Dunn
SR 11 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Noel Cleal
SR 12 Redcliffe colours.svg Bryan Niebling
LF 13 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Bob Lindner
Substitutions:
IC 14 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
IC 15 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

After an even start, during which the Lions had made a couple of line breaks that had the Australian defence scrambling, the Kangaroos ran riot in the second Test, wrapping up The Ashes with a six tries to one, 34-4 win in front of 30,808 at Elland Road. The Lions only try came late in the game. Australia led 34-0 when Kangaroos fullback Garry Jack, who had scored two tries, pushed a pass 10 metres from his line to Michael O'Connor. The Aussie winger dropped the ball (which was bullet like and at his knees) and it was pounced upon by Schofield who scored only 15 metres wide of the posts. Lee Crooks missed the relatively easy conversion of his team's only try, summing up the Lions day. Such was the Kangaroos dominance that this was the only kick at goal the Lions managed throughout the match.

Bob Lindner scored the opening try of the game after backing up a strong burst up the middle by Noel Cleal. O'Connor converted the try and was also next to score after taking a cut-out pass from Peter Sterling near his own quarter line. After racing around the Lions defence, O'Connor kicked ahead as Joe Lydon loomed and easily won the 55 metre race to the ball for the try. He converted his own try to give Australia a 12-0 lead which they took into half time. The floodgates opened in the second though and the Kangaroos blew the Lions away with a powerful performance. Two tries to Garry Jack and one each to Wally Lewis and Brett Kenny saw Australia leading 34-0 before Schofield's try at least gave the crowd something to cheer. Before Kenny's try with the score at 28-0, the crowd, far from impressed with the Lions performance, had even begun to chant "What a load of rubbish" (clearly audible on the television coverage) and were actually applauding the Kangaroos open style of play.

In his television commentary of the game, former Australian dual-rugby international and 1959-60 Kangaroo tour vice-captain Rex Mossop summed up the game when calling Brett Kenny's try, stating that "Australia carved them up. They've decimated, dissected and absolutely diabolically destroyed this Great Britain side today".


Wednesday, 12 November
Widnes Widnes colours.svg 4 – 20 Australian colours.svg Australia
Tries:

Goals:
Mick Burke (2)
[19] Tries:
Greg Alexander, Martin Bella, Chris Mortimer
Goals:
Terry Lamb (2)
Mal Meninga (2)
Naughton Park, Widnes
Attendance: 10,268
Referee: Geoff Berry
Widnes
Australia
FB 1 Mick Burke
RW 2
CE 3 Darren Wright
CE 4
LW 5 John Basnett
SO 6 Tony Myler (c)
SH 7 David Hulme
PR 8 Steve O'Neill
HK 9 Phil McKenzie
PR 10 Mike O'Neill
SR 11 Richard Eyres
SR 12 Paul Hulme
LF 13 Harry Pinner
Substitutions:
IC 14
IC 15
Coach:
England Doug Laughton
FB 1 Canberra colours.svg Gary Belcher
RW 2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dale Shearer
CE 3 Canterbury colours.svg Chris Mortimer
CE 4 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
LW 5 North Sydney colours.svg Les Kiss
FE 6 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
HB 7 Penrith colours.svg Greg Alexander
PR 8 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
HK 9 Balmain colours.svg Benny Elias (c)
PR 10 North Sydney colours.svg Martin Bella
SR 11 Balmain colours.svg Paul Sironen
SR 12 Canterbury colours.svg Steve Folkes
LK 13 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Langmack
Substitutions:
IC 14 Parramatta colours.svg Brett Kenny
IC 15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Phil Daley
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

Sunday, 16 November
Hull F.C. Hullcolours.svg 0 – 48 Australian colours.svg Australia
Tries:

Goals:
[20] Tries:
Terry Lamb (2), Des Hasler (2), Peter Sterling, Mal Meninga, Gene Miles, Garry Jack, Dale Shearer
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (6)
The Boulevard, Hull
Attendance: 8,231
Referee: John McDonald
Hull F.C.
Australia
FB 1 Gary Kemble
RW 2 Paul Eastwood
CE 3 Dane O'Hara
CE 4
LW 5
SO 6 Fred Ah Kuoi
SH 7
PR 8 Dave Brown
HK 9
PR 10 Andy Dannatt
SR 11 Steve Norton
SR 12 Lee Crooks (c)
LF 13 Tracy Lazenby
Substitutions:
IC 14 Gary Pearce
IC 15 Jon Sharp
Coach:
England Len Casey
FB 1 Balmain colours.svg Garry Jack
RW 2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dale Shearer
CE 3 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Gene Miles
CE 4 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
LW 5 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
FE 6 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
HB 7 Parramatta colours.svg Peter Sterling (c)
PR 8 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
HK 9 Penrith colours.svg Royce Simmons
PR 10 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Phil Daley
SR 11 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Noel Cleal
SR 12 Redcliffe colours.svg Bryan Neibling
LK 13 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Langmack
Substitutions:
IC 14 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Des Hasler
IC 15 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

Kangaroos second rower Noel Cleal broke his arm in the game against Hull which ended his tour. Peter Sterling, who had played for Hull during the 1984–85 English season and led them to the Challenge Cup Final, was given the honour of captaining the Kangaroos against his former club. After breaking his thumb during the first half of the second tour game against Hull Kingston Rovers at Craven Park, Des Hasler returned to the side off the bench and scored two tries.


Tuesday, 18 November
Bradford Northern Bullscolours.svg 0 – 38 Australian colours.svg Australia
Tries:

Goals:
[21] Tries:
Bob Lindner, Greg Alexander, Chris Mortimer, Wally Lewis, Mal Meninga, Terry Lamb, Brett Kenny
Goals:
Greg Alexander (5)
Odsal Stadium, Bradford
Attendance: 10,633
Referee: Derek Fox
Bradford Northern
Australia
FB 1 Keith Mumby (c)
RW 2 Phil Ford
CE 3 Steve Donlan
CE 4
LW 5 Roger Simpson
SO 6 John Woods
SH 7 Terry Holmes
PR 8
HK 9
PR 10 Mario Fenech
SR 11 Dick Jasiewicz
SR 12 Karl Fairbank
LF 13 Mal Graham
Substitutions:
IC 14 Brian Noble
IC 15
Coach:
England Barry Seabourne
FB 1 Canberra colours.svg Gary Belcher
LW 2 Penrith colours.svg Greg Alexander
CE 3 Parramatta colours.svg Brett Kenny
CE 4 Canterbury colours.svg Chris Mortimer
RW 5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dale Shearer
FE 6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wally Lewis (c)
HB 7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Des Hasler
PR 8 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Dunn
HK 9 Balmain colours.svg Royce Simmons
PR 10 North Sydney colours.svg Martin Bella
SR 11 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
SR 12 Balmain colours.svg Paul Sironen
LK 13 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Bob Lindner
Substitutions:
IC 14 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
IC 15 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

This match was played in heavy rain and fog. The match saw the most even spread of Australia's "Kangaroos" and "Emu's" (midweek) teams on the tour with 7 non-test and 8 test players in the selected XV.


3rd Ashes Test[]

This match also counted as part of the 1985–88 Rugby League World Cup and was the only match of the series played at a regular rugby league ground, the first two Tests having been played in soccer stadiums to take advantage of the greater spectator capacity. It was also the last Ashes Test in England played at a club home ground until the 2001 Kangaroo tour.

The only Australian team change from the second Test win was Mal Meninga coming off the bench into the second row to replace the injured Noel Cleal (broken arm) with South Sydney forward Les Davidson named on the bench in his Test debut. With the loss of Cleal, Australian coach Don Furner was mulling over whom to replace him with when team captain Wally Lewis suggested moving Meninga to the back row, reasoning that there would be little disruption to the team as both Mal and "Crusher" Cleal were roughly the same size and were fast, skilled players who played a similar style of game. After heavy criticism of his selections for the first two tests from a number of former Great Britain internationals, Maurice Bamford made five changes to the Lions with the recall of halfback Andy Gregory, centre David Stephenson, winger John Basnett and back rowers Chris Burton and Harry Pinner.

Saturday, 22 November 1986
Great Britain  15 – 24  Australia
Tries:
Garry Schofield (2)



Goals:
Joe Lydon (2/3)
Henderson Gill (1/1)
Field Goals:
Garry Schofield (1)
[22] Tries:
Gene Miles
Bob Lindner
Dale Shearer
Wally Lewis
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (4/5)
Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 20,169
Referee: Julien Rascagneres France
Man of the Match: Paul Dunn Australian colours.svg
Great Britain
Australia
FB 1 Wigancolours.svg Joe Lydon
LW 2 Wigancolours.svg Henderson Gill
RC 3 Hullcolours.svg Garry Schofield
LC 4 Wigancolours.svg David Stephenson
RW 5 Widnes colours.svg John Basnett
SO 6 Widnes colours.svg Tony Myler
SH 7 Wigancolours.svg Andy Gregory
PR 8 Castleford colours.svg Kevin Ward
HK 9 HKRcolours.svg David Watkinson (c)
PR 10 Hullcolours.svg Lee Crooks
SR 11 HKRcolours.svg Chris Burton
SR 12 Wigancolours.svg Andy Goodway
LK 13 Widnes colours.svg Ian Potter
Substitutions:
IC 14 Wigancolours.svg Shaun Edwards
IC 15 Wigancolours.svg Ian Potter
Coach:
England Maurice Bamford
FB 1 Balmain colours.svg Garry Jack
LW 2 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
RC 3 Parramatta colours.svg Brett Kenny
LC 4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Gene Miles
RW 5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dale Shearer
FE 6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wally Lewis (c)
HB 7 Parramatta colours.svg Peter Sterling
PR 8 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Greg Dowling
HK 9 Penrith colours.svg Royce Simmons
PR 10 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Dunn
SR 11 Canberra colours.svg Mal Meninga
SR 12 Redcliffe colours.svg Bryan Niebling
LF 13 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Bob Lindner
Substitutions:
IC 14 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
IC 15 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

As with the 1982 Ashes series, the third Test was the most genuinely contested of the Tests played, with the Lions putting in a much improved performance. Centre Gene Miles opened the scoring in the early minutes of the game, with lock forward Bob Lindner also scoring soon after. Successful conversions by Michael O'Connor saw the Kangaroos lead 12-0 after just 15 minutes and another rout looked on the cards. However, the Lions dug deep and tries to Garry Schofield either side of half time saw the game tied at 12-all with the Lions looking like winners for the first time in the series. The game was in the balance until French referee Julien Rascagneres awarded a penalty try to Australian winger Dale Shearer after he was illegally tackled by his opposite John Basnett when both were chasing the ball which Shearer had kicked downfield. A penalty goal to Joe Lydon and a field goal by Schofield reduced the deficit to 18-15, but Wally Lewis then put the result beyond doubt with a try after bamboozling the Lions defence with two dummies near the sideline before racing around to score beside the posts.

France[]

Wednesday, 26 November
President's XIII France colours.svg 4 – 36 Australian colours.svg Australia
[1]
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 800

First Test[]

Sunday, 30 November 1986
France  2 – 44  Australia
Tries:




Goals:
Gilles Dumas (1/2)
[23] Tries:
Michael O'Connor (3)
Bob Lindner (2)
Gene Miles (2)
Garry Jack
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (4/9)
Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fred Lindop England
Man of the Match: Michael O'Connor Australian colours.svg
France
Australia
FB 1 Gilles Dumas
RW 2
RC 3 Roger Palisses
LC 4
LW 5
SO 6
SH 7 Patrick Entat
PR 8 Max Chantal
HK 9
PR 10
SR 11 Guy Laforgue (c)
SR 12
LK 13
Substitutions:
IC 14
IC 15 Francis Laforgue
Coach:
FB 1 Balmain colours.svg Garry Jack
RW 2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dale Shearer
RC 3 Parramatta colours.svg Brett Kenny
LC 4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Gene Miles
LW 5 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
FE 6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wally Lewis (c)
HB 7 Parramatta colours.svg Peter Sterling
PR 8 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Greg Dowling
HK 9 Penrith colours.svg Royce Simmons
PR 10 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Dunn
SR 11 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
SR 12 Redcliffe colours.svg Bryan Niebling
LF 13 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Bob Lindner
Substitutions:
IC 14 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
IC 15 Balmain colours.svg Paul Sironen
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

Wednesday, 3 December
Le Pontet XIII Faxcolours.svg 5 – 42 Australian colours.svg Australia
[24]
, Avignon
Attendance: 2,500

Friday, 5 December
Midi-Pyrénées XIII Midi-Pyrénées 2 – 12 Australian colours.svg Australia
[25]
Stade des Minimes, Toulouse
Attendance: 1,500

Sunday, 7 December
France B France colours.svg 0 – 50 Australian colours.svg Australia
[26]
Stade Municipal d'Albi, Albi
Attendance: 2,000

Wednesday, 10 December
Aquitaine Aquitaine 8 – 50 Australian colours.svg Australia
[27]
Stade Max Rousie, Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Attendance: 500

Second Test[]

Australia's win over France in the final match of the tour, which counted as part of the ongoing 1985-88 World Cup tournament, was a record margin for a Test match.[28][29]

Saturday, 13 December
France  0 – 52  Australia
Tries:





Goals:
[30] Tries:
Dale Shearer (4)
Garry Jack (3)
Steve Folkes
Bryan Niebling
Michael O'Connor
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (6/10)
Stade d'Albert Domec, Carcassonne
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Fred Lindop England
Man of the Match: Dale Shearer Australian colours.svg
France
Australia
FB 1
RW 2
RC 3
LC 4 Francis Laforgue
LW 5
SO 6 Roger Palisses
SH 7
PR 8 Max Chantal
HK 9
PR 10
SR 11 Guy Laforgue (c)
SR 12
LK 13
Substitutions:
IC 14 Gilles Dumas
IC 15
Coach:
FB 1 Balmain colours.svg Garry Jack
RW 2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dale Shearer
RC 3 Parramatta colours.svg Brett Kenny
LC 4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Gene Miles
LW 5 St. George colours.svg Michael O'Connor
FE 6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wally Lewis (c)
HB 7 Parramatta colours.svg Peter Sterling
PR 8 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Greg Dowling
HK 9 Penrith colours.svg Royce Simmons
PR 10 Canterbury colours.svg Paul Dunn
SR 11 Canterbury colours.svg Steve Folkes
SR 12 Redcliffe colours.svg Bryan Niebling
LF 13 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Bob Lindner
Substitutions:
IC 14 Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb
IC 15 South Sydney colours.svg Les Davidson
Coach:
Australia Don Furner

Statistics[]

Leading Try Scorer

Leading Point Scorer

Largest Attendance

  • 50,583 - First test vs Great Britain at Old Trafford

Largest Club Game Attendance

References[]

  1. ^ Gallaway, Jack (2003). Origin: Rugby league's greatest contest 1980 - 2002. University of Queensland Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9780702233838.
  2. ^ 1986 Papua New Guinea vs Australia
  3. ^ Wigan vs Australia
  4. ^ 1986 Kangaroo Tour - Wigan vs Australia (full game)
  5. ^ Hull KR vs Australia
  6. ^ 1986 Kangaroo Tour - Hull KR vs Australia (full game)
  7. ^ Leeds vs Australia
  8. ^ 1986 Leeds vs Australia highlights
  9. ^ Cumbria vs Australia
  10. ^ 1947 England vs New Zealand at Rugby League Project
  11. ^ Rugby league
  12. ^ McGregor, Adrian (1991). Simply The Best: The 1990 Kangaroos. Qld: University of Queensland Press. p. 227 Tour Statistics. ISBN 0-7022-2370-0.
  13. ^ 1948/49 Ashes series at Rugby League Project
  14. ^ 1st Test - Great Britain vs Australia
  15. ^ Halifax vs Australia
  16. ^ St Helens vs Australia
  17. ^ Oldham vs Australia
  18. ^ 2nd Test - Great Britain vs Australia
  19. ^ Widnes vs Australia
  20. ^ Hull vs Australia
  21. ^ Bradford Northern vs Australia
  22. ^ 3rd Test - Great Britain vs Australia
  23. ^ 1st Test - France vs Australia
  24. ^ Le Pontet XIII vs Australia
  25. ^ Midi-Pyrénées vs Australia
  26. ^ France B vs Australia
  27. ^ Aquitaine vs Australia
  28. ^ "Unbeaten Kangaroos the 'Best Ever'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Digital. 1986-12-15. p. 39. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
  29. ^ 1986 Kangaroo tour results at Rugby League Project
  30. ^ 2nd Test - France vs Australia

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