1979 Great Britain Lions tour | |
Date: | 25 May 1979 – 13 August 1979 |
Manager: | Harry Womersley Dick Gemmell |
Coach: | Eric Ashton |
Captain: | Doug Laughton |
Top Point Scorer: | John Woods (171) |
Top Try Scorer: | Steve Evans (16) |
Matchplayed: | 27 |
Matchwon: | 21 |
Matchdraw: | 1 |
Matchlost: | 5 |
Testplayed: | 6 |
Testwon: | 2 |
Testdraw: | 0 |
Testlost: | 4 |
Played1: | 3 |
Won1: | 0 |
Draw1: | 0 |
Lost1: | 3 |
Played2: | 3 |
Won2: | 2 |
Draw2: | 0 |
Lost2: | 1 |
Previous: | 1974 |
Next: | 1984 |
The 1979 Great Britain Lions tour was the Great Britain national rugby league team's 16th tour of Australasia and took place from May to August 1979. A total of 27 matches were played against local club and representative sides during the tour, including a three match Test match series against Australia and New Zealand respectively.
In March 1979, a 30-man squad was selected for the tour, with Doug Laughton appointed as captain.[1] The squad included Widnes prop Jim Mills, who was banned from playing in New Zealand due to an incident in 1975 when Mills played for Wales against New Zealand.[2] Despite an appeal to overturn the ban, the International Board confirmed the ban would be upheld.[3]
After the squad was selected, John Bevan and Stuart Wright were forced to withdraw due to injury, and were replaced by Roy Mathias and David Barends.[4] Ken Kelly also suffered an injury shortly before the tour departed, and was replaced by John Holmes.[5]
Name | Position | Club | Apps | Tests | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Points | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forward | 16 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 17 | ||||
Back | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
Forward | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Forward | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
Back | 19 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
Back | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 46 | ||||
Back | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
Forward | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Forward | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
Back | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Back | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
Forward | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Back | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
Forward | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Forward | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Forward | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Forward | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Back | 17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
Forward | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Back | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Back | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 | ||||
Back | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Forward | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Forward | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Back | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Forward | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Back | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
Back | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
Forward | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Back | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Forward | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Forward | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Back | 17 | 4 | 12 | 67 | 1 | 171 |