1970 Rugby League World Cup final

1970 Rugby League World Cup final Great BritainGBR 30px AustraliaAUS 30px RFL ARL GBR Great Britain 16 AUS Australia 16 4 3 7 5 7 12 7 November 1970 Headingley Leeds, England Fred Lindop (Great Britain) 18,776 BBC Eddie Waring Rugby League World Cup final 1968 1972 The 1970 Rugby League World Cup final was the conclusive game of the 1970 Rugby League World Cup tournament and was played between Great Britain and Australia on 8 November 1970 at the Headingley ground in Leeds, England. Background 1970 Rugby League World Cup The 1970 Rugby League World Cup was the fifth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 1954, and the first since the 1968 tournament. The tournament was held in the England from 21 October, culminating in the final between Great Britain and Australia on 8 November. Great Britain Scores and results list Great Britain's points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Attendance Stage AUS 11 4 24 October Headingley, Leeds 15,084 Group stage FRA 6 0 28 October Wheldon Road, Castleford 8,958 Group stage NZL 53 19 31 October Station Road, Swinton 5,609 Group stage Great Britain were undefeated going into the final. Australia Scores and results list Great Australia's points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Attendance Stage NZL 47 11 21 October Central Park, Wigan 9,805 Group stage GBR 4 11 24 October Headingley, Leeds 15,084 Group stage FRA 15 17 1 November Odsal Stadium, Bradford 6,654 Group stage Australia, France and New Zealand all finished with one win each. Australia advanced to the Final by virtue of a better for and against record. Match details Having retained the Ashes against Australia during their 1970 Australasian tour, Great Britain were favourites to win the World Cup tournament's final.Kdouh Fatima We take a look back at the greatest Rugby League World Cup finals of all time http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/we-take-a-look-back-at-the-greatest-rugby-league-world-cup-finals-of-all-time/story-fni2flhh-1226771460587 23 December 2013 The Daily Telegraph 28 November 2013 #eeeeee 7 November 1970 GBR 7–12 AUS Tries: John Atkinson Goals: Ray Dutton (1) Field Goal: Syd Hynes Tries: John Cootes Lionel Williamson Goals: Eric Simms (2) Field Goal: Eric Simms Headingley, Leeds 18,776 Fred Lindop (Great Britain) Report _GBRL _GBR1 _blue_stripes2 _red_stripes2 _britishlions12 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Great Britain _kangaroos _kangaroos1992 _kangaroos _thingoldsides _hoops_gold 023E00 023E00 023E00 023E00 023E00 Australia FB 1 Ray DuttonRW 2 Alan SmithRC 3 Syd HynesLC 4 Frank Myler (c)LW 5 John AtkinsonSO 6 Mick ShoebottomSH 7 Keith HepworthPR 8 Dennis HartleyHK 9 Tony FisherPR 10 Cliff WatsonSR 11 Jimmy ThompsonSR 12 Doug LaughtonLF 13 Mal ReillySubstitutions:IC 14 Chris HeskethIC 15 Bob HaighCoach:ENG Johnny Whiteley FB 1 Eric SimmsRW 2 Lionel WilliamsonRC 3 John CootesLC 4 Paul SaitLW 5 Mark HarrisFE 6 Bob FultonHB 7 Billy SmithPR 8 John O'NeillHK 9 Ron TurnerPR 10 Bob O'ReillySR 11 Bob McCarthySR 12 Ron CostelloLK 13 Ron Coote (c)Substitutions:IC 14 Ray BranighanIC 15 Elwyn WaltersCoach:AUS Harry Bath The match, which would become known as the 'Battle of Headingley' Barnes Steve Questions & Answers The Sunday Times UK Times Newspapers Ltd 13 August 2006 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article607193.ece 1 January 2011September 2024 medicmedic due to its brutality went completely against expectations as Britain failed to play any decent football despite overwhelming possession. The Kangaroos led 5–4 at half-time with a try to Australian three-quarter, Father John Cootes. They went on to utilise their meagre chances to the full, running out 12–7 victors. The game itself was an extended punch-up. The only surprise was that it took 79 minutes before anyone was sent off. Two sacrificial lambs, Billy Smith of Australia and Syd Hynes of Britain, were sent off the field in the last minute for what had been going unpunished throughout the game.1970 World Cup final highlights Great Britain, having been undefeated in the World Cup, felt that there should not have been a need to play a final, especially as they had already defeated Australia 11–4 at Headingley in the second game of the tournament. We beat them at Leeds in the group stages as well as beating France and New Zealand so we were confident but in the final we got our tactics wrong. We tried to physically knock them down but we should have played more football. John Atkinson had that altercation with Father John Cootes after the final whistle. Tactically we didn't play to our best. Maybe there was some complacency due to the Ashes win and the group stage games. British loose forward Malcolm Reilly.(Note: Although Reilly recalls a post-match incident between Atkinson and Cootes, what actually happened was Australian fullback Eric Simms attempted to shake hands with Atkinson after the game, but was instead greeted with a headbutt by the frustrated Lions winger. This led to a wild post-match brawl between the teams that had to be broken up by referee Fred Lindop, his two touch judges, and the Leeds City Police.)http://richarddelariviere.co.uk/?p=640 1970 Great Britain v Australia, The World Cup final 2016-02-18 2016-02-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160225012502/http://richarddelariviere.co.uk/?p=640 dead References Category:Rugby League World Cup finals final 1970