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TOURNAMENTS - AUSTRALIA
1980-81 Tri-Nations Test Series
| FINAL TABLE | M | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Race Pts | Match Pts | |
| 1. England | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 280 | 18 | |
| 2. Australia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 280 | 15 | |
| 3. USA | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 194 | 9 | |
| RESULTS | Attendance | |||||||
| Fri 21.11 : Perth (Claremont) | Australia | 49 | England | 31 | USA | 27 | ||
| Sun 14.12 : Mildura | England | 41 | Australia | 36 | USA | 31 | ||
| Tue 16.12* : Melbourne (Brooklyn) | England | 44 | USA | 37 | Australia | 27 | ||
| Fri 19.12 : Newcastle | England | 40 | USA | 37 | Australia | 31 | ||
| Sat 20.12 : Sydney Showground | Australia | 51 | England | 40 | USA | 17 | ||
| Sun 21.12 : Liverpool | Australia | 49 | England | 34 | USA | 25 | ||
| Sat 03.01 : Brisbane | England | 50 | Australia | 37 | USA | 21 | 9,000 | |
| * Rained off on original date, Sat 13.12 | ||||||||
| See also "Other Matches" below | ||||||||
| Australia | Team manager: Jim Airey | Total | ||||||||
| Phil Crump | 13 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | - | 75 | ||
| Billy Sanders © | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 56 |  |
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| John Titman | 11 | - | - | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 54 | ||
| Phil Herne | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | 10 | - | 24 | ||
| Gary Guglielmi | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 8 | - | 21 | ||
| Mick McKeon | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | ||
| Danny Kennedy | - | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 10 | ||
| Glyn Taylor | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | ||
| Steve Regeling | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | ||
| Steve Koppe | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | ||
| John Boulger | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| Neil Coddington | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | ||
| Tim Nunan | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Terry Tulloch | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| England | ||||||||||
| Michael Lee © | 14 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 80 | ||
| Alan Grahame | 2 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 67 | ||
| Phil Collins | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 65 | ||
| Les Collins | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 34 | ||
| Doug Wyer | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 34 | ||
| USA | ||||||||||
| Bobby Schwartz © | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 62 | ||
| Dennis Sigalos | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 53 | ||
| Denny Pyeatt | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 29 | ||
| John Cook | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | ||
| Shawn Moran | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 | ||
| OTHER MATCHES |
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| Two further matches were staged in
Western Australia, and one in Victoria, but they are not thought to be
part of the official series (unless you know different!) |
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| Sat 22.11 at Bunbury, WA Australia 38 (Mick McKeon 12, John Titman 11, Billy Sanders 9, Bob Hitchcock 5, Glyn Taylor 1) USA 37 (Bobby Schwartz 12, Shawn Moran 9, Dennis Sigalos 7, John Cook 6, Denny Pyeatt 3) England 33 (Phil Collins 10, Les Collins 10, Doug Wyer 7, Alan Grahame 6, Michael Lee 0) |
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| Fri 28.11 at Perth (Claremont), WA
Australia 46 (Phil Crump 14, Billy Sanders 13, Mick McKeon 10, Glyn Taylor 6, Bob Hitchcock 3) England 35 (Phil Collins 12, Michael Lee 11, Alan Grahame 6, Les Collins 4, Doug Wyer 2) USA 27 (Bobby Schwartz 11, Dennis Sigalos 5, John Cook 4, Shawn Moran 4, Denny Pyeatt 3) |
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| Perth 28.11 1980 | |
| Fri 23.01 at Ballarat
(Morshead Park), Vic USA 43 (Dennis Sigalos 12, John Cook 11, Bobby Schwartz 10, Shawn Moran 5, Denny Pyeatt 5) England 38 (Alan Grahame 11, Phil Collins 10, Michael Lee 8, Les Collins 6, Doug Wyer 3) Australia 27 (Phil Crump 12, Danny Kennedy 7, Rod North 3, Roger Lambert 3, Terry Tulloch 2) |
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| This was the programme for an UNOFFICIAL match between these teams, staged at Bunbury, WA | ||
| Contributors : Roger Stevens, Tom Marriott, David Austin | ||
© Brian Collins