| 2015 Anzac Test | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 3 May 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Suncorp Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Location | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||
Manu Vatuvei  | |||||||||||||
| Referee | Gerard Sutton  | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 32,681 | ||||||||||||
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The 2015 Anzac Test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. It was the 16th Anzac Test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League banner in 1997. Both sides were announced on 26 April.[1][2] The game was originally scheduled to take place on 1 May, but it was postponed due to bad weather.[3] The Test instead took place on May 3, along with a Women's rugby league match between the Australian Jillaroos and New Zealand Kiwi Ferns which served as the curtain-raiser for the main game, won 22-14 by the Jillaroos.[4]
New Zealand's win was their first Anzac Test win in 17 years, and the first time New Zealand had won three consecutive test matches over Australia since 1953.[5]
As man of the match, Manu Vatuvei was awarded the Charles Savory medal.[6][7]
- ^ "Kangaroos side to face Kiwis named". NRL.com. 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Kiwis name Test squads". NRL.com. 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Anzac Test postponed". NRL.com. 1 May 2015.
- ^ Webeck, Tony (3 May 2015). "Murphy hat-trick inspires Jillaroos". NRL.com.
- ^ Kiwis defeat Kangaroos for third time in a row to win Anzac test 26-12 in Brisbane stuff.co.nz, 3 May 2015
- ^ "Kiwis stun Kangaroos in Brisbane". nrl.com. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "ANZAC Test representatives to play for the Charles Savory Medal". nrl.com. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.