1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

1978 Kangaroos tour
Date30 October 1978 – 10 December 1978
ManagerPeter Moore, Jim Caldwell
Coach(es)Frank Stanton
Tour captain(s)Bob Fulton
Top point scorer(s)Michael Cronin (142)
Top try scorer(s)Bob Fulton (9)
Summary
P W D L
Total
22 18 00 04
Test match
05 02 00 03
Opponent
P W D L
 Great Britain
3 2 0 1
 France
2 0 0 2
Tour chronology
Previous tour1973
Next tour1982

The 1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France comprised the Australia national rugby league team's fourteenth tour of Great Britain and ninth tour of France and took place from September to December 1978. Coached by Frank Stanton and captained by Bob Fulton, the Australian team, also known as the Kangaroos, played a match against Wales before contesting the Ashes series against Great Britain, winning the third and deciding Test match.[1] The tourists then moved on to France where they were narrowly beaten in both Tests, the last series the Kangaroos would lose until 2005.[2] In addition to these six internationals, the Australians played sixteen other matches against local club and representative sides in both countries. The 1978 Kangaroo tour followed the tour of 1973 while the next tour would be staged in 1982.

  1. ^ news.bbc.co.uk (9 July 2002). "Australia v Great Britain: the history". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ^ AFP (27 November 2005). "Kiwis crush Kangaroos in Tri-Nations final". ABC News. Retrieved 9 February 2014.