World Championships, 29th May 1977. Australia 27 (Allan McMahon 2, Mark Thomas, Mark Harris, John Peard tries; Mick Cronin 6 goals) beat New Zealand 12 (J Smith, A Rushton tries; Warren Collicoat 3 goals) at Carlaw Park Auckland. Half time: ?. Crowd: 18,000. Referee: Billy Thompson (Great Britain). Australia: Graeme Eadie; Mark Harris, Mick Cronin, Mark Thomas, Allan McMahon; John Peard, Tom Raudonikis; Greg Pierce, Ray Higgs, Terry Randall, Greg Veivers (c), Nick Geiger, Denis Fitzgerald; Steve Crear (for ?), Rod Ready (for ?). New Zealand: Warren Collicoat; Dane O'Hara, Olsen Filipaina, C Jordan, K Fisher; Dennis Williams, J Smith; Whetu Henry, Kurt Sorensen, Tony Coll (c), Dane Sorensen, A Rushton, Whare Henry; J Whittaker (for ?), R Baxendale (for ?). World Championships. Great Britain 23 beat France 4 at Carlaw Park Auckland. Half time: ?. Crowd: 10,000. Referee: ?. World Championships, Saturday 11th June 1977. Australia 21 (Graham Eadie 2, Allan McMahon tries, Denis Fitzgerald, Greg Veivers tries; Mick Cronin 3 goals) beat France 9 (Moya try; J Calle 3 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground. Half time: ?. Crowd: 13,231. Referee: Billy Thompson (Great Britain). Australia: Graeme Eadie; Allan McMahon, Mick Cronin, Mark Thomas, Terry Fahey; John Peard, Tom Raudonikis; Greg Veivers, Nick Geiger, Denis Fitzgerald, Arthur Beetson (c), Terry Randall, Rod Ready; Russel Gartner (for ?), Ray Higgs (for ?). France: J Guigue; J Moya, R Terrats, J M Bourret, C Laskawiec; J Calle (c), E Alard; M Chantal, E Garcia, M Cassin, M Caravaca, J P Sauret, J Roosebrouck; J Imbert (for ?), C Rodriguez (for ?). World Championships. Great Britain 30 beat New Zealand 12 at Christchurch. Half time: ?. Crowd: 9000. Referee: ?. World Championships. Australia 19 beat Great Britain 5 at Brisbane. Half time: ?. Crowd: 25,200. Referee: ?. World Championships. New Zealand 28 beat France 20 at Carlaw Park Auckland. Half time: ?. Crowd: 8000. Referee: ?. # 1 Australia 3 0 0 67 26 6 # 2 Great Britain 2 0 1 58 35 4 # 3 New Zealand 1 0 2 52 77 2 # 4 France 0 0 3 33 72 0 World Championships Final, Saturday 25th June 1977. Australia 13 (Russel Gartner, Allan McMahon, John Kolc tries; Mick Cronin 2 goals) beat Great Britain 12 (S Pitchford, K Gill tries; G Fairbairn 3 goals) at Stdney Cricket Ground. Half time: ?. Crowd: 24,457. Referee: W Thompson (Great Britain). Australia: Graham Eadie; Allan McMahon, Mick Cronin, Russel Gartner, Mark Harris, John Peard, John Kolc, Greg Pierce, Ray Higgs, Arthur Beetson (c), Terry Randall, Nick Geiger, Greg Veivers; Denis Fitzgerald. Great Britain: G Fairbairn; S Wright, J Holmes, L Dyl, W Francis; R Milward (c), S Nash; P Hogan, E Bowman, G Nicholls, S Pitchford, K Elwell, J Thompson; K Gill, L Casey.