New Zealand v Poland 1975 - Third Test
By Tracy Holmes

Saturday, February 8. 3rd Test, Te Marua.

Well, no-one saw this coming! The lads from the east squashing the flightless Kiwis from the off. On a freezing cold Upper Hutt night, locals thrilled to the all out action dished up by the visitors that even had Ivan Mauger perplexed.

It was also good to see the reserves getting into the mix. The delighted looks on the visitors faces said it all. Three Tests, 1 void and 1 all!

3rd Test.

Heat 1. Plech, Mauger, Farquharson, Pyszny.
Heat 2. Bruzda, Tkocz, Briggs, Ross.
Heat 3. Jurczynski, Jancarz, Adlington, Peterson.
Heat 4. Tkocz, Pyszny, Mauger, Farquharson.
Heat 5. Jancarz, Jurczynski, Briggs, Ross.
Heat 6. Plech, Peterson, Adlington, Bruzda.
Heat 7. Jancarz, Mauger, Jurczynski, Farquharson.
Heat 8. Plech, Briggs, Kostka, Sargent. Bruzda ns. Ross ns
Heat 9. Tkocz, Pyszny, Peterson, Adlington.
Heat 10. Plech, Mauger, Farquharson, Bruzda.
Heat 11. Tkocz, Pyszny, Briggs, Sargent. Ross ns
Heat 12. Jancarz, Peterson, Jurczynski, Adlington.
Heat 13. Mauger, Tkocz, Farquharson, Pyszny.
Heat 14. Jancarz, Briggs, Jurczynski, Smith. Ross ns
Heat 15. Plech, Peterson, Adlington, Kostka. Bruzda ns
Heat 16. Mauger, Jancarz, Farquharson, Jurczynski.
Heat 17. Plech, Bruzda, Sargent. Briggs ef. Ross ns
Heat 18. Peterson, Tkocz, Pyszny, Adlington.

Poland 70.
Zenon Plech. 3 3 3 3 3 3 (18)
Edward Jancarz. 2 3 3 3 3 2 (16)
Andrzej Tkocz. 2 3 3 3 2 2 (15)
Andrzej Jurczynski. 3 2 1 1 1 0 (8)
Piotr Pyszny. 0 2 2 2 0 1 (7)
Piotr Bruzda. 3 0 - 0 - 2 (5)
Res Zygfryd Kostka. - - 1 - 0 - (1)

New Zealand 38.
Ivan Mauger. 2 1 2 2 3 3 (13)
Gary Peterson. 0 2 1 2 2 3 (10)
Barry Briggs. 1 1 2 1 2 ef (7)
Colin Farquharson. 1 0 0 1 1 1 (4)
Robin Adlington. 1 1 0 0 1 0 (3)
Res Bill Sargent. - - 0 0 - 1 (1)
Larry Ross. 0 0 - - - - (0)
Res Graeme Smith. - - - - 0 - (0)

This article was first published on 12th March 2023