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{{Short description|1986 rugby league tour}}
{{Infobox rugby league tour
| name = 1986 Kangaroos tour
| image = 
| caption = 
| date = 12 October 1986 – 13 December 1986
| manager = Gordon Treichel, John Fleming
| coach = [[Don Furner]]
| captain = [[Wally Lewis]]
| top point scorer = [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]] (170)
| top try scorer = [[Terry Lamb]] (19)
| matchplayed = 20
| matchwon = 20
| matchdraw = 0
| matchlost = 0
| testplayed = 5
| testwon = 5
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| previous = [[1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France|1982]]
| next = [[1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France|1990]]
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The '''1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France''' was the sixteenth [[Kangaroo tour]] in which the [[Australian national rugby league team]] (known as the '''[[Winfield (cigarette)|Winfield]] Kangaroos''' due to sponsorship) plays a number of tour matches against British and French teams, in addition to the [[Rugby league#Competitions|Test matches]]. The next Kangaroo tour was staged in 1990.

Australia continued its dominance, easily winning both Test series against [[Great Britain Lions|Great Britain]] and [[France national rugby league team|France]] as well as defeating [[Papua New Guinea Kumuls|Papua New Guinea]] in [[Port Moresby]] on the way to England, going through the entire tour undefeated in a repeat of the [[The Invincibles (rugby league)|1982 Invincibles' tour]] which saw the 1986 team became known as "The Unbeatables". In twenty matches they scored 136 tries and conceded only 16, posting 738 points for and 126 against.<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Gallaway
  | first = Jack
  | title = Origin: Rugby league's greatest contest 1980 - 2002
  | publisher = [[University of Queensland]] Press
  | year = 2003
  | pages = 93–94
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3nDbsx3Hk7QC
  | isbn = 9780702233838}}</ref> [[Terry Lamb]] became the first player to appear in every match on a Kangaroo Tour.

The team was coached by 1956/57 Kangaroo tourist [[Don Furner]], who also coached the [[Canberra Raiders]] in the [[NSWRL]] that year. The squad was captained by [[Queensland Maroons|Queensland]] captain [[Wally Lewis]], the first time a [[Queensland]] based player had captained a Kangaroo tour since [[Tom Gorman (rugby league)|Tom Gorman]] led the [[1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain]]. [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]] was named as the tour's vice-captain, while the tour managers were Gordon Treichel and John Fleming.

[[National Panasonic]] put up [[Australian dollar|AU$]]5,000 worth of products for the Australian player who voted as player of the tour. Team sponsor Winfield also put up $1,000 for the Australian player judged the player of the match for each Test match played on the tour.

==Squad==
Of the 28 players selected to go on the tour 23 were from clubs of the [[New South Wales Rugby League]] and 5 were from clubs of the [[Brisbane Rugby League]]. This was the last time players from the Queensland-based competition were selected for a Kangaroo tour.

There were a couple of notable omissions from the touring team. [[Parramatta Eels]] test winger [[Eric Grothe, Sr.|Eric Grothe]] had originally been selected in the side and even had pre-tour publicity photos taken with the rest of the team. However he was ruled out late with the recurrence of a knee injury and his place was taken by young [[Penrith Panthers|Penrith]] halfback [[Greg Alexander]]. The other was regular Australian vice-captain [[Wayne Pearce]] who had ruptured his [[Anterior cruciate ligament]] during the [[1986 Trans-Tasman Test series]] against [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]] in July. Despite an intense rehabilitation program, and being passed as fit by his surgeon, Dr Merv Cross, Pearce was ruled out of the tour by team medico Dr Bill Monoghan after a pre-tour team physical conducted at [[Redfern Oval]] in [[Sydney]].

Surprisingly, the [[1986 NSWRL season|1986 NSWRL]] [[Winfield Cup]] premiers Parramatta only supplied two players to the Kangaroos squad (vice-captain [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]] and [[Brett Kenny]]). Conversely, the 1986 [[Brisbane Rugby League|Brisbane]] premiers [[Wynnum-Manly Seagulls|Wynnum-Manly]] supplied four players to the squad (captain [[Wally Lewis]], [[Greg Dowling]], [[Bob Lindner]] and [[Gene Miles]]). With the exception of Dowling who did not play the pre-tour test against [[Papua New Guinea Kumuls|Papua New Guinea]], all six 1986 premiership winners played in each test on the tour.

''<small>NOTE: Statistics only show games in Great Britain and France and do not include the test against Papua New Guinea. Sub total is included in full games total</small>''
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| '''Player'''
| '''Club'''
| '''Position(s)'''
| '''Games (sub)'''
| '''Tests (sub)'''
| '''Tries'''
| '''Goals'''
| '''Points'''
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Greg Alexander]]
| {{leagueicon|Old Penrith|16}} [[Penrith Panthers]]
| {{rlp|HB|WG}}
| 9 (1)
| -
| 10
| 5 
| 50 
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|Queensland|1901}} [[Gary Belcher]]
| {{leagueicon|Canberra|16}} [[Canberra Raiders]]
| {{rlp|FB}}
| 10
| -
| 6
| 0
| 24
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|Queensland|1901}} [[Martin Bella]]
| {{leagueicon|North Sydney|16}} [[North Sydney Bears]]
| {{rlp|PR}}
| 8 (2)
| -
| 1
| 0
| 4
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Noel Cleal]]
| {{leagueicon|Manly|16}} [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]]
| {{rlp|SR|WG}}
| 7
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 12
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Phil Daley]]
| {{leagueicon|Manly|16}} [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]]
| {{rlp|PR}}
| 7
| -
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Les Davidson]]
| {{leagueicon|South Sydney|16}} [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]]
| {{rlp|SR|PR}}
| 14
| 3 (2)
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|Queensland|1901}} [[Greg Dowling]]
| {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} [[Wynnum-Manly Seagulls]] (Qld)
| {{rlp|PR}}
| 11
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 4
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]]
| {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]]
| {{rlp|SR|PR}}
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Ben Elias]]
| {{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} [[Balmain Tigers]]
| {{rlp|HK}}
| 10
| -
| 3
| 0
| 12
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| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Steve Folkes]]
| {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]]
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| 6
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| 1
| 0
| 4
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| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Des Hasler]]
| {{leagueicon|Manly|16}} [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]]
| {{rlp|HB}}
| 8
| -
| 4
| 0
| 16
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Garry Jack]]
| {{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} [[Balmain Tigers]]
| {{rlp|FB}}
| 12
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 48
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Brett Kenny]]
| {{leagueicon|Parramatta|16}} [[Parramatta Eels]]
| {{rlp|CE|WG}}
| 14
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 32
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|Queensland|1901}} [[Les Kiss]]
| {{leagueicon|North Sydney|16}} [[North Sydney Bears]]
| {{rlp|WG}}
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 4
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| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Terry Lamb]]
| {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]]
| {{rlp|FE}}
| 20
| 5 (5)
| 19
| 20
| 116
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| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Paul Langmack]]
| {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]]
| {{rlp|LK}}
| 10
| -
| 3
| 0
| 12
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| {{flagicon|Queensland|1901}} [[Wally Lewis]] (c)
| {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} [[Wynnum-Manly Seagulls]] (Qld)
| {{rlp|FE}}
| 11
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 24
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|Queensland|1901}} [[Bob Lindner]]
| {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} [[Wynnum-Manly Seagulls]] (Qld)
| {{rlp|LK}}
| 10
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 24
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|Queensland|1901}} [[Mal Meninga]]
| {{leagueicon|Canberra|16}} [[Canberra Raiders]]
| {{rlp|CE|WG|SR}}
| 13
| 3 (2)
| 9
| 7
| 50
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|Queensland|1901}} [[Gene Miles]]
| {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} [[Wynnum-Manly Seagulls]] (Qld)
| {{rlp|CE}}
| 13
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 32
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Chris Mortimer]]
| {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]]
| {{rlp|WG|CE}}
| 9
| -
| 4
| 0
| 32
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|Queensland|1901}} [[Bryan Niebling]]
| {{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] (Qld)
| {{rlp|PR|SR}}
| 10
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 8
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]
| {{leagueicon|St George|16}} [[St George Dragons]]
| {{rlp|WG}}
| 14
| 5
| 13
| 59
| 170
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Steve Roach (rugby league)|Steve Roach]]
| {{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} [[Balmain Tigers]]
| {{rlp|PR}}
| 8
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 12
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|Queensland|1901}} [[Dale Shearer]]
| {{leagueicon|Manly|16}} [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]]
| {{rlp|WG}}
| 13
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 48
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Royce Simmons]]
| {{leagueicon|Old Penrith|16}} [[Penrith Panthers]]
| {{rlp|HK}}
| 10
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 4
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Paul Sironen]]
| {{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} [[Balmain Tigers]]
| {{rlp|SR}}
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]] (vc)
| {{leagueicon|Parramatta|16}} [[Parramatta Eels]]
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| 10
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 12
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==By Club==
The touring side was represented by 18 [[New South Welshmen]] (N) and 10 [[Queensland]]ers (Q).

* [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]] (5): Paul Dunn (N), Steve Folkes (N), Terry Lamb (N), Paul Langmack (N), Chris Mortimer (N)
* [[Balmain Tigers]] (4): Ben Elias (N), Garry Jack (N), Steve Roach (N), Paul Sironen (N)
* [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]] (4): Noel Cleal (N), Phil Daley (N), Des Halser (N), Dale Shearer (Q)
* [[Wynnum-Manly Seagulls]] (4): Wally Lewis (captain) (Q), Greg Dowling (Q), Bob Lindner (Q), Gene Miles (Q)
* [[Canberra Raiders]] (2): Gary Belcher (Q), Mal Meninga (Q)
* [[North Sydney Bears]] (2): Martin Bella (Q), Les Kiss (Q)
* [[Parramatta Eels]] (2): Peter Sterling (N) (vice-captain), Brett Kenny (N)
* [[Penrith Panthers]] (2): Greg Alexander (N), Royce Simmons (N)
* [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] (1): Bryan Niebling (Q)
* [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]] (1): Les Davidson (N)
* [[St George Dragons]] (1): Michael O'Connor (N)

==Papua New Guinea==
Before flying to England, the Kangaroos played their second ever Test against [[Papua New Guinea Kumuls|Papua New Guinea]] at the [[Lloyd Robson Oval]] in [[Port Moresby]] on 4 October. In front of 17,000 fans (still the record attendance for the venue as of 2024), the Wally Lewis led Kangaroos defeated the Kumuls 62–12. Canterbury-Bankstown forward [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]] made his test debut in the 2nd row while easily the biggest player on tour, {{convert|195|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}, {{convert|115|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} Balmain back rower [[Paul Sironen]] made his test debut off the bench. This was the first of three test matches on the tour that counted towards the ongoing [[1985-1988 Rugby League World Cup]]

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==Great Britain==
The Kangaroos played 13 games in [[England]], including the three Ashes tests against Great Britain. Australia kept alive its streak of not having lost to an English club or provincial team since [[1978 Kangaroo Tour|1978]]. The English leg of the tour drew a total of 212,068 fans to the 13 games (including the three tests). However [[1985–86 Challenge Cup|Challenge Cup]] winners [[Castleford Tigers|Castleford]] and [[1985–86 Rugby League Premiership|Premiership winners]] [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]] despite their trophy successes never got games against the Kangaroos (both would be back on the Kangaroos itinerary in [[1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France|1990]] and [[1994 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France|1994]]) while the [[1985–86 Lancashire Cup|Lancashire Cup]] and [[1985–86 John Player Special Trophy|John Player Special Trophy]] winners [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]], the [[1985–86 Yorkshire Cup|Yorkshire Cup winners]] [[Hull Kingston Rovers]], and [[1985–86 Rugby Football League season|League Champions]] [[Halifax Panthers|Halifax]], all got games against the touring Australians.

===Test Venues===
The three Ashes series tests took place at the following venues.

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! [[Manchester]]
! [[Leeds]]
! [[Wigan]]
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| [[Old Trafford]]
| [[Elland Road]]
| [[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]]
|-
| Capacity: '''51,000'''
| Capacity: '''32,500'''
| Capacity: '''37,000'''
|-
| [[File:Old Trafford march 1992.JPG|200px]]
| [[File:Elland rd2.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Central park kop.jpg|200px]]
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| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1986/game-1/wigan-vs-australia.html Wigan vs Australia]</ref>
| team2      = {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} [[Australian Kangaroos|Australia]]
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| points2    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]], [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]], [[Noel Cleal]], [[Wally Lewis]], [[Les Kiss]] <br> '''Goals:''' <br> Michael O'Connor (3/5)
| stadium    = [[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]], [[Wigan]]
| attendance = 30,622
| referee    = [[John Holdsworth (referee)|John Holdsworth]]
| manofmatch = [[Bryan Niebling]] 
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|FB ||'''1'''||[[Steve Hampson]]
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|RW ||'''2'''||[[Dean Bell]]
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|CE ||'''3'''||[[David Stephenson (rugby league, born 1958)|David Stephenson]]
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|CE ||'''4'''||[[Joe Lydon (rugby)|Joe Lydon]]
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|LW ||'''5'''||[[Henderson Gill]]
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|SO ||'''6'''||[[Shaun Edwards]]
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|SH ||'''7'''||[[Mike Ford (rugby)|Mike Ford]]
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|PR ||'''8'''||[[Graeme West]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|HK ||'''9'''||[[Martin Dermott]]
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|PR ||'''10'''||[[Brian Case]]
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|SR ||'''11'''||[[Ian Roberts (rugby league)|Ian Roberts]]
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|SR ||'''12'''||[[Ian Potter (rugby league)|Ian Potter]]
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|LF ||'''13'''||[[Andy Goodway]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''||[[Nick Du Toit]]
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|IC ||'''15'''||[[Rob Louw]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Graham Lowe]]
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|LW ||'''2'''|| [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]
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|CE ||'''3'''|| [[Gene Miles]]
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|CE ||'''4'''|| [[Brett Kenny]]
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|RW ||'''5'''|| [[Les Kiss]]
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|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Wally Lewis]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|HB ||'''7'''|| [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Steve Roach (rugby league)|Steve Roach]]
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|HK ||'''9'''|| [[Royce Simmons]]
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Bryan Niebling]]
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|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Paul Sironen]]
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|LK ||'''13'''|| [[Bob Lindner]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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The Kangaroos led 16–2 at half time in front of 30,622 fans (the record for a Wigan vs Australia match on a Kangaroo Tour) in the tour opener at Wigan (10,000 more than would attend the [[dead rubber]] 3rd test at the same ground some 6 weeks later). A fightback in the second half by the home side saw them close the game to just 8 points at full time.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jovj7Sqr8gY&t=2492s 1986 Kangaroo Tour - Wigan vs Australia (full game)]</ref>

The attendance at this game (30,622) was the largest crowd the Kangaroos had played in front of in England since 30,604 attended the 3rd Ashes Test at [[Headingley Carnegie Rugby Stadium|Headingley]] on the [[1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France|1978 Kangaroo tour]]. It was also the highest ever tour game attendance against Wigan beating the 28,554 who attended the match at Central Park between Wigan and the [[1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain|1948–49]] Kangaroos captained by [[Clive Churchill]].
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| time       = 
| team1      = [[Hull Kingston Rovers]] {{leagueicon|Hull KR|16}}
| score      = 10 – 46
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1986/game-2/hull-kingston-rovers-vs-australia.html Hull KR vs Australia]</ref>
| team2      = {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} [[Australian Kangaroos|Australia]]
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| points2    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Terry Lamb]] (5), [[Ben Elias]] (2), [[Paul Langmack]], [[Chris Mortimer]] <br> '''Goals:''' <br> Terry Lamb (3/3) <br> [[Mal Meninga]] (2/4)
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| referee    = Gerry Kershaw
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|RW ||'''2'''||[[Garry Clark]]
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|CE ||'''3'''||[[John Dorahy]]
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|CE ||'''4'''||[[Kerry Boustead]]
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|LW ||'''5'''||[[David Laws (rugby league)|David Laws]]
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|SO ||'''6'''||[[Mike Smith (rugby league)|Mike Smith]]
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|SH ||'''7'''||[[Wayne Parker]]
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|PR ||'''8'''||[[Mark Broadhurst (rugby league)|Mark Broadhurst]]
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|HK ||'''9'''||[[Chris Rudd (rugby league, Hull Kingston Rovers)|Chris Rudd]]
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|PR ||'''10'''||[[Asuquo Ema]]
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|SR ||'''11'''||[[Andy Kelly (rugby league)|Andy Kelly]]
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|SR ||'''12'''||[[Des Harrison]]
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|LF ||'''13'''||[[Paul Speckman (rugby league)|Paul Speckman]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''||[[Ray Stead]]
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|IC ||'''15'''||[[Dave Busby]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roger Millward]]
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|FB ||'''1'''|| [[Gary Belcher]]
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|LW ||'''2'''|| [[Chris Mortimer]]
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|CE ||'''3'''|| [[Gene Miles]]
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|CE ||'''4'''|| [[Mal Meninga]]
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|RW ||'''5'''|| [[Dale Shearer]]
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|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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|HB ||'''7'''|| [[Des Hasler]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Greg Dowling]]
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|HK ||'''9'''|| [[Benny Elias]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Martin Bella]]
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|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Steve Folkes]]
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|SR ||'''12'''|| [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]]
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|LK ||'''13'''|| [[Paul Langmack]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Greg Alexander]]
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|IC ||'''15'''|| [[Les Davidson]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Don Furner]]
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All of Hull KR's points were scored by Australian's. Former [[Western Suburbs Magpies|Wests]], [[Manly Sea Eagles|Manly]] and [[Illawarra Steelers|Illawarra]] back John Dorahy kicked 3 goals for the Robins while 1978 and 1982 Kangaroo tourist and 25 test veteran Kerry Boustead scored the only try for the home team with all 10 points coming in the first half. For the Kangaroos, Terry Lamb crossed for 5 of the teams 9 tries. Australian halfback Des Hasler broke his hand in the first half and was replaced by Greg Alexander. Hasler's injury would keep him out of action for a month and he would not return to the field until the 11th game of the tour against [[Hull F.C.]] at [[The Boulevard (stadium)|The Boulevard]].

For the match at Craven Park, Kangaroo tour broadcaster [[Network Ten]] had to hire extra lighting to bring the lights up to broadcasting standard. It would become a common theme and problem during tour games for Ten with all bar the Ashes tests and the games against Wigan, Leeds and Hull F.C. being played at night at grounds where the lighting was usually not up to broadcast standard.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3EJ5jv0LKs 1986 Kangaroo Tour - Hull KR vs Australia (full game)]</ref>
----
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| date       = Sunday, 19 October
| time       = 
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| score      = 0 – 40
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|RW ||'''2'''||[[David Creasser]]
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|CE ||'''3'''||[[Andrew Ettingshausen]]
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|CE ||'''4'''||[[Mark McGaw]]
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|LW ||'''5'''||[[Norman Francis (rugby league)|Norman Francis]]
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|SO ||'''6'''||[[John Holmes (rugby league)|John Holmes]]
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|SH ||'''7'''||[[Andy Gascoigne]]
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|PR ||'''8'''||[[Jeff Grayshon]]
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|HK ||'''9'''||[[Bob Morris (rugby league)|Bob Morris]]
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|PR ||'''10'''||[[Peter Smith (rugby league, born 1955)|Peter Smith]]
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|SR ||'''11'''||[[Phil Owen (rugby league)|Phil Owen]]
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|SR ||'''12'''||[[Gary Price (rugby league, born 1969)|Gary Price]]
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|LF ||'''13'''||[[David Heron (rugby league)|David Heron]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''||[[Paul Medley]]
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|IC ||'''15'''||[[Trevor Skerrett]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|RW ||'''2'''|| [[Les Kiss]]
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|CE ||'''3'''|| [[Brett Kenny]]
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|CE ||'''4'''|| [[Gene Miles]]
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|LW ||'''5'''|| [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]
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|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Wally Lewis]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|HB ||'''7'''|| [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Steve Roach (rugby league)|Steve Roach]]
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|HK ||'''9'''|| [[Royce Simmons]]
|-
|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Bryan Niebling]]
|-
|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Paul Sironen]]
|-
|SR ||'''12'''|| [[Noel Cleal]]
|-
|LK ||'''13'''|| [[Bob Lindner]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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|IC ||'''15'''|| [[Greg Dowling]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Don Furner]]
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Leeds were unlucky not to be awarded a try midway through the second half after it appeared that replacement forward Trevor Skerrett had managed to get the ball down after good lead up work by former Great Britain international Jeff Greyshon. However an un-sighted referee Whitfield ruled that Skerrett had been held up in-goal. Leeds only other scoring opportunity came in the first half but young winger David Creasser missed a relatively simple penalty kick from in front of the posts. Leeds' centre pairing for the game were [[Cronulla Sharks|Cronulla-Sutherland]] imports [[Andrew Ettingshausen]] and [[Mark McGaw]] who would play against Leeds for Australia on the [[1990 Kangaroo tour]]. When Don Furner originally selected his team for the game, Steve Folkes was to partner Crusher Cleal in Australia's second row with Paul Sironen coming off the bench. However a minor calf injury for Folkes at training saw Sironen start in No.11 with Greg Dowling coming onto the bench.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP61cHBNqVw 1986 Leeds vs Australia highlights]</ref>
----
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| date       = Tuesday, 21 October
| time       = 
| team1      = [[Cumbria rugby league team|Cumbria]] {{flagicon|Cumbria}}
| score      = 12 – 48
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1986/game-4/cumbria-vs-australia.html Cumbria vs Australia]</ref>
| team2      = {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} [[Australian Kangaroos|Australia]]
| points1    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Graeme Cameron (rugby league)|Graeme Cameron]], [[Les Holliday]] <br> '''Goals:''' <br> Graeme Cameron (2)
| points2    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Greg Alexander]] (3), [[Terry Lamb]] (3), [[Dale Shearer]] (2), [[Gary Belcher]], [[Mal Meninga]] <br> '''Goals:''' <br> Terry Lamb (3) <br> [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]] (1)
| stadium    = [[Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness|Craven Park]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]]
| attendance = 4,233
| referee    = John McDonald
| manofmatch = [[Les Davidson]] 
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|FB ||'''1'''|| [[Gary Smith (rugby league)|Gary Smith]]
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|RW ||'''2'''|| [[Michael James (rugby league)|Michael James]]
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|CE ||'''3'''|| [[Kevin Pape]]
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|CE ||'''4'''|| [[Tony Kay (rugby league)|Tony Kay]]
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|LW ||'''5'''|| [[David Beck (rugby league)|David Beck]]
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|SO ||'''6'''|| [[Graeme Cameron (rugby league)|Graeme Cameron]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|SH ||'''7'''|| [[David Cairns (rugby league)|David Cairns]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[David Kendall (rugby league)|David Kendall]]
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|HK ||'''9'''|| [[Colin Falcon]]
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Jeff Simpson (rugby league)|Jeff Simpson]]
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|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Stephen Mossop]]
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|SR ||'''12'''|| [[Les Holliday]]
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|LF ||'''13'''|| [[Milton Huddart]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Norman Lofthouse]]
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|IC ||'''15'''|| [[Bill Pattison]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|
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|FB ||'''1'''|| [[Gary Belcher]]
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|RW ||'''2'''|| [[Dale Shearer]]
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|CE ||'''3'''|| [[Chris Mortimer]]
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|CE ||'''4'''|| [[Mal Meninga]]
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|LW ||'''5'''|| [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]
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|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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|HB ||'''7'''|| [[Greg Alexander]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Phil Daley]]
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|HK ||'''9'''|| [[Benny Elias]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Martin Bella]]
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|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]]
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|SR ||'''12'''|| [[Les Davidson]]
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|LK ||'''13'''|| [[Paul Langmack]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Paul Sironen]]
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|IC ||'''15'''||
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The Kangaroos only match against a full county lineup was played in front of the English leg's smallest crowd of just 4,233 at Craven Park in Barrow-in-Furness. As of 2024 this would be the 11th last game the Kangaroos played at the home of the [[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]] club.
----

==The Ashes==
===1st Ashes Test===
The crowd of 50,583 for the first Test at the [[Old Trafford]] ground in [[Manchester]], set a record for an international match on British soil, beating the previous record of 42,685 for an [[England national rugby league team|England]] vs New Zealand test at the [[Odsal Stadium]] in [[Bradford]] in 1947.<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/england-vs-new-zealand-1947/game-3/england-vs-new-zealand/summary.html 1947 England vs New Zealand at Rugby League Project]</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mgYQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ZIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2247,5115561 Rugby league]</ref> The Ashes series against Great Britain saw an aggregate Ashes series crowd of 101,560 attending the three Tests, though this fell short of the record aggregate attendance of 114,883 set during the [[1948–49 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France|1948–49 Kangaroo tour]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=McGregor|first1=Adrian|title=Simply The Best: The 1990 Kangaroos|date=1991|publisher=University of Queensland Press|location=Qld|isbn=0-7022-2370-0|page=227 Tour Statistics}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/ashes-series-1948-49/summary.html 1948/49 Ashes series at Rugby League Project]</ref>

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| score      = 16 – 38
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/ashes-series-1986/game-1/great-britain-vs-australia/summary.html 1st Test - Great Britain vs Australia]</ref>
| points1    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Garry Schofield]] <br> [[Joe Lydon (rugby)|Joe Lydon]] <br> [[Tony Marchant (rugby league)|Tony Marchant]] <br> '''Goals:''' <br> [[Lee Crooks (rugby league)|Lee Crooks]] (1/3) <br> [[Henderson Gill]] (1/1)
| points2    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Gene Miles]] (3) <br> [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]] (3) <br> [[Garry Jack]] <br> '''Goals:''' <br> Michael O'Connor (5/9)
| date = Saturday, 25 October 1986
| stadium    = [[Old Trafford]], [[Greater Manchester|Manchester]]
| attendance = 50,583
| referee    = Julien Rascagneres {{flagicon|FRA}}
| manofmatch = [[Wally Lewis]] 
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|FB ||'''1'''|| [[Joe Lydon (rugby)|Joe Lydon]]
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|RW ||'''2'''|| [[Tony Marchant (rugby league)|Tony Marchant]]
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|RC ||'''3'''|| [[Garry Schofield]]
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|LC ||'''4'''|| [[Ellery Hanley]]
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|LW ||'''5'''|| [[Henderson Gill]]
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|SO ||'''6'''|| [[Tony Myler]]
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|SH ||'''7'''|| [[Deryck Fox]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Kevin Ward (rugby league)|Kevin Ward]]
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|HK ||'''9'''|| [[David Watkinson]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[John Fieldhouse (rugby league)|John Fieldhouse]]
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|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Lee Crooks (rugby league)|Lee Crooks]]
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|SR ||'''12'''|| [[Ian Potter (rugby league)|Ian Potter]]
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|LK ||'''13'''|| [[Andy Goodway]]
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|IC ||'''14'''|| ''[[Shaun Edwards]]''
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|IC ||'''15'''|| ''[[Andy Platt]]''
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Maurice Bamford]]
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|FB ||'''1'''|| [[Garry Jack]]
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|LW ||'''2'''|| [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]
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|RC ||'''3'''|| [[Brett Kenny]]
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|LC ||'''4'''|| [[Gene Miles]]
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|RW ||'''5'''|| [[Les Kiss]]
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|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Wally Lewis]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|HB ||'''7'''|| [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]]
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Steve Roach (rugby league)|Steve Roach]]
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|LF ||'''13'''|| [[Bob Lindner]]
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Don Furner]]
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The Kangaroos began their Ashes defence in a blaze of glory. Wet and windy conditions were the order of the day at Old Trafford as Gene Miles (who completely out-played Ellery Hanley) and Michael O'Connor crossed for 3 tries each. O'Connor also contributed 5 goals in the tricky conditions for a personal haul of 22 points as the Australian's took a 1–0 series lead with a convincing 38–16 win. Although soundly beaten, the Lions gave their fans something to cheer in the second half by providing something of a fightback, culminating in Joe Lydon sprinting 60 metres and out-pacing Garry Jack to score in the corner. Lydon's try created Ashes history as it was the first time in 97 tests between the two sides that a British fullback had scored a try.

{{Clear}}
----
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| time       = 
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| score      = 2 – 36
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1986/game-6/halifax-vs-australia.html Halifax vs Australia]</ref>
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| stadium    = [[Thrum Hall]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]]
| attendance = 7,193
| referee    = Mick Beaumont
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|RW ||'''2'''||[[Scott Wilson (1980s rugby league)|Scott Wilson]]
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|CE ||'''3'''||[[Colin Whitfield]]
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|CE ||'''4'''||[[Chris Anderson (rugby league)|Chris Anderson]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|LW ||'''5'''||[[Steve Smith (rugby league)|Steve Smith]]
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|SO ||'''6'''||[[Neil Hague (rugby league)|Neil Hague]]
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|SH ||'''7'''||[[Gary Stephens]]
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|PR ||'''8'''||[[Keith Neller]]
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|HK ||'''9'''||[[Chris Preece]]
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|PR ||'''10'''||[[Brian Juliff]]
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|SR ||'''11'''||[[Peter Bell (rugby league)|Peter Bell]]
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|SR ||'''12'''||[[Paul Dixon (rugby league)|Paul Dixon]]
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|LF ||'''13'''||[[Grant Rix]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''||[[Eddie Riddlesden]]
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|IC ||'''15'''||
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Anderson
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|FB ||'''1'''|| [[Gary Belcher]]
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|RW ||'''2'''|| [[Brett Kenny]]
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|CE ||'''3'''|| [[Chris Mortimer]]
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|CE ||'''4'''|| [[Mal Meninga]]
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|LW ||'''5'''|| [[Noel Cleal]]
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|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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|HB ||'''7'''|| [[Greg Alexander]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]]
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|HK ||'''9'''|| [[Benny Elias]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Martin Bella]]
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|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Paul Sironen]]
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|SR ||'''12'''|| [[Les Davidson]]
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|LK ||'''13'''|| [[Paul Langmack]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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This game saw Don Furner play a couple of players out of position with Brett Kenny and Noel Cleal on the wings.
----

{{rugbyleaguebox
| date       = Sunday, 2 November
| time       =
| team1      = [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]] {{leagueicon|St Helens|16}}
| score      = 8 – 32
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| stadium    = [[Knowsley Road]], [[St Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]]
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|PR ||'''10'''||[[Paul Forber]]
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|LF ||'''13'''||[[Chris Arkwright]]
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|IC ||'''14'''||[[Shaun Allen]]
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|IC ||'''15'''||[[Paul Round]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alex Murphy (rugby league)|Alex Murphy]]
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|RW ||'''2'''|| [[Dale Shearer]]
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|CE ||'''3'''|| [[Brett Kenny]]
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|CE ||'''4'''|| [[Gene Miles]]
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|LW ||'''5'''|| [[Mal Meninga]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Greg Dowling]]
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With the exception of Mal Meninga on the wing in place of a resting [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]] (Meninga had played for St Helens in [[1984–85 Rugby Football League season|1984–85]] and remained a crowd favourite at Knowsley Road), the Kangaroos played with the expected 2nd Test line up. Dale Shearer had replaced the injured [[Les Kiss]] on the wing and highlighted his return to the top side with a 70-metre intercept try in the first half that in effect gave a clean bill of health to a previously injured groin muscle.

Steve Roach's tour effectively ended after dislocating his elbow during the match which would see Don Furner use [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]] in the front row for the second test.

----
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| time       = 
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|RW ||'''2'''||[[Paul Sherman]]
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|CE ||'''3'''||[[Des Foy]]
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|CE ||'''4'''||[[Gary Warnecke]]
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|LW ||'''5'''||[[Hussein M'Barki]]
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|SO ||'''6'''||[[David Topliss]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|SH ||'''7'''||[[Ray Ashton]]
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|PR ||'''8'''||[[Bruce Clark (rugby league)|Bruce Clark]]
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|HK ||'''9'''||[[Terry Flanagan (rugby league)|Terry Flanagan]]
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|IC ||'''14'''||[[Colin Hawkyard]]
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|IC ||'''15'''||[[Tony Nadiole]]
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|CE ||'''3'''|| [[Chris Mortimer]]
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|CE ||'''4'''|| [[Mal Meninga]]
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|LW ||'''5'''|| [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]
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|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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|LK ||'''13'''|| [[Paul Langmack]]
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Paul Sironen]]
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|IC ||'''15'''||
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Oldham put up a spirited display against the Kangaroos before going down by the closest score of the tour, 22–16. This would be the last time the touring Kangaroos would play Oldham. In the Oldham team that night was David Topliss who had played for Great Britain in the third test in 1982 and was part of the Hull team who narrowly lost to the 1982 Kangaroos
----

===2nd Ashes Test===
Great Britain coach [[Maurice Bamford]] surprisingly made only one change to the team that had lost heavily in Manchester. Centre [[Ellery Hanley]] was ruled out through injury and replaced by [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]] winger [[Barry Ledger]], with [[Tony Marchant (rugby league)|Tony Marchant]] moving from the wing to partner [[Garry Schofield]] in the centres. Bamford came in for heavy criticism from former Great Britain and England internationals for his selections. For the Kangaroos, [[Dale Shearer]] made his return to the Test team replacing the injured [[Les Kiss]] on the wing, while [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs|Canterbury-Bankstown]] forward [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]] returned to the team in the front row replacing [[Steve Roach (rugby league)|Steve Roach]] who had dislocated his elbow in the win over [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]].

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| points1    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Garry Schofield]] <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> '''Goals:''' <br> [[Lee Crooks (rugby league)|Lee Crooks]] (0/1)
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| date       = Saturday, 8 November 1986
| stadium    = [[Elland Road]], [[Leeds]]
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| referee    = Julien Rascagneres {{flagicon|FRA}}
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|RW ||'''2'''|| [[Barry Ledger]]
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|RC ||'''3'''|| [[Garry Schofield]]
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|LC ||'''4'''|| [[Tony Marchant (rugby league)|Tony Marchant]]
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|SH ||'''7'''|| [[Deryck Fox]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Kevin Ward (rugby league)|Kevin Ward]]
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[John Fieldhouse (rugby league)|John Fieldhouse]]
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|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Lee Crooks (rugby league)|Lee Crooks]]
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|LK ||'''13'''|| [[Andy Goodway]]
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Shaun Edwards]]
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|IC ||'''15'''|| [[Andy Platt]]
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Maurice Bamford]]
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|RC ||'''3'''|| [[Brett Kenny]]
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|LC ||'''4'''|| [[Gene Miles]]
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|RW ||'''5'''|| [[Dale Shearer]]
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|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Wally Lewis]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|HB ||'''7'''|| [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Greg Dowling]]
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]]
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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After an even start, during which the Lions had made a couple of line breaks that had the Australian defence scrambling, the Kangaroos ran riot in the second Test, wrapping up [[The Ashes (rugby league)|The Ashes]] with a six tries to one, 34–4 win in front of 30,808 at [[Elland Road]]. The Lions only try came late in the game. Australia led 34-0 when Kangaroos fullback [[Garry Jack]], who had scored two tries, pushed a pass 10 metres from his line to [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]. The Aussie winger dropped the ball (which was bullet like and at his knees) and it was pounced upon by Schofield who scored only 15 metres wide of the posts. [[Lee Crooks (rugby league)|Lee Crooks]] missed the relatively easy conversion of his team's only try, summing up the Lions day. Such was the Kangaroos dominance that this was the only kick at goal the Lions managed throughout the match.

[[Bob Lindner]] scored the opening try of the game after backing up a strong burst up the middle by [[Noel Cleal]]. O'Connor converted the try and was also next to score after taking a cut-out pass from [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]] near his own quarter line. After racing around the Lions defence, O'Connor kicked ahead as [[Joe Lydon (rugby)|Joe Lydon]] loomed and easily won the 55 metre race to the ball for the try. He converted his own try to give Australia a 12–0 lead which they took into half time. The floodgates opened in the second though and the Kangaroos blew the Lions away with a powerful performance. Two tries to Garry Jack and one each to [[Wally Lewis]] and [[Brett Kenny]] saw Australia leading 34-0 before Schofield's try at least gave the crowd something to cheer. Before Kenny's try with the score at 28–0, the crowd, far from impressed with the Lions performance, had even begun to chant "What a load of rubbish" (clearly audible on the television coverage) and were actually applauding the Kangaroos open style of play.

In his television commentary of the game, former Australian [[List of dual-code rugby internationals|dual-rugby international]] and [[1959-60 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France|1959-60 Kangaroo tour]] vice-captain [[Rex Mossop]] summed up the game when calling Brett Kenny's try, stating that ''"Australia carved them up. They've decimated, dissected and absolutely diabolically destroyed this Great Britain side today"''.
{{Clear}}
----

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| time       = 
| team1      = [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]] {{leagueicon|Widnes|16}}
| score      = 4 – 20
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1986/game-10/widnes-vs-australia.html Widnes vs Australia]</ref>
| team2      = {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} [[Australian Kangaroos|Australia]]
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| points2    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Greg Alexander]], [[Martin Bella]], [[Chris Mortimer]] <br> '''Goals:''' <br> [[Terry Lamb]] (2) <br> [[Mal Meninga]] (2)
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|SH ||'''7'''||[[David Hulme (rugby league)|David Hulme]]
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|PR ||'''8'''||[[Steve O'Neill (rugby league)|Steve O'Neill]]
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|PR ||'''10'''||[[Mike O'Neill (rugby league)|Mike O'Neill]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Doug Laughton]]
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|CE ||'''3'''|| [[Chris Mortimer]]
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|CE ||'''4'''|| [[Mal Meninga]]
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|LW ||'''5'''|| [[Les Kiss]]
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Brett Kenny]]
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|IC ||'''15'''|| [[Phil Daley]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Don Furner]]
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----
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| time       = 
| team1      = [[Hull F.C.]] {{leagueicon|Hull|16}}
| score      = 0 – 48
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1986/game-11/hull-fc-vs-australia.html Hull vs Australia]</ref>
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|RW ||'''2'''|| [[Dale Shearer]]
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|CE ||'''3'''|| [[Gene Miles]]
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|CE ||'''4'''|| [[Mal Meninga]]
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|LW ||'''5'''|| [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]
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|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Greg Dowling]]
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|HK ||'''9'''|| [[Royce Simmons]]
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Phil Daley]]
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15 minutes into the game, Kangaroos second rower Noel Cleal broke his arm in the game against Hull which not only ended his tour but it also proved to be the end of his test career. While he returned to representative football in 1987 and 1988 playing for NSW, he would never again gain test selection. Peter Sterling, who had played for Hull during the [[1984–85 Rugby Football League season|1984–85 English season]] and led them to the [[Challenge Cup]] Final, was given the honour of captaining the Kangaroos against his former club and scored the first try after a 40 metre scoot down the sideline showing surprising pace to beat former Hull team mate and New Zealand test fullback Gary Kemble.

After breaking his thumb during the first half of the second tour game against [[Hull Kingston Rovers]] at [[Old Craven Park|Craven Park]], [[Des Hasler]] returned to the side off the bench and scored two tries. Hasler came on to replace his Manly-Warringah team mate Cleal, moving to lock and pushing Paul Langmack to the 2nd row. [[Rex Mossop]] in TV commentary told that while Hasler was selected for the game it was planned that with his left hand still heavily bandaged that he would only play the last 5 minutes. However as the other replacement Les Davidson had already been called on to replace Bryan Neibling who suffered a corked thigh only 10 minutes into the game, Hasler had to play far more minutes than Don Furner had originally planned.

----
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| date       = Tuesday, 18 November
| time       = 
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| score      = 0 – 38
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|CE ||'''3'''||[[Steve Donlan]]
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|CE ||'''4'''||[[Phil Hellewell]]
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|LW ||'''5'''||[[Roger Simpson]]
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|SO ||'''6'''||[[John Woods (rugby league)|John Woods]]
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|SH ||'''7'''||[[Terry Holmes]]
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|PR ||'''8'''||[[Ian Howcroft]]
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|HK ||'''9'''||[[Gary Brentley]]
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|PR ||'''10'''||[[Mario Fenech]]
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|SR ||'''11'''||[[Dick Jasiewicz]]
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|SR ||'''12'''||[[Karl Fairbank]]
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|LF ||'''13'''||[[Mal Graham (rugby league)|Mal Graham]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''||[[Brian Noble (rugby league)|Brian Noble]]
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|IC ||'''15'''||[[Ian Sherratt]]
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Barry Seabourne]]
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|FB ||'''1'''|| [[Gary Belcher]]
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|LW ||'''2'''|| [[Greg Alexander]]
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|CE ||'''3'''|| [[Brett Kenny]]
|-
|CE ||'''4'''|| [[Chris Mortimer]]
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|RW ||'''5'''|| [[Dale Shearer]]
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|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Wally Lewis]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|HB ||'''7'''|| [[Des Hasler]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]]
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|HK ||'''9'''|| [[Royce Simmons]]
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Martin Bella]]
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|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Les Davidson]]
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|LK ||'''13'''|| [[Bob Lindner]]
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Don Furner]]
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This match was played in heavy rain and fog. The match saw the most even spread of Australia's "Kangaroos" and "Emu's" (midweek) teams on the tour with 7 non-test and 8 test players in the selected XV.
----

===3rd Ashes Test===
This match also counted as part of the [[1985–88 Rugby League World Cup]] and was the only match of the series played at a regular rugby league ground, the first two Tests having been played in [[soccer]] stadiums to take advantage of the greater spectator capacity. It was also the last Ashes Test in England played at a club home ground until the [[2001 Kangaroo tour]]. Also this would end up being the last Ashes Great Britain v Australia test match to be played at Wigan's Central Park as the ground would be demolished after the 1999 season.

The only Australian team change from the second Test win was [[Mal Meninga]] coming off the bench into the second row to replace the injured [[Noel Cleal]] (broken arm) with [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|South Sydney]] forward [[Les Davidson]] named on the bench in his Test debut. With the loss of Cleal, Australian coach [[Don Furner]] was mulling over whom to replace him with when team captain [[Wally Lewis]] suggested moving Meninga to the back row, reasoning that there would be little disruption to the team as both Mal and "Crusher" Cleal were roughly the same size and were fast, skilled players who played a similar style of game. After heavy criticism of his selections for the first two tests from a number of former Great Britain internationals, Maurice Bamford made five changes to the Lions with the recall of halfback [[Andy Gregory]], centre [[David Stephenson (rugby league, born 1958)|David Stephenson]], winger [[John Basnett]] and back rowers [[Chris Burton (rugby league)|Chris Burton]] and [[Harry Pinner]].

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| team2      = {{rl|AUS}}
| score      = 15 – 24
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/ashes-series-1986/game-3/great-britain-vs-australia/summary.html 3rd Test - Great Britain vs Australia]</ref>
| points1    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Garry Schofield]] (2) <br> <br> <br> <br> '''Goals:''' <br> [[Joe Lydon (rugby)|Joe Lydon]] (2/3) <br> [[Henderson Gill]] (1/1) <br> '''Field Goals:''' <br> Garry Schofield (1)
| points2    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Gene Miles]] <br> [[Bob Lindner]] <br> [[Dale Shearer]] <br> [[Wally Lewis]] <br> '''Goals:''' <br> [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]] (4/5)
| date       = Saturday, 22 November 1986
| stadium    = [[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]], [[Wigan]]
| attendance = 20,169
| referee    = Julien Rascagneres {{flagicon|FRA}}
| manofmatch = [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]] 
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|FB ||'''1'''|| [[Joe Lydon (rugby)|Joe Lydon]]
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|LW ||'''2'''|| [[Henderson Gill]]
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|RC ||'''3'''|| [[Garry Schofield]]
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|LC ||'''4'''|| [[David Stephenson (rugby league, born 1958)|David Stephenson]]
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|RW ||'''5'''|| [[John Basnett]]
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|SO ||'''6'''|| [[Tony Myler]]
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|SH ||'''7'''|| [[Andy Gregory]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Kevin Ward (rugby league)|Kevin Ward]]
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|HK ||'''9'''|| [[David Watkinson]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Lee Crooks (rugby league)|Lee Crooks]]
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|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Chris Burton (rugby league)|Chris Burton]]
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|SR ||'''12'''|| [[Andy Goodway]]
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|LK ||'''13'''|| [[Ian Potter (rugby league)|Ian Potter]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''|| ''[[Shaun Edwards]]''
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|IC ||'''15'''|| [[Ian Potter (rugby league)|Ian Potter]]
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Maurice Bamford]]
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|FB ||'''1'''|| [[Garry Jack]]
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|LW ||'''2'''|| [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]
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|RC ||'''3'''|| [[Brett Kenny]]
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|LC ||'''4'''|| [[Gene Miles]]
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|RW ||'''5'''|| [[Dale Shearer]]
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|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Wally Lewis]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|HB ||'''7'''|| [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]]
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|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Greg Dowling]]
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|HK ||'''9'''|| [[Royce Simmons]]
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|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]]
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|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Mal Meninga]]
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|SR ||'''12'''|| [[Bryan Niebling]]
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|LF ||'''13'''|| [[Bob Lindner]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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|IC ||'''15'''|| [[Les Davidson]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Don Furner]]
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As with the 1982 Ashes series, the third Test was the most genuinely contested of the Tests played, with the Lions putting in a much improved performance. Centre [[Gene Miles]] opened the scoring in the early minutes of the game, with lock forward [[Bob Lindner]] also scoring soon after. Successful conversions by [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]] saw the Kangaroos lead 12-0 after just 15 minutes and another rout looked on the cards. However, the Lions dug deep and tries to [[Garry Schofield]] either side of half time saw the game tied at 12-all with the Lions looking like winners for the first time in the series. The game was in the balance until French referee Julien Rascagneres awarded a penalty try to Australian winger [[Dale Shearer]] after he was illegally tackled by his opposite [[John Basnett]] when both were chasing the ball which Shearer had kicked downfield. A penalty goal to [[Joe Lydon (rugby)|Joe Lydon]] and a field goal by Schofield reduced the deficit to 18–15, but Wally Lewis then put the result beyond doubt with a try after bamboozling the Lions defence with two dummies near the sideline before racing around to score beside the posts.
{{Clear}}

==France==
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| date       = Wednesday, 26 November
| time       = 
| team1      = President's XIII {{leagueicon|France|16}}
| score      = 4 – 36
| report     = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/kangaroos-tour-1986/results.html]
| team2      = {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} [[Australian Kangaroos|Australia]]
| points1    = 
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| stadium    = [[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]]
| attendance = 800
| referee    = 
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----

===First Test===
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| score      =  2 – 44
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/france-vs-australia-1986/france-vs-australia.html 1st Test - France vs Australia]</ref>
| points1    = '''Tries:''' <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> '''Goals:''' <br> [[Gilles Dumas]] (1/2)
| points2    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]] (3) <br> [[Bob Lindner]] (2) <br> [[Gene Miles]] (2) <br> [[Garry Jack]] <br> '''Goals:''' <br> Michael O'Connor (4/9)
| date       = Sunday, 30 November 1986
| stadium    = [[Stade Gilbert Brutus]], [[Perpignan]]
| attendance = 6,000
| referee    = [[Fred Lindop]] {{flagicon|ENG}}
| manofmatch = [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]] 
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|FB ||'''1'''||[[Gilles Dumas]]
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|RW ||'''2'''||[[Didier Couston]]
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|RC ||'''3'''||[[Roger Palisses]]
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|LC ||'''4'''||[[Alain Maury (rugby league)|Alain Maury]]
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|LW ||'''5'''||[[Hugues Ratier]]
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|SO ||'''6'''||[[Dominique Espugna]]
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|SH ||'''7'''||[[Patrick Entat]]
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|PR ||'''8'''||[[Max Chantal]]
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|HK ||'''9'''||[[Thierry Bernabé]]
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|PR ||'''10'''||[[Jean-Luc Rabot]]
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|SR ||'''11'''||[[Guy Laforgue]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|SR ||'''12'''||[[Serge Titeux]]
|-
|LK ||'''13'''||[[Daniel Verdes]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|IC ||'''14'''||[[Serge Bret]]
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|IC ||'''15'''||[[Francis Laforgue]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|
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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|FB ||'''1'''|| [[Garry Jack]]
|-
|RW ||'''2'''|| [[Dale Shearer]]
|-
|RC ||'''3'''|| [[Brett Kenny]]
|-
|LC ||'''4'''|| [[Gene Miles]]
|-
|LW ||'''5'''|| [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]
|-
|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Wally Lewis]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
|-
|HB ||'''7'''|| [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]]
|-
|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Greg Dowling]]
|-
|HK ||'''9'''|| [[Royce Simmons]]
|-
|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]]
|-
|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Les Davidson]]
|-
|SR ||'''12'''|| [[Bryan Niebling]]
|-
|LF ||'''13'''|| [[Bob Lindner]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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|IC ||'''15'''|| [[Paul Sironen]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Don Furner]]
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{{Clear}}
----

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| date       = Wednesday, 3 December
| time       = 
| team1      = [[Le Pontet XIII]] {{leagueicon|Halifax|16}}
| score      = 5 – 42
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1986/game-16/le-pontet-xiii-vs-australia.html Le Pontet XIII vs Australia]</ref>
| team2      = {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} [[Australian Kangaroos|Australia]]
| points1    = 
| points2    = 
| stadium    = [[Stade de Fargues]], [[Le Pontet, Vaucluse|Le Pontet]]
| attendance = 2,500
| referee    = 
| manofmatch = 
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----

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| date       = Friday, 5 December
| time       = 
| team1      = [[Midi-Pyrénées]] XIII {{flagicon|Midi-Pyrénées|16}}
| score      = 2 – 12
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1986/game-17/midi-pyrenees-vs-australia.html Midi-Pyrénées vs Australia]</ref>
| team2      = {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} [[Australian Kangaroos|Australia]]
| points1    = 
| points2    = 
| stadium    = [[Stade des Minimes]], [[Toulouse]]
| attendance = 1,500
| referee    = 
| manofmatch = 
}}

----

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| date       = Sunday, 7 December
| time       = 
| team1      = [[France national rugby league team|France B]] {{leagueicon|France|16}}
| score      = 0 – 50
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1986/game-18/france-xiii-vs-australia.html France B vs Australia]</ref>
| team2      = {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} [[Australian Kangaroos|Australia]]
| points1    = 
| points2    = 
| stadium    = [[Stade Municipal d'Albi]], [[Albi]]
| attendance = 2,000
| referee    = 
| manofmatch = 
}}

----

{{rugbyleaguebox
| date       = Wednesday, 10 December
| time       = 
| team1      = Aquitaine {{flagicon|Aquitaine|16}}
| score      = 8 – 50
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1986/game-19/aquitaine-vs-australia.html Aquitaine vs Australia]</ref>
| team2      = {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} [[Australian Kangaroos|Australia]]
| points1    = 
| points2    = 
| stadium    = [[Stade Max Rousie]], [[Villeneuve-sur-Lot]]
| attendance = 500
| referee    = 
| manofmatch = 
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----

===Second Test===
Australia's win over France in the final match of the tour, which counted as part of the ongoing [[1985-88 Rugby League World Cup|1985-88 World Cup]] tournament, was a record margin for a Test match.<ref>{{cite news 
  | title = Unbeaten Kangaroos the 'Best Ever'
  | work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]
  | pages = 39
  | publisher = Fairfax Digital
  | date = 1986-12-15
  | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&docID=news861215_0108_9422
  | access-date = 2009-10-06}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/kangaroos-tour-1986/results.html 1986 Kangaroo tour results at Rugby League Project]</ref>

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| score      =  0 – 52
| report     = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/world-cup-1985/game-9/france-vs-australia.html 2nd Test - France vs Australia]</ref>
| points1    = '''Tries:''' <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> '''Goals:'''  
| points2    = '''Tries:''' <br> [[Dale Shearer]] (4) <br> [[Garry Jack]] (3) <br> [[Steve Folkes]] <br> [[Bryan Niebling]] <br> [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]] <br> '''Goals:''' <br> Michael O'Connor (6/10)
| date       = Saturday, 13 December
| stadium    = [[Stade d'Albert Domec]], [[Carcassonne]]
| attendance = 5,000
| referee    = [[Fred Lindop]] {{flagicon|ENG}}
| manofmatch = [[Dale Shearer]] 
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|FB ||'''1'''||[[Patrick Wosniak]]
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|RW ||'''2'''||[[Sebastian Rodriguez (rugby league)|Sebastian Rodriguez]]
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|RC ||'''3'''||[[Philippe Fourquet]]
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|LC ||'''4'''||[[Francis Laforgue]]
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|LW ||'''5'''||[[Hugues Ratier]]
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|SO ||'''6'''||[[Roger Palisses]]
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|SH ||'''7'''||[[Christian Scicchitano]]
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|PR ||'''8'''||[[Max Chantal]]
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|HK ||'''9'''||[[Thierry Bernabé]]
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|PR ||'''10'''||[[Serge Titeux]]
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|SR ||'''11'''||[[Guy Laforgue]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
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|SR ||'''12'''||[[Daniel Verdes]]
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|LK ||'''13'''||[[Philippe Gestas]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''||[[Gilles Dumas]]
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|IC ||'''15'''||[[Yves Storer]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|
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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|FB ||'''1'''|| [[Garry Jack]]
|-
|RW ||'''2'''|| [[Dale Shearer]]
|-
|RC ||'''3'''|| [[Brett Kenny]]
|-
|LC ||'''4'''|| [[Gene Miles]]
|-
|LW ||'''5'''|| [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]]
|-
|FE ||'''6'''|| [[Wally Lewis]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
|-
|HB ||'''7'''|| [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]]
|-
|PR ||'''8'''|| [[Greg Dowling]]
|-
|HK ||'''9'''|| [[Royce Simmons]]
|-
|PR ||'''10'''|| [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]]
|-
|SR ||'''11'''|| [[Steve Folkes]]
|-
|SR ||'''12'''|| [[Bryan Niebling]]
|-
|LF ||'''13'''|| [[Bob Lindner]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|IC ||'''14'''|| [[Terry Lamb]]
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|IC ||'''15'''|| [[Les Davidson]]
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|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
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|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Don Furner]]
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{{Clear}}

==Statistics==
'''Leading Try Scorer'''
* 19 by [[Terry Lamb]]

'''Leading Point Scorer'''
* 170 by [[Michael O'Connor (rugby)|Michael O'Connor]] (13 tries, 59 goals)

'''Largest Attendance'''
* 50,583 - First test vs [[Great Britain Lions|Great Britain]] at [[Old Trafford]]

'''Largest Club Game Attendance'''
* 30,662 - Australia vs [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] at [[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]]

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091031091519/http://www.rl1908.com/Kangaroos/1986.htm 1986 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France at rl1908.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090106184151/http://www.rlhalloffame.org.uk/tour86au.htm 1986 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France at rlhalloffame.org.uk]
*[http://rugbyleagueproject.com/competitions/Ashes_Series_1986.html Ashes Series 1986 at rugbyleagueproject.com]
*[https://sahof.org.au/award-winner/kangaroos-team-rugby-league-1986/ 1986 Kangaroos at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-XEqRGDWa4 Invincibles Again: 1986 Kangaroo Tour highlights Pt.1]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJGdJJNk9nc Invincibles Again: 1986 Kangaroo Tour highlights Pt.2]

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