[3] The Leeds winning team coached by Roy Francis was; Bev Risman, Alan Smith, Syd Hynes, Bernard Watson, John Atkinson, Mick Shoebottom, Barry Seabourne, Mick Clark (c), Tony Crosby, Ken Eyre, Bill Ramsey, Albert Eyre, Ray Batten subs: John Langley, Mick Joyce.

Dubbed the "Watersplash Final", this match was remembered for the atrocious pitch conditions caused by a torrential downpour that left many large puddles on the playing surface.

Other than the three test Ashes series against Great Britain (won 2–1 by Australia), The Kangaroos played matches against club and county representative sides The 1967–68 Kangaroos were captain-coached by champion St George Dragons centre Reg Gasnier who was making his third tour following from 1959–60 and 1967–68.

He returned to the field in France but in a minor game against Les Espoirs in Avignon, he suffered a further break.

He later told in an interview that he never regretted his decision to retire, explaining that he had been playing rugby league including juniors, junior representative games, the Sydney premiership and senior representative teams which included multiple interstate and overseas tours, virtually non-stop since the early 1950s, and felt it was about time that he started devoting more time to his family.