Great Britain vs New Zealand 1989 Series

Game 1

Great Britain 16 lost to New Zealand 24

Great Britain vs New Zealand 1989

Lions
16
24
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14388
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 21st October, 1989
Referee Greg McCallum
Venue Old Trafford (Trafford)
Crowd 18,273
Match Stats
Halftime Score 6 16
Scrums 14 4
Penalties 6 5
Great Britain Scoresheet New Zealand
Phil FORD T Gary FREEMAN
Martin OFFIAH   James GOULDING
Alan TAIT   Kevin IRO
      Hugh McGAHAN
      Kelly SHELFORD
 
Paul LOUGHLIN 2 G 2 Kurt SHERLOCK
Great Britain Teams New Zealand
Alan TAIT
[Widnes]
1 FB 1 Darrell WILLIAMS
[Manly]
Phil FORD
[Leeds]
2 W 2 Kevin IRO
[Wigan]
Andy CURRIER
[Balmain/Widnes]
3 C 3 Dean BELL
[Wigan]
Paul LOUGHLIN
[St Helens]
4 C 4 Kurt SHERLOCK
[Eastern Suburbs]
Martin OFFIAH
[Eastern Suburbs/Widnes]
5 W 5 Gary MERCER
 
David HULME
[Widnes]
6 FE 6 Kelly SHELFORD
[Whitehaven]
Andy GREGORY
[Illawarra/Wigan]
7 HB 7 Gary FREEMAN
[Balmain]
 
Kelvin SKERRETT
[Western Suburbs/Bradford]
8 FR 8 Brent TODD
[Canberra]
Kevin BEARDMORE
[Castleford]
9 HK 9 Duane MANN
[Warrington]
David HOBBS
[Bradford]
10 FR 10 James GOULDING
[Newcastle]
Andy GOODWAY
[Wigan]
11 2R 11 Kurt SORENSEN
[Widnes]
Andy PLATT
[Wigan]
12 2R 12 Sam STEWART
[Newcastle]
Mike GREGORY (c)
[Warrington]
13 L 13 Hugh McGAHAN (c)
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
Shaun EDWARDS
[Balmain/Wigan]
14 B 14 Tony KEMP
[Newcastle/Doncaster]
Paul NEWLOVE
[Featherstone]
15 B    
 
Malcolm REILLY   HC   Tony GORDON
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Next Game:
Great Britain vs New Zealand 1989 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Peter Williams (centre), Joe Lydon (centre), Kevin Ward (front row), Lee Crooks (front row), Roy Powell (second row), Ellery Hanley (lock), Steve Hampson (bench), Keith England (bench)
In:
Andy Currier (centre), Paul Loughlin (centre), David Hulme (five-eighth), Kelvin Skerrett (front row), David Hobbs (front row), Andy Goodway (second row), Andy Platt (second row), Paul Newlove (bench)
Changes:
Shaun Edwards (five-eighth to bench), Mike Gregory (second row to lock)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1989 - Game 6 vs. Cumbria
Next Game:
Great Britain vs New Zealand 1989 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson