New Zealand vs Australia 1989 Series

Game 1

New Zealand 6 lost to Australia 26

New Zealand vs Australia 1989

New Zealand
6
26
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7939
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 9th July, 1989
Referee Ray Tennant (Castleford)
Venue QEII Park (Christchurch)
Crowd 17,000
Official Player of the Match Bradley Clyde
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 20
Scrums 8 6
Penalties 14 10
New Zealand Scoresheet Australia
Mark ELIA T Tony CURRIE
      Wally LEWIS
      Paul SIRONEN
      Kerrod WALTERS
 
Kevin IRO 1/2 G 5/5 Mal MENINGA
New Zealand Teams Australia
Darrell WILLIAMS
[Manly]
1 FB 1 Gary BELCHER
[Canberra]
Tony IRO
[Wigan]
2 W 2 Dale SHEARER
[Manly]
Kevin IRO
[Wigan]
3 C 3 Mal MENINGA
[Canberra]
Tony KEMP
[Newcastle]
4 C 4 Tony CURRIE
[Brisbane]
Mark ELIA
[Canterbury]
5 W 5 Michael HANCOCK
[Brisbane]
 
Shane COOPER
[St Helens]
6 FE 6 Wally LEWIS (c)
[Brisbane]
Clayton FRIEND
[North Sydney]
7 HB 7 Greg ALEXANDER
[Penrith]
 
Brent TODD
[Canberra]
8 FR 8 Sam BACKO
[Brisbane/Leeds]
Barry HARVEY 9 HK 9 Kerrod WALTERS
[Brisbane]
James GOULDING
[Newcastle]
10 FR 10 Steve ROACH
[Balmain/Warrington]
Hugh McGAHAN (c)
[Eastern Suburbs]
11 2R 11 Paul SIRONEN
[Balmain]
Sam STEWART
[Newcastle]
12 2R 12 Bradley CLYDE
[Canberra]
Brendon TUUTA
[Western Suburbs]
13 L 13 Paul VAUTIN
[Manly/St Helens]
 
Gary FREEMAN
[Balmain]
14 B 14 Michael O'CONNOR
[Manly/St Helens]
    B 15 Bruce McGUIRE
[Balmain]
 
Tony GORDON   HC   Bob FULTON
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
World Cup 1985/88 - Final vs. Australia
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1989 - Game 2 vs. Australia
Out:
Gary Mercer (fullback), Dean Bell (centre), Adrian Shelford (front row), Wayne Wallace (hooker), Peter Brown (front row), Kurt Sorensen (second row), Mark Graham (second row), Mark Horo (lock)
In:
Darrell Williams (fullback), Tony Kemp (centre), Brent Todd (front row), Barry Harvey (hooker), James Goulding (front row), Hugh McGahan (second row), Brendon Tuuta (lock)
Changes:
Gary Freeman (five-eighth to bench), Shane Cooper (bench to five-eighth), Sam Stewart (bench to second row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1989 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand XIII
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1989 - Game 3 vs. Auckland
Out:
Peter Jackson (centre), Des Hasler (five-eighth), David Trewhella (hooker), Dan Stains (second row), Martin Bella (bench)
In:
Dale Shearer (wing), Mal Meninga (centre), Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Paul Sironen (second row), Bradley Clyde (second row)
Changes:
Michael O'Connor (wing to bench), Bruce McGuire (second row to bench), Kerrod Walters (bench to hooker)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson