PNG NRL vs Australia 1996

Papua New Guinea (NRL) 6 lost to Australia 52

PNG NRL vs Australia 1996

Papua New Guinea (NRL)
6
52
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7983
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 6th October, 1996
Referee Kelvin Jeffes
Venue Lloyd Robson (Port Moresby)
Crowd 15,000
PNG (NRL) Scoresheet Australia
Adrian LAM T 2 Wayne BARTRIM
      2 Tim BRASHER
      2 Michael BUETTNER
      2 Rod WISHART
      Andrew JOHNS
 
Tuksy KARU G 8 Andrew JOHNS
PNG (NRL) Teams Australia
Luke WALDIAT 1 FB 1 Tim BRASHER
[Sydney Tigers]
Seko PAE 2 W 2 Rod WISHART
[Illawarra]
Alfred SANGORO 3 C 3 Terry HILL
[Manly]
Tom O'REILLY 4 C 4 Mark COYNE
[St George]
Robert VOLU 5 W 5 Matt SING
[Sydney City]
 
Tuksy KARU 6 FE 6 Michael BUETTNER
[North Sydney]
Adrian LAM (c)
[Sydney City]
7 HB 7 Geoff TOOVEY (c)
[Manly]
 
James NAIPO 8 FR 8 Paul HARRAGON
[Newcastle]
Stanley HARU 9 HK 9 Andrew JOHNS
[Newcastle]
Kera NGAFFIN 10 FR 10 Mark CARROLL
[Manly]
Jim WILSON 11 2R 11 Daniel GARTNER
[Manly]
Ric EMMANUEL 12 2R 12 Gary LARSON
[North Sydney]
Karo PAT 13 L 13 Nik KOSEF
[Manly]
 
Goie WAINE 14 B 14 Wayne BARTRIM
[St George]
Michael MONDO 15 B 15 Jason SMITH
[Parramatta]
Pipi GARI 16 B 16 David FAIRLEIGH
[North Sydney]
Joe GATANA 17 B 17 Andrew WALKER
[Sydney City]
 
John WAGAMBIE   HC   Bob FULTON
   
 

Team Info

Papua New Guinea (NRL)

Previous Game:
n/a
Next Game:
n/a

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs Fiji NRL 1996 - Game 1 vs. Fiji (NRL)
Next Game:
Australia vs Rest Of The World 1997 - vs. Rest Of The World
Out:
Brett Dallas (wing), Brad Fittler (five-eighth), Steve Menzies (second row), Jim Dymock (lock), Matthew Johns (bench), Adam Muir (bench), Billy Moore (bench)
In:
Matt Sing (wing), Michael Buettner (five-eighth), Daniel Gartner (second row), Nik Kosef (lock), Wayne Bartrim (bench), Jason Smith (bench), Andrew Walker (bench)

Match Notes

This match was staged by the ARL during the Super League war.

This PNG side comprised of players who were part of the PNG National RL, a rebel competition which was aligned with the ARL. Effectively, the team that took the field was mostly players from local team the Port Moresby Vipers.

This match is only recognised as a Test by the ARL.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson