World Cup 1985-88

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Due to financial difficulties, France were unable to play 3 matches - away fixtures against Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

Tournament Champions - Australia

Location

New Zealand, Australia, France, Papua New Guinea, England

Attendance

251,220

Top tryscorer

8 - Michael O'Connor

Top pointscorer

100 - Michael O'Connor

Table

Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD	FPG	APG	Att%	Def%
1.	Australia	7	5	2	-	252	91	* 12	+161	36.00	13.00
2.	New Zealand	7	4	2	1	158	86	* 11	+72	22.57	12.29
3.	Great Britain	8	4	2	2	203	90	10	+113	25.38	11.25
4.	Papua New Guinea	7	1	6	-	84	325	* 4	-241	12.00	46.43
5.	France	5	1	3	1	35	140	3	-105	7.00	28.00
Australia awarded 2 competition points for forfeit of fixture by France New Zealand awarded 2 competition points for forfeit of fixture by France Papua New Guinea awarded 2 competition points for forfeit of fixture by France

Results
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Date	Year	Round	Home		Away		Referee	City	Crowd
Jul 7	1985	Game 1	New Zealand	18	Australia	0	J. Rascagneres	Auckland	15,327	View
Nov 9	1985	Game 2	Great Britain	6	New Zealand	6	B. Gomersall	Leeds	22,209	View
Dec 7	1985	Game 3	New Zealand	22	France	0	R. Campbell	Perpignan	5,000	View
Feb 16	1986	Game 4	France	10	Great Britain	10	K. Roberts	Avignon	4,000	View
Jul 29	1986	Game 5	Australia	32	New Zealand	12	R. Whitfield	Brisbane	22,811	View
Aug 17	1986	Game 6	Papua New Guinea	24	New Zealand	22	K. Roberts	Port Moresby	15,000	View
Oct 4	1986	Game 14	Papua New Guinea	12	Australia	62	N. Kesha	Port Moresby	17,000	View
Nov 22	1986	Game 8	Great Britain	15	Australia	24	J. Rascagneres	Wigan	20,169	View
Dec 13	1986	Game 9	France	0	Australia	52	F. Lindop	Carcassonne	5,000	View
Jan 24	1987	Game 10	Great Britain	52	France	4	M. Stone	Leeds	6,567	View
Oct 24	1987	Game 11	Great Britain	42	Papua New Guinea	0	F. Desplas	Wigan	9,121	View
Nov 15	1987	Game 12	France	21	Papua New Guinea	4	J. Holdsworth	Carcassonne	5,000	View
May 22	1988	Game 13	Papua New Guinea	22	Great Britain	42	G. McCallum	Port Moresby	12,107	View
Jul 9	1988	Game 7	Australia	12	Great Britain	26	F. Desplas	Sydney	15,944	View
10	1988	Game 15	New Zealand	66	Papua New Guinea	14	G. McCallum	Auckland	8,392	View
17	1988	Game 17	New Zealand	12	Great Britain	10	M. Stone	Christchurch	8,525	View
20	1988	Game 16	Australia	70	Papua New Guinea	8	N. Kesha	Wagga Wagga	11,685	View
Oct 9	1988	Final	New Zealand	12	Australia	25	G. Ainui	Auckland	47,363	View