Game 6
Papua New Guinea 24 def. New Zealand 22
| 1985-88 World Cup Game 6 |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
– |
|
||||||
| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14265 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 17th August, 1986 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Kevin Roberts | |||||||
| Venue | Lloyd Robson (Port Moresby) | |||||||
| Crowd | 15,000 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Arebo Taumaku | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 18 | – | 8 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| Darius HAILI | 2 | T | Peter BROWN | |||||
| Bobby AKO | Hugh McGAHAN | |||||||
| Lauta ATOI | Joe ROPATI | |||||||
| Wayne WALLACE | ||||||||
| Dairi KOVAE | 4 | G | 3 | Peter BROWN | ||||
| Papua New Guinea | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Dairi KOVAE [Port Moresby Vipers] |
1 | FB | 1 | Gary KEMBLE [Hull] |
||||
| Joe KATSIR [Port Moresby Vipers] |
2 | W | 2 | Dane O'HARA [Hull] |
||||
| Lauta ATOI | 3 | C | 3 | Joe ROPATI [Warrington] |
||||
| Bal NUMAPO [Port Moresby Vipers] |
4 | C | 4 | Darrell WILLIAMS | ||||
| Mafu KEREKERE [Port Moresby Vipers] |
5 | W | 5 | Marty CREQUER | ||||
| Darius HAILI | 6 | FE | 6 | Shane COOPER | ||||
| Tony KILA (c) | 7 | HB | 7 | Gary FREEMAN | ||||
| Joe TEP [Port Moresby Vipers] |
8 | FR | 8 | Adrian SHELFORD | ||||
| Roy HENI [Port Moresby Vipers] |
9 | HK | 9 | Wayne WALLACE | ||||
| Ati LOMUTOPA | 10 | FR | 10 | Peter BROWN | ||||
| Bobby AKO | 11 | 2R | 11 | Hugh McGAHAN [Eastern Suburbs] |
||||
| Bernard WAKETSI [Port Moresby Vipers] |
12 | 2R | 12 | Owen WRIGHT | ||||
| Arebo TAUMAKU [Port Moresby Vipers] |
13 | L | 13 | Ron O'REGAN | ||||
| Kepi SAEA | 14 | B | 14 | James LEULUAI [Hull] |
||||
| Noah ANDY | 15 | B | 15 | Sam STEWART | ||||
| Barry WILSON | HC | Graham LOWE | ||||||
Team Info
Papua New Guinea
- Previous Game:
- 1986 Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- 1985-88 World Cup - Game 14 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Kungas Kuveu (fullback), Arnold Tivelit (wing), Gessau Gebob (halfback), Roy Loitive (second row), Peter Peng (bench)
- In:
- Mafu Kerekere (wing), Tony Kila (halfback), Ati Lomutopa (front row), Kepi Saea (bench), Noah Andy (bench)
- Changes:
- Bobby Ako (front row to second row), Dairi Kovae (bench to fullback)
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- 1986 Kiwis Tour - Game 12 vs. Northern Zone (PNG)
- Next Game:
- 1987 Kiwis Tour - Game 1 vs. Northern Rivers
- In:
- Gary Kemble (fullback), Dane O'Hara (wing), Joe Ropati (centre), Darrell Williams (centre), Marty Crequer (wing), Shane Cooper (five-eighth), Gary Freeman (halfback), Adrian Shelford (front row), Wayne Wallace (hooker), Peter Brown (front row), Hugh McGahan (second row), Owen Wright (second row), Ron O'Regan (lock), James Leuluai (bench), Sam Stewart (bench)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

Your Say
Want to have your say? Add a comment.