Final
New Zealand 12 lost to Australia 25
| 1985-88 World Cup Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14272 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 9th October, 1988 | |||||||
| Referee | Graham Ainui | |||||||
| Venue | Eden Park (Auckland) | |||||||
| Crowd | 47,363 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 21 | |||||
| Scrums | 10 | – | 6 | |||||
| Penalties | 20 | – | 9 | |||||
| New Zealand | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Kevin IRO | T | 2 | Allan LANGER | |||||
| Tony IRO | Gavin MILLER | |||||||
| Dale SHEARER | ||||||||
| Peter BROWN | 2/5 | G | 4/7 | Michael O'CONNOR | ||||
| FG | Ben ELIAS | |||||||
| BIN5 | Paul DUNN | |||||||
| Clayton FRIEND | BIN | Steve ROACH | ||||||
| New Zealand | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Gary MERCER [Bradford] | 1 | FB | 1 | Garry JACK [Balmain] | ||||
| Tony IRO [Wigan] | 2 | W | 2 | Dale SHEARER [Manly] | ||||
| Kevin IRO [Wigan] | 3 | C | 3 | Andrew FARRAR [Canterbury] | ||||
| Dean BELL (c) [Eastern Suburbs/Wigan] | 4 | C | 4 | Mark McGAW [Cronulla] | ||||
| Mark ELIA [St Helens] | 5 | W | 5 | Michael O'CONNOR [Manly/St Helens] | ||||
| Gary FREEMAN [Balmain] | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally LEWIS (c) [Brisbane] | ||||
| Clayton FRIEND [North Sydney] | 7 | HB | 7 | Allan LANGER [Brisbane] | ||||
| Adrian SHELFORD [Newcastle/Wigan] | 8 | FR | 8 | Paul DUNN [Canterbury] | ||||
| Wayne WALLACE | 9 | HK | 9 | Ben ELIAS [Balmain] | ||||
| Peter BROWN [Salford] | 10 | FR | 10 | Steve ROACH [Balmain/Warrington] | ||||
| Kurt SORENSEN [Widnes] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Paul SIRONEN [Balmain] | ||||
| Mark GRAHAM [North Sydney/Wakefield] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Gavin MILLER [Cronulla/Hull KR] | ||||
| Mark HORO [Salford] | 13 | L | 13 | Wayne PEARCE [Balmain] | ||||
| Shane COOPER [St Helens] | 14 | B | 14 | Terry LAMB [Canterbury] | ||||
| Sam STEWART [Newcastle] | 15 | B | 15 | David GILLESPIE [Canterbury] | ||||
| Tony GORDON | HC | Don FURNER | ||||||
Team Info
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- 1985-88 World Cup - Game 17 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- 1989 New Zealand vs Australia - Game 1 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Darrell Williams (fullback), Shane Horo (wing)
- In:
- Tony Iro (wing), Mark Elia (wing), Kurt Sorensen (second row)
- Changes:
- Gary Mercer (wing to fullback), Shane Cooper (five-eighth to bench), Sam Stewart (second row to bench), Gary Freeman (bench to five-eighth)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1988 Kangaroos World Cup Tour - Game 1 vs. Wellington
- Next Game:
- 1989 Kangaroos Tour - Game 1 vs. New Zealand XIII
No changes.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson
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