Great Britain vs New Zealand 1989 Series

Game 2

Great Britain 26 def. New Zealand 6

Great Britain vs New Zealand 1989

Lions
26
6
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14389
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 28th October, 1989
Referee Greg McCallum
Venue Elland Road (Leeds)
Crowd 13,000
Official Player of the Match Shaun Edwards
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 0
Scrums 7 11
Penalties 12 3
Great Britain Scoresheet New Zealand
Andy GOODWAY 2 T Hugh McGAHAN
Shaun EDWARDS      
Martin OFFIAH      
 
Paul LOUGHLIN 5 G Kurt SHERLOCK
 
    BIN Gary FREEMAN
      Duane MANN
 
Steve HAMPSON OFF    
Great Britain Teams New Zealand
Steve HAMPSON
[Illawarra/Wigan]
1 FB 1 Darrell WILLIAMS
[Manly]
Phil FORD
[Leeds]
2 W 2 Kevin IRO
[Wigan]
Paul NEWLOVE
[Featherstone]
3 C 3 Dean BELL
[Wigan]
Paul LOUGHLIN
[St Helens]
4 C 4 Kurt SHERLOCK
[Eastern Suburbs]
Martin OFFIAH
[Eastern Suburbs/Widnes]
5 W 5 Gary MERCER
[Warrington]
 
Shaun EDWARDS
[Balmain/Wigan]
6 FE 6 Kelly SHELFORD
[Whitehaven]
David HULME
[Widnes]
7 HB 7 Gary FREEMAN
[Balmain]
 
Kelvin SKERRETT
[Western Suburbs/Bradford]
8 FR 8 Brent TODD
[Canberra]
Paul HULME
[Widnes]
9 HK 9 Duane MANN
[Warrington]
Andy PLATT
[Wigan]
10 FR 10 Adrian SHELFORD
[Wigan]
Andy GOODWAY
[Wigan]
11 2R 11 Kurt SORENSEN
[Widnes]
Roy POWELL
[Leeds]
12 2R 12 Sam STEWART
[Newcastle]
Mike GREGORY (c)
[Warrington]
13 L 13 Hugh McGAHAN (c)
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
Deryck FOX
[Featherstone]
14 B 14 Tony KEMP
[Newcastle/Doncaster]
David HOBBS
[Bradford]
15 B 15 Esene FAIMALO
 
Malcolm REILLY   HC   Tony GORDON
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Great Britain vs New Zealand 1989 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
World Cup 1989/92 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Alan Tait (fullback), Andy Currier (centre), Andy Gregory (halfback), Kevin Beardmore (hooker)
In:
Steve Hampson (fullback), Paul Hulme (hooker), Roy Powell (second row), Deryck Fox (bench)
Changes:
David Hulme (five-eighth to halfback), David Hobbs (front row to bench), Andy Platt (second row to front row), Shaun Edwards (bench to five-eighth), Paul Newlove (bench to centre)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Great Britain vs New Zealand 1989 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1989 - Game 9 vs. Hull FC
Out:
James Goulding (front row)
In:
Adrian Shelford (front row), Esene Faimalo (bench)

Match Notes

Steve Hampson (GB) was sent off after 95 seconds for headbutting Gary Freeman (NZ)

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson