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1977 Les Chanticleers World Cup Tour Series

Game 1

Papua New Guinea 37 def. France 6

1977 Les Chanticleers World Cup Tour
Game 1

Papua New Guinea		 37
–
6
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/15034
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 29th May, 1977
Referee Ray Seymour
Venue Boroko Oval (Port Moresby)
Crowd 14,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 – 0
Scrums 7 – 19
Papua New Guinea Scoresheet France
Dikana BOGE T Christian BAILE
Vai KARAVA   Jean-Marc BOURRET
Garia KORA      
Jack METTA      
Peter PIUS      
Alan RERO      
Paul TORE      
 
Linus GENI 7 G    
Dikana BOGE      
Papua New Guinea Teams France
Sukope IKO 1 FB 1 Jacques GUIGUE
Alan RERO 2 W 2 Christian BAILE
Openi GENO 3 C 3 Rene TERRATS
Garia KORA 4 C 4 Andre RUIZ
Peter PIUS 5 W 5 Patrick CHAUVET
 
Dikana BOGE 6 FE 6 Jean-Marc BOURRET
Moresby PUEK 7 HB 7 Jacky IMBERT
 
John TOBAN 8 FR 8 Max CHANTAL
Linus GENI 9 HK 9 Jean-Louis BRIAL
Paul TORE 10 FR 10 Henri DANIEL
Vai KARAVA 11 2R 11 Jean-Pierre SAURET
Rod PEARCE 12 2R 12 Jean-Claude MAYORGAS
John WAGAMBIE (c) 13 L 13 Guy RODRIGUEZ
 
Joe GANDE 14 B 14 Jose CALLE
Jack METTA 15 B 15 Herve BONET
Joe TOMEROP 16 B    
Kalva KAKO 17 B    
 
Duncan YATES   HC   Yves BÉGOU
   
 

Team Info

Papua New Guinea

Previous Game:
1975 England World Cup Tour - Game 10 vs. England
Next Game:
1977 Pacific Cup - Round 1 vs. WA Firsts
Out:
Billy Wartovo (fullback), Albert Age (wing), Lohia Daroa (centre), Robin Guere (centre), Karava Haivita (wing), Paul Chue (halfback), Harrison Patalui (front row), Tony Bussell (second row), Tara Gau (lock), Elijah Emori (bench), Henry Kavanamur (bench), Eka Fae (bench), Bill Phillips (bench)
In:
Alan Rero (wing), Openi Geno (centre), Garia Kora (centre), Peter Pius (wing), Dikana Boge (five-eighth), Moresby Puek (halfback), John Toban (front row), Linus Geni (hooker), Paul Tore (front row), Joe Gande (bench), Jack Metta (bench), Joe Tomerop (bench), Kalva Kako (bench)
Changes:
Sukope Iko (five-eighth to fullback), Vai Karava (front row to second row), Rod Pearce (hooker to second row), John Wagambie (second row to lock)

France

Previous Game:
1976/77 European Championship - Game 3 vs. England
Next Game:
1977 Les Chanticleers World Cup Tour - Game 2 vs. Brisbane Firsts
Out:
Pierre Saboureau (fullback), Jose Moya (wing), Bernard Curt (wing), Guy Alard (halfback), Michel Cassin (front row), Jean-Jacques Cologni (second row), Manuel Caravaca (lock)
In:
Christian Baile (wing), Rene Terrats (centre), Andre Ruiz (centre), Patrick Chauvet (wing), Jacky Imbert (halfback), Max Chantal (front row), Jean-Louis Brial (hooker), Jean-Claude Mayorgas (second row), Guy Rodriguez (lock)
Changes:
Jacques Guigue (centre to fullback), Jean-Marc Bourret (centre to five-eighth), Jose Calle (five-eighth to bench), Herve Bonet (hooker to bench)

Match Notes

Thanks to Peter Bird for providing the French team to us for this game.
Thanks to Warrick Ford for providing additional match information for this game.
Thanks to the following for providing the PNG details: John Wagambie, Rod Pearce, Ted Mahon, Bob Cutmore, Chris Thompson.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash