New Zealand vs Australia 1989 Series

Game 2

New Zealand 0 lost to Australia 8

New Zealand vs Australia 1989

New Zealand
0
8
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7940
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 16th July, 1989
Referee Ray Tennant (Castleford)
Venue Rotorua (Rotorua)
Crowd 26,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 2
Scrums 12 12
Penalties 11 10
New Zealand Scoresheet Australia
    T Michael HANCOCK
 
Phil BANCROFT 0/1 G 2/3 Mal MENINGA
Kevin IRO 0/2      
Tony KEMP 0/1      
New Zealand Teams Australia
Darrell WILLIAMS
[Manly]
1 FB 1 Gary BELCHER
[Canberra]
Tony IRO
[Wigan]
2 W 2 Dale SHEARER
[Manly]
Tony KEMP
[Newcastle]
3 C 3 Mal MENINGA
[Canberra]
Kevin IRO
[Wigan]
4 C 4 Tony CURRIE
[Brisbane]
Gary MERCER
[Bradford]
5 W 5 Michael HANCOCK
[Brisbane]
 
Shane COOPER
[St Helens]
6 FE 6 Wally LEWIS (c)
[Brisbane]
Gary FREEMAN
[Balmain]
7 HB 7 Greg ALEXANDER
[Penrith]
 
Brent TODD
[Canberra]
8 FR 8 Sam BACKO
[Brisbane/Leeds]
Duane MANN 9 HK 9 Kerrod WALTERS
[Brisbane]
James GOULDING
[Newcastle]
10 FR 10 Steve ROACH
[Balmain/Warrington]
Hugh McGAHAN (c)
[Eastern Suburbs]
11 2R 11 Paul SIRONEN
[Balmain]
Sam STEWART
[Newcastle]
12 2R 12 Bradley CLYDE
[Canberra]
Brendon TUUTA
[Western Suburbs]
13 L 13 Paul VAUTIN
[Manly/St Helens]
 
Phil BANCROFT 14 B 14 Des HASLER
[Manly]
Mark HORO
[Salford]
15 B    
 
Tony GORDON   HC   Bob FULTON
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1989 - Game 1 vs. Australia
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1989 - Game 3 vs. Australia
Out:
Mark Elia (wing), Clayton Friend (halfback), Barry Harvey (hooker)
In:
Gary Mercer (wing), Duane Mann (hooker), Phil Bancroft (bench), Mark Horo (bench)
Changes:
Gary Freeman (bench to halfback)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1989 - Game 3 vs. Auckland
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1989 - Game 5 vs. Wellington
Out:
Michael O'Connor (wing), Peter Jackson (centre), David Trewhella (hooker), Martin Bella (front row), Dan Stains (second row), Bruce McGuire (second row)
In:
Gary Belcher (fullback), Mal Meninga (centre), Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Kerrod Walters (hooker), Steve Roach (front row), Paul Sironen (second row)
Changes:
Dale Shearer (fullback to wing), Des Hasler (five-eighth to bench), Bradley Clyde (bench to second row)

Match Notes

Paul Sironen - Man of The Match

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson