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Kangaroos Tour 1989 Series

Game 1

New Zealand XIII 18 lost to Australia 50

Kangaroos Tour 1989

New Zealand XIII
18
50
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23356
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 4th July, 1989
Referee Jim Stokes
Venue Palmerston North (Palmerston North)
Crowd 5,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 4 22
New Zealand XIII Scoresheet Australia
Duane MANN T 3 Greg ALEXANDER
Kelly SHELFORD   3 Gary BELCHER
Dave WATSON   Sam BACKO
      Des HASLER
      Michael O'CONNOR
 
Phil BANCROFT 3 G 7 Michael O'CONNOR
New Zealand XIII Teams Australia
Morvin EDWARDS
[Swinton]
1 FB 1 Gary BELCHER
[Canberra]
Sam PANAPA 2 W 2 Michael O'CONNOR
[Manly/St Helens]
Dave WATSON
[Whitehaven]
3 C 3 Peter JACKSON
[Brisbane]
Tea ROPATI 4 C 4 Tony CURRIE
[Brisbane]
David EWE 5 W 5 Michael HANCOCK
[Brisbane]
 
Kelly SHELFORD 6 FE 6 Des HASLER
[Manly]
Phil BANCROFT 7 HB 7 Greg ALEXANDER
[Penrith]
 
George MANN
[Leigh]
8 FR 8 Sam BACKO
[Brisbane/Leeds]
Duane MANN 9 HK 9 David TREWHELLA
[Eastern Suburbs]
Russell TUUTA 10 FR 10 Steve ROACH
[Balmain/Warrington]
Shane HANSEN 11 2R 11 Bruce McGUIRE
[Balmain]
Francis LEOTA 12 2R 12 Dan STAINS
[Cronulla/Halifax]
Mike KUITI (c)
[Swinton]
13 L 13 Paul VAUTIN (c)
[Manly/St Helens]
 
Gary MERCER
[Bradford]
14 B 14 Kerrod WALTERS
[Brisbane]
Peter BROWN
[Salford]
15 B 15 Martin BELLA
[North Sydney]
 
    HC   Bob FULTON
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand XIII

Previous Game:
QLD Tour to New Zealand 1987 - Game 1 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
George Lajpold (fullback), Warren Mann (wing), Kevin Iro (centre), Gary Freeman (halfback), Adrian Shelford (front row), Barry Harvey (hooker), Peter Ropati (second row), Sam Stewart (second row), Mark Horo (lock), Paddy Tuimavave (bench), Wayne Wallace (bench)
In:
Morvin Edwards (fullback), Dave Watson (centre), David Ewe (wing), Kelly Shelford (five-eighth), Phil Bancroft (halfback), George Mann (front row), Duane Mann (hooker), Russell Tuuta (front row), Shane Hansen (second row), Francis Leota (second row), Mike Kuiti (lock)
Changes:
Gary Mercer (wing to bench), Sam Panapa (five-eighth to wing), Peter Brown (front row to bench)

Australia

Previous Game:
World Cup 1985/88 - Final vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1989 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Garry Jack (fullback), Dale Shearer (wing), Andrew Farrar (centre), Mark McGaw (centre), Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Allan Langer (halfback), Paul Dunn (front row), Ben Elias (hooker), Paul Sironen (second row), Gavin Miller (second row), Wayne Pearce (lock), Terry Lamb (bench), David Gillespie (bench)
In:
Gary Belcher (fullback), Peter Jackson (centre), Tony Currie (centre), Michael Hancock (wing), Des Hasler (five-eighth), Greg Alexander (halfback), Sam Backo (front row), David Trewhella (hooker), Bruce McGuire (second row), Dan Stains (second row), Paul Vautin (lock), Kerrod Walters (bench), Martin Bella (bench)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates