Game 1
New Zealand 6 lost to Australia 26
| 1989 New Zealand vs Australia Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7939 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 9th July, 1989 | |||||||
| Referee | Ray Tennant (Castleford) | |||||||
| Venue | QEII Park (Christchurch) | |||||||
| Crowd | 17,000 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Bradley Clyde | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 20 | |||||
| Scrums | 8 | – | 6 | |||||
| Penalties | 14 | – | 10 | |||||
| New Zealand | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Mark ELIA | T | Tony CURRIE | ||||||
| Wally LEWIS | ||||||||
| Paul SIRONEN | ||||||||
| Kerrod WALTERS | ||||||||
| Kevin IRO | 1/2 | G | 5/5 | Mal MENINGA | ||||
| New Zealand | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Darrell WILLIAMS [Manly] | 1 | FB | 1 | Gary BELCHER [Canberra] | ||||
| Tony IRO [Wigan] | 2 | W | 2 | Dale SHEARER [Manly] | ||||
| Kevin IRO [Wigan] | 3 | C | 3 | Mal MENINGA [Canberra] | ||||
| Tony KEMP [Newcastle] | 4 | C | 4 | Tony CURRIE [Brisbane] | ||||
| Mark ELIA [Canterbury] | 5 | W | 5 | Michael HANCOCK [Brisbane] | ||||
| Shane COOPER [St Helens] | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally LEWIS (c) [Brisbane] | ||||
| Clayton FRIEND [North Sydney] | 7 | HB | 7 | Greg ALEXANDER [Penrith] | ||||
| Brent TODD [Canberra] | 8 | FR | 8 | Sam BACKO [Brisbane/Leeds] | ||||
| Barry HARVEY | 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] | ||||
| Gary FREEMAN [Balmain] | 14 | B | 14 | Michael O'CONNOR [Manly/St Helens] | ||||
| B | 15 | Bruce McGUIRE [Balmain] | ||||||
| Tony GORDON | HC | Bob FULTON | ||||||
Team Info
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- 1985-88 World Cup - Final vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- 1989 New Zealand vs Australia - Game 2 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Gary Mercer (fullback), Dean Bell (centre), Adrian Shelford (front row), Wayne Wallace (hooker), Peter Brown (front row), Kurt Sorensen (second row), Mark Graham (second row), Mark Horo (lock)
- In:
- Darrell Williams (fullback), Tony Kemp (centre), Brent Todd (front row), Barry Harvey (hooker), James Goulding (front row), Hugh McGahan (second row), Brendon Tuuta (lock)
- Changes:
- Gary Freeman (five-eighth to bench), Shane Cooper (bench to five-eighth), Sam Stewart (bench to second row)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1989 Kangaroos Tour - Game 1 vs. New Zealand XIII
- Next Game:
- 1989 Kangaroos Tour - Game 3 vs. Auckland
- Out:
- Peter Jackson (centre), Des Hasler (five-eighth), David Trewhella (hooker), Dan Stains (second row), Martin Bella (bench)
- In:
- Dale Shearer (wing), Mal Meninga (centre), Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Paul Sironen (second row), Bradley Clyde (second row)
- Changes:
- Michael O'Connor (wing to bench), Bruce McGuire (second row to bench), Kerrod Walters (bench to hooker)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson
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