Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1986 Series

Game 1

Papua New Guinea 26 lost to New Zealand 36

Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1986

Papua New Guinea
26
36
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14461
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 10th August, 1986
Referee Kevin Roberts
Venue Danny Leahy (Goroka)
Crowd 11,000
Official Player of the Match Adrian Shelford
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 20
Papua New Guinea Scoresheet New Zealand
Lauta ATOI T 2 Peter BROWN
Darius HAILI   Mark ELIA
Joe TEP   Gary FREEMAN
Bernard WAKETSI   Hugh McGAHAN
      Dane O'HARA
      Joe ROPATI
 
Kungas KUVEU 5 G 3 Joe ROPATI
      Peter BROWN
Papua New Guinea Teams New Zealand
Kungas KUVEU 1 FB 1 Gary KEMBLE
[Hull]
Joe KATSIR
[Port Moresby Vipers]
2 W 2 Joe ROPATI
Lauta ATOI 3 C 3 Darrell WILLIAMS
Bal NUMAPO
[Port Moresby Vipers]
4 C 4 Mark ELIA
[St Helens]
Arnold TIVELIT
[Port Moresby Vipers]
5 W 5 Dane O'HARA
[Hull]
 
Darius HAILI 6 FE 6 James LEULUAI
[Hull]
Gessau GEBOB
[Port Moresby Vipers]
7 HB 7 Gary FREEMAN
 
Joe TEP
[Port Moresby Vipers]
8 FR 8 Adrian SHELFORD
Roy HENI
[Port Moresby Vipers]
9 HK 9 Wayne WALLACE
Bobby AKO 10 FR 10 Peter BROWN
Roy LOITIVE 11 2R 11 Owen WRIGHT
Bernard WAKETSI
[Port Moresby Vipers]
12 2R 12 Hugh McGAHAN (c)
[Eastern Suburbs]
Arebo TAUMAKU
[Port Moresby Vipers]
13 L 13 Ron O'REGAN
 
Dairi KOVAE
[Port Moresby Vipers]
14 B 14 Marty CREQUER
Peter PENG 15 B 15 Sam STEWART
 
Barry WILSON   HC   Graham LOWE
   
 

Team Info

Papua New Guinea

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. Aus Presidents XIII
Next Game:
World Cup 1985/88 - Game 6 vs. New Zealand
In:
Kungas Kuveu (fullback), Joe Katsir (wing), Lauta Atoi (centre), Bal Numapo (centre), Arnold Tivelit (wing), Darius Haili (five-eighth), Gessau Gebob (halfback), Joe Tep (front row), Roy Heni (hooker), Bobby Ako (front row), Roy Loitive (second row), Bernard Waketsi (second row), Arebo Taumaku (lock), Dairi Kovae (bench), Peter Peng (bench)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1986 - Game 10 vs. Southern Zone (PNG)
Next Game:
World Cup 1985/88 - Game 6 vs. Papua New Guinea
Out:
Gary Mercer (wing), Brent Todd (front row), James Goulding (second row), Tea Ropati (bench), Dean Lonergan (bench), Shane Cooper (bench)
In:
Darrell Williams (centre), Dane O'Hara (wing), Peter Brown (front row), Hugh McGahan (second row)
Changes:
Marty Crequer (centre to bench), Sam Stewart (second row to bench), Owen Wright (bench to second row)

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash