Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1990 Series

Game 1

Papua New Guinea 4 lost to New Zealand 36

Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1990

Papua New Guinea
4
36
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14465
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 5th August, 1990
Referee Bill Harrigan
Venue Danny Leahy (Goroka)
Crowd 12,000
Papua New Guinea Scoresheet New Zealand
Matthew ELARA T 2 Dean LONERGAN
      Peter BROWN
      Tony IRO
      Tony KEMP
      Duane MANN
      Sam PANAPA
 
    G 2 Peter BROWN
      2 Morvin EDWARDS
Papua New Guinea Teams New Zealand
Ipisa WANEGA 1 FB 1 Morvin EDWARDS
Arnold KREWANTY 2 W 2 Tony IRO
[Manly/Leigh]
Phillip BOGE 3 C 3 Dave WATSON
[Hull KR]
Bal NUMAPO (c) 4 C 4 Paddy TUIMAVAVE
Goie WAINE 5 W 5 Sam PANAPA
[Sheffield]
 
Stanley HARU 6 FE 6 Tony KEMP
[Newcastle]
Gigmai ONGUGO 7 HB 7 Gary FREEMAN (c)
[Balmain]
 
Bobby AKO 8 FR 8 Brent TODD
[Canberra]
Michael MATMILLO 9 HK 9 Duane MANN
[Warrington]
Tuiyo EVEI 10 FR 10 Peter BROWN
[Leigh]
Michael ANGARA 11 2R 11 Mike KUITI
[Leeds]
Max TIRI 12 2R 12 Mark HORO
[Parramatta]
Matthew ELARA 13 L 13 Tawera NIKAU
[Ryedale-York]
 
Mea MOREA 14 B 14 Dean LONERGAN
[Rochdale]
Opoe SOGA 15 B 15 George MANN
[St Helens]
Kes PAGLIPARI 16 B 16 Mark NIXON
[Rochdale]
Andrew KUNO 17 B    
   
 

Team Info

Papua New Guinea

Previous Game:
World Cup 1989/92 - Game 4 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
World Cup 1989/92 - Game 7 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Ati Lomutopa (front row), Joe Gispe (second row), Arebo Taumaku (second row), Chris Itam (bench)
In:
Goie Waine (wing), Bobby Ako (front row), Matthew Elara (lock), Opoe Soga (bench), Kes Paglipari (bench), Andrew Kuno (bench)
Changes:
Mea Morea (wing to bench), Michael Angara (lock to second row), Max Tiri (bench to second row)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
World Cup 1989/92 - Game 6 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
World Cup 1989/92 - Game 7 vs. Papua New Guinea
Out:
Matthew Ridge (fullback), Kevin Iro (centre), Darrell Williams (centre), Hugh McGahan (lock)
In:
Dave Watson (centre), Paddy Tuimavave (centre), Mike Kuiti (second row), George Mann (bench), Mark Nixon (bench)
Changes:
Tawera Nikau (second row to lock), Morvin Edwards (bench to fullback)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson