Final
New Zealand 12 lost to Australia 25
| World Cup 1985/88 Final |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14272 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 9th October, 1988 | |||||||
| Referee | Graham Ainui | |||||||
| Venue | Eden Park (Auckland) | |||||||
| Crowd | 47,363 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 21 | |||||
| Scrums | 10 | – | 6 | |||||
| Penalties | 20 | – | 9 | |||||
| New Zealand | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Kevin IRO | T | 2 | Allan LANGER | |||||
| Tony IRO | Gavin MILLER | |||||||
| Dale SHEARER | ||||||||
| Peter BROWN | 2/5 | G | 4/7 | Michael O'CONNOR | ||||
| FG | Ben ELIAS | |||||||
| BIN5 | Paul DUNN | |||||||
| Clayton FRIEND | BIN | Steve ROACH | ||||||
| New Zealand | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Gary MERCER [Bradford] |
1 | FB | 1 | Garry JACK [Balmain] |
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| Tony IRO [Wigan] |
2 | W | 2 | Dale SHEARER [Manly] |
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| Kevin IRO [Wigan] |
3 | C | 3 | Andrew FARRAR [Canterbury] |
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| Dean BELL (c) [Eastern Suburbs/Wigan] |
4 | C | 4 | Mark McGAW [Cronulla] |
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| Mark ELIA [St Helens] |
5 | W | 5 | Michael O'CONNOR [Manly/St Helens] |
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| Gary FREEMAN [Balmain] |
6 | FE | 6 | Wally LEWIS (c) [Brisbane] |
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| Clayton FRIEND [North Sydney] |
7 | HB | 7 | Allan LANGER [Brisbane] |
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| Adrian SHELFORD [Newcastle/Wigan] |
8 | FR | 8 | Paul DUNN [Canterbury] |
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| Wayne WALLACE | 9 | HK | 9 | Ben ELIAS [Balmain] |
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| Peter BROWN [Salford] |
10 | FR | 10 | Steve ROACH [Balmain/Warrington] |
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| Kurt SORENSEN [Widnes] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Paul SIRONEN [Balmain] |
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| Mark GRAHAM [North Sydney/Wakefield] |
12 | 2R | 12 | Gavin MILLER [Cronulla/Hull KR] |
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| Mark HORO [Salford] |
13 | L | 13 | Wayne PEARCE [Balmain] |
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| Shane COOPER [St Helens] |
14 | B | 14 | Terry LAMB [Canterbury] |
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| Sam STEWART [Newcastle] |
15 | B | 15 | David GILLESPIE [Canterbury] |
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| Tony GORDON | HC | Don FURNER | ||||||
Team Info
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1985/88 - Game 17 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- New Zealand vs Australia 1989 - Game 1 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Darrell Williams (fullback), Shane Horo (wing)
- In:
- Tony Iro (wing), Mark Elia (wing), Kurt Sorensen (second row)
- Changes:
- Gary Mercer (wing to fullback), Shane Cooper (five-eighth to bench), Sam Stewart (second row to bench), Gary Freeman (bench to five-eighth)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1988 - Game 1 vs. Wellington
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1989 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand XIII
No changes.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson