World Cup 1985

Game 15

New Zealand 66 def. Papua New Guinea 14

World Cup 1985/88
Game 15

New Zealand
66
14
Papua New Guinea
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14270
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 10th July, 1988
Referee Greg McCallum
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 8,392
New Zealand Scoresheet Papua New Guinea
Shane HORO 3 T Dairi KOVAE
Kevin IRO 3   Michael MATMILLO
Gary MERCER 2      
Mark GRAHAM      
Adrian SHELFORD      
Wayne WALLACE      
Darrell WILLIAMS      
 
Peter BROWN 9/12 G 3 Bal NUMAPO
New Zealand Teams Papua New Guinea
Darrell WILLIAMS
[Manly]
1 FB 1 Dairi KOVAE
[North Sydney]
Shane HORO
[Leigh]
2 W 2 Arnold KREWANTY
[Port Moresby Vipers]
Dean BELL
[Eastern Suburbs/Wigan]
3 C 3 Bal NUMAPO (c)
Kevin IRO
[Wigan]
4 C 4 Lauta ATOI
Gary MERCER
[Bradford]
5 W 5 Mea MOREA
[Port Moresby Vipers]
 
Shane COOPER
[St Helens]
6 FE 6 Darius HAILI
Clayton FRIEND
[North Sydney]
7 HB 7 Tony KILA
[Port Moresby Vipers]
 
Peter BROWN 8 FR 8 Daroa BEN-MOIDE
Wayne WALLACE 9 HK 9 Michael MATMILLO
[Port Moresby Vipers]
Adrian SHELFORD
[Newcastle/Wigan]
10 FR 10 Yer BOM
Mark GRAHAM
[North Sydney/Wakefield]
11 2R 11 Tuiyo EVEI
Sam STEWART
[Newcastle]
12 2R 12 Mathias KAMBRA
Mark HORO 13 L 13 Gideon KOUORU
[Port Moresby Vipers]
 
Gary FREEMAN
[Balmain]
14 B 14 Haoda KOUORU
Esene FAIMALO 15 B    
 
Tony GORDON   HC   Skerry PALANGA
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1987 - Game 1 vs. Australia
Next Game:
World Cup 1985/88 - Game 17 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Mark Elia (wing), Ross Taylor (front row), Hugh McGahan (lock), Dean Lonergan (bench)
In:
Shane Horo (wing), Peter Brown (front row), Mark Graham (second row), Esene Faimalo (bench)
Changes:
Mark Horo (second row to lock)

Papua New Guinea

Previous Game:
Kumuls Tour 1988 - Game 2 vs. Waikato
Next Game:
Kumuls Tour 1988 - Game 4 vs. Northland
Out:
Sawi Kaeta (centre), Arnold Tivelit (wing), Thomas Rombuk (front row), Andrew Kuno (second row), Joe Gispe (lock), Sam Karara (bench)
In:
Dairi Kovae (fullback), Mea Morea (wing), Yer Bom (front row), Tuiyo Evei (second row), Gideon Kouoru (lock)
Changes:
Lauta Atoi (fullback to centre), Mathias Kambra (front row to second row), Haoda Kouoru (second row to bench), Daroa Ben-Moide (bench to front row)

Match Notes

Ipisa Wanega was on the bench for PNG but did not take the field.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson