New Zealand 6 lost to Australia 24
| New Zealand vs Australia 1990 One-off |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7942 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 19th August, 1990 | |||||||
| Referee | Robin Whitfield (Widnes) | |||||||
| Venue | Athletic Park (Wellington) | |||||||
| Crowd | 25,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 12 | |||||
| Scrums | 10 | – | 10 | |||||
| Penalties | 13 | – | 3 | |||||
| New Zealand | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Sam PANAPA | T | Michael HANCOCK | ||||||
| Allan LANGER | ||||||||
| Brad MACKAY | ||||||||
| Mark McGAW | ||||||||
| Matthew RIDGE | 1/2 | G | 4/4 | Mal MENINGA | ||||
| New Zealand | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Matthew RIDGE [Manly] |
1 | FB | 1 | Gary BELCHER [Canberra] |
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| Morvin EDWARDS | 2 | W | 2 | Michael HANCOCK [Brisbane/Swinton] |
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| Dave WATSON [Hull KR] |
3 | C | 3 | Mal MENINGA (c) [Canberra] |
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| Darrell WILLIAMS [Manly] |
4 | C | 4 | Mark McGAW [Cronulla] |
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| Sam PANAPA [Sheffield] |
5 | W | 5 | Dale SHEARER [Brisbane] |
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| Kelly SHELFORD | 6 | FE | 6 | Laurie DALEY [Canberra] |
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| Gary FREEMAN [Balmain] |
7 | HB | 7 | Allan LANGER [Brisbane] |
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| Brent TODD [Canberra] |
8 | FR | 8 | Martin BELLA [Manly] |
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| Duane MANN [Warrington] |
9 | HK | 9 | Kerrod WALTERS [Brisbane] |
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| Peter BROWN [Leigh] |
10 | FR | 10 | Steve ROACH [Balmain] |
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| Tawera NIKAU [Ryedale-York] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Ian ROBERTS [Manly] |
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| Dean LONERGAN [Rochdale] |
12 | 2R | 12 | Paul SIRONEN [Balmain] |
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| Hugh McGAHAN (c) [Eastern Suburbs] |
13 | L | 13 | Bob LINDNER [Western Suburbs] |
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| B | 14 | Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN [Cronulla] |
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| B | 15 | Glenn LAZARUS [Canberra] |
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| B | 16 | Brad MACKAY [St George] |
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| B | 17 | Des HASLER [Manly] |
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| Bob BAILEY | HC | Bob FULTON | ||||||
Team Info
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1989/92 - Game 7 vs. Papua New Guinea
- Next Game:
- New Zealand vs France 1991 - Game 1 vs. France
- Out:
- Tony Iro (wing), Paddy Tuimavave (centre), Mark Nixon (five-eighth), Mike Kuiti (second row), Mike Patton (bench), George Mann (bench), Francis Leota (bench)
- In:
- Darrell Williams (centre), Kelly Shelford (five-eighth), Hugh McGahan (lock)
- Changes:
- Tawera Nikau (lock to second row), Morvin Edwards (bench to wing)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Australia vs France 1990 - Game 1 vs. France
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1990 - Game 1 vs. St Helens
- Out:
- Michael O'Connor (wing), David Gillespie (second row), Mark Carroll (bench)
- In:
- Michael Hancock (wing), Ian Roberts (second row), Bob Lindner (lock), Glenn Lazarus (bench), Des Hasler (bench)
- Changes:
- Brad Mackay (lock to bench)
Match Notes
Paul Sironen Man of the match
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

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