Wales vs New Zealand 1993

Wales 19 lost to New Zealand 24

Wales vs New Zealand 1993

Wales
19
24
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14454
Status Completed
Date Monday, 4th October, 1993
Referee John Connolly (Wigan)
Venue Vetch Field (Swansea)
Crowd 6,073
Match Stats
Halftime Score 9 12
Scrums 5 5
Penalties 13 6
Wales Scoresheet New Zealand
Gerald CORDLE 2 T Sean HOPPE
      Jason MACKIE
      Iva ROPATI
 
Jonathan DAVIES 5/7 G 6/7 Daryl HALLIGAN
 
Jonathan GRIFFITHS FG    
Wales Teams New Zealand
Phil FORD
[Salford]
1 FB 1 Morvin EDWARDS
[Balmain]
Gerald CORDLE
[Bradford]
2 W 2 Daryl HALLIGAN
[North Sydney]
Allan BATEMAN
[Warrington]
3 C 3 Iva ROPATI
[Featherstone]
John DEVEREUX
[Manly/Widnes]
4 C 4 Whetu TAEWA
Anthony SULLIVAN
[St Helens]
5 W 5 Sean HOPPE
[Canberra]
 
Jonathan DAVIES (c)
[Warrington]
6 FE 6 Gene NGAMU
[Manly]
Kevin ELLIS
[Warrington]
7 HB 7 Gary FREEMAN (c)
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
Mark JONES
[Hull]
8 FR 8 Brent STUART
Barry WILLIAMS
[Carlisle]
9 HK 9 Duane MANN
[Warrington]
David YOUNG
[Salford]
10 FR 10 John LOMAX
[Canberra]
Ian MARLOW
[Wakefield]
11 2R 11 Stephen KEARNEY
[Western Suburbs]
Rowland PHILLIPS
[Warrington]
12 2R 12 Quentin PONGIA
[Canberra]
Jonathan GRIFFITHS
[St Helens]
13 L 13 Jason MACKIE
 
Adrian HADLEY
[Widnes]
14 B 16 Jason WILLIAMS
[Canterbury]
Rob ACKERMAN 17 B 17 Robert PIVA
    B 15 Logan EDWARDS
 
Clive GRIFFITHS   HC   Howie TAMATI
   
 

Team Info

Wales

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Out:
Gary Pearce (five-eighth), David Bishop (hooker), Paul Moriarty (second row), Ian Stevens (bench), Mark Moran (bench), Paul Kennett (bench), Peter Williams (bench)
In:
Gerald Cordle (wing), Jonathan Davies (five-eighth), Mark Jones (front row), Barry Williams (hooker), Jonathan Griffiths (lock)
Changes:
Adrian Hadley (wing to bench), Ian Marlow (front row to second row), Rob Ackerman (lock to bench)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1993 - Game 3 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1993 - Game 2 vs. Bradford
Out:
Jarrod McCracken (centre), Dave Watson (centre), Jason Donnelly (wing), Tony Kemp (five-eighth), Gavin Hill (front row), Brent Todd (front row), Gary Mercer (second row), Brendon Tuuta (second row), Tawera Nikau (lock), Tea Ropati (bench)
In:
Iva Ropati (centre), Whetu Taewa (centre), Gene Ngamu (five-eighth), Brent Stuart (front row), Quentin Pongia (second row), Jason Mackie (lock), Jason Williams (bench), Robert Piva (bench), Logan Edwards (bench)
Changes:
Stephen Kearney (bench to second row), John Lomax (bench to front row), Daryl Halligan (bench to wing)

Match Report

A disallowed try in the dying minutes was all that came between Wales pulling off the result of the decade in an exciting clash at Swansea.

Wales led for much of the first half. Two kicked penalties from Jonathan Davies and a drop goal from John Griffiths gave the impetus and on 27 minutes Davies put in a fantastic 40 yard kick to set up the flying Gareth Cordle to score Wales' first try.

However New Zealand were kept in the game by a succession of goals from the classy kicker Daryl Harrigan, and when Quentin Pongia punished a rare weak kick from Davies to set up Mackie just before half-time, the Kiwis took a narrow lead.

Ropati extended the lead to 7 points after the restart before Jiffy's magic took hold on the game again. He kicked a penalty and then repeated the trick of the first half, sending another long kick over the defence to give Cordle his second. Wales smelt victory at 17-16 but almost immediately a lost ball from Devereux allowed Mackie to set up the strong running Sean Hoppe. Both sides exchanged penalties and with a few minutes to go John Devereux took advantage of a hoisted bomb to send Wales into rapture with what they thought was the winning try. Agonisingly it was ruled out for offside.

A famous victory had eluded Wales; nevertheless they had sent a clear message that they were building up to the World Cup and would be willing to take on anybody.

Source: WalesRL.co.uk

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Cymru RL