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Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1978

Papua New Guinea 21 lost to New Zealand 30

Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1978
One-off

Papua New Guinea
21
30
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14458
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 30th July, 1978
Referee Peter Mullins
Venue Boroko Oval (Port Moresby)
Crowd 11,541
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 17
Scrums 15 18
Penalties 19 11
Papua New Guinea Scoresheet New Zealand
Emmanuel KAIRU T 3 Olsen FILIPAINA
Paul KOMBINARI   2 Dane O'HARA
Fred SABUMEI   Ken STIRLING
 
Paul KOMBINARI 6/7 G 6/9 Nick WRIGHT
Papua New Guinea Teams New Zealand
Tony BARLE 1 FB 1 Nick WRIGHT
David TAMTU 2 W 2 Dane O'HARA
Garia KORA 3 C 3 Olsen FILIPAINA
Paul KOMBINARI 4 C 4 John SMITH
Emmanuel KAIRU 5 W 5 Warren WINTER
 
Dikana BOGE 6 FE 6 Dennis WILLIAMS
Heni NOU 7 HB 7 Ken STIRLING (c)
 
Stainer SAPU (c) 8 FR 8 Lyndsay PROCTOR
Sese MOREA 9 HK 9 Alan RUSHTON
Tara GAU 10 FR 10 Ian BELL
Tom BELLEM 11 2R 11 Mark GRAHAM
Linus GENI 12 2R 12 Ray BAXENDALE
Hans TUCKERMAN 13 L 13 Tony COLL
 
Fred SABUMEI 14 B 14 Gary PROHM
Joe TOMEROP 15 B    
 
Uve SABUMEI   HC   Ron ACKLAND
   
 

Team Info

Papua New Guinea

Previous Game:
Pacific Cup 1977 - Game 4 vs. Victoria
Next Game:
Kumuls Tour 1979 - Game 1 vs. Ile de France

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1978 - Game 17 vs. Highlands Zone
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Michael O'Donnell (fullback), Toa Fepuleai (wing), Fred Ah Kuoi (centre), Steve McGregor (five-eighth), Shane Varley (halfback), John Wright (front row), Glenn Taylor (hooker), Whetu Henry (front row)
In:
Nick Wright (fullback), Olsen Filipaina (centre), John Smith (centre), Dennis Williams (five-eighth), Ken Stirling (halfback), Lyndsay Proctor (front row), Alan Rushton (hooker), Ray Baxendale (second row)
Changes:
Warren Winter (centre to wing), Ian Bell (second row to front row), Tony Coll (second row to lock), Mark Graham (lock to second row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash