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City vs Country (Origin) 1989

New South Wales Country Firsts 10 lost to New South Wales City Firsts 18

City vs Country (Origin) 1989

New South Wales Country Firsts
10
18
New South Wales City Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/102811
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 13th May, 1989
Kick Off 1:30pm (local time)
Referee Peter Ryan
Venue Newcastle (Newcastle)
Crowd 12,600
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 4
Scrums 15 10
Penalties 11 9
NSW Country Firsts Scoresheet NSW City Firsts
Mark RYAN T 2 Ross HARRINGTON
Matthew RYAN   Phil BLAKE
      Eric GROTHE
 
Brett DAVIS G Phil BLAKE
NSW Country Firsts Teams NSW City Firsts
Stuart DOUGLAS 1 FB 1 Rod SILVA
[Eastern Suburbs]
Brian PETERSON 2 W 2 Ross HARRINGTON
[South Sydney]
Matthew RYAN 3 C 3 Brian JOHNSTON
[St George]
Wally GIBSON 4 C 4 Graeme BRADLEY
[Penrith]
Mark RYAN 5 W 5 Eric GROTHE
[Parramatta]
 
Mark MAYNES 6 FE 6 Phil BLAKE
[South Sydney/Warrington]
Mark WAKEFIELD (c) 7 HB 7 Craig COLEMAN
[South Sydney/Hull]
 
Lua SOAKIMI 8 FR 8 Tony BUTTERFIELD
[Newcastle]
Mitch LUKA 9 HK 9 Royce SIMMONS (c)
[Penrith]
Todd ANDERSON 10 FR 10 David GILLESPIE
[Canterbury]
Graham TUTT 11 2R 11 Colin VAN DER VOORT
[Penrith]
Chris CUMMMING 12 2R 12 Mark GEYER
[Penrith/Sheffield]
Greg McCORMACK 13 L 13 Paul LANGMACK
[Canterbury]
 
Ewan McGRADY 14 B 14 Barry RUSSELL
[Cronulla]
Brett DAVIS 15 B 15 Michael SPEECHLEY
[Cronulla]
Phil MASTERS 16 B 16 Mario FENECH
[South Sydney]
Jim BELL 17 B 17 John CARTWRIGHT
[Penrith]
 
John PEARD   HC   Ron PILON
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales Country Firsts

Previous Game:
National Panasonic Cup 1989 - Prelim Round vs. Combined Brisbane
Next Game:
City vs Country (Origin) 1990 - Game 1 vs. NSW City Firsts
Out:
Neville Elwin (fullback), Col Dreier (centre), Lindsay Bowne (wing), Col Cavanagh (five-eighth), Peter Malcolm (front row), Richard Jones (hooker), Peter Brown (bench), Terry Regan (bench)
In:
Stuart Douglas (fullback), Matthew Ryan (centre), Wally Gibson (centre), Lua Soakimi (front row), Mitch Luka (hooker), Greg McCormack (lock), Ewan McGrady (bench), Phil Masters (bench)
Changes:
Mark Ryan (centre to wing), Jim Bell (second row to bench), Mark Maynes (lock to five-eighth), Graham Tutt (bench to second row)

New South Wales City Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Origin) 1988 - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Origin) 1990 - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
Out:
Gary Wurth (fullback), Adam O'Neill (wing), Chris Mortimer (centre), Brad Izzard (centre), Chris Johns (wing), Peter Phillips (five-eighth), Greg Alexander (halfback), David Boyle (front row), Phil Daley (front row), Noel Cleal (second row), Greg Florimo (bench), Ian Gately (bench), Bruce McGuire (bench)
In:
Rod Silva (fullback), Ross Harrington (wing), Brian Johnston (centre), Graeme Bradley (centre), Eric Grothe (wing), Phil Blake (five-eighth), Craig Coleman (halfback), Tony Butterfield (front row), Royce Simmons (hooker), David Gillespie (front row), Colin Van der Voort (second row), Michael Speechley (bench), John Cartwright (bench)
Changes:
Mario Fenech (hooker to bench)

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