New South Wales Country Firsts 10 lost to New South Wales City Firsts 18
| City vs Country (Origin) 1989 | ||||||||
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| 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] |
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| Brian PETERSON | 2 | W | 2 | Ross HARRINGTON [South Sydney] |
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| Matthew RYAN | 3 | C | 3 | Brian JOHNSTON [St George] |
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| Wally GIBSON | 4 | C | 4 | Graeme BRADLEY [Penrith] |
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| Mark RYAN | 5 | W | 5 | Eric GROTHE [Parramatta] |
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| Mark MAYNES | 6 | FE | 6 | Phil BLAKE [South Sydney/Warrington] |
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| Mark WAKEFIELD (c) | 7 | HB | 7 | Craig COLEMAN [South Sydney/Hull] |
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| Lua SOAKIMI | 8 | FR | 8 | Tony BUTTERFIELD [Newcastle] |
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| Mitch LUKA | 9 | HK | 9 | Royce SIMMONS (c) [Penrith] |
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| Todd ANDERSON | 10 | FR | 10 | David GILLESPIE [Canterbury] |
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| Graham TUTT | 11 | 2R | 11 | Colin VAN DER VOORT [Penrith] |
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| Chris CUMMMING | 12 | 2R | 12 | Mark GEYER [Penrith/Sheffield] |
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| Greg McCORMACK | 13 | L | 13 | Paul LANGMACK [Canterbury] |
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| Ewan McGRADY | 14 | B | 14 | Barry RUSSELL [Cronulla] |
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| Brett DAVIS | 15 | B | 15 | Michael SPEECHLEY [Cronulla] |
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| Phil MASTERS | 16 | B | 16 | Mario FENECH [South Sydney] |
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| Jim BELL | 17 | B | 17 | John CARTWRIGHT [Penrith] |
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| 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)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash

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