World Cup 1985

Game 6

Papua New Guinea 24 def. New Zealand 22

World Cup 1985/88
Game 6

Papua New Guinea
24
22
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14265
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 17th August, 1986
Referee Kevin Roberts
Venue Lloyd Robson (Port Moresby)
Crowd 15,000
Official Player of the Match Arebo Taumaku
Match Stats
Halftime Score 18 8
Papua New Guinea Scoresheet New Zealand
Darius HAILI 2 T Peter BROWN
Bobby AKO   Hugh McGAHAN
Lauta ATOI   Joe ROPATI
      Wayne WALLACE
 
Dairi KOVAE 4 G 3 Peter BROWN
Papua New Guinea Teams New Zealand
Dairi KOVAE
[Port Moresby Vipers]
1 FB 1 Gary KEMBLE
[Hull]
Joe KATSIR
[Port Moresby Vipers]
2 W 2 Dane O'HARA
[Hull]
Lauta ATOI 3 C 3 Joe ROPATI
[Warrington]
Bal NUMAPO
[Port Moresby Vipers]
4 C 4 Darrell WILLIAMS
Mafu KEREKERE
[Port Moresby Vipers]
5 W 5 Marty CREQUER
 
Darius HAILI 6 FE 6 Shane COOPER
Tony KILA (c) 7 HB 7 Gary FREEMAN
 
Joe TEP
[Port Moresby Vipers]
8 FR 8 Adrian SHELFORD
Roy HENI
[Port Moresby Vipers]
9 HK 9 Wayne WALLACE
Ati LOMUTOPA 10 FR 10 Peter BROWN
Bobby AKO 11 2R 11 Hugh McGAHAN
[Eastern Suburbs]
Bernard WAKETSI
[Port Moresby Vipers]
12 2R 12 Owen WRIGHT
Arebo TAUMAKU
[Port Moresby Vipers]
13 L 13 Ron O'REGAN
 
Kepi SAEA 14 B 14 James LEULUAI
[Hull]
Noah ANDY 15 B 15 Sam STEWART
 
Barry WILSON   HC   Graham LOWE
   
 

Team Info

Papua New Guinea

Previous Game:
Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1986 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
World Cup 1985/88 - Game 14 vs. Australia
Out:
Kungas Kuveu (fullback), Arnold Tivelit (wing), Gessau Gebob (halfback), Roy Loitive (second row), Peter Peng (bench)
In:
Mafu Kerekere (wing), Tony Kila (halfback), Ati Lomutopa (front row), Kepi Saea (bench), Noah Andy (bench)
Changes:
Bobby Ako (front row to second row), Dairi Kovae (bench to fullback)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1986 - Game 1 vs. Papua New Guinea
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1987 - Game 1 vs. Northern Rivers
Out:
Mark Elia (centre)
In:
Shane Cooper (five-eighth)
Changes:
Joe Ropati (wing to centre), James Leuluai (five-eighth to bench), Marty Crequer (bench to wing)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash