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Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1987

Papua New Guinea 22 lost to New Zealand 36

Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand 1987
One-off

Papua New Guinea
22
36
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14463
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 12th July, 1987
Referee Mick Stone
Venue Lloyd Robson (Port Moresby)
Crowd 15,000
Papua New Guinea Scoresheet New Zealand
Bal NUMAPO 2 T 3 Kevin IRO
Roy HENI   2 Dean BELL
Dairi KOVAE   2 Mark ELIA
 
Dairi KOVAE 3 G 4 Kevin IRO
Papua New Guinea Teams New Zealand
Jimmy PETER 1 FB 1 Gary MERCER
Mafu KEREKERE 2 W 2 Mark ELIA
[St Helens]
Dairi KOVAE
[Port Moresby Vipers]
3 C 3 Kevin IRO
Bal NUMAPO (c) 4 C 4 Dean BELL (c)
[Wigan]
James KAPIA 5 W 5 Shane HORO
 
Darius HAILI 6 FE 6 Gary FREEMAN
Tony KILA
[Port Moresby Vipers]
7 HB 7 Clayton FRIEND
[North Sydney]
 
Joe TEP
[Port Moresby Vipers]
8 FR 8 Ross TAYLOR
Roy HENI
[Port Moresby Vipers]
9 HK 9 Wayne WALLACE
Ati LOMUTOPA 10 FR 10 Brent TODD
[Canberra]
Bernard WAKETSI
[Port Moresby Vipers]
11 2R 11 Adrian SHELFORD
Arebo TAUMAKU 12 2R 12 Mark HORO
Gideon KOUORU
[Port Moresby Vipers]
13 L 13 Shane COOPER
 
Kepi SAEA
[Port Moresby Vipers]
14 B 14 Sam STEWART
Mathias KAMBRA 15 B 15 Dean LONERGAN
[Bramley]
 
    HC   Tony GORDON
   
 

Team Info

Papua New Guinea

Previous Game:
World Cup 1985/88 - Game 14 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Kumuls Tour 1987 - Game 1 vs. Featherstone
Out:
Joe Katsir (wing), Lauta Atoi (centre), Bobby Ako (second row), Noah Andy (bench)
In:
Jimmy Peter (fullback), James Kapia (wing), Gideon Kouoru (lock), Mathias Kambra (bench)
Changes:
Dairi Kovae (fullback to centre), Arebo Taumaku (lock to second row)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1987 - Game 2 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1987 - Game 1 vs. Australia
Out:
Barry Harvey (hooker)
In:
Clayton Friend (halfback), Brent Todd (front row)
Changes:
Shane Cooper (five-eighth to lock), Gary Freeman (halfback to five-eighth), Sam Stewart (front row to bench), Dean Lonergan (second row to bench), Mark Horo (lock to second row), Wayne Wallace (bench to hooker)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson