Game 6
Papua New Guinea 24 def. New Zealand 22
| World Cup 1985/88 Game 6 |
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| 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 FC] |
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| Joe KATSIR [Port Moresby Vipers] |
2 | W | 2 | Dane O'HARA [Hull FC] |
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| Lauta ATOI | 3 | C | 3 | Joe ROPATI [Warrington] |
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| 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] |
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| 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 FC] |
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| 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)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin