International Competitions 1988

[1987] [1989]


British tour of Australasia

[1984] [1990] [details]

Captain: Ellery Hanley.
Squad: (31) K Beardmore, B Case, Lee Crooks, A Currier, P Dixon, S Edwards, R Eyres, K Fairbank, M Ford, P Ford, C Gibson, H Gill, A Gregory, M Gregory, P Groves, R Haggerty, Ellery Hanley, D Hulme, P Hulme, J Joyner, P Loughlin, P Medley, Martin Offiah, Andy Platt, R Powell, G Schofield, D Stephenson, H Waddell, K Ward, I Wilkinson, D Wright.

In Papua New Guinea: played 2; won 2; for 78; against 40; won series 1-0; total attendance 16,500.

          PAPUA NEW GUINEA          W 42-22  12,500  Port Moresby

          Highlands Zone            W 36-18   4,000  Lae

In Australia: played 13; won 8; lost 5; for 330; against 243; lost series 2-1; total attendance 120,204.

11. 6.88  AUSTRALIA                 L  6-17  24,480  Sydney
28. 6.88  AUSTRALIA                 L 14-34  27,130  Brisbane
 9. 7.88  AUSTRALIA                 W 26-12  15,944  Sydney

          North Queensland          W 66-16   7,000  Cairns
          Newcastle Knights         W 28-12   8,970  Newcastle
          Northern Division         L 12-36   2,192  Tamworth
          Manly-Warringah           L  0-30  11,131  Sydney
          Combined Brisbane         W 28-14   1,800  Brisbane
          Central Queensland        W 64-8    5,000  Rockhampton
          Toowoomba                 W 28-14   4,500  Toowoomba
          Wide Bay                  W 14-0    2,500  Gympie
          Western Division          W 28-26   3,520  Orange
          President's XIII          L 16-24   6,037  Queanbeyan

In New Zealand: played 3; won 1; lost 2; for 48; against 60; lost series 1-0; total attendance 24,953.

          NEW ZEALAND               L 10-12   8,525  Auckland

          Wellington                W 24-18   4,428  Wellington
          Auckland                  L 14-30  12,000  Auckland

Pacific Cup (Apia, Western Samoa)

[1977] [1990]

Group 1:

    Cook Islands 19 beat Tokelau 10.
    Western Samoa 52 beat Cook Islands 16.
    Western Samoa 40 beat Tokelau 18.

Western Samoa          2  2  0  0   92   34   58  4
Cook Islands           2  1  0  1   35   62  -27  2
Tokelau                2  0  0  2   28   59  -31  0

Group 2:

    New Zealand Maoris 42 beat American Samoa 10.
    Tonga 38 beat American Samoa 14.
    New Zealand Maoris 42 beat Tonga 16.

New Zealand Maoris     2  2  0  0   84   26   58  4
Tonga                  2  1  0  1   54   56   -2  2
American Samoa         2  0  0  1   24   80  -56  0

Semifinals:

    New Zealand Maoris 70 beat Cook Islands 20.
    Western Samoa 40 beat Tonga 30.

Final:

    New Zealand Maoris 19 beat Western Samoa 16.