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Venue: Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Friday 5th through Sunday 7th February 1993.
Crowd: ?.
The 16 Premiership teams were joined by 8 overseas teams: Fiji, France, New Zealand (Wainuiomata), Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby), Russia (Eolis), South Africa, USA, and Western Samoa. They were divided into eight pools of three, two local and one overseas team per pool. Each team played three pool matches, with final pool positions determining whether the team played for the Cup, the Trophy, or the Plate.
New rule: In the event of a tie, teams played sudden death overtime.
Pool A:
Canterbury Bankstown 18 beat Brisbane 4.
Brisbane 30 beat New Zealand 10.
Canterbury Bankstown 18 beat New Zealand 0.
Canterbury Bankstown 2 2 0 36 4 Cup
Brisbane 2 1 1 34 28 Trophy
New Zealand 2 0 2 10 48 Plate
Pool B:
Illawarra 16 beat South Sydney 14.
Illawarra 28 beat USA 4.
South Sydney 28 beat USA 6.
Illawarra 2 2 0 44 18 Cup
South Sydney 2 1 1 42 22 Trophy
USA 2 0 2 10 56 Plate
Pool C:
Manly Warringah 20 beat Balmain 14.
Manly Warringah 28 beat France 4.
Balmain 18 beat France 14 after extra time.
Manly Warringah 2 2 0 48 18 Cup
Balmain 2 1 1 32 34 Trophy
France 2 0 2 18 38 Plate
Pool D:
St George 24 beat Parramatta 14.
St George 20 beat Fiji 10.
Parramatta 26 beat Fiji 16.
St George 2 2 0 44 24 Cup
Parramatta 2 1 1 40 40 Trophy
Fiji 2 0 2 26 46 Plate
Pool E:
Eastern Suburbs 18 beat Cronulla Sutherland 10.
Eastern Suburbs 18 beat South Africa 10.
Cronulla Sutherland 24 beat South Africa 10.
Eastern Suburbs 2 2 0 36 20 Cup
Cronulla Sutherland 2 1 1 34 28 Trophy
South Africa 2 0 2 20 42 Plate
Pool F:
Newcastle 18 beat Western Suburbs 10.
Papua New Guinea 18 beat Newcastle 10.
Papua New Guinea 22 beat Western Suburbs 18.
Papua New Guinea 2 2 0 40 28 Cup
Newcastle 2 1 1 28 28 Trophy
Western Suburbs 2 0 2 28 40 Plate
Pool G:
Penrith 14 beat North Sydney 10.
Western Samoa 18 beat Penrith 16.
Western Samoa 16 beat North Sydney 10.
Western Samoa 2 2 0 34 26 Cup
Penrith 2 1 1 30 28 Trophy
North Sydney 2 0 2 20 30 Plate
Pool H:
Canberra 36 beat Russia 0.
Gold Coast 34 beat Russia 10.
Canberra 18 beat Gold Coast 14 after extra time.
Canberra 2 2 0 54 14 Cup
Gold Coast 2 1 1 48 28 Trophy
Russia 2 0 2 10 70 Plate
Plate Quarterfinals:
Fiji 26 beat France 12.
New Zealand 34 beat USA 8.
Western Suburbs 14 beat South Africa 6.
North Sydney 46 beat Russia 12.
Plate Semifinals:
Fiji 28 beat New Zealand 10.
Western Suburbs 20 beat North Sydney 14.
Plate Final:
Fiji 28 beat Western Suburbs 24.
Trophy Quarterfinals:
Cronulla Sutherland 18 beat Newcastle 16.
Gold Coast 12 beat Penrith 10.
Parramatta 20 beat Balmain 8.
South Sydney 20 beat Brisbane 4.
Trophy Semifinals:
Cronulla Sutherland 18 beat Gold Coast 16.
Parramatta 32 beat South Sydney 24.
Trophy Final:
Cronulla Sutherland 20 beat Parramatta 14.
Cup Quarterfinals:
Eastern Suburbs 26 beat Papua New Guinea 10.
Western Samoa 24 beat Canberra 16.
Manly Warringah 18 beat St George 10.
Canterbury Bankstown 20 beat Illawarra 10.
Cup Semifinals:
Eastern Suburbs 32 beat Western Samoa 14.
Manly Warringah 22 beat Canterbury Bankstown 16.
Cup Final:
Eastern Suburbs 18 beat Manly Warringah 12.
Captain: Wally Lewis.
Squad: (20) Noel Cleal, Chris Close, Greg Conescu,
Greg Dowling, Ben Elias, Steve Ella, John Ferguson,
Wally Fullerton Smith, Des Hasler, Garry Jack, Wally Lewis,
Mal Meninga, Mark Murray, Michael O'Connor, Wayne Pearce,
John Ribot, Steve Roach, Peter Tunks, Paul Vautin, Peter Wynn.
Australia played 3; won 2; drew 1; Australia 46; New Zealand 26; total attendance 72,994.
20. 6.93 NEW ZEALAND D 14-14 22,994 Auckland 25. 6.93 NEW ZEALAND W 16-8 19,000 Palmerston Nth 30. 6.93 NEW ZEALAND L 4-16 31,000 Brisbane