Venue: Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Friday 5th through Sunday 7th February 1994.
Crowds: Friday 24,651; Saturday ?; Sunday 28,304.
Man of the tournament: Cliff Lyons (Manly Warringah).
The 16 Premiership teams were joined by 11 overseas teams: Fiji, France, Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Russia, South Africa, Tonga, USA (Patriots), and Western Samoa. They were divided into eight pools of three or four teams. Each team played two pool matches, with final pool positions determining whether the team played for the Cup, the Trophy, or the Plate.
[squads] [match details] [finals details]
Pool A
St George 14 beat Balmain 10.
St George 20 beat Penrith 12.
Penrith 18 beat Balmain 14.
St George 2 2 0 34 22 Cup
Penrith 2 1 1 30 34 Trophy
Balmain 2 0 2 24 32 Plate
Pool B
Newcastle 18 beat Illawarra 16.
Brisbane 26 beat Western Suburbs 22.
Western Suburbs 24 beat Illawarra 22.
Newcastle 22 beat Brisbane 18.
Newcastle 2 2 0 40 34 Cup
Brisbane 2 1 1 44 44 Trophy
Western Suburbs 2 1 1 46 48 Plate
Illawarra 2 0 2 38 42
Pool C
Fiji 18 beat South Africa 14.
Fiji 14 beat Papua New Guinea 8.
Papua New Guinea 20 beat South Africa 12.
Fiji 2 2 0 32 22 Cup
Papua New Guinea 2 1 1 28 26 Trophy
South Africa 2 0 2 26 38 Plate
Pool D
France 18 beat USA 12.
New Zealand 16 beat France 10.
New Zealand 20 beat USA 12.
New Zealand 2 2 0 36 22 Cup
France 2 1 1 28 28 Trophy
USA 2 0 2 24 38 Plate
Pool E
Canterbury Bankstown 22 beat Parramatta 18.
Eastern Suburbs 24 beat South Sydney 10.
South Sydney 16 beat Canterbury Bankstown 14.
Eastern Suburbs 20 beat Parramatta 12.
Eastern Suburbs 2 2 0 44 22 Cup
Canterbury Bankstown 2 1 1 36 34 Trophy
South Sydney 2 1 1 26 38 Plate
Parramatta 2 0 2 30 42
Pool F
Manly Warringah 20 beat Cronulla Sutherland 0.
North Sydney 22 beat Gold Coast 0.
Manly Warringah 16 beat Gold Coast 6.
Cronulla Sutherland 18 beat North Sydney 12.
Manly Warringah 2 2 0 36 6 Cup
North Sydney 2 1 1 34 18 Trophy
Cronulla Sutherand 2 1 1 18 32 Plate
Gold Coast 2 0 2 6 38
Pool G
Tonga 36 beat Japan 4.
Tonga 28 beat Russia 4.
Russia 12 beat Japan 8.
Tonga 2 2 0 64 8 Cup
Russia 2 1 1 16 36 Plate
Japan 2 0 2 12 48 Trophy
Pool H
Western Samoa 18 beat Great Britain 14 in extra time.
Canberra 14 beat Great Britain 8.
Western Samoa 8 beat Canberra 4 after extra time.
Western Samoa 2 2 0 26 18 Cup
Canberra 2 1 1 18 16 Plate
Great Britain 2 0 2 22 32 Trophy
Plate
Quarterfinals:
Balmain 18 beat Western Suburbs 10.
South Africa 20 beat USA 8.
South Sydney 11 beat Cronulla Sutherland 10.
Great Britain 38 beat Japan 4.
Semifinals:
Balmain 16 beat South Africa 0.
Great Britain 20 beat South Sydney 18.
Final:
Great Britain 24 beat Balmain 22.
Trophy
Quarterfinals:
Penrith 32 beat Brisbane 28.
Papua New Guinea 26 beat France 14.
Canterbury Bankstown 24 beat North Sydney 18.
Canberra 30 beat Russia 4.
Semifinals:
Papua New Guinea 20 beat Penrith 14.
Canberra 20 beat Canterbury Bankstown 16.
Final:
Canberra 26 beat Papua New Guinea 22.
Cup
Quarterfinals:
St George 18 beat Newcastle 10.
Fiji 28 beat New Zealand 16.
Manly Warringah 14 beat Eastern Suburbs 10.
Western Samoa 10 beat Tonga 8.
Semifinals:
St George 28 beat Fiji 22.
Manly Warringah 20 beat Western Samoa 16.
Final:
Manly Warringah 44 beat St George 12.
Manly Warringah were sponsered by Pepsi Cola, Coke's main rival. This lead to a certain amount of bad feeling when they went up to collect their winner's medals.
Great Britain 12 beat France 4
on Sunday 20th March at Stade Albert Domec Carcassonne.
Coach: Jean Christophe Vergeynst.
Captain: Patrick Entat.
Squad: (25) Patrick Accroue, Theo Anast, Ezzedine Attia,
Cyril Baudouin, Pascal Bomati, Regis Brioux, Pierre Chamorin,
Alexandre Couttet, David Despin, Franck Esponda, David Fraisse,
Patrick Entat, Jean Frison, Jean-Marc Garcia, Jean-Charles Giorgi,
Christophe Grandjean, Bernard Llong, Moussa Loukili, Frantz Martial,
Christophe Martinez, Claude Sirvent, Stephane Tena,
Patrick Torreilles, Thierry Valero, Jean-Marc Vincent.
In Papua New Guinea: played 4; won 1; lost 3; for 66; against 82; lost series 1-0.
14. 6.94 Highlands Zone W 16-14 ? Mini 19. 6.94 PNG Colts L 8-17 ? Madang 22. 6.94 Lae L 20-22 ? Lae 26. 6.94 PAPUA NEW GUINEA L 22-29 5,000 Port Moresby
In Australia: played 2; lost 2; for 12; against 77; lost series 1-0.
2. 7.94 Cairns Connection L 12-19 ? Cairns 6. 7.94 AUSTRALIA L 0-58 27,318 Parramatta
In Fiji: played 1; lost 1; for 12; against 20; lost series 1-0.
9. 7.94 Fiji L 12-20 5,000 Suva
Overall: played 7; won 1, lost 6; for 90; against 179.
Coach: John Foran.
Captain: ?.
Squad: (26) Lee Anderson, Sean Bannister, Wayne Bolton,
Paul Brick, John Brocklebank, Kevin Cashmore, Sean Davidson,
Ian Dawson, Gary Dobbs, Lee Durant, Nigel Dye, Stuart Farr,
Stephen Holgate, Peter Livett, Gary Lumb, Steve Maudsley, Paul McGee,
Andy Mercer, Dave Morgan, Richard Punchard, Dave Roe, Peter Smith,
Richard Todd, Mick Wharburton, Darren Wheatley, Shaun Wyvill.
Overall: played 6; won 1; lost 5; for 102; against 175.
8. 6 Cook Islands President's XIII
W 32-12 ? Rarotonga
11. 6 Cook Islands L 12-28 ? Rarotonga
13. 6 Western Samoa L 44-20 ? Apia
16. 6 Tongan President's XIII L 24-16 ? Nuka'alofa
18. 6 Tonga L 14-27 ? Nuka'alofa
26. 6 Fiji L 8-40 ? Suva
Coach: John Kear.
Captain: Paul Stevens.
Squad: (26) Simon Baldwin (Leigh),
Phillip Cantillon (Wigan), Paul Cook (Leeds), Andrew Craig (Wigan),
Francis Cummins (Leeds), Jason Flowers (Wakefield Trinity),
Adrian Flynn (Wakefield Trinity), Iestyn Harris (Warrington),
Simon Haughton (Wigan), Mark Hilton (Warrington),
Graham Holroyd (Leeds), Matthew Knowles (Wigan), Sean Long (Wigan),
Scott Martin (Leigh), Carl Pearson (Leeds), Lee Penny (Warrington),
Jonathan Roper (Warrington), Paul Rowley (Leigh),
Ryan Sheridan (Sheffield), Chris Smith (Castleford),
Paul Stevens (Wigan), Nathan Sykes (Castleford),
Marcus Vassilakopolous (Leeds), Michael Wain-wight (Warrington),
Phillip Waring (St Helens), Johan Windley (Hull).
Western Australia U-19s L 12-14 ? ?
Parramatta U-19s L 14-22 ? ?
North Sydney U-19s L 19-22 ? ?
Central Coast U-19s L 10-27 ? ?
Queensland U-19s W 26-24 ? ?
6. 7 AUSTRALIA U-19s L 8-46 ? Parramatta
16. 7 AUSTRALIA U-19s L 10-64 ? Brisbane
In Australia: played 4; won 4; for 151; against 84.
Western Division (NSW) W 54-20 ? ?
Sydney Metropolitan Cup W 36-24 ? ?
Northern Rivers (NSW) W 22-12 ? ?
27. 7 AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS W 39-28 ? Brisbane
Coach: ?.
Captain: Duanne Mann.
Squad: (?) Gary Freeman (Penrith),
Daryl Halligan (Canterbury Bankstown), Terry Hermansson (South Sydney),
Sean Hoppe (North Sydney), Kevin Iro (Leeds),
Stephen Kearney (Western Suburbs Sydney), John Lomax (Canberra),
Jason Lowrie (Eastern Suburbs Sydney), Duanne Mann (North Harbour),
Jarrod McCracken (Canterbury Bankstown), Gene Ngamu (South Sydney),
Tawera Nikau (Castleford), Hitro Okesene (Counties Manukau),
Quentin Pongia (Canberra), Matthew Ridge (Manly Warringah),
Tyran Smith (South Sydney), Whetu Taewa (Counties Manukau),
Tony Tatupu (North Harbour), Brendon Tuuta (Featherstone Rovers),
Aaron Whittaker (Wakefield Trinity), Ruben Wiki (Canberra),
Jason Williams (Canterbury Bankstown).
In Australia: played 1; won 1; for 44; against 16; total attendance ?.
Cairns Connection W 44-16 ? Cairns
In Papua New Guinea: played 4; won 4; for 132; against 34; won series 1-0; total attendance ?.
Port Moresby W 40-4 ? Port Moresby
Northern Zone W 34-2 ? Lae
16.10 PAPUA NEW GUINEA W 28-12 13,000 Goroka
23.10 PAPUA NEW GUINEA W 30-16 15,000 Port Moresby
Overall: played 5; won 5; for 176; against 50.
Coach: Bob Fulton.
Captain: Mal Meninga; Bradley Clyde.
Squad: (28) Tim Brasher (Balmain), Bradley Clyde (Canberra),
Laurie Daley (Canberra), Andrew Ettingshausen (Cronulla Sutherland),
David Fairleigh (North Sydney), Brad Fittler (Penrith),
Greg Florimo (North Sydney), David Furner (Canberra),
Michael Hancock (Brisbane), Terry Hill (Manly Warringah),
Allan Langer (Brisbane), Glenn Lazarus (Brisbane),
Paul McGregor (Illawarra), Mal Meninga (Canberra),
Steven Menzies (Manly Warringah), Brett Mullins (Canberra),
Dean Pay (Canterbury Bankstown), Steven Renouf (Brisbane),
Ian Roberts (Manly Warringah), Wendell Sailor (Brisbane),
Jim Serdaris (Western Suburbs), Paul Sironen (Balmain),
Jason Smith (Canterbury Bankstown), Ricky Stuart (Canberra),
K Walters (Brisbane), Steve Walters (Canberra),
Rod Wishart (Illawarra).
In Great Britain: played 14; won 13; lost 1; for 535; against 108; won series 2-1; total attendance ?257,857.
2.10 Cumbria W 52-8 4,277 Workington 5.10 Leeds W 48-6 18,581 Leeds 8.10 Wigan W 30-20 20,057 Wigan 12.10 Castleford W 38-12 11,073 Castleford 16.10 Halifax W 26-12 8,352 Halifax 22.10 GREAT BRITAIN L 4-8 57,034 London 26.10 Sheffield W 80-2 8,000 Sheffield 30.10 Wales W 46-4 8,729 Cardiff 1.11 St Helens W 32-14 13,911 St Helens 5.11 GREAT BRITAIN W 38-8 43,930 Manchester 9.11 Warrington W 24-0 12,000 Warrington 13.11 Bradford Northern W 40-0 9,080 Bradford 15.11 Great Britain Under-21s W 54-10 4,118 Gateshead 20.11 GREAT BRITAIN W 23-4 39,468 Leeds
In France: played 4; won 4; for 240; against 42; won series 1-0; total attendance 13,000.
23.11 President's XIII W 42-17 1,500 Paris 27.11 Roussillon W 60-16 4,000 Perpignan 30.11 France B W 64-9 1,500 Avignon 4.12 FRANCE W 74-0 6,000 Beziers
Pool A:
Australian Aborigines 64 beat Nuie 10.
New Zealand Maoris 28 beat Fiji President's XIII 16.
Tonga 28 beat New Zealand Maoris 8.
Australian Aborigines 50 beat Fiji President's XIII 12.
New Zealand Maoris 24 beat Niue 22.
Tonga 32 beat Fiji President's XIII 10.
Australian Aborigines 34 beat Tonga 16.
Niue 30 beat Fiji President's XIII 8.
Tonga 58 beat Niue 12.
Australian Aborigines 38 beat New Zealand Maoris 20.
Australian Aborigines 4 4 0 0 186 58 128 8
Tonga 4 3 0 1 134 64 70 6
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New Zealand Maoris 4 2 0 2 78 104 -26 4
Nuie 4 1 0 3 74 154 -80 2
Fiji President's XIII 4 0 0 4 46 140 -94 0
Pool B:
Auckland Rotuma 17 beat Cook Islands 10.
Western Samoa 16 beat Fiji Batis 14.
Western Samoa 30 beat American Samoa 10.
Fiji Batis 19 beat Cook Islands 11.
Cook Islands 22 beat American Samoa 20.
Fiji Batis 32 beat Auckland Rotuma 12.
Western Samoa 50 beat Auckland Rotuma 14.
Fiji Batis 16 beat American Samoa 14.
Auckland Rotuma 32 drew with American Samoa 32.
Western Samoa 60 beat Cook Islands 0.
Western Samoa 4 4 0 0 156 38 118 8
Fiji Batis 4 3 0 1 81 53 28 6
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Auckland Rotuma 4 1 1 2 75 124 -49 3
Cook Islands 4 1 0 3 43 116 -73 2
American Samoa 4 0 1 3 76 100 -24 1
Semifinals:
Tonga 34 beat Western Samoa 16.
Fiji Batis 21 beat Australia Aborigines 20.
Third Place Playoff:
Western Samoa 29 beat Australian Aborigines 22.
Final:
Tonga 34 beat Fiji Batis 11
on 12th November.