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New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup

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The 1995 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team to compete at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. New Zealand won Group B of the tournament, before losing to Australia 20-30 in a semi-final.

Build up

Earlier in the year, New Zealand played two test matches against France, winning one and drawing the other. New Zealand then played a three match test series against Australia, losing all three tests.

Staff

Squad

Final squad

Player Games T G FG Points Position Club
Richie Barnett 2 1 - - 4 FB/CE Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Richie Blackmore 3 3 - - 12 WG/CE Auckland Warriors
Syd Eru 1 - - - - HK Auckland Warriors
Gary Freeman 1 - - - - HB Penrith Panthers
Daryl Halligan - - - - - WG Canterbury Bulldogs
Sean Hoppe 3 2 - - 8 WG Auckland Warriors
Mark Horo 3 - - - - SR Western Suburbs Magpies
Kevin Iro 3 1 - - 4 CE Leeds Rhinos
Tony Iro 3 1 - - 4 SR Sydney City Roosters
Stacey Jones 3 - - - - HB Auckland Warriors
Stephen Kearney 3 - - - - SR Auckland Warriors
Tony Kemp 3 1 - - 4 FE South Queensland Crushers
John Lomax 1 - - - - PR Canberra Raiders
Jason Lowrie 3 - - - - PR Sydney City Roosters
Gene Ngamu 3 - 1 - 2 FE/HB Auckland Warriors
Hitro Okesene 3 1 - - 4 PR/HK Auckland Warriors
Henry Paul 3 - - - - FB/FE Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Quentin Pongia 3 - - - - PR Canberra Raiders
Matthew Ridge (c) 3 1 10 1 25 FB Manly Sea Eagles
Brent Stuart - - - - - PR Western Suburbs Magpies
John Timu - - - - - CE Canterbury Bulldogs
Brendon Tuuta - - - - - HB/LK Western Reds
Ruben Wiki 3 - - - - CE Canberra Raiders
Jason Williams 1 - - - - WG Canterbury Bulldogs

Fixtures

Warm up match

Before leaving for the World Cup, the squad played the New Zealand Residents at Ericsson Stadium and defeated them 20-4.

World Cup Group B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Neuseeland 2 2 0 0 47 30 +17 4 Advanced to knockout stage
 Tonga 2 0 1 1 52 53 −1 1
 Papua-Neuguinea 2 0 1 1 34 50 −16 1
Source: [citation needed]

Tonga

8 October
Neuseeland 25–24 Tonga
Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington
Attendance: 8,083

Papua-Neuguinea

13 October
Neuseeland 22–6 Papua-Neuguinea
Knowsley Road, St Helens
Attendance: 8,679

Semi-final

22 October
Neuseeland 20-30 Australien
McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield
Attendance: 16,608

The match was 20-all after 80 minutes. In extra time Australia scored two tries to win the match.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Australia vs. New Zealand - Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ "RLWC 1995: Australia".