New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup

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

See also: 1995 Rugby League World Cup squads

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

See also: 1995 New Zealand rugby league season

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

See also: 1995 Rugby League World Cup Group B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 47 30 +17 4 Advanced to knockout stage
 Tonga 2 0 1 1 52 53 −1 1
 Papua New Guinea 2 0 1 1 34 50 −16 1
Source: [citation needed]

Tonga

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

Papua New Guinea

13 October
New Zealand 22–6 Papua New Guinea
Knowsley Road, St Helens
Attendance: 8,679

Semi-final

See also: 1995 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage
22 October
New Zealand 20-30 Australia
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".