Damien Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 I came across this earlier and it is a match I had never heard of previously, even google shows little, and I'd love some more information if anyone has it. The Oceania team looks to be a great team with a great kit and I've found that Oceania beat Europe 54-4. One link shows that Ellery Hanley, Des Drummond and Joel Roosebrouck played for Europe but I've not got a clue who the others were: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Mead Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 Some line up that like shows how small time we are when a lifelong fan like me didn’t even know about the existence of this match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 I'd love to see footage of this match. It is a bit like those "Rest of the World" games of years gone by, or the more recent "All Stars" matches. That Oceania squad looks really strong. "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 There was a couple of pages in Open Rugby about this game back in 1984, could probably find it in the loft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmduck Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 The Oceania squad was: Wally Lewis, Gene Miles, Craig Young, Ray Price, Steve Mortimer, Wayne Pearce, Kerry Boustead (Australia); Mark Graham, Robin Alfeld, Dean Bell, Gary Prohm, Hugh McGahan, Kevin and Howie Tamati (New Zealand); David Norfa, Ekin Togila (Papua New Guinea). Coach, Graham Lowe (New Zealand). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim from Oz Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 There is a still of it at about 14.02 in this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Route66 Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 20 hours ago, Farmduck said: The Oceania squad was: Wally Lewis, Gene Miles, Craig Young, Ray Price, Steve Mortimer, Wayne Pearce, Kerry Boustead (Australia); Mark Graham, Robin Alfeld, Dean Bell, Gary Prohm, Hugh McGahan, Kevin and Howie Tamati (New Zealand); David Norfa, Ekin Togila (Papua New Guinea). Coach, Graham Lowe (New Zealand). Shane Varley the former workington town scrum half is also on that photo, one of my favourite players back in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted September 10 Author Report Share Posted September 10 10 hours ago, Jim from Oz said: There is a still of it at about 14.02 in this: That still is the most match action I've seen yet. I find it amazing that there is literally next to nothing about this match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmduck Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 18 minutes ago, Damien said: That still is the most match action I've seen yet. I find it amazing that there is literally next to nothing about this match. It was to celebrate 50 years of French RL so maybe there is more available in French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 On 09/09/2021 at 07:19, Damien said: I came across this earlier and it is a match I had never heard of previously, even google shows little, and I'd love some more information if anyone has it. The Oceania team looks to be a great team with a great kit and I've found that Oceania beat Europe 54-4. One link shows that Ellery Hanley, Des Drummond and Joel Roosebrouck played for Europe but I've not got a clue who the others were: This escaped me as well, and yet i remember the Queensland team touring here in 1983, but possibly because of HKR's victory over them, but i must state the Robins are not my team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Queensland_rugby_league_tour_of_Papua_New_Guinea_and_England 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlno1 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 RLW covered the tour of PNG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted September 11 Author Report Share Posted September 11 (edited) 14 hours ago, Farmduck said: It was to celebrate 50 years of French RL so maybe there is more available in French. Yes I was hoping some of the French posters on here could shed some light. The match being in Paris, and not even the games French heartlands, and played to a small crowd probably doesn't help. Edited September 11 by Damien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorbals Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 Surely it should have been Oceania vs Eurasia if it was in 1984? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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