1989 World Club Challenge
| 1989 World Club Challenge | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 4 October 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Old Trafford | ||||||||||||
| Location | Manchester, England | ||||||||||||
| Man of the Match | David Hulme  | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Francois Desplas  | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,786 | ||||||||||||
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| Broadcasters | BBC  Network Ten  | ||||||||||||
| Commentators | Ray French, Alex Murphy | ||||||||||||
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The 1989 World Club Challenge (also known as the Foster's World Club Challenge due to sponsorship by brewers, Foster's) was the third ever and first official World Club Challenge match. 1989's NSWRL season premiers, the Canberra Raiders travelled to England to play 1988–89 RFL champions, Widnes.
Details
Wednesday, 4 October |
| Widnes |
30 – 18 |  Canberra |
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| Tries: Martin Offiah (2) Jonathan Davies Richard Eyres Paul Hulme Darren Wright Goals: Jonathan Davies (3) |
Tries: Mal Meninga Chris O'Sullivan Steve Walters Goals: Matthew Wood (2) Chris O'Sullivan (1) |
| Widnes | Posit. | Canberra |
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| Alan Tait | FB | Gary Belcher |
| Andy Currier | WG | Matthew Wood |
| Jonathan Davies | CE | Mal Meninga (c) |
| Darren Wright | CE | Laurie Daley |
| Martin Offiah | WG | John Ferguson |
| Tony Myler | FE/SO | Chris O'Sullivan |
| David Hulme | HB | Ricky Stuart |
| Joe Grima | PR | Steve Jackson |
| Phil McKenzie | HK | Steve Walters |
| Derek Pyke | PR | Glenn Lazarus |
| Kurt Sorensen (c) | SR | Dean Lance |
| Paul Hulme | SR | Gary Coyne |
| Richard Eyres | LK | Bradley Clyde |
| Barry Dowd | Bench | Phil Carey |
| Paul Moriarty | Bench | Paul Martin |
| Brimah Kebbie | Bench | Mark Lowry |
| David Smith | Bench | Craig Bellamy |
| Doug Laughton John Keir | Coach(es) | Tim Sheens |
The match was played on Wednesday, 4 October at Old Trafford, Manchester. A crowd of 30,786[1] saw the Raiders go down 18-30 after a spirited comeback from Widnes after a 12-0 deficit only eleven minutes into the match.[2] David Hulme was named man-of-the-match.
References
- ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-40337011.html
- ↑ "Sheen backs Tigers to shine". Yorkshire Post. UK: Johnston Press Digital Publishing. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
External links
- 1989 World Club Challenge at rugbyleagueproject.com
- 1989 World Club Challenge at superleague.co.uk
- 1989 World Club Challenge at eraofthebiff.com
- 1989 World Club Challenge at rugby.widnes.tv
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