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The 1986 New Zealand rugby league season was the 79th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the Interdistricts Series competition that was run by the New Zealand Rugby League. Auckland won the series, defeating the other three inter-district teams. ==International competitions== The New Zealand Kiwis lost a three test series to Australia. Coached by Graham Lowe, the squad was: Darrell Williams, Joe Ropati, Dean Bell, James Leuluai, Dane O'Hara, Olsen Filipaina, Shane Cooper, Owen Wright, Wayne Wallace, Kurt Sorensen, Mark Graham, Hugh McGahan, Gary Prohm, Mark Elia, Ron O'Regan, Gary Kemble, Gary Freeman, Barry Harvey and Brent Todd. Peter Brown, Tea Ropati, Marty Crequer, Dean Lonergan, Adrian Shelford, Sam Stewart, James Goulding, Glenn Donaldson and Gary Mercer also played for the Kiwis in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. New Zealand lost to Australia 8-22, 12-29 and 12-32. In the tour games the Kiwis defeated Newcastle 22-17, Riverina 14-16, Wide Bay 32-7 and North Queensland 46-6. In Papua New Guinea they defeated Island Zone 26-6, lost to Southern Zone 20-26 and then won the first Test against Papua New Guinea 36-26. They then lost the second Test match 22-24, a match which counted towards the 1988 World Cup. Lowe resigned in August and Tony Gordon was appointed coach in September. Howie Tamati captained the New Zealand Universities side in the first World University Cup. The New Zealand side defeated Australia 14-10 in the final to win the trophy. The side also included John, Peter, Iva and Tea Ropati. The New Zealand Māori side competed in the Pacific Cup, winning the tournament by defeating Western Samoa 23 - 6 in the final. Coached by Richard Bolton, the squad included Gary Mercer, Dave Watson, Adrian Shelford, Mark Woods, Anthony Murray, captain Sam Stewart, Mark Horo, Tawera Nikau and Mike Kuiti. Hugh McGahan, Ron O'Regan, Owen Wright, Tracey McGregor, Andrew Vincent and Brendon Tuuta all pulled out of the side due to injury or professional club commitments. The Māori side played a warm up game before the competition began, defeating Waikato 52-32. It was the first time in over two decades that the Māori side was comprised completely of Māori players, as the side had previously also picked Polynesian players.〔 Mercer, Ramsay, Shelford, Stewart and Greene were named in the team of the tournament. Bob Bailey coached the Junior Kiwis. The side twice thrashed the Papua New Guinea juniors, 52-6 and 56-4. The team included Kevin Iro, Paul Okesene, Dean Clarke, Robert Piva, Tony Kemp, and Tawera Nikau.〔''1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.146〕 Hugh McGahan won the New Zealand Rugby League's Player of the Year award.〔''1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.4〕 George Rainey was elected NZRL Chairman, replacing Ron McGregor.〔Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1986 New Zealand rugby league season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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