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The 1990 New Zealand rugby league season was the 83rd season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the National Provincial Competition that was won by Auckland. ==International competitions== The New Zealand Kiwis played three matches against Great Britain, two Tests against Papua New Guinea and a Sesquicentennial Test against Australia. They lost the series to Great Britain 2-1 and lost to Australia but won the series in Papua New Guinea 2-0. Before the Lions arrived a Probables v Possibles trial match was played. The Probables won the match 68-14. The Lions then arrived after five matches in Papua New Guinea and opened the tour with a 23-22 victory over a Presidents XIII. Great Britain then lost to Canterbury 18-10 and Auckland 24-13 before defeating the Kiwi Colts 22-10. Great Britain then defeated New Zealand 11-10 in the first Test before slumping to a 30-22 loss to Wellington. The Lions then defeated the New Zealand Māori side 20-12 and a Taranaki Invitation XIII 24-0 before winning the second Test, and the series, 16-14. The Kiwis came back to win the third Test, defeating Great Britain 21-18 to claim the two World Cup points. Coached by Bob Bailey and managed by Ray Haffenden, the New Zealand Kiwis squad for the Great Britain series was: Darrell Williams, Sam Panapa, Kevin Iro, Tony Kemp, Tony Iro, Dean Clark, Gary Freeman, Peter Brown, Duane Mann, Brent Todd, Tawera Nikau, Mark Horo, captain Hugh McGahan, Morvin Edwards, Mark Nixon, George Mann, Matthew Ridge and Dean Lonergan. The Kiwis then travelled to Papua New Guinea for two Test matches. A full seven match tour had initially been scheduled but was cancelled by the NZRL after the International Board ruled that Australian based played only had to be released for the Test matches.〔Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1990 ''New Zealand Rugby League'', 1990. p.72〕 Hugh McGahan was excused from the series and Manly initially refused to release Matthew Ridge. Darrell Williams travelled with the squad but returned home after receiving news his father had died. The first Test side was: Morvin Edwards, Sam Panapa, Dave Watson, Paddy Tuimavave, Tony Iro, Tony Kemp, captain Gary Freeman, Peter Brown, Duane Mann, Brent Todd, Tawera Nikau, Mike Kuiti, Mark Horo, Mark Nixon, George Mann and Dean Lonergan. The Kiwis won the first Test 36-4 before winning the second 18-10. Matthew Ridge, Francis Leota and Mike Patton played in the second Test. The Kiwis then hosted the Australian Kangaroos. The squad was Ridge, Edwards, Watson, Williams, Panapa, Kelly Shelford, Freeman, Brown, Mann, Todd, Longergan, Nikau and captain McGahan. The substitutes, Paddy Tuimavave, Mark Nixon, Mark Horo and George Mann were all unused. The Test was played at Athletic Park and featured the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders as the half time entertainment. Australia won the match 24-6 with Sam Panapa scoring New Zealand's only try and Matthew Ridge converting it. Captain Hugh McGahan announced his retirement from international football after the match. The New Zealand Māori side that played Great Britain was captained by Kelly Shelford and included Morvin Edwards, Sean Hoppe, Dave Watson, John Lomax, Barry Harvey, Jason Lowrie, Tawera Nikau and Mike Kuiti. The side then went to Tonga to compete in the Pacific Cup. The squad included Dean Clark, Sean Hoppe, Jason Mackie and captain Kelly Shelford. New Zealand Māori lost the final 18-26 to Western Samoa. Eight domestic rugby union players signed for professional rugby league clubs during the year. They were John Gallagher (Leeds), Frano Botica (Wigan), Darrall Shelford and Brett Iti (Bradford Northern), Matthew Ridge (Manly), John Schuster (Newcastle), Darryl Halligan and Paul Simonsson (North Sydney). Ridge, Halligan and Botica went on to play for the Kiwis. The Junior Kiwis played two matches against a Queensland Juniors side, drawing the series one all. Coached by Ray Haffenden the Junior Kiwis included Solomon Kiri, Shane Endacott, Syd Eru and Stephen Kearney. Zane Clarke, Joe Vagana and Gus Malietoa were included in the New Zealand Schoolboys team. Tawera Nikau was the New Zealand Rugby League's player of the year.〔Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1990 ''New Zealand Rugby League'', 1990. p.4〕 Mark Graham, Kevin Tamati, Ron Ackland, Roger Bailey, Des White and Tommy Baxter were the first six inductees to the New Zealand Rugby League's Hall of Fame. Former Kiwi captain Colin O'Neil was appointed to the New Zealand Rugby League board during the year. The board also voted to support the Auckland Rugby League's bid to enter the Australian Winfield Cup. This finally occurred in 1995 when the Auckland Warriors joined the competition. 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「1990 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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