SUPER LEAGUE WORLD NINES 1996
National Stadium, Suva City, Fiji, February 1996
DAY ONE RESULTS:
Group Stage
Australia 30-0 Western Samoa
England 18-4 Tonga
New Zealand 22-0 France
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4-0 Fiji
Scotland 12-6 United States
Italy 18-0 Morocco
Ireland 20-4 Japan
Wales 10-8 Cook Islands
Australia 30-16 United States
England 34-0 Morocco
New Zealand 42-0 Japan
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 14-12 Wales
Western Samoa 8-4 Scotland
Tonga 30-4 Italy
Ireland 16-12 France
Fiji 10-4 Cook Islands
Australia 26-6 Scotland
England 4-0 Italy
New Zealand 20-0 Ireland
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 16-10 Cook Islands
Western Samoa 14-6 United States
Tonga 32-0 Morocco
France 16-0 Japan
Fiji 6-10 Wales
Pool Tables
TABLE ONE1: England 6 points
2: Tonga 4 points
3: Italy 2 points
4: Morocco 0 points
TABLE TWO1:
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6 points
2: Wales 4 points
3: Fiji 2 points
4: Cook Islands 0 points
TABLE THREE
1: Australia 6 points
2: Western Samoa 4 points
3: Scotland 2 points
4: United States 0 points
TABLE FOUR1: New Zealand 6 points
2: Ireland 4 points
3: France 2 points
4: Japan 0 points
DAY THREE RESULTS:
World Nines Cup Semi FinalsEngland 14-15
PAPUA NEW GUINEAAustralia 8-10 New Zealand
3rd Place Play-Off
England 10-14 Australia
Super League World Nines Cup Final
New Zealand 26-10
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Bowl CompetitionCook Islands 14-6 Japan
United States 18-4 Morocco
3rd Place Play-Off
Morocco 18-6 Japan
Bowl Final
United States 0-22 Cook Islands
Plate ComptitionFrance 26-4 Italy
Scotland 4-14 Fiji
3rd Place Play-Off
Scotland 34-0 Italy
Plate FinalFiji 18-8 France
Trophy Competition
Semi FinalsWestern Samoa 32-18 Ireland
Tonga 6-16 Wales
3rd Place Play-Off
Tonga 36-8 Ireland
Trophy FinalWales 12-8 Western Samoa (a.e.t. - score 8-8 f.t.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA KUMULS' DID OUR NATION PROUD IN 1996, REACHING THE SUPER LEAGUE WORLD NINES FINAL AGAINST ALL ODDS, BEATING ENGLAND ON THEIR ROAD WITH A FAMOUS 15-14 VICTORY. TRIES FROM SIO, PAIYO AND MAMANDO, ALONG WITH A CONVERSION BY PAIYO AND A DROP GOAL BY SIO SEALED THE KUMULS' PLACE IN THE FINAL AGAINST NEW ZEALAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS PAGE IS A TRIBUTE TO THAT GREAT PNG KUMULS' NINES SQUAD IN FIJI!