New Zealand v New South Wales Rugby League 1997

This is one of the matches from the 1997 Super League Origin Tri-series featuring New South Wales, Queensland and New Zealand. Just five days after losing to Queensland in Auckland, the New Zealanders travelled to Bruce Stadium, Canberra on Wednesday May 14 needing to beat the Blues to stay in the tournament. Teams New Zealand: 1. Anthony Swann; 2. Sean Hoppe; 3. Tea Ropati; 4. Ruben Wiki; 5. Richie Barnett; 6. Gene Ngamu; 7. Stacey Jones; 8. Quentin Pongia; 9. Syd Eru; 10. Joe Vagana; 11. Tyran Smith; 12. Stephen Kearney (c); 13. Tawera Nikau. Reserves: 14. John Timu; 15. Brady Malam; 16. Tony Iro; 17. Marc Ellis. Coach: Graham Norton. New South Wales: 1. David Peachey; 2. Ken Nagus; 3. Ryan Girdler; 4. Andrew Ettingshausen; 5. Brett Mullins; 6. Laurie Daley (c); 7. Noel Goldthorpe; 8. Glenn Lazarus; 9. Luke Priddis; 10. Ian Roberts; 11. David Furner; 12. Simon Gillies; 13. Bradley Clyde. Reserves: 14. Scott Wilson; 15. Matthew Ryan; 16. Solomon Haumono; 17. Danny Lee. Coach: Tim Sheens. Referee: Stephen Clark (Australia)