The 1995 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team to compete at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. New Zealand won Group B of the tournament, before losing to Australia 20-30 in a semi-final.
Earlier in the year, New Zealand played two test matches against France, winning one and drawing the other. New Zealand then played a three match test series against Australia, losing all three tests.
See also: 1995 Rugby League World Cup squads.
width=25% | Player | width=15% | Games | width=5% | T | width=5% | G | width=5% | FG | width=5% | Points | width=5% | Position | width=35% | Club |
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Richie Barnett | 2 | 1 | – | – | 4 | FB/CE | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | ||||||||
Richie Blackmore | 3 | 3 | – | – | 12 | WG/CE | Auckland Warriors | ||||||||
1 | – | – | – | – | HK | Auckland Warriors | |||||||||
Gary Freeman | 1 | – | – | – | – | HB | Penrith Panthers | ||||||||
Daryl Halligan | – | – | – | – | – | WG | Canterbury Bulldogs | ||||||||
3 | 2 | – | – | 8 | WG | Auckland Warriors | |||||||||
3 | – | – | – | – | SR | Western Suburbs Magpies | |||||||||
3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | CE | Leeds Rhinos | |||||||||
Tony Iro | 3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | SR | Sydney City Roosters | ||||||||
Stacey Jones | 3 | – | – | – | – | HB | Auckland Warriors | ||||||||
3 | – | – | – | – | SR | Auckland Warriors | |||||||||
3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | FE | South Queensland Crushers | |||||||||
1 | – | – | – | – | PR | Canberra Raiders | |||||||||
3 | – | – | – | – | PR | Sydney City Roosters | |||||||||
3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | FE/HB | Auckland Warriors | |||||||||
3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | PR/HK | Auckland Warriors | |||||||||
3 | – | – | – | – | FB/FE | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | |||||||||
3 | – | – | – | – | PR | Canberra Raiders | |||||||||
Matthew Ridge (c) | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 25 | FB | Manly Sea Eagles | ||||||||
Brent Stuart | – | – | – | – | – | PR | Western Suburbs Magpies | ||||||||
John Timu | – | – | – | – | – | CE | Canterbury Bulldogs | ||||||||
Brendon Tuuta | – | – | – | – | – | HB/LK | Western Reds | ||||||||
Ruben Wiki | 3 | – | – | – | – | CE | Canberra Raiders | ||||||||
Jason Williams | 1 | – | – | – | – | WG | Canterbury Bulldogs |
See also: 1995 New Zealand rugby league season. Before leaving for the World Cup, the squad played the New Zealand Residents at Ericsson Stadium and defeated them 20-4.
See also: 1995 Rugby League World Cup Group B.
See also: 1995 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage. The match was 20-all after 80 minutes. In extra time Australia scored two tries to win the match.[1] [2]