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	1989 World Club Challenge
Widnes	Canberra Raiders
(RFL Championship)	(NSWRL Premiership)
30	18
Date	4 October 1989
Stadium	Old Trafford
Location	Manchester, United Kingdom
Man of the Match	David Hulme, Widnes
Referee	F. Desplats
Attendance	30,768

The 1989 Foster's World Club Challenge was the third ever and first official match of its kind to be played between the champion English and Australian domestic rugby league clubs. 1989's NSWRL season premiers, the Canberra Raiders traveled to England to play against 1988-89 RFL champions, Widnes.

The match was played on Wednesday, the 4th of October at Old Trafford, Manchester. A crowd of 30,768 saw the Raiders go down 18 - 30 after a spirited comeback from Widnes. David Hulme was named man-of-the-match.

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Canberra Raiders	Position	Widnes
Gary Belcher	1. FB	Alan Tait
Matthew Wood	2. WG	Andy Currier
Mal Meninga (c)	3. CE	Jonathan Davies
Laurie Daley	4. CE	Darren Wright
John Ferguson	5. WG	Martin Offiah
Chris O'Sullivan	6. FE / SO	Tony Myler
Ricky Stuart	7. HB / SH	David Hulme
Steve Jackson	8. PR	Joe Grima
Steve Walters	9. HK	Phil McKenzie
Glenn Lazarus	10. PR	Derek Pyke
Dean Lance	11. SR	Kurt Sorensen (c)
Gary Coyne	12. SR	Paul Hulme
Bradley Clyde	13. LK / LF	Richard Eyres
(Phil Carey)	14. Bench	Barry Dowd
Paul Martin	15. Bench	Paul Moriarty
Mark Lowry	16. Bench	Brimah Kebbie
(Craig Bellamy)	17. Bench	David Smith
Tim Sheens	Coach	Doug Laughton

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