The 1990 Kangaroo Tour was the seventeenth Kangaroo Tour, where the Australian national rugby league team travelled to Europe and played eighteen matches against British and French rugby league teams, in addition to three Test matches. It followed a tour of 1986 and the next was staged in 1994.

Australia continued its dominance, winning both Test series against Great Britain and France, suffering only one loss (against Great Britain in the first Test), and remaining undefeated against British clubs in a streak stretching back to 1978.

Contents 1 The squad's leadership 2 Touring squad 3 Match results 4 Test matches 5 References 6 External links 7 Further reading

[edit] The squad's leadership

The team was coached by Bob Fulton making his third Kangaroo Tour, though his first as coach. Mal Meninga was making a record third consecutive tour and his first as captain. Keith Barnes was team manager, along with Les Stokes.

Other staff included trainers Shaun McRae, Brian Hollis and the boxing trainer Johnny Lewis as team conditioner. Nathan Gibbs was team doctor and had made the controversial decision during the selection medicals to rule Kangaroo stalwart Wally Lewis unfit for the tour and thus unable to make a third consecutive tour alongside Meninga.

[edit] Touring squad

Player	Club	Tests	Games	Tries	Goals	F/Goals	Points
Greg Alexander	Penrith	4	17	14	50	-	156
Gary Belcher	Canberra	5	11	6	1	1	27
Martin Bella	Manly-Warringah	1	11	-	-	-	0
Mark Carroll	South Sydney	0	6	2	-	-	8
John Cartwright	Penrith	1	9	1	-	-	4
Laurie Daley	Canberra	6	6	-	-	-	0
Ben Elias (vc)	Balmain	4	10	2	-	-	8
Andrew Ettingshausen	Cronulla-Sutherland	5	12	15	-	-	60
Brad Fittler	Penrith	0	8	8	-	-	32
Mark Geyer	Penrith	1	11	4	-	-	16
David Gillespie	Canterbury-Bankstown	3	10	1	-	-	4
Michael Hancock	Brisbane	1	6	4	-	-	16
Des Hasler	Manly-Warringah	4	13	3	-	-	12
Chris Johns	Brisbane	1	11	4	-	-	16
Allan Langer	Brisbane	1	11	4	-	-	16
Glenn Lazarus	Canberra	5	13	2	-	-	8
Bob Lindner	Western Suburbs	4	10	2	-	-	8
Cliff Lyons	Manly-Warringah	4	8	3	-	-	12
Brad Mackay	St George	4	12	4	-	-	16
Mal Meninga (c)	Canberra	5	11	8	16	-	64
Mark McGaw	Cronulla-Sutherland	1	6	1	-	-	4
Steve Roach	Balmain	5	10	2	-	-	8
Mark Sargent	Newcastle	3	11	6	1	-	25
Dale Shearer	Brisbane	5	13	9	1	-	38
Paul Sironen	Balmain	5	10	3	-	-	12
Ricky Stuart	Canberra	5	9	1	-	-	5
Kerrod Walters	Brisbane	1	8	2	-	-	8
Kevin Walters	Brisbane	0	8	5	-	-	20

[edit] Match results

Date	Opponent	Score	Ground	Referee	Crowd	Report
October 7	St Helens	4-34	Knowsley Road, St Helens	J. Holdsworth	15,219
October 10	Wakefield Trinity	18-36	Belle Vue, Wakefield	K. Allatt	7,083
October 14	Wigan	6-34	Central Park, Wigan	C. Morris	25,101
October 17	Cumbria	10-42	Derwent Park, Workington	J. Smith	6,750
October 21	Leeds	10-22	Headingley Stadium, Leeds	R, Tennant	16,307
October 27	Great Britain	19-12	Wembley Stadium, London	A. Sablayrolles (FRA)	52,274
October 31	Warrington	6-26	Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington	D. Carter	10,200
November 4	Castleford	8-28	Wheldon Road, Castleford	G. Kershaw	9,033
November 6	Halifax	18-36	Thrum Hall, Halifax	B. Galtress	8,730
November 10	Great Britain	10-14	Old Trafford, Manchester	A. Sablayrolles (FRA)	46,615
November 14	Hull	4-34	The Boulevard, Hull	D. Campbell	13,000
November 18	Widnes	8-15	Naughton Park, Widnes	J. Kendrew	14,666
November 24	Great Britain	0-14	Elland Road, Leeds	A. Sablayrolles (FRA)	32,500
November 27	President's XIII	18-46	Corbeil-Essonnes Stadium, Paris	M. Millett	3,000
December 2	France B	6-78	Georges Livet Stadium, Lyon	M. Agali	2,000
December 2	France	4-60	Parc de Sports, Avignon	J Holdsworth (GB)	3,000
December 5	Languedoc-Rousillon	9-38	Carcassone	M. Chamfreau	1,000
December 9	France	10-34	Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan	J Holdsworth (GB)	3,428

[edit] Test matches

27 October 1990	Australia	12 - 19	Great Britain	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 52,569 Referee: A. Sablayrolles
	Mal Meninga (8 - 3t, 2g) Mark McGaw (4 - 1t)		(12 - 2t, 3g) Paul Eastwood (4 - 1t) Martin Offiah (1 - 1fg) Gary Schofield

AUSTRALIA: Gary Belcher, Michael Hancock, Mal Meninga (c), Mark McGaw, Andrew Ettingshausen, Ricky Stuart, Allan Langer, Bob Lindner, Paul Sironen, John Cartwright, Steve Roach, Kerrod Walters, Martin Bella. Replacements: Glenn Lazarus, Des Hasler, Dale Shearer, Greg Alexander.

GREAT BRITAIN: Steve Hampson, Martin Offiah, Daryl Powell, Carl Gibson, Paul Eastwood, Gary Schofield, Andy Gregory, Ellery Hanley (c), Denis Betts, Roy Powell, Paul Dixon,Lee Jackson, Karl Harrison. Replacements: Kevin Ward, Karl Fairbank.

10 November 1990	Australia	14 - 10	Great Britain	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 46.615 Referee: A. Sablayrolles
	Mal Meninga (6 - 1t, 1g) Dale Shearer (4 - 1t) Cliff Lyons (4 - 1t)		(4 - 1t) Paul Dixon (4 - 1t) Paul Loughlin (2 - 1g) Paul Eastwood

The match was tied at 10 all until in the final minutes Mal Meninga scored a length-of-the-field try to seal the match for Australia and forcing the series into a decider.^[1]

AUSTRALIA: Gary Belcher, Dale Shearer, Mal Meninga (c), Laurie Daley, Andrew Ettingshausen, Cliff Lyons, Ricky Stuart, Brad Mackay, Paul Sironen, Bob Lindner, Steve Roach, Ben Elias, Glenn Lazarus.

GREAT BRITAIN: Steve Hampson, Martin Offiah, Daryl Powell, Carl Gibson, Paul Eastwood, Gary Schofield, Andy Gregory, Ellery Hanley (c), Paul Dixon, Denis Betts, Andy Platt, Lee Jackson, Karl Harrison. Replacements: Kevin Ward, Paul Loughlin.

24 November 1990	Australia	14 - 0	Great Britain	Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 32,500 Referee: A. Sablayrolles
	Mal Meninga (6 - 1t, 1g) Andrew Ettingshausen(4 - 1t) Ben Elias(4 - 1t)

AUSTRALIA: Gary Belcher, Dale Shearer, Mal Meninga (c), Laurie Daley, Andrew Ettingshausen, Cliff Lyons, Ricky Stuart, Brad Mackay, Paul Sironen, Bob Lindner, Steve Roach, Ben Elias, Glenn Lazarus. Replacements: David Gillespie, Des Hasler, Mark Sargent, Greg Alexander

GREAT BRITAIN: Steve Hampson, Martin Offiah, Daryl Powell, Carl Gibson, Paul Eastwood, Gary Schofield, Andy Gregory, Ellery Hanley (c), Paul Dixon, Denis Betts, Andy Platt, Lee Jackson, Karl Harrison. Replacements: Mike Gregory, Roy Powell, Jonathan Davies.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 1990 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France at rl1908.com
• 1990 Kangaroo Tour at rlhalloffame.org.uk

[edit] Further reading

• Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
• McGregor, Adrian (1991) Simply The Best, The 1990 Kangaroos, Uni of Queensland Press pages 225-225
• Belcher, Gary (1991) Kangaroo Confidential Gary Belcher's Tour Diary, pages 138-150
• Cochrane, Brett & Kerr, James (1991) Twenty Eight Heroes, Cochrane & Kerr, Sydney

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