1992 World Club Challenge

Intercontinental rugby league match June 2020 May 2020 1992 World Club Challenge Central park kop.jpg 250px Central Park hosted the match Wigan Brisbane Broncos RFL NSWRL WIG Wigan 16 BRI Brisbane 16 2 6 8 10 12 22 30 October 1992 Central Park Wigan, England Terry Matterson Brisbane 16 Dennis Hale NZL 17,764 Nine Network AUS (on delay) Sky Sports GBR Eddie Hemmings Mike Stephenson Peter Sterling World Club Challenge 1991 1994 The 1992 World Club Challenge match was contested by the 1991–92 Rugby Football League season champions Wigan and the 1992 NSWRL season's premiers, the Brisbane Broncos. Hadfield Dave Wigan must be wary of Broncos' enthusiasm and flair The Independent The Independent 30 October 1992 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-wigan-must-be-wary-of-broncos-enthusiasm-and-flair-tonights-world-club-challenge-at-central-park-is-likely-to-be-fast-and-open-1560500.html 28 November 2010 London 9 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121109234416/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-wigan-must-be-wary-of-broncos-enthusiasm-and-flair-tonights-world-club-challenge-at-central-park-is-likely-to-be-fast-and-open-1560500.html live The match took place on Friday night, 30 October in England, during the 1992–93 Rugby Football League season. It was also played less than a week after the 1992 Rugby League World Cup final (from which many players on both sides were backing up). A crowd of 17,764 turned out at Central Park, Wigan for the match which was refereed by New Zealand's Dennis Hale, the same referee as for the World Cup final one week earlier.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx-YAOLb8Ag 1992 World Club Challenge highlights 26 January 2016 28 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120428145352/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx-YAOLb8Ag&gl=US&hl=en live The game was broadcast throughout Great Britain by Sky Sports and was shown on delay in Australia by the Nine Network. Commentary was provided by Sky's regular rugby league commentary team of Eddie Hemmings and former Great Britain hooker Mike Stephenson along with Nine's former Australian test halfback Peter Sterling. Background Brisbane Broncos February 20241992 Brisbane Broncos season Teams _red_hoops _redhoops _red_hoops _color_3_stripes_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF Wigan _white_hoops _BrisbaneBroncos1988 _white_hoops _band_claret 800000 800000 800000 800000 FFD700 Brisbane Broncos FB 1Andre StoopRW 2Jason RobinsonCE 3Dean BellCE 4Andrew FarrarLW 5Martin OffiahSO 6Frano BoticaSH 7Shaun Edwards (c)PR 8Kelvin SkerrettHK 9Martin DermottPR 10Andy PlattSR 11Denis BettsSR 12Billy McGintyLF 13Phil ClarkeSubstitutions:IC 14Sam PanapaIC 15Ian LucasIC 16Martin CromptonIC 17Neil CowieCoach:AUS John Monie FB 1Julian O'NeillLW 2Michael HancockCE 3Steve RenoufCE 4Chris JohnsRW 5Willie CarneFE 6Kevin WaltersHB 7Allan Langer (c)PR 8Glenn LazarusHK 9Kerrod WaltersPR 10Andrew GeeSR 11Trevor GillmeisterSR 12Mark HohnLK 13Terry MattersonSubstitutions:IC 14John PlathIC 15Tony CurrieIC 16Brett PlowmanIC 17Peter RyanCoach:AUS Wayne Bennett Match details #eeeeee Wigan Wigan 16 Brisbane 16 Brisbane Broncos 8 – 22 http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/world-club-challenge-1992/wigan-vs-brisbane.html 1992 WCC - Wigan vs Brisbane 26 January 2016 1 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160201000906/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/world-club-challenge-1992/wigan-vs-brisbane.html live Tries: Shaun Edwards Goals: Frano Botica (2) Tries: Michael Hancock (2) Julian O'Neill Kerrod Walters Goals: Terry Matterson (3) Friday 30 October Central Park, Wigan 17,764 Dennis Hale NZL Terry Matterson Brisbane 16 Brisbane's Alan Cann missed the match due to injury. CANN-TANKEROUS The Sun-Herald Australia 75 Fairfax Media 25 September 1993 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=news930925_0321_5122 13 February 2011 18 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170318072432/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=news930925_0321_5122 live Early in the match a chaotic all-in brawl erupted, with Brisbane's Andrew Gee seen as the instigator. Wigan later opened the scoring by kicking a penalty given for an obstruction by Kerrod Walters close to the Broncos' try-line. However a knock-on later by Wigan in their in-goal area gave Brisbane a scrum feed in an attacking position and Julian O'Neill capitalised, fending off one defender and avoiding another in his run for the line to score the first try of the match which was then converted by Terry Matterson. Another try, scored by Kerrod Walters as a result of good support play from the Broncos, brought the score to 2-10 at half time. Early in the second half another all-in brawl started, Andrew Gee again involved in the initial flareup. The Broncos scored first in the second half with Steve Renouf finding Michael Hancock out wide close to the Wigan try-line. However this was followed by a miraculous try from the home team. Around the halfway line, the Wigan hooker, Martin Dermott, chipped the ball over the top of the Broncos defenders and Shaun Edwards ran through to field it. Without missing a beat Edwards then sent a grubbing kick down past a complacent Julian O'Neill at fullback and won the race for it, with Wigan's goal-kicker Frano Botica adding the extra two. Later in the game Renouf again combined with Hancock out wide, throwing a looping pass over the Wigan defence to send the Broncos' number two over once more. The successful conversion attempt by Matterson, who was named man-of-the-match, left the final score at 22-8.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-wigan-succumb-to-their-peers-1560726.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-wigan-succumb-to-their-peers-1560726.html 1 May 2022 subscription live London The Independent Dave Hadfield Rugby League: Wigan succumb to their peers 31 October 1992 The Brisbane Broncos' victory saw the first time that Australian premiers had won the World Club Challenge on British soil. It was also only the second time that an Australian team had won at all, the last time being in 1976, in the first ever match of its kind. See also 1992 Brisbane Broncos season References External links 1992 World Club Challenge at superleague.co.uk 1992 World Club Challenge at rugbyleagueproject.com 53.550417 -2.625833 Central Park (Wigan) title 1992 Category:Brisbane Broncos matches Category:Wigan Warriors matches Category:1992 in English sport Category:1992 in rugby league