PNG Football Stadium (known as ''Lloyd Robson Oval'' until 2015) is a sporting ground in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It hosted three games for the 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup. It has been the home ground for the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team since 1975. It has a total capacity of approximately 15,000 and is the National Stadium of Papua New Guinea. The stadium was completely redeveloped in preparation for the 2015 Pacific Games.

History

Lloyd Robson Oval hosted its first

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international on 6 July 1975 when PNG played host to

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who were on their way to Australia and New Zealand for the down under leg of the 1975 World Cup. In front of an enthusiastic crowd of 12,000 England ran out 40-12 winners in what was the Kumuls international debut game. PNG played the

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Kangaroos at the oval. The Australians, unbeaten on both

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s, won both games 38-2 and 62-12 respectively. The 1986 game saw the Oval's record attendance when 17,000 enthusiastic fans saw the Kangaroos defeat the Kumuls. The opening Test match of the 1988 Great Britain Lions tour was played at the Oval between Papua New Guinea and the British before a crowd of 12,107. Lloyd Robson Oval was the primary venue of the

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. The four round-robin matches were played at the ground on 24–25 October and 31 October, with the final played on 1 November 2009. The oval is also home of the

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who play in the PNGNRL Digicel Cup. Lloyd Robson is also a regular host of the annual rugby league game between the Kumuls and an Australian Prime Minister's XIII at the conclusion of the Australian-based

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season. These games are usually well attended, with 16,000 attending the game in 2012 won 24-18 by the Mal Meninga coached PM's XIII.

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is also played at the Lloyd Robson Oval, with both the national men's and women's PNG teams, as well as Papua New Guinea National Soccer League playing matches at the ground, though they both generally use the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium. At the

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, it hosted many matches, including the final.

Rugby league test matches

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Rugby League World Cup

List of

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matches played at Lloyd Robson Oval.
Results are from the 1985-88, 1989-1992, and

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World Cups.

Non-test internationals

References

External links

* {{2017 RLWC venues Sports venues in Papua New Guinea Rugby league in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...