PNG Football Stadium


PNG Football Stadium is a sporting ground in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It hosted 3 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 Rugby league international on 6 July 1975 when PNG played host to England 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 1982 and 1986 Kangaroos at the oval. The Australians, unbeaten on both Kangaroo Tours, 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 2009 Pacific Cup. 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 Gulf Isapea, Hela Wigmen, and Port Moresby Bulldogs who play in the PNGNRL Digitel 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 National Rugby League 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.
Soccer is also played at the Lloyd Robson Oval, with both the national men's and women's PNG teams playing matches at the ground, though they both generally use the Hubert Murray Stadium

Rugby league test matches

List of rugby league test matches played at Lloyd Robson Oval.
Test#DateResultAttendance
16 July 1975 def. 40–1212,000
229 May 1977 def. 37–614,000
330 July 1978 def. 30–2111,541
423 August 1978 drew with 13–1316,000
525 July 1982 def. 56–513,000
62 October 1982 def. 38–215,000
712 July 1987 def. 36–2215,000
813 October 1991 def. 40–614,500
931 May 1992 def. 20–147,294
1026 June 1994 def. 29–225,000
1127 October 1994 def. 30–1615,000
126 October 1996 def. NRL 52–615,000
1317 June 2001 def. 40–615,000
147 October 2001 def. 54–1214,000
1524 October 2009 def. 24–223,269
1625 October 2009 def. 44–149,813
1731 October 2009 def. 26–162,000
181 November 2009 def. 42–1410,151

Rugby League World Cup

List of Rugby League World Cup matches played at Lloyd Robson Oval.
Results are from the 1985-88, 1989-1992, and 2017 World Cups.
WC
Game#		DateResultAttendance
117 August 1986 def. 24–2215,000
24 October 1986 def. 62–1217,000
32 June 1990 def. 40–87,837
411 August 1990 def. 18–107,837
528 October 2017 def. 50–614,800
65 November 2017 def. 14–614,800
712 November 2017 def. 64–014,800

Non-test internationals