1991 Kangaroo tour of Papua New Guinea
The 1991 Kangaroo tour of Papua New Guinea was a two-week, end of season tour of Papua New Guinea by the Australia national rugby league team. The Australians played five matches on the tour, including two Test matches against the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team. The tour began on 29 September and finished on 13 October. As of 2017 this remains the only full Kangaroo Tour of Papua New Guinea. Leadership. As he had been since 1989, Bob Fulton was the coach of the Kangaroos. Mal Meninga was the team  captain. Touring squad. Eleven of the 23 man squad had played for Australia in their 2-1 Trans-Tasman Test series win over New Zealand earlier in the year. Among those selected to tour but who were ultimately ruled out with injury were Penrith test players and 1991 premiership winners Greg Alexander, Mark Geyer and John Cartwright as well as Canberra Raiders halves Laurie Daley and Ricky Stuart. Tour. The Australian's played five games on the tour, winning all five. Australian forward Craig Salvatori suffered an ankle injury during the game and did not play again on tour. 1st  Test. Reserve forward Scott Gourley who had made 5 rugby union test appearances for Australia in 1988 before switching to rugby league with St. George, became Australia's 41st dual-rugby international. Australia won a bruising encounter 28–3 over Highlands Zone in Mount Hagan. 2nd Test. This test match also doubled as a Group Stage game for the 1989-92 Rugby League World Cup. Gary Belcher, Martin Bella, Cliff Lyons and Gary Coyne all played their last tests for Australia. Statistics. Leading Try Scorer Leading Point Scorer Largest Attendance Largest non-test Attendance 1991 Kangaroo tour of Papua New Guinea