PNG Football Stadium


PNG Football Stadium, known by the sponsored name of Santos National Football Stadium and previously 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 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 Port Moresby Vipers and Gulf Isou 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 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, 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 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, it hosted many matches, including the final.

Rugby league test matches

List of rugby league test matches played at Lloyd Robson Oval.
DateWinnerScoreRunners-upCompetitionAttendance
6 July 197540–12Friendly12,000
29 May 197737–61977 France World Cup tour14,000
30 July 197830–211978 [New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia and Papua New Guinea|1978 Kiwi tour]11,541
25 July 198256–51982 Kiwi tour13,000
2 October 198238–21982 [Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France|1982 Kangaroo tour]15,000
17 August 198624–221985–1988 World Cup15,000
4 October 198662–121985–1988 World Cup17,000
12 July 198736–221987 Kiwi tour15,000
2 June 199040–81989–1992 World Cup7,837
11 August 199018–101989–1992 World Cup7,837
13 October 199140–61989–1992 World Cup14,500
31 May 199220–141992 Lions tour7,294
26 June 199429–221994 France tour5,000
27 October 199430–161994 Kiwi tour15,000
6 October 199652–6Friendly15,000
17 June 200140–62001 France tour15,000
7 October 200154–12Friendly14,000
24 October 200924–222009 Pacific Cup3,269
25 October 200944–142009 Pacific Cup9,813
31 October 200926–162009 Pacific Cup2,000
1 November 200942–142009 Pacific Cup10,151
28 October 201750–62017 World Cup14,800
5 November 201714–62017 World Cup14,800
12 November 201764–02017 World Cup14,800
15 October 202346–102023 Pacific Bowl7,133
22 October 202322–182023 Pacific Bowl7,133
29 October 202316–432023 Pacific Bowl14,546
5 November 202312–322023 Pacific Bowl14,809
3 November 202442–202024 Pacific BowlUnknown