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 1975England40–12Papua New GuineaFriendly12,000
29 May 1977Papua New Guinea37–6France1977 France World Cup tour14,000
30 July 1978New Zealand30–21Papua New Guinea1978 Kiwi tour11,541
25 July 1982New Zealand56–5Papua New Guinea1982 Kiwi tour13,000
2 October 1982Australia38–2Papua New Guinea1982 Kangaroo tour15,000
17 August 1986Papua New Guinea24–22New Zealand1985–1988 World Cup15,000
4 October 1986Australia62–12Papua New Guinea17,000
12 July 1987New Zealand36–22Papua New Guinea1987 Kiwi tour15,000
2 June 1990Great Britain40–8Papua New Guinea1989–1992 World Cup7,837
11 August 1990New Zealand18–10Papua New Guinea7,837
13 October 1991Australia40–6Papua New Guinea14,500
31 May 1992Great Britain20–14Papua New Guinea1992 Lions tour7,294
26 June 1994Papua New Guinea29–22France1994 France tour5,000
27 October 1994New Zealand30–16Papua New Guinea1994 Kiwi tour15,000
6 October 1996Australia52–6Papua New GuineaFriendly15,000
17 June 2001France40–6Papua New Guinea2001 France tour15,000
7 October 2001Australia54–12Papua New GuineaFriendly14,000
24 October 2009Cook Islands24–22Fiji2009 Pacific Cup3,269
25 October 2009Papua New Guinea44–14Tonga9,813
31 October 2009Fiji26–16Tonga2,000
1 November 2009Papua New Guinea42–14Cook Islands10,151
28 October 2017Papua New Guinea50–6Wales2017 World Cup14,800
5 November 2017Papua New Guinea14–6Ireland14,800
12 November 2017Papua New Guinea64–0United States14,800
15 October 2023Papua New Guinea46–10Cook Islands2023 Pacific Bowl7,133
22 October 2023Fiji22–18Cook Islands7,133
29 October 2023Papua New Guinea16–43Fiji14,546
5 November 2023Fiji12–32Papua New Guinea14,809
3 November 2024Papua New Guinea42–20Cook Islands2024 Pacific BowlUnknown

See also

External links

Preceded byOlympic Stadium MontrealFIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Final Venue 2016Succeeded byStade de la Rabine Vannes