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1991 Trans-Tasman Test series

Neither English referee John Holdsworth nor the touch judges saw NZ front rower Peter Brown deliberately knock the ball from Lindner's hands as he was lying on the ground in pain.

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Goal kicking Wigan-based utility back Frano Botica, who had made his Kiwi debut in the first test against France, was preferred to Manly-Warringah goal kicking fullback Matthew Ridge for the three tests, while the only Kiwi on debut in Melbourne was Christchurch-born, South Sydney Rabbitohs winger Jason Williams, playing the first of 12 career tests.

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The ex-rugby union players playing in the Winfield Cup, John Schuster, Matthew Ridge, Daryl Halligan and Kurt Sherlock, were unavailable due to a dispute between the clubs and the NZRL.

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