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The 1989 World Club Challenge (also known as the Foster's World Club Challenge due to sponsorship by brewers, Foster's) was the third ever and first official World Club Challenge match. 1989's NSWRL season premiers, the Canberra Raiders travelled to England to play 1988–89 RFL champions, Widnes.
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The match was played on Wednesday, 4 October at Old Trafford, Manchester. A crowd of 30,786 saw the Raiders go down 18-30 after a spirited comeback from Widnes after a 12-0 deficit only eleven minutes into the match. David Hulme was named man-of-the-match.
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1989 World Club Challenge Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA