TheBreakdown

Head-to-head

TEST WINS
COK
4
Test wins
PNG
3
Test wins

7 Tests: Cook Islands lead 4–3.

Model win probability
TheBreakdown rating
COK 36%PNG 64%

How it works: the gap between the two TheBreakdown ratings, neutral venue. Our own model built from every Test; see the rankings page for the method.

Test history

Points 163–156 in Cook Islands’s favour, first met 22 Nov 1996.

Biggest Cook Islands win
3 Sept 2005: 37–12 (Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2007)
Biggest Papua New Guinea win
19 Oct 2002: 14–29 (Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2003)

Last 7 meetings

  • Cook Islands13 July 2013 · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2012 · Port Moresby37–31
  • Papua New Guinea4 July 2009 · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2011 · Port Moresby21–29
  • Papua New Guinea10 Sept 2005 · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2007 · Port Moresby11–20
  • Cook Islands3 Sept 2005 · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2007 · Rarotonga37–12
  • Cook Islands26 Oct 2002 · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2003 · Rarotonga21–16
  • Papua New Guinea19 Oct 2002 · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2003 · Port Moresby14–29
  • Cook Islands22 Nov 1996 · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 199922–19

Scores show Cook Islands first.

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Tests to date; World Cup finals to 2023.