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Full time22 November 1996
Cook Islands
22–19
Papua New Guinea
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Cook Islands won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –CCook Islands conversion · Junior Dean2–0
  2. –CCook Islands conversion · Junior Dean4–0
  3. –TCook Islands try · Johnny George9–0
  4. –TCook Islands try · Nga Takaiti14–0
  5. –TCook Islands try · Ngamata Tini19–0
  6. –DCook Islands drop goal · Junior Dean22–0
  7. –CPapua New Guinea conversion · Geoff Homerang22–2
  8. –CPapua New Guinea conversion · Geoff Homerang22–4
  9. –TPapua New Guinea try · John Asimada22–9
  10. –TPapua New Guinea try · Geoff Homerang22–14
  11. –TPapua New Guinea try · Geoff Homerang22–19

Line-ups

Cook Islands

  1. 1Glen JapethProp
  2. 2Ali NapaHooker
  3. 3John NicholasProp
  4. 4Jay Jay AtuahiuaSecond row
  5. 5Ngamata TiniSecond row
  6. 6Nga TakaitiFlanker
  7. 7Jnr TangataFlanker
  8. 8Tungane TiniNumber 8
  9. 9Teokotai Tuaivi JuniorScrum-half
  10. 10Junior DeanFly-half
  11. 11Taare TeautamaWing
  12. 12David NekeareCentre
  13. 13Vira WilliamCentre
  14. 14Johnny GeorgeWing
  15. 15Metua WilliamFull-back

Papua New Guinea

  1. 1Geoff Pui PuiProp
  2. 2Ernest WilmotHooker
  3. 3Peter SenatProp
  4. 4Ian LiverasSecond row
  5. 5David TikiSecond row
  6. 6Joe TolipFlanker
  7. 7David BoskiFlanker
  8. 8Ian LeklekNumber 8
  9. 9Geoff HomerangScrum-half
  10. 10Robert DokoFly-half
  11. 11John AsimadaWing
  12. 12Willie ArthurCentre
  13. 13Bernard NoibanoCentre
  14. 14Aiem PilokosWing
  15. 15Paul PomosoFull-back

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Context

All-time, Cook Islands 4–3 Papua New Guinea in 7 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Cook Islands going in
Papua New Guinea going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.