TheBreakdown
Full time8 February 1997
Papua New Guinea
92–6
Tahiti
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Papua New Guinea won by 86 points.

Scoring

  1. –CPapua New Guinea conversion · Paul Pomoso2–0
  2. –CPapua New Guinea conversion · Paul Pomoso4–0
  3. –CPapua New Guinea conversion · N Koi6–0
  4. –CPapua New Guinea conversion · J Kabua8–0
  5. –CPapua New Guinea conversion · J Kabua10–0
  6. –CPapua New Guinea conversion · Ernest Wilmot12–0
  7. –TPapua New Guinea try · Paul Pomoso17–0
  8. –TPapua New Guinea try · N Koi22–0
  9. –TPapua New Guinea try · N Koi27–0
  10. –TPapua New Guinea try · John Asimada32–0
  11. –TPapua New Guinea try · John Asimada37–0
  12. –TPapua New Guinea try · John Asimada42–0
  13. –TPapua New Guinea try · Geoff Homerang47–0
  14. –TPapua New Guinea try · David Tiki52–0
  15. –TPapua New Guinea try · David Tiki57–0
  16. –TPapua New Guinea try · J Kabua62–0
  17. –TPapua New Guinea try · J Kabua67–0
  18. –TPapua New Guinea try · Geoff Pui Pui72–0
  19. –TPapua New Guinea try · Ernest Wilmot77–0
  20. –TPapua New Guinea try · Ernest Wilmot82–0
  21. –TPapua New Guinea try · P Holo87–0
  22. –TPapua New Guinea try · Bernard Noibano92–0
  23. –PTahiti penalty · T Bessert92–3
  24. –PTahiti penalty · T Bessert92–6

Line-ups

Papua New Guinea

  1. 1Geoff Pui PuiProp
  2. 2J KabuaHooker
  3. 3Peter SenatProp
  4. 4Ian LiverasSecond row
  5. 5David TikiSecond row
  6. 6A ToreFlanker
  7. 7Ian LeklekFlanker
  8. 8G TikiNumber 8
  9. 9Geoff HomerangScrum-half
  10. 10Robert DokoFly-half
  11. 11John AsimadaWing
  12. 12Willie ArthurCentre
  13. 13N KoiCentre
  14. 14Kevin VitoloWing
  15. 15Paul PomosoFull-back
  16. P HoloBench
  17. Bernard NoibanoBench
  18. Kwari TauBench
  19. Ernest WilmotBench
  20. J PomatBench

Tahiti

  1. 1Paul FrogierProp
  2. 2David TeriitanoaHooker
  3. 3Andy MaheauProp
  4. 4Lokotui KaufusiSecond row
  5. 5Dave RichmondSecond row
  6. 6W PaniFlanker
  7. 7J-F TautuFlanker
  8. 8Kiwi TautuNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre KeckScrum-half
  10. 10J NicolFly-half
  11. 11Apollosi FoliakiWing
  12. 12Rene RaiCentre
  13. 13T BessertCentre
  14. 14Nuitearii NouWing
  15. 15P TauiraFull-back

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Context

All-time, Papua New Guinea 3–0 Tahiti in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Papua New Guinea going in
Tahiti 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.