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Full time26 October 2002
Cook Islands
21–16
Papua New Guinea
Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga, Cook Islands · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2003Head-to-head

Cook Islands won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PCook Islands penalty · David Wichman3–0
  2. 14’TCook Islands try · Tama Wakelin8–0
  3. 19’PPapua New Guinea penalty · Paul Joseph8–3
  4. 25’PCook Islands penalty · David Wichman11–3
  5. 26’DPapua New Guinea drop goal · Paul Joseph11–6
  6. 60’TPapua New Guinea try · Leroy Muriki11–11
  7. 61’CPapua New Guinea conversion · Asi Vele Tola11–13
  8. 67’TCook Islands try · Tama Wakelin16–13
  9. 78’TCook Islands try · Koiatu Koiatu21–13
  10. 81’PPapua New Guinea penalty · Asi Vele Tola21–16

Line-ups

Cook Islands

  1. 1Stan WrightProp
  2. 2Terry AberahamaHooker
  3. 3David HeatherProp
  4. 4Lloyd MatapoSecond row
  5. 5Simiona NicholasSecond row
  6. 6Aaron EnokaFlanker
  7. 7Teokotai Tuaivi JuniorFlanker
  8. 8Ali NapaNumber 8
  9. 9Johnny HargravesScrum-half
  10. 10David WichmanFly-half
  11. 11Lance FitzpatrickWing
  12. 12Teremoana NauCentre
  13. 13Vaivase SamaniaCentre
  14. 14Tama WakelinWing
  15. 15Koiatu KoiatuFull-back
  16. 16Junior GreigBench
  17. 17Timi TunuiBench
  18. 18Nick ConnalBench
  19. 19William ParokotiBench
  20. 20Turori MatutuBench
  21. 21Amosa AmosaBench
  22. 22Kore HerrmannBench

Papua New Guinea

  1. 1Richard PangkatanaProp
  2. 2Anthony PangkatanaHooker
  3. 3Carl HootProp
  4. 4Ian LiverasSecond row
  5. 5Gabriel TikaSecond row
  6. 6Willie RikisFlanker
  7. 7Ian LeklekFlanker
  8. 8John LarryNumber 8
  9. 9Nathan ChangScrum-half
  10. 10Paul JosephFly-half
  11. 11Leroy MurikiWing
  12. 12Raymand RomalusCentre
  13. 13Warren TenoCentre
  14. 14Kevin VitoloWing
  15. 15Joe KautuFull-back
  16. 16Jeff LungBench
  17. 17Reah HenaoBench
  18. 18Edeck GulaBench
  19. 19Jonathan KairuBench
  20. 20Asi Vele TolaBench
  21. 21Keith PuariaBench
  22. 22Jessie MonoBench

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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

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