TheBreakdown
Full time19 October 2002
Papua New Guinea
29–14
Cook Islands
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2003Head-to-head

Papua New Guinea won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. 13’PCook Islands penalty · David Wichman
  2. 21’PCook Islands penalty · David Wichman
  3. 26’TPapua New Guinea try · Kevin Vitolo
  4. 27’CPapua New Guinea conversion · Paul Joseph
  5. 27’TPapua New Guinea try · Gabriel Tika
  6. 38’TCook Islands try · Tama Wakelin
  7. 55’PCook Islands penalty · David Wichman
  8. 74’TPapua New Guinea try · Paul Joseph
  9. 75’CPapua New Guinea conversion · Asi Vele Tola
  10. 82’TPapua New Guinea try · Leroy Muriki

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Papua New Guinea

  1. 1Richard PangkatanaProp
  2. 2Rea TauHooker
  3. 3Carl HootProp
  4. 4Ian LiverasSecond row
  5. 5Willie RikisSecond row
  6. 6John LarryFlanker
  7. 7Ian LeklekFlanker
  8. 8Gabriel TikaNumber 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. 16Anthony PangkatanaBench
  17. 17Jeff LungBench
  18. 18Edeck GulaBench
  19. 19Winston NinjipaBench
  20. 20Asi Vele TolaBench
  21. 21Keith PuariaBench
  22. 22Jessie MonoBench

Cook Islands

  1. 1Stan WrightProp
  2. 2Nooanga TearoaHooker
  3. 3David HeatherProp
  4. 4Aaron EnokaSecond row
  5. 5Lloyd MatapoSecond row
  6. 6Simiona NicholasFlanker
  7. 7Teariki ThomasFlanker
  8. 8Ali NapaNumber 8
  9. 9Amosa AmosaScrum-half
  10. 10David WichmanFly-half
  11. 11Lance FitzpatrickWing
  12. 12Teremoana NauCentre
  13. 13Vaivase SamaniaCentre
  14. 14Tama WakelinWing
  15. 15Turori MatutuFull-back
  16. 16Teremate HenryBench
  17. 17Teokotai Tuaivi JuniorBench
  18. 18Terry AberahamaBench
  19. 19Kore HerrmannBench
  20. 20Nick ConnalBench
  21. 21Johnny HargravesBench
  22. 22Junior GreigBench

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Context

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

Papua New Guinea going in
Cook Islands 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.