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Full time3 September 2005
Cook Islands
37–12
Papua New Guinea
National Stadium, Rarotonga, Cook Islands · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2007Head-to-head

Cook Islands won by 25 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TCook Islands try · Dylan Peyroux5–0
  2. 6’TCook Islands try · Terry Piri10–0
  3. 7’CCook Islands conversion · Terry Piri12–0
  4. 31’TCook Islands try · Augustine Heather17–0
  5. 35’TCook Islands try · Turori Matutu22–0
  6. 57’TCook Islands try · Kore Herrmann27–0
  7. 67’TPapua New Guinea try · George Hoki27–5
  8. 72’TCook Islands try · Adam Vardey32–5
  9. 77’TCook Islands try · Lloyd Matapo37–5
  10. 81’CPapua New Guinea conversion · David Kamilius37–7
  11. 81’TPapua New Guinea try · David Kamilius37–12

Line-ups

Cook Islands

  1. 1Ali NapaProp
  2. 2Augustine HeatherHooker
  3. 3Tim VaruProp
  4. 4Kore HerrmannSecond row
  5. 5Aaron EnokaSecond row
  6. 6Aaron HansenFlanker
  7. 7Gene LuttonFlanker
  8. 8Nick ConnalNumber 8
  9. 9Adam VardeyScrum-half
  10. 10Terry PiriFly-half
  11. 11Beniamana MaakaWing
  12. 12Turori MatutuCentre
  13. 13Andrew IroaCentre
  14. 14Victor IoaneWing
  15. 15Dylan PeyrouxFull-back
  16. 16Vanotokoua RimaBench
  17. 17Teokotai RimaBench
  18. 18Simiona NicholasBench
  19. 19Teokotai Tuaivi JuniorBench
  20. 20Lloyd MatapoBench
  21. 21Apii VakaiBench
  22. 22Junior GreigBench

Papua New Guinea

  1. 1Richard PangkatanaProp
  2. 2Anthony PangkatanaHooker
  3. 3Carl HootProp
  4. 4Willie RikisSecond row
  5. 5Willie PetalieSecond row
  6. 6Willie LimuFlanker
  7. 7Alex HaijaFlanker
  8. 8Joe KoelNumber 8
  9. 9Julius TaunaoScrum-half
  10. 10Keith PuariaFly-half
  11. 11David KamiliusWing
  12. 12Raymand RomalusCentre
  13. 13Chris HogiCentre
  14. 14Otto LivuaWing
  15. 15Douglas GuiseFull-back
  16. 16Jonny MartaBench
  17. 17Reah HenaoBench
  18. 18Juneles MakeuBench
  19. 19Jason GilaiBench
  20. 20Peter OpaBench
  21. 21George HokiBench
  22. 22Gina PondaBench

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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.