Internationals 2023

Game 1

Papua New Guinea 46 def. Cook Islands 10

Internationals 2023
Game 1

Papua New Guinea
46
10
Cook Islands
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/58444
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 15th October, 2023
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Peter Gough
Venue Santos (Port Moresby)
Crowd 7,133
Match Stats
Halftime Score 30 0
Penalties 9 8
Papua New Guinea Scoresheet Cook Islands
Nene MACDONALD 4 T Esom IOKA
Zac LAYBUTT 2   Steven MARSTERS
Robert DERBY      
Epel KAPINIAS      
Valentine RICHARD      
 
Zac LAYBUTT 5/9 G 1/1 Esom IOKA
      0/1 Brad TAKAIRANGI
Papua New Guinea Teams Cook Islands
Alex JOHNSTON
[South Sydney]
1 FB 1 Esom IOKA
Robert DERBY
[North Qld]
2 W 2 Malachi MORGAN
Zac LAYBUTT
[North Qld]
3 C 3 Kayal IRO
Rodrick TAI 4 C 4 Esan MARSTERS
[Huddersfield]
Nene MACDONALD
[Leeds]
5 W 5 Steven MARSTERS
 
Kyle LAYBUTT 6 FE 6 Brad TAKAIRANGI (c)
Lachlan LAM
[Leigh]
7 HB 7 Tevin ARONA
 
Epel KAPINIAS 8 FR 8 Davvy MOALE
[South Sydney]
Judah RIMBU 9 HK 9 Ruatapu NGATIKAURA
Valentine RICHARD 10 FR 10 Makahesi MAKATOA
[Parramatta]
Jacob ALICK
[Gold Coast]
11 2R 11 Zane TETEVANO
[Leeds]
Daniel RUSSELL
[St George Illawarra]
12 2R 12 Reuben PORTER
Jack DE BELIN
[St George Illawarra]
13 L 13 Pride PETTERSON-ROBATI
 
Liam HORNE
[Castleford]
14 B 15 Rhys DAKIN
Nixon PUTT 15 B 16 Justin MAKIRERE
Junior ROP 16 B 17 Kadiyae IOKA
Benji KOT 17 B 18 Takai MOKOHAR
 
Justin HOLBROOK   HC   Karmichael HUNT
   
 

Team Info

Papua New Guinea

Previous Game:
World Cup 2022 - Quarter Final vs. England
Next Game:
Internationals 2023 - Game 1 vs. Fiji
Out:
Jimmy Ngutlik (wing), Justin Olam (centre), Wellington Albert (front row), Edwin Ipape (hooker), Sylvester Namo (front row), Rhyse Martin (second row), McKenzie Yei (bench), Jeremiah Simbiken (bench), Watson Boas (bench)
In:
Robert Derby (wing), Zac Laybutt (centre), Epel Kapinias (front row), Judah Rimbu (hooker), Valentine Richard (front row), Jack De Belin (lock), Liam Horne (bench), Junior Rop (bench), Benji Kot (bench)
Changes:
Nene Macdonald (centre to wing), Rodrick Tai (wing to centre), Nixon Putt (second row to bench), Jacob Alick (lock to second row), Daniel Russell (bench to second row)

Cook Islands

Previous Game:
World Cup 2022 - Game 22 vs. Tonga
Next Game:
Internationals 2023 - Game 1 vs. Fiji
Out:
Paul Ulberg (wing), Geoff Daniela (centre), Johnathan Ford (halfback), Aaron Teroi (hooker), Tepai Moeroa (front row), Dominique Peyroux (second row), Brendan Piakura (second row), Tinirau Arona (bench), Dylan Napa (bench)
In:
Esom Ioka (fullback), Malachi Morgan (wing), Ruatapu Ngatikaura (hooker), Reuben Porter (second row), Pride Petterson-Robati (lock), Rhys Dakin (bench), Justin Makirere (bench), Kadiyae Ioka (bench), Takai Mokohar (bench)
Changes:
Kayal Iro (fullback to centre), Zane Tetevano (lock to second row), Tevin Arona (bench to halfback), Davvy Moale (bench to front row)

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin

Sources: Official NRL Website