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2026 Senior International Matches

Match - Saturday 17 October, 2026

Papua New Guinea 42 def. Lebanon 18

2026 Senior International Matches

Papua New Guinea
42
–
18
Lebanon
Match Info
Match URLwww.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/120701
StatusCompleted
DateSaturday, 17th October, 2026
Kick Off2:25pm (local time)
RefereeGrant Atkins
Touch JudgesMichael Wise, Jarrod Cole
Video RefLiam Kennedy
VenueSantos (Port Moresby)
Crowd11,624
Official Player of the MatchGairo Voro
Match Stats
Halftime Score18–12
Penalties3–3
Papua New GuineaScoresheetLebanon
Bailey BIONDI-ODOT2Abbas MISKI
Robert DERBY Tony SUKKAR
Finley GLARE   
Epel KAPINIAS   
Rhyse MARTIN   
Nixon PUTT   
Gairo VORO   
 
Rhyse MARTIN7/7G3/3Alex CONTI
Papua New GuineaTeamsLebanon
Morea MOREA
[London]
1FB1Jacob KIRAZ
[Canterbury]
Robert DERBY
[North Qld]
2W2Tony FRANCIS
Zac LAYBUTT
[North Qld]
3C3Michael GABRAEL
[Cronulla]
Nene MACDONALD
[St Helens]
4C4Jordan SAMRANI
[Parramatta]
Dudley DOTOI5W5Jason SAAB
[Manly]
 
Gairo VORO
[London]
6FE6Khaled RAJAB
Finley GLARE
[London]
14HB7Alex CONTI
 
Valentine RICHARD8FR8Jaxson RAHME
Edwin IPAPE
[Leigh]
9HK9Yehya AYACHE
Luca MORETTI
[Parramatta]
10FR10James ROUMANOS
[Toulouse]
Rhyse MARTIN (c)
[Hull KR]
112R11Tony SUKKAR
[Wests Tigers]
Nixon PUTT122R15Mikael IBRAHIM
Liam HORNE
[Leigh]
15L13Alex TWAL (c)
[Wests Tigers]
 
Bailey BIONDI-ODO7B14Moustafa DIRANI
Jack DE BELIN
[Parramatta]
13B19Abbas MISKI
Epel KAPINIAS
[London]
16B16Jalal BAZZAZ
Sylvester NAMO17B20Tupou FRANCIS
 
Jason DEMETRIOU HC Michael CHEIKA
   
 

Team Info

Papua New Guinea

Previous Game:
2025 Senior International Matches - Game 3 vs. Fiji
Next Game:
2026 Senior International Matches - vs. Samoa
Out:
Alex Johnston (wing), Lachlan Lam (bench), Robert Mathias (bench), Cooper Bai (bench)
In:
Robert Derby (wing), Luca Moretti (front row), Liam Horne (lock), Bailey Biondi-Odo (bench)
Changes:
Epel Kapinias (front row to bench), Jack De Belin (lock to bench)

Lebanon

Previous Game:
2025 Senior International Matches - Game 1 vs. Italy
Next Game:
2026 Senior International Matches - vs. Tonga
Out:
Zachariah Nachar (fullback), Mohamed Alameddine (wing), Ayman Maarbani (centre), Elias Abou-Mrad (centre), Bilal El-Yousseff (wing), Jonathan Ibrahim (five-eighth), Kade Moujalli (halfback), Daniel Arahu (front row), Ibrahim El Cheikh (front row), Joshua Maree (second row), Xavier Ndaira (bench), Ibrahim El Labban (bench), Abdallah Jacob El Ters (bench), James Khoo (bench)
In:
Jacob Kiraz (fullback), Tony Francis (wing), Michael Gabrael (centre), Jordan Samrani (centre), Jason Saab (wing), Khaled Rajab (five-eighth), Alex Conti (halfback), Jaxson Rahme (front row), James Roumanos (front row), Tony Sukkar (second row), Alex Twal (lock), Abbas Miski (bench), Jalal Bazzaz (bench), Tupou Francis (bench)
Changes:
Moustafa Dirani (lock to bench)

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Contributions: Tim Costello, Shawn Dollin

Sources:Official League Website