World Cup 2008

Game 1

England 32 def. Papua New Guinea 22

World Cup 2008
Game 1

England
32
22
Papua New Guinea
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14688
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 25th October, 2008
Kick Off 7:00 PM (local time)
Referee Shayne Hayne
Venue Dairy Farmers (Townsville)
Crowd 10,780
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 16
Scrums 8 7
Penalties 8 8
England Scoresheet Papua New Guinea
Lee SMITH 3 T Paul AITON
Ade GARDNER 2   Jason CHAN
Martin GLEESON   Rod GRIFFIN
      George KEPPA
 
Kevin SINFIELD 4/6 G 3/4 John WILSHERE
England Teams Papua New Guinea
Paul WELLENS
[St Helens]
1 FB 1 John WILSHERE (c)
Ade GARDNER
[St Helens]
2 W 2 David MEAD
Martin GLEESON
[Warrington]
3 C 3 Tu'u MAORI
Keith SENIOR
[Leeds]
4 C 4 Jessie Joe NANDYE
Lee SMITH
[Leeds]
5 W 5 George KEPPA
 
Leon PRYCE
[St Helens]
6 FE 6 Stanley GENE (c)
[Hull KR]
Rob BURROW
[Leeds]
7 HB 7 Keith PETERS
[Penrith]
 
Jamie PEACOCK (c)
[Leeds]
8 FR 8 Makali AIZUE
[Hull KR]
James ROBY
[St Helens]
9 HK 9 Paul AITON
[Penrith]
James GRAHAM
[St Helens]
10 FR 10 Trevor EXTON
Gareth HOCK
[Wigan]
11 2R 11 Neville COSTIGAN
[Canberra]
Gareth ELLIS
[Leeds]
12 2R 12 James NIGHTINGALE
Kevin SINFIELD
[Leeds]
13 L 13 Rod GRIFFIN
 
Danny McGUIRE
[Leeds]
14 B 14 Rodney PORA
Maurie FA'ASAVALU
[St Helens]
15 B 15 George MONI
Adrian MORLEY
[Warrington]
16 B 16 Jason CHAN
Jon WILKIN
[St Helens]
17 B 17 Charlie WABO
 
Tony SMITH   HC   Adrian LAM
   
 

Team Info

England

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. Wales
Next Game:
World Cup 2008 - Game 2 vs. Australia
Out:
Shaun Briscoe (fullback), Peter Fox (wing), Michael Shenton (centre), Paul Sykes (centre), Mark Calderwood (wing), Richard Myler (halfback), Stuart Fielden (front row), Mick Higham (hooker), Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook (front row), Ben Westwood (second row), Robert Purdham (lock), David Hodgson (bench), Jamie Langley (bench), Darrell Griffin (bench), Tony Clubb (bench)
In:
Paul Wellens (fullback), Ade Gardner (wing), Keith Senior (centre), Lee Smith (wing), Leon Pryce (five-eighth), Rob Burrow (halfback), Jamie Peacock (front row), James Roby (hooker), James Graham (front row), Gareth Ellis (second row), Kevin Sinfield (lock), Danny McGuire (bench), Maurie Fa'asavalu (bench), Adrian Morley (bench), Jon Wilkin (bench)
Changes:
Martin Gleeson (five-eighth to centre)

Papua New Guinea

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Next Game:
World Cup 2008 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Michael Mark (wing), Menzie Yere (centre), Kevin Prior (front row), Nigel Hukula (front row), Joseph Omae (bench), Gimapau Keimelo (bench)
In:
David Mead (wing), Stanley Gene (five-eighth), Makali Aizue (front row), Trevor Exton (front row), Neville Costigan (second row), Jason Chan (bench)
Changes:
Jessie Joe Nandye (five-eighth to centre), Rod Griffin (second row to lock), Charlie Wabo (lock to bench)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson