Game 3
Papua New Guinea 6 lost to Australia 46
| World Cup 2008 Game 3 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14699 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 9th November, 2008 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:00 PM (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Steve Ganson (St Helens) | |||||||
| Venue | Dairy Farmers (Townsville) | |||||||
| Crowd | 16,239 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 22 | |||||
| Scrums | 7 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 4 | – | 5 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Menzie YERE | T | 3 | David WILLIAMS | |||||
| 2 | Joel MONAGHAN | |||||||
| 2 | Scott PRINCE | |||||||
| Anthony TUPOU | ||||||||
| John WILSHERE | 1/1 | G | 7/8 | Johnathan THURSTON | ||||
| Papua New Guinea | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| John WILSHERE | 1 | FB | 1 | Karmichael HUNT [Brisbane] |
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| David MEAD | 2 | W | 2 | Darius BOYD [Brisbane] |
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| Menzie YERE | 3 | C | 3 | Brent TATE [Warriors] |
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| Anton KUI | 4 | C | 4 | Joel MONAGHAN [Canberra] |
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| Tu'u MAORI | 5 | W | 5 | David WILLIAMS [Manly] |
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| Stanley GENE (c) [Hull KR] |
6 | FE | 6 | Terry CAMPESE [Canberra] |
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| Keith PETERS [Penrith] |
7 | HB | 7 | Johnathan THURSTON [North Qld] |
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| Jason CHAN | 8 | FR | 8 | Brent KITE [Manly] |
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| Paul AITON [Penrith] |
9 | HK | 9 | Cameron SMITH (c) [Melbourne] |
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| Trevor EXTON | 10 | FR | 10 | Josh PERRY [Manly] |
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| Neville COSTIGAN [Canberra] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Anthony WATMOUGH [Manly] |
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| James NIGHTINGALE | 12 | 2R | 12 | Anthony TUPOU [Sydney] |
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| Rod GRIFFIN | 13 | L | 13 | Craig FITZGIBBON [Sydney] |
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| Kevin PRIOR | 14 | B | 14 | Scott PRINCE [Gold Coast] |
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| Nico SLAIN | 15 | B | 15 | Steve PRICE [Warriors] |
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| Jessie Joe NANDYE | 16 | B | 16 | Paul GALLEN [Cronulla] |
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| Jay ASTON | 17 | B | 17 | Israel FOLAU [Melbourne] |
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| Adrian LAM | HC | Ricky STUART | ||||||
Team Info
Papua New Guinea
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 2008 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- Hardware Haus Cup 2009 - Round 1 vs. Fiji
- Out:
- George Keppa (wing), Makali Aizue (front row), George Moni (bench), Nickson Kolo (bench), Charlie Wabo (bench)
- In:
- Menzie Yere (centre), Anton Kui (centre), Kevin Prior (bench), Nico Slain (bench), Jay Aston (bench)
- Changes:
- Jessie Joe Nandye (centre to bench), Tu'u Maori (centre to wing), Jason Chan (bench to front row)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 2008 - Game 2 vs. England
- Next Game:
- World Cup 2008 - Semi Final vs. Fiji
- Out:
- Billy Slater (fullback), Greg Inglis (centre), Darren Lockyer (five-eighth), Petero Civoniceva (front row), Anthony Laffranchi (second row), Glenn Stewart (second row)
- In:
- Darius Boyd (wing), David Williams (wing), Terry Campese (five-eighth), Johnathan Thurston (halfback), Anthony Watmough (second row), Craig Fitzgibbon (lock)
- Changes:
- Joel Monaghan (wing to centre), Israel Folau (centre to bench), Brent Tate (wing to centre), Scott Prince (halfback to bench), Steve Price (front row to bench), Paul Gallen (lock to bench), Karmichael Hunt (bench to fullback), Brent Kite (bench to front row), Anthony Tupou (bench to second row), Josh Perry (bench to front row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson