World Cup 2008

Semi Final

New Zealand 32 def. England 22

World Cup 2008
Semi Final

New Zealand
32
22
England
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/15011
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 15th November, 2008
Kick Off 6:55 PM (local time)
Referee Shayne Hayne
Venue Suncorp (Brisbane)
Crowd 26,659
Match Stats
Halftime Score 16 10
Scrums 11 9
Penalties 6 5
New Zealand Scoresheet England
Jerome ROPATI 2 T 2 Danny McGUIRE
Bronson HARRISON   Martin GLEESON
Lance HOHAIA   Jamie PEACOCK
Benji MARSHALL      
Sam PERRETT      
 
Jeremy SMITH 3/5 G 3/3 Rob BURROW
Benji MARSHALL 1/1   0/1 Robert PURDHAM
New Zealand Teams England
Lance HOHAIA
[Warriors]
1 FB 1 Paul WELLENS
[St Helens]
Sam PERRETT
[Sydney]
2 W 2 Ade GARDNER
[St Helens]
Simon MANNERING
[Warriors]
3 C 3 Martin GLEESON
[Warrington]
Jerome ROPATI
[Warriors]
4 C 4 Keith SENIOR
[Leeds]
Manu VATUVEI
[Warriors]
5 W 5 Mark CALDERWOOD
[Wigan]
 
Benji MARSHALL
[Wests Tigers]
6 FE 6 Danny McGUIRE
[Leeds]
Nathan FIEN
[Warriors]
7 HB 7 Rob BURROW
[Leeds]
 
Nathan CAYLESS (c)
[Parramatta]
8 FR 8 James GRAHAM
[St Helens]
Thomas LEULUAI
[Wigan]
9 HK 9 James ROBY
[St Helens]
Adam BLAIR
[Melbourne]
10 FR 10 Jamie PEACOCK (c)
[Leeds]
Bronson HARRISON
[Wests Tigers]
17 2R 11 Ben WESTWOOD
[Warrington]
David FA'ALOGO
[South Sydney]
12 2R 12 Gareth ELLIS
[Leeds]
Jeremy SMITH
[Melbourne]
13 L 13 Robert PURDHAM
[Harlequins]
 
Sika MANU
[Melbourne]
11 B 14 Leon PRYCE
[St Helens]
Issac LUKE
[South Sydney]
14 B 15 Adrian MORLEY
[Warrington]
Greg EASTWOOD
[Brisbane]
15 B 16 Mick HIGHAM
[Wigan]
Sam RAPIRA
[Warriors]
16 B 17 Jon WILKIN
[St Helens]
 
Stephen KEARNEY   HC   Tony SMITH
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
World Cup 2008 - Game 3 vs. England
Next Game:
World Cup 2008 - Final vs. Australia
Out:
Jason Nightingale (wing), Steve Matai (centre), Evarn Tuimavave (front row), David Kidwell (bench)
In:
Sam Perrett (wing), Nathan Cayless (front row), Sika Manu (bench), Sam Rapira (bench)
Changes:
Thomas Leuluai (halfback to hooker), Nathan Fien (hooker to halfback), Simon Mannering (second row to centre), Bronson Harrison (bench to second row)

England

Previous Game:
World Cup 2008 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Out:
Paul Sykes (centre), Lee Smith (wing), Jamie Jones-Buchanan (second row), Kevin Sinfield (bench), Gareth Hock (bench), Jamie Langley (bench)
In:
Ade Gardner (wing), Danny McGuire (five-eighth), James Graham (front row), James Roby (hooker), Leon Pryce (bench), Jon Wilkin (bench)
Changes:
Martin Gleeson (five-eighth to centre), Adrian Morley (front row to bench), Mick Higham (hooker to bench), Ben Westwood (bench to second row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson