Match - Wednesday 19 October, 2022
Wales 12 lost to Cook Islands 18
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/53797 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 19th October, 2022 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Robert Hicks (Oldham) | |||||||
| Touch Judges | Todd Smith, Rochelle Tamarua | |||||||
| Video Ref | Tom Grant | |||||||
| Venue | Leigh Sports (Leigh) | |||||||
| Crowd | 6,188 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Johnathon Ford | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 12 | – | 8 | |||||
| Penalties | 3 | – | 4 | |||||
| Wales | Scoresheet | Cook Islands | ||||||
| Rhodri LLOYD | T | Anthony GELLING | ||||||
| Ollie OLDS | Steven MARSTERS | |||||||
| Davvy MOALE | ||||||||
| Matty FOZARD | 2/2 | G | 3/4 | Steven MARSTERS | ||||
| Wales | Teams | Cook Islands | ||||||
| Caleb AEKINS [Leigh] | 1 | FB | 1 | KL IRO [Cronulla] | ||||
| Rhys WILLIAMS [Salford] | 2 | W | 2 | Paul ULBERG [London] | ||||
| Elliot KEAR (c) [Bradford] | 6 | C | 3 | Anthony GELLING | ||||
| Will EVANS [Whitehaven] | 4 | C | 16 | Reubenn RENNIE | ||||
| Mike BUTT [Swinton] | 19 | W | 5 | Steven MARSTERS | ||||
| Ollie OLDS | 14 | FE | 4 | Esan MARSTERS (c) [Gold Coast] | ||||
| Josh RALPH | 7 | HB | 7 | Johnathon FORD [Featherstone] | ||||
| Ant WALKER [Bradford] | 8 | FR | 19 | Pride PETTERSON-ROBATI | ||||
| Matty FOZARD [Widnes] | 9 | HK | 9 | Aaron TEROI | ||||
| Dan FLEMING [Featherstone] | 10 | FR | 10 | Tepai MOEROA [Melbourne] | ||||
| Rhodri LLOYD [Swinton] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Dominique PEYROUX [Toulouse] | ||||
| Bailey ANTROBUS [York] | 17 | 2R | 23 | Reuben PORTER | ||||
| Joe BURKE [West Wales] | 16 | L | 13 | Zane TETEVANO [Leeds] | ||||
| Chester BUTLER [Bradford] | 12 | B | 6 | Brad TAKAIRANGI [Hull KR] | ||||
| Ben EVANS [Bradford] | 13 | B | 8 | Makahesi MAKATOA [Parramatta] | ||||
| Curtis DAVIES [Whitehaven] | 15 | B | 17 | Ruatapu NGATIKAURA | ||||
| Connor DAVIES [Dewsbury] | 18 | B | 20 | Davvy MOALE [South Sydney] | ||||
| John KEAR | HC | Tony IRO | ||||||
Team Info
Wales
- Previous Game:
- 2022 World Cup - Warmups - Game 1 vs. Lebanon
- Next Game:
- 2022 Senior International Matches - vs. Tonga
- Out:
- Rhys Evans (centre), Luis Roberts (centre), James Olds (wing), Gavin Bennion (lock), Dalton Grant (bench), Kyle Evans (bench), Tom Hopkins (reserve)
- Changes:
- Mike Butt (fullback to wing), Caleb Aekins (bench to fullback), Will Evans (bench to centre), Elliot Kear (bench to centre), Joe Burke (reserve to lock), Connor Davies (reserve to bench), Curtis Davies (reserve to bench), Chester Butler (reserve to bench)
Cook Islands
- Previous Game:
- 2022 Senior International Matches - Game 7 vs. Samoa
- Next Game:
- 2022 Senior International Matches - vs. Papua New Guinea
- Out:
- Geoff Daniela (wing), Reece Joyce (halfback), Vincent Rennie (front row), Tinirau Arona (hooker), Xavier Willison (front row), Brendan Piakura (second row), Moses Noovao-McGreal (lock)
- In:
- Paul Ulberg (wing), Johnathon Ford (halfback), Tepai Moeroa (front row), Dominique Peyroux (second row), Zane Tetevano (lock), Brad Takairangi (bench), Ruatapu Ngatikaura (bench)
- Changes:
- Pride Petterson-Robati (second row to front row), Aaron Teroi (bench to hooker), Reuben Porter (bench to second row)
Match Notes
The Cook Islands players wore their home jersey in this match, with the exception of front rower Tepai Moeroa who inexplicably wore Cook Islands' away jersey.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio
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