Papua New Guinea v Samoa

Rugby League World CupGroup stage Round 2

Full time

Papua New Guinea

6–64

Samoa

Match events

Papua New GuineaSamoa

B. Biondi-Odo18'

Tries

S. Fa'alogo1', 44'Spencer Leniu30'S. Crichton36'F. Manuleleua47'H. Tabuai-Fidow52', 68'Brian To'o58'Shawn Blore65', 77'R. Volkman66'Izack Tago70'Ata Mariota79'

Rhyse Martin 18' (1/1)

Conversions

S. Crichton30'C. Harris-Tavita46', 67'R. Volkman70', 72'Ronald Volkman 79' (6/13)

6Half time14

Team stats

31%Possession69%

75%18/24Completion Rate79%34/43

797All Run Metres2082

2Line Breaks12

312Tackles Made165

10Errors10

8Penalties Conceded5

Most Tackles: Nixon Putt (Papua New Guinea) 43 | Benaiah Ioelu (Samoa) 22
Most Run Metres: Robert Derby (Papua New Guinea) 124 | Francis Manuleleua (Samoa) 260
Most Line Breaks: Robert Derby (Papua New Guinea) 1 | Sualauvi Fa'alogo (Samoa) 3
Most Fantasy Points: Nixon Putt (Papua New Guinea) 51 | Francis Manuleleua (Samoa) 91
Try scorers: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (Samoa) 2, Sualauvi Fa'alogo (Samoa) 2, Shawn Blore (Samoa) 2, Bailey Biondi-Odo (Papua New Guinea) 1, Brian To'o (Samoa) 1, Izack Tago (Samoa) 1
Most points: Ronald Volkman (Samoa) 10, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (Samoa) 8,

1st half

Kick off
1'0–4
TrySualauvi Fa'alogo
16'
On reportJunior Paulo placed
TryBailey Biondi-Odo
18'4–4
ConversionRhyse Martin
18'6–4
Video refereeVideo referee: No Try
21'

2nd half

Captain's challengePapua New Guinea captain's challenge: Successful
43'
44'6–18
TrySualauvi Fa'alogo
46'6–20
ConversionChanel Harris-Tavita
47'6–24
TryFrancis Manuleleua
Captain's challengePapua New Guinea captain's challenge: Unsuccessful
50'

Scoring progression

Papua New Guinea aheadSamoa ahead

Team stats

Papua New GuineaSamoa

31%Possession %69%
75% (18/24)Completion rate79% (34/43)
797All run metres2082
231Post contact metres718
2Line breaks12
23Tackle breaks72
265Kicking metres292
312Tackles made165

Key leaders

Run metres

Tackles

Line breaks

Tackle breaks

Points

Try assists

Post-contact metres

NRL Fantasy

Player stats

Player
2Robert DerbyWinger	70	124	1	3	1	4	0	0	0	13	10	30	22	0	20	14	0	1	1
5Dudley DotoiWinger	80	116	7	3	1	8	0	0	0	30	6	19	7	0	64	8	0	2	0
18Rodrick TaiCentre	80	87	16	8	0	4	0	0	0	14	9	39	0	0	59	13	0	1	0
11Rhyse Martin2nd Row	80	82	30	5	0	0	0	0	2	32	10	33	0	0	75	10	1/1	0	1
1Morea MoreaFullback	80	48	10	3	0	2	0	0	0	11	5	11	9	0	63	14	0	1	1
17Khaiya WaiembiInterchange	24	44	15	3	0	0	1	0	0	17	5	8	12	0	79	6	0	0	0
8Epel KapiniasProp	53	38	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	23	4	13	13	0	79	6	0	1	1
12Nixon Putt2nd Row	80	37	43	3	0	2	0	0	0	51	4	9	0	0	84	6	0	1	2
13Jack De BelinLock	32	37	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	4	12	0	0	94	6	0	0	0
15Liam HorneInterchange	50	36	25	4	0	1	0	0	0	22	4	12	0	1	78	8	0	0	0
9Edwin IpapeHooker	56	33	17	6	0	0	1	0	0	15	4	16	0	54	68	34	0	0	1
6Gairo VoroFive-Eighth	80	26	22	5	0	0	0	0	0	22	4	6	0	122	73	12	0	0	0
7Bailey Biondi-OdoHalfback	80	26	15	6	0	1	0	1	4	13	4	2	0	73	63	20	0	1	0
16Valentine RichardProp	32	26	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	10	0	0	74	6	0	1	0
3Zac LaybuttCentre	80	23	17	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	57	5	0	0	0
22Zev JohnInterchange	14	7	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	67	1	0	0	0
14Finley GlareInterchange	58	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	13	81	35	0	1	1
19Josh FeledyReserve	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tap a column to sort. Bold is the team's best. Mins minutes played · Run m all run metres · Tkl tackles made · Miss missed tackles · LB line breaks · TB tackle breaks · Off offloads · Tries tries · Pts points · Fan nrl fantasy points · Runs all runs · PCM post-contact metres

Highlights

0:14Sualauvi Fa'alogo Trynrl.com 0:16Bailey Biondi-Odo Trynrl.com 0:15Spencer Leniu Trynrl.com 0:14Stephen Crichton Trynrl.com 0:15Sualauvi Fa'alogo 2nd Trynrl.com 0:14Francis Manuleleua Try

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News and reaction

Match reportPapua New Guinea v Samoa - Round 2, 2026NRL.com24 Oct Match reportHighlights: Papua New Guinea v SamoaPenrith Panthers24 Oct

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