Papua New Guinea v France

Women's Rugby League World CupGroup stage Round 1

Full time

Papua New Guinea

58–4

France

Match events

Papua New GuineaFrance

R. Wuruki-Hosea6'Shellie Long18', 63'Fleur Ginn20', 46'Tia Molo24', 48'Naomi Kelly×4Ivania Wong32'

Tries

Manon Samarra36'

Emily Veivers×4Emily Veivers 47' (5/12)

Conversions

–

32Half time0

Team stats

64%Possession36%

82%32/39Completion Rate50%11/22

1609All Run Metres529

14Line Breaks1

142Tackles Made259

8Errors14

4Penalties Conceded7

Most Tackles: Shellie Long (Papua New Guinea) 15 | Leila Bessahli (France) 29
Most Run Metres: Naomi Kelly (Papua New Guinea) 166 | Manon Samarra (France) 87
Most Line Breaks: Tia Molo (Papua New Guinea) 3 | Manon Samarra (France) 1
Most Fantasy Points: Tia Molo (Papua New Guinea) 87 | Leila Bessahli (France) 35
Try scorers: Naomi Kelly (Papua New Guinea) 4, Tia Molo (Papua New Guinea) 2, Fleur Ginn (Papua New Guinea) 2, Shellie Long (Papua New Guinea) 2, Ivania Wong (Papua New Guinea) 1, Relna Wuruki-Hosea (Papua New Guinea) 1
Most points: Naomi Kelly (Papua New Guinea) 16, Emily Veivers (Papua New Guinea) 10,

1st half

Kick off
TryRelna Wuruki-Hosea
6'4–0
ConversionEmily Veivers
8'6–0
TryShellie Long
18'10–0
Video refereeVideo referee: Try
19'
ConversionEmily Veivers

2nd half

Captain's challengePapua New Guinea captain's challenge: Unsuccessful
40'
On reportRelna Wuruki-Hosea placed
40'
40'
HIALouisa Tooman
42'
On reportCamille Boudaud placed
TryNaomi Kelly
43'36–4
TryFleur Ginn
46'

Scoring progression

Papua New Guinea aheadFrance ahead

Team stats

Papua New GuineaFrance

64%Possession %36%
82% (32/39)Completion rate50% (11/22)
1609All run metres529
527Post contact metres211
14Line breaks1
52Tackle breaks6
147Kicking metres161

Key leaders

Run metres

Tackles

Line breaks

Tackle breaks

Points

Try assists

Post-contact metres

NRL Fantasy

Player stats

Player
5Naomi KellyWinger	70	166	6	1	3	3	0	4	16	80	11	22	0	0	22	0	86	12	0	1	0
8Elsie AlbertProp	57	154	10	1	0	11	2	0	0	55	14	80	0	0	24	0	91	16	0	1	0
4Tia MoloCentre	70	152	13	1	3	6	0	2	8	87	14	56	3	2	0	0	87	15	0	1	0
6Fleur GinnFive-Eighth	70	137	11	1	2	5	0	2	8	71	8	19	1	1	0	0	79	29	0	0	0
12Shellie Long2nd Row	64	127	15	0	2	5	0	2	8	69	13	45	0	0	27	0	100	14	0	0	0
15Essay BanuInterchange	35	127	5	0	1	2	2	0	0	33	10	47	0	0	0	0	100	9	0	0	0
11Belinda Gwasamun2nd Row	39	119	7	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	11	52	0	0	14	0	88	11	0	2	0
2Ivania WongWinger	70	118	1	0	1	3	0	1	4	28	9	25	0	0	14	0	100	11	0	1	0
17India SeetoInterchange	44	114	9	0	0	2	1	0	0	32	12	37	0	0	8	0	90	18	0	0	2
3Relna Wuruki-HoseaCentre	53	92	5	0	1	4	2	1	4	47	9	40	1	1	11	0	100	10	0	0	1
16Jenny DavidInterchange	30	83	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	7	28	0	0	18	0	100	10	0	0	0
7Cynthiah PetersHalfback	70	71	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	25	8	20	1	1	15	79	100	34	0	1	0
13Emily VeiversLock	63	49	14	1	0	1	0	0	10	29	7	16	0	1	0	44	93	16	5/10	1	0
1Anika ButlerFullback	70	39	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	25	6	16	2	2	19	22	100	24	0/2	0	0
10Jafinda SapProp	29	33	10	1	0	2	0	0	0	15	5	14	0	0	0	0	91	6	0	0	0
9Ua RavuHooker	36	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	100	42	0	0	1
14Therese AitonInterchange	40	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	100	50	0	0	0
18Gemma WalkerReplacement	0	0	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

0:22Shellie Long Trynrl.com 0:15Naomi Kelly Trynrl.com 0:15Ivania Wong Trynrl.com 0:15Manon Samarra Trynrl.com 0:13Naomi Kelly 2nd Trynrl.com 0:15Fleur Ginn 2nd Trynrl.com

Compare these twoAll-time head to head, form, this season's numbers and our analyst's verdict

News and reaction

Match reportPNG v France - Round 1, 2013NRL.com19 Oct Match reportPapua New Guinea v France – Round 1, 2026NRL.com17 Oct InterviewRugby League World Cup 2026: Schedule, dates, format, results from men's, women's, and wheelchair tournaments

Where to watch

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Match details

Date: Saturday 17 October 2026
Started: 1:15 pm Sydney time
Venue: Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby
Competition: Women's Rugby League World Cup, Group stage Round 1

Form and ladder

Papua New GuineaFrance

–Ladder–

–Record–

LLWLast 5LLL

Team lists

Papua New Guinea Orchids

1Anika ButlerFullback
2Ivania WongWinger
3Relna Wuruki-HoseaCentre
4Tia MoloCentre
5Naomi KellyWinger
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Updated 10 Nov, 8:25 pm

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Match events

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1st half

2nd half

Scoring progression

Team stats

Key leaders

Run metres

Tackles

Line breaks

Tackle breaks

Points

Try assists

Post-contact metres

NRL Fantasy

Player stats

Highlights

News and reaction

Where to watch

Match details

Form and ladder

Team lists

Papua New Guinea Orchids

Possession & completions

Attack

Passing

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Defence

Negative play

Interchanges

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