Australia v New Zealand

Rugby League World CupGroup stage Round 1

Full time

Australia

24–22

New Zealand

Match events

AustraliaNew Zealand

Jack Bostock×3Tom Trbojevic30'Reece Walsh68'

Tries

Casey McLean3'Kalyn Ponga46', 59'

Reece Walsh32'Reece Walsh 57' (2/5)

Conversions

J. Isaako5', 48'Jamayne Isaako 61' (3/3)

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Penalty goals

J. Isaako25'Jamayne Isaako 38' (2/2)

10Half time10

Team stats

48%Possession52%

76%30/39Completion Rate78%32/41

1676All Run Metres1959

1Line Breaks5

355Tackles Made309

9Errors11

5Penalties Conceded4

Most Tackles: Isaah Yeo (Australia) 53 | Jeremy Marshall-King (New Zealand) 40
Most Run Metres: Jack Bostock (Australia) 235 | Kalyn Ponga (New Zealand) 254
Most Line Breaks: Reece Walsh (Australia) 1 | Kalyn Ponga (New Zealand) 3
Most Fantasy Points: Jack Bostock (Australia) 77 | Isaiah Papali'i (New Zealand) 85
Try scorers: Jack Bostock (Australia) 3, Kalyn Ponga (New Zealand) 2, Reece Walsh (Australia) 1, Tom Trbojevic (Australia) 1, Casey McLean (New Zealand) 1
Most points: Jack Bostock (Australia) 12, Jamayne Isaako (New Zealand) 10, Reece Walsh (Australia) 8

1st half

Kick off
3'0–4
TryCasey McLean
5'0–6
ConversionJamayne Isaako
TryJack Bostock
19'4–6
25'4–8
Penalty goalJamayne Isaako
TryTom Trbojevic

2nd half

46'10–14
TryKalyn Ponga
48'10–16
ConversionJamayne Isaako
Sin bin returnKotoni Staggs returns from the sin bin
48'
50'
Captain's challengecaptain's challenge: Unsuccessful
55'
Video refereeVideo referee: No Try
TryJack Bostock

Scoring progression

Australia aheadNew Zealand ahead

Biggest lead: Australia 2New Zealand 6
Lead changes: 3
Final margin: Australia by 2

Team stats

AustraliaNew Zealand

48%Possession %52%
76% (30/39)Completion rate78% (32/41)
1676All run metres1959
457Post contact metres578
1Line breaks5
36Tackle breaks39
710Kicking metres576
355

Key leaders

Run metres

Tackles

Line breaks

Tackle breaks

Points

Try assists

Post-contact metres

NRL Fantasy

Player stats

Player
2Jack BostockWinger	80	235	5	0	0	4	1	3	12	77	19	50	0	1	12	0	100	23	0	0	0
1Reece WalshFullback	80	205	5	1	1	9	0	1	8	63	16	27	0	0	25	109	83	31	2/4	3	2
5Tom TrbojevicWinger	80	179	2	2	0	1	0	1	4	27	16	26	0	0	9	0	33	22	0	2	0
13Isaah YeoLock	80	141	53	0	0	0	1	0	0	74	17	52	0	0	0	0	96	25	0	0	1
11Jacob Preston2nd Row	80	129	29	1	0	3	0	0	0	45	15	52	0	0	0	30	97	21	0	1	0
8Patrick CarriganProp	38	105	28	1	0	3	0	0	0	40	11	40	0	0	0	0	93	11	0	0	0
16Reuben CotterInterchange	31	99	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	22	9	41	0	0	15	0	87	11	0	0	0
10Tino Fa'asuamaleauiProp	36	91	22	5	0	4	0	0	0	29	10	24	0	0	30	0	76	10	0	0	0
6Cameron MunsterFive-Eighth	80	83	29	6	0	1	1	0	0	44	9	22	2	0	0	209	81	50	0	0	1
15Cameron MurrayInterchange	44	72	25	2	0	5	0	0	0	38	8	23	0	0	0	0	93	10	0	0	0
3Latrell MitchellCentre	80	64	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	23	10	23	0	0	0	0	92	14	0/1	0	0
12Liam Martin2nd Row	66	61	35	2	0	2	2	0	0	52	10	19	0	0	0	0	88	10	0	0	0
4Kotoni StaggsCentre	69	57	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	7	24	0	0	0	0	85	11	0	2	1
14Tom DeardenInterchange	39	57	11	5	0	2	0	0	0	18	6	11	0	0	0	130	61	27	0	0	0
17Keaon KoloamatangiInterchange	25	56	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	5	18	0	0	8	0	94	5	0	0	0
9Harry GrantHooker	80	19	42	6	0	0	0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	21	82	121	0	1	0
7Mitchell MosesHalfback	41	17	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	209	71	14	0	0	0
18David FifitaReserve	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Bradman BestReserve	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Highlights

0:14Casey McLean Trynrl.com 0:14Jack Bostock Trynrl.com 0:15Tom Trbojevic Trynrl.com 0:14Kalyn Ponga Trynrl.com 0:15Jack Bostock 2nd Trynrl.com 0:15Kalyn Ponga 2nd Trynrl.com

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News and reaction

Match reportRose Bowl expanded to include Australia vs New Zealand T20IsESPN16 Oct Match reportAustralia v New Zealand | Second T20Icricket.com.au20 Oct

Where to watch

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Match details

Date: Thursday 15 October 2026
Started: 8:05 pm Sydney time
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Competition: Rugby League World Cup, Group stage Round 1

Form and ladder

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Team lists

Australia

Updated 10 Nov, 3:01 am

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Match events

Team stats

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

Australia

Possession & completions

Attack

Passing

Kicking

Defence

Negative play

Interchanges

New Zealand