New Zealand v Papua New Guinea

Women's Rugby League World CupGroup stage Round 3

Full time

New Zealand

40–12

Papua New Guinea

Match events

New ZealandPapua New Guinea

Stacey Waaka5'M. Wiki18', 45'Kaiyah Atai33'Otesa Pule35'L. Tufuga52'A. Roache54', 62'

Tries

Tia Molo8'Elsie Albert21'

Zahara Temara×3Zahara Temara 63' (4/8)

Conversions

Emily Veivers10'Emily Veivers 22' (2/2)

14Half time12

Team stats

56%Possession44%

60%24/40Completion Rate64%18/28

1615All Run Metres855

12Line Breaks1

224Tackles Made252

18Errors11

2Penalties Conceded6

Most Tackles: Georgia Hale (New Zealand) 40 | Therese Aiton (Papua New Guinea) 41
Most Run Metres: Apii Nicholls (New Zealand) 249 | Tia Molo (Papua New Guinea) 110
Most Line Breaks: Mackenzie Wiki (New Zealand) 4 | Elsie Albert (Papua New Guinea) 1
Most Fantasy Points: Mackenzie Wiki (New Zealand) 75 | Therese Aiton (Papua New Guinea) 51
Try scorers: Abigail Roache (New Zealand) 2, Mackenzie Wiki (New Zealand) 2, Leianne Tufuga (New Zealand) 1, Stacey Waaka (New Zealand) 1, Kaiyah Atai (New Zealand) 1, Otesa Pule (New Zealand) 1
Most points: Abigail Roache (New Zealand) 8, Mackenzie Wiki (New Zealand) 8,

1st half

Kick off
4'
On reportTia Molo placed
TryStacey Waaka
5'4–0
8'4–4
TryTia Molo
10'4–6
ConversionEmily Veivers
TryMackenzie Wiki

2nd half

TryMackenzie Wiki
45'24–12
Captain's challengeNew Zealand captain's challenge: Inconclusive
47'
TryLeianne Tufuga
52'28–12
TryAbigail Roache
54'32–12
ConversionZahara Temara

Scoring progression

New Zealand aheadPapua New Guinea ahead

Team stats

New ZealandPapua New Guinea

56%Possession %44%
60% (24/40)Completion rate64% (18/28)
1615All run metres855
529Post contact metres312
12Line breaks1
28Tackle breaks15
150Kicking metres341

Key leaders

Run metres

Tackles

Line breaks

Tackle breaks

Points

Try assists

Post-contact metres

NRL Fantasy

Player stats

Player
1Apii NichollsFullback	70	249	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	35	19	81	1	1	77	0	100	37	0	4	0
4Stacey WaakaCentre	70	183	9	0	1	7	0	1	4	58	18	68	1	2	18	0	100	21	0	2	0
15Otesa PuleInterchange	41	149	13	0	1	3	1	1	4	51	9	44	0	1	41	0	100	10	0	0	0
5Mackenzie WikiWinger	70	145	0	0	4	1	5	2	8	75	11	40	1	1	42	0	0	14	0	0	0
3Abigail RoacheCentre	70	137	8	0	1	2	0	2	8	48	11	21	1	1	0	0	100	16	0	2	0
2Leianne TufugaWinger	70	104	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	23	12	32	0	0	15	0	100	14	0	1	0
17Ivana LauitiitiInterchange	27	89	14	1	0	5	1	0	0	34	8	37	0	0	0	0	93	8	0	0	0
11Shaniece Monschau2nd Row	70	81	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	29	8	41	0	1	0	0	93	12	0	2	1
13Angelina Teakaraanga-KatoaLock	39	75	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	25	9	30	0	0	0	0	87	11	0	0	0
10Shannon MatoProp	29	73	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	26	8	38	0	0	0	0	94	9	0	2	0
12Kaiyah Atai2nd Row	70	63	15	0	2	1	0	1	4	42	6	17	1	0	0	0	100	8	0	1	0
6Zahara TemaraFive-Eighth	70	62	12	0	1	3	2	0	8	53	9	20	1	3	9	27	100	40	4/8	1	0
9Georgia HaleHooker	60	59	40	2	0	1	0	0	0	43	5	19	0	0	0	0	95	53	0	0	0
8Alexis TauaneaiProp	22	52	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	12	0	0	28	0	67	6	0	1	0
7Raecene McGregorHalfback	70	43	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	30	8	9	1	1	0	123	88	47	0	0	1
16Brooke AndersonInterchange	37	36	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	4	11	1	1	0	0	100	9	0	0	0
14Ashleigh QuinlanInterchange	24	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	90	29	0	2	0
18Tenika WillisonReplacement	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

0:21Tia Molo Trynrl.com0:20Mackenzie Wiki Trynrl.com0:14Kaiyah Atai Trynrl.com0:20Otesa Pule Trynrl.com0:19Mackenzie Wiki 2nd Trynrl.com0:19Leianne Tufuga Trynrl.com

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News and reaction

Match reportKiwi Ferns overpower Papua New Guinea for World Cup semifinal spotPapua New Guinea made the Kiwi Ferns work, before they eased clear 40-12 on a soggy Gold Coast and make it three wins from three Rugby League World Cup pool games.RNZ1 Nov Match reportNew Zealand v Papua New Guinea - Round 2, 2008NRL.com2 Nov

Where to watch

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Match details

Date: Saturday 31 October 2026
Started: 5:45 pm Sydney time
Venue: Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
Competition: Women's Rugby League World Cup, Group stage Round 3

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