Papua New Guinea v Lebanon

Rugby League World CupGroup stage Round 1

Full time

Papua New Guinea

42–18

Lebanon

Match events

Papua New GuineaLebanon

Gairo Voro7'Robert Derby19'Nixon Putt30'Finley Glare42'Epel Kapinias47'Rhyse Martin71'B. Biondi-Odo74'

Tries

Abbas Miski35', 53'Tony Sukkar39'

Rhyse Martin×6Rhyse Martin 74' (7/7)

Conversions

Alex Conti37', 40'Alex Conti 55' (3/3)

18Half time12

Team stats

54%Possession46%

73%30/41Completion Rate75%27/36

2052All Run Metres1616

9Line Breaks3

288Tackles Made360

12Errors15

3Penalties Conceded3

Most Tackles: Luca Moretti (Papua New Guinea) 39 | Alex Twal (Lebanon) 48
Most Run Metres: Robert Derby (Papua New Guinea) 235 | Tony Francis (Lebanon) 292
Most Line Breaks: Robert Derby (Papua New Guinea) 2 | Khaled Rajab (Lebanon) 1
Most Fantasy Points: Nixon Putt (Papua New Guinea) 83 | Tony Francis (Lebanon) 69
Try scorers: Abbas Miski (Lebanon) 2, Robert Derby (Papua New Guinea) 1, Gairo Voro (Papua New Guinea) 1, Rhyse Martin (Papua New Guinea) 1, Nixon Putt (Papua New Guinea) 1, Finley Glare (Papua New Guinea) 1
Most points: Rhyse Martin (Papua New Guinea) 18, Abbas Miski (Lebanon) 8,

1st half

Kick off
TryGairo Voro
7'4–0
Video refereeVideo referee: Try
8'
ConversionRhyse Martin
8'6–0
TryRobert Derby
19'10–0
ConversionRhyse Martin

2nd half

40'18–12
ConversionAlex Conti
TryFinley Glare
42'22–12
ConversionRhyse Martin
43'24–12
TryEpel Kapinias
47'28–12
Conversion

Scoring progression

Papua New Guinea aheadLebanon ahead

Biggest lead: Papua New Guinea 24

Team stats

Papua New GuineaLebanon

54%Possession %46%
73% (30/41)Completion rate75% (27/36)
2052All run metres1616
619Post contact metres533
9Line breaks3
41Tackle breaks35
337Kicking metres461
288Tackles made360

Key leaders

Run metres

Tackles

Line breaks

Tackle breaks

Points

Try assists

Post-contact metres

NRL Fantasy

Player stats

Player
2Robert DerbyWinger	80	235	3	1	2	7	0	1	4	50	20	81	0	0	0	0	43	21	0	2	0
4Nene MacdonaldCentre	80	203	8	0	1	4	3	0	0	56	23	65	0	2	0	0	73	27	0	0	0
12Nixon Putt2nd Row	80	201	27	2	0	2	6	1	4	83	21	81	0	1	0	0	90	25	0	0	1
6Gairo VoroFive-Eighth	80	163	15	4	1	2	0	1	4	52	10	20	1	0	29	23	79	39	0	0	0
5Dudley DotoiWinger	80	156	5	2	1	9	0	0	0	40	12	52	0	0	73	0	63	16	0	1	0
13Jack De BelinInterchange	62	148	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	54	17	35	1	2	0	0	89	25	0	0	0
3Zac LaybuttCentre	80	147	12	1	0	3	1	0	0	32	17	64	0	0	0	0	92	19	0	1	0
1Morea MoreaFullback	80	101	7	2	0	2	1	0	0	29	13	18	1	1	26	22	70	39	0	1	0
16Epel KapiniasInterchange	38	99	18	0	1	1	0	1	4	40	8	37	0	0	17	0	100	9	0	0	0
15Liam HorneLock	55	95	27	0	0	2	0	0	0	41	10	24	0	0	0	31	93	47	0	0	0
11Rhyse Martin2nd Row	80	93	33	4	1	2	2	1	18	69	12	33	0	0	0	0	83	14	7/7	0	0
9Edwin IpapeHooker	50	74	19	4	0	1	0	0	0	32	8	18	2	1	0	120	76	79	0	2	0
8Valentine RichardProp	35	71	21	4	0	1	0	0	0	19	6	21	0	0	21	0	84	6	0	1	0
14Finley GlareHalfback	63	70	12	5	1	3	0	1	4	27	8	9	0	0	0	138	67	40	0	3	1
10Luca MorettiProp	49	68	39	2	0	1	0	0	0	41	9	26	0	0	10	0	93	12	0	0	1
17Sylvester NamoInterchange	31	64	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	6	23	0	0	0	0	90	6	0	0	0
7Bailey Biondi-OdoInterchange	17	55	2	2	1	0	0	1	4	13	4	7	0	0	0	0	40	13	0	1	0
18Rodrick TaiReserve	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Sanny WaboReserve	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

0:15Robert Derby Trynrl.com 0:14Nixon Putt Trynrl.com 0:14Abbas Miski Trynrl.com 0:13Tony Sukkar Trynrl.com 0:13Finley Glare Trynrl.com 0:14Epel Kapinias Trynrl.com

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

News and reaction

Match reportJarome vs clone: Voro set to take on idol in biggest match in PNG historyNRL.com21 Oct Match reportLebanon reflect on Moresby experienceThe National | Your Number One Daily!19 Oct

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