World Cup 2008 Group A match 6 of 6
Attendance: 16,239
Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville, Australia
Referee: Steve Ganson
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
7 Oct 2001Papua New Guinea12 - 54Australia2001
7 Oct 2000Australia82 - 0Papua New Guinea2000
6 Oct 1996Papua New Guinea (NRL)6 - 52Australia (ARL)1996
Papua New Guinea Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 John Wilshere30   1   2
2 David Moore20        
3 Menzie Yere25 1     4
4 Anton Kui        
5 Tu'u Maori        
6 Stanley Gene34        
7 Keith Peters        
8 Jason Chan24        
9 Paul Aiton23        
10 Trevor Exton27        
11 Neville Costigan23        
12 James Nightingale        
13 Rod Griffin        
14 Kevin Prior        
15 Nicko Slain25        
16 Jesse Joe Parker23        
17 Jay Aston        
Total:        
 1 1 0 6
Australia Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Karmichael Hunt        
2 Darius Boyd        
3 Brent Tate26        
4 Joel Monaghan26 2     8
5 David Williams 3     12
6 Terry Campese24        
7 Johnathan Thurston   7   14
8 Brent Kite        
9 Cameron Smith        
10 Josh Perry27        
11 Anthony Watmough        
12 Anthony Tupou25 1     4
13 Craig Fitzgibbon31        
14 Scott Prince 2     8
15 Steve Price        
16 Paul Gallen        
17 Israel Folau19        
Total:        
 8 7 0 46



    Note: Those players whose number appears in bracketed italics are non-playing substitutes.