New Zealand 64–0 Lebanon — Group B, 2000 Rugby League World Cup
29 Oct 2000 · Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester, England · Attendance: 2,496
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Group B, 2000 Rugby League World Cup: New Zealand 64–0 Lebanon, at Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester, England on 29 Oct 2000.
Scorers
| New Zealand | Tries: Barnett (2); Carroll (2); Jones (2); Talau (2); Vainikolo (2); Jellick; Swann Goals: Jones (6); Paul (2) |
| Lebanon | No scorers recorded. |
Teams
| New Zealand | Lebanon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richie Barnett (c) | Fullback | Hazem El Masri | 1 |
| 2 | Lesley Vainikolo | Wing | Bilal Najjarin | 2 |
| 3 | Tonie Carroll | Centre | George Katrib | 3 |
| 4 | Willie Talau | Centre | Travis Touma | 4 |
| 5 | Brian Jellick | Wing | Hassan Saleh | 5 |
| 6 | Henry Paul | Stand off/Five eighth | Jason Stanton | 6 |
| 7 | Stacey Jones | Scrum half/Half back | Michael Coorey | 7 |
| 8 | Craig Smith | Prop forward | Darren Maroon (c) | 8 |
| 9 | Richard Swain | Hooker | Anthony Semrani | 9 |
| 10 | Quentin Pongia | Prop forward | Monah Elahmad | 10 |
| 11 | Logan Swann | Second row | Sami Chamoun | 11 |
| 12 | Stephen Kearney | Second row | Paul Khoury | 12 |
| 13 | Ruben Wiki | Loose forward/Lock forward | Joe Lichaa | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| Interchange | Joe Vagana | Chris Salem | Interchange | |
| Interchange | Robbie Paul | Charlie Nohra | Interchange | |
| Interchange | Matt Rua | Kandy Tamer | Interchange | |
| Interchange | Nathan Cayless | Samer El Masri | Interchange | |
| Frank Endacott | Coach | John Elias | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Bill Harrigan — single-sourced |
| Touch judges | Not identified in sources found |
| Player of the match | Not identified in sources found |
Match report
New Zealand crushed World Cup debutants Lebanon 64-0 at Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester, leading 26-0 at half-time and running in twelve tries in all, with Richie Barnett, Tonie Carroll, Stacey Jones, Willie Talau and Lesley Vainikolo all scoring twice.
Previous World Cup meetings
- 2021 Rugby League World Cup (Group C): New Zealand 34–12 Lebanon