Papua New Guinea 16–0 South Africa — Group C, 2000 Rugby League World Cup
2 Nov 2000 · Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse, France · Attendance: 4,313
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Group C, 2000 Rugby League World Cup: Papua New Guinea 16–0 South Africa, at Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse, France on 2 Nov 2000.
Scorers
| Papua New Guinea | Tries: Aila; Paiyo; Wilshere Goals: Wilshere (2) |
| South Africa | No scorers recorded. |
Teams
| Papua New Guinea | South Africa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Buko | Fullback | Brian Best | 1 |
| 2 | John Wilshere | Wing | Archer Dames | 2 |
| 3 | Eddie Aila | Centre | Mark Johnson | 3 |
| 4 | Alfred Songoro | Centre | Leon Barnard | 4 |
| 5 | Marcus Bai | Wing | Ian Noble | 5 |
| 6 | Stanley Gene | Stand off/Five eighth | Pierre van Wyke | 6 |
| 7 | Adrian Lam (c) | Scrum half/Half back | Jamie Bloem (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Raymond Karl | Prop forward | Jaco Booysen | 8 |
| 9 | Mark Mom | Hooker | Chris Hurter | 9 |
| 10 | Michael Mondo | Prop forward | Eugene Powell | 10 |
| 11 | Duncan Na'awi | Second row | Quinton de Villiers | 11 |
| 12 | Bruce Mamando | Second row | Sean Rutgerson | 12 |
| 13 | Tom O'Reilly | Loose forward/Lock forward | Hercules Erasmus | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Elias Paiyo | Justin Jennings | 14 | |
| 15 | Alex Krewanty | Corne Nel | 15 | |
| 16 | Andrew Norman | Hendrik Mulder | 16 | |
| 17 | Makali Aizue | Francois Cloete | 17 | |
| Bob Bennett | Coach | Paul Matete | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Darren Hopewell — single-sourced |
| Touch judges | Not identified in sources found |
| Player of the match | Not identified in sources found |
Match report
Papua New Guinea shut out South Africa 16-0 at the Stade des Sept Deniers, Toulouse, leading 12-0 at half-time and scoring three tries to nil.