Wales 22–8 Papua New Guinea — Quarter-final, 2000 Rugby League World Cup

12 Nov 2000 · Auto Quest Stadium, Widnes, England · Attendance: 5,211

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Quarter-final, 2000 Rugby League World Cup: Wales 22–8 Papua New Guinea, at Auto Quest Stadium, Widnes, England on 12 Nov 2000.

Scorers

Wales	Tries: Briers; Critchley; Davies Goals: Harris (5/5)
Papua New Guinea	Tries: Wilshere Goals: Wilshere (2/2)

This result sent Wales into the Semi-final against Australia.

Teams

Wales			Papua New Guinea
1	Paul Atcheson	Fullback	David Buko	1
2	Paul Sterling	Wing	John Wilshere	2
3	Jason Critchley	Centre	Eddie Aila	3
4	Kris Tassell	Centre	Alfred Songoro	4
5	Anthony Sullivan	Wing	Marcus Bai	5
6	Iestyn Harris (c)	Stand off/Five eighth	Stanley Gene	6
7	Lee Briers	Scrum half/Half back	Adrian Lam (c)	7
8	Anthony Farrell	Prop forward	Raymond Karl — spelling disputed (also "Raymond Kahl")	8
9	Keiron Cunningham	Hooker	Mark Mom	9
10	Justin Morgan	Prop forward	Michael Mondo	10
11	Mick Jenkins	Second row	Duncan Na'awi	11
12	Paul Highton	Second row	Bruce Mamando	12
13	Dean Busby	Loose forward/Lock forward	Tom O'Reilly	13
Substitutes
14	Wes Davies		Elias Paiyo	14
15	Chris Morley		Alex Krewanty	15
16	John Devereux		Andrew Norman	16
17	Paul Moriarty		Makali Aizue	17

Clive Griffiths		Coach	Bob Bennett

Match officials

Referee	David Pakieto (Papua New Guinea) — single-sourced for this fixture
Player of the match	Not confirmed to Tier-1 standard

Match report

Wales beat Papua New Guinea 22-8 at Widnes to reach the semi-finals, leading 20-2 at half-time behind tries from Lee Briers, Jason Critchley and Wes Davies.

Previous World Cup meetings

2017 Rugby League World Cup (Group C): Papua New Guinea 50–6 Wales
2021 Rugby League World Cup (Group D): Papua New Guinea 36–0 Wales

Sources

← 2000 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

← 2000 Rugby League World Cup