Papua New Guinea 8–9 France — Group B, 2013 Rugby League World Cup

27 Oct 2013 · MS3 Craven Park, Hull, England · Attendance: 7,481

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Group B, 2013 Rugby League World Cup: Papua New Guinea 8–9 France, at MS3 Craven Park, Hull, England on 27 Oct 2013.

Scorers

Papua New GuineaTries: Macdonald; Abavu
Goals: Mead (0/3)
FranceTries: Bosc
Goals: Bosc (2/2)
Drop goals: Barthau (1)

Teams

Papua New GuineaFrance
1David MeadFullbackMorgan Escare1
2Josiah AbavuWingFrederic Vaccari2
3Menzie YereCentreJean-Philippe Baile3
4Israel EliabCentreVincent Duport4
5Nene MacdonaldWingClint Greenshields5
6Ray ThompsonStand off/Five eighthThomas Bosc6
7Ase BoasScrum half/Half backWilliam Barthau7
8Mark MexicoProp forwardJamal Fakir8
9Paul AitonHookerEloi Pelissier9
10Enock MakiProp forwardRemi Casty10
11Dion AiyeSecond rowKevin Larroyer11
12Jason ChanSecond rowSebastien Raguin12
13Neville Costigan (c)Loose forward/Lock forwardGregory Mounis13
Substitutes
14Charlie WaboTheo Fages14
15Richard KamboOlivier Elima (c)15
16Jessie Joe ParkerBenjamin Garcia16
17Larsen MarabeMickael Simon17
Adrian LamCoachRichard Agar

Match officials

RefereeBen Cummins (Australia) — single-sourced
Touch judgesJames Child — single-sourced, Clint Sharrad — single-sourced
Player of the matchNot confirmed to Tier-1 standard

Match report

France edged Papua New Guinea 9-8 at Hull, William Barthau's drop goal proving decisive after David Mead missed a late penalty attempt for PNG.

Previous World Cup meetings

Sources

← 2013 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

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