United States 32–20 Cook Islands — Group D, 2013 Rugby League World Cup
30 Oct 2013 · Memorial Stadium, Bristol, England · Attendance: 7,247
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Group D, 2013 Rugby League World Cup: United States 32–20 Cook Islands, at Memorial Stadium, Bristol, England on 30 Oct 2013.
Scorers
| United States | Tries: Faraimo; Offerdahl; Paulo; Petersen; Priestley; Samoa Goals: Paulo (4/8) |
| Cook Islands | Tries: Low; Lulia; Peyroux; Takairangi Goals: Rapana (2/4) |
Teams
| United States | Cook Islands | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristian Freed | Fullback | Drury Low | 1 |
| 2 | Bureta Faraimo | Wing | Lulia Lulia | 2 |
| 3 | Michael Garvey | Centre | Anthony Gelling | 3 |
| 4 | Lelauloto Tagaloa | Centre | Keith Lulia | 4 |
| 5 | Matt Petersen | Wing | Jordan Rapana | 5 |
| 6 | Joseph Paulo (c) | Stand off/Five eighth | Brad Takairangi | 6 |
| 7 | Craig Priestley | Scrum half/Half back | Isaac John | 7 |
| 8 | Mark Offerdahl | Prop forward | Dylan Napa | 8 |
| 9 | Joel Luani | Hooker | Daniel Fepuleai | 9 |
| 10 | Eddy Pettybourne | Prop forward | Zane Tetevano | 10 |
| 11 | Clint Newton | Second row | Zeb Taia (c) | 11 |
| 12 | Matt Shipway | Second row | Dominique Peyroux | 12 |
| 13 | Daniel Howard | Loose forward/Lock forward | Tinirau Arona | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| Interchange | Junior Paulo | Sam Brunton | Interchange | |
| Interchange | Tui Samoa | Sam Mataora | Interchange | |
| Interchange | Stephen Howard | Tupou Sopoaga | Interchange | |
| Interchange | Les Soloai | Adam Tangata | Interchange | |
| Terry Matterson | Coach | David Fairleigh | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ben Thaler (England) |
| Touch judges | Chris Leatherbarrow — single-sourced, George Stokes — single-sourced |
| Player of the match | Not confirmed to Tier-1 standard |
Match report
The United States beat Cook Islands 32-20 at Bristol.