Wales 24–28 Cook Islands — Group D, 2013 Rugby League World Cup

10 Nov 2013 · The Gnoll, Neath, Wales · Attendance: 3,270Lowest-attended match of the tournament

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Group D, 2013 Rugby League World Cup: Wales 24–28 Cook Islands, at The Gnoll, Neath, Wales on 10 Nov 2013.

Scorers

Wales	Tries: Massam; White; Roets (2); Lloyd Goals: White (1/1); Jones (1/4)
Cook Islands	Tries: Fepuleai; Lulia; John; Peyroux; Ford Goals: Taripo (4/5)

Teams

Wales			Cook Islands
1	Elliot Kear	Fullback	Lulia Lulia	1
2	Christiaan Roets	Wing	Chris Taripo	2
3	Rhodri Lloyd	Centre	Brad Takairangi	3
4	Rhys Evans	Centre	Keith Lulia	4
5	Rob Massam	Wing	Rea Pittman	5
6	Danny Jones	Stand off/Five eighth	Johnathon Ford	6
7	Peter Lupton	Scrum half/Half back	Isaac John	7
8	Ben Flower	Prop forward	Dylan Napa	8
9	Neil Budworth	Hooker	Daniel Fepuleai	9
10	Jordan James	Prop forward	Zeb Taia	10
11	Ross Divorty	Second row	Tupou Sopoaga	11
12	Tyson Frizell	Second row	Dominique Peyroux	12
13	Larne Patrick	Loose forward/Lock forward	Tinirau Arona	13
Substitutes
14	Lloyd White		Sam Brunton	14
15	Craig Kopczak		Anthony Gelling	15
16	Gil Dudson		Joseph Matapuku	16
17	Ant Walker		Adam Tangata	17

Iestyn Harris		Coach	David Fairleigh

Match officials

Referee	Richard Silverwood (England)
Touch judges	Chris Leatherbarrow — single-sourced, Warren Turley — single-sourced
Player of the match	Elliot Kear (Wales) — single-sourced

Match report

Cook Islands beat Wales 28-24 at Neath for their first-ever World Cup win, in their sixth tournament appearance. Wales led early through Rob Massam before Cook Islands led 16-4 at half-time and held off a Welsh comeback.

Previous World Cup meetings

2000 Rugby League World Cup (Group B): Wales 38–6 Cook Islands
2021 Rugby League World Cup (Group D): Wales 12–18 Cook Islands

Sources

← 2013 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

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