Papua New Guinea 64–0 United States — Inter-group, 2017 Rugby League World Cup
12 Nov 2017 · National Football Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea · Attendance: 14,800
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Inter-group, 2017 Rugby League World Cup: Papua New Guinea 64–0 United States, at National Football Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on 12 Nov 2017.
Scorers
| Papua New Guinea | Tries: Lam (2); Olam (3); Segeyaro; Griffin; Amean; Mead; Boas; Macdonald Goals: Martin (10/11) |
| United States | No scorers recorded. |
Teams
| Papua New Guinea | United States | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Mead (c) | Fullback | Corey Makelim | 1 |
| 2 | Justin Olam | Wing | Ryan Burroughs | 2 |
| 3 | Kato Ottio | Centre | Junior Vaivai | 3 |
| 4 | Nene Macdonald | Centre | Gabriel Farley | 17 |
| 5 | Garry Lo | Wing | Bureta Faraimo | 5 |
| 6 | Lachlan Lam | Stand off/Five eighth | Kristian Freed | 6 |
| 7 | Watson Boas | Scrum half/Half back | Tui Samoa | 7 |
| 8 | Moses Meninga | Prop forward | Eddy Pettybourne | 8 |
| 9 | James Segeyaro | Hooker | Dave Marando | 9 |
| 10 | Luke Page | Prop forward | Mark Offerdahl (c) | 10 |
| 11 | Rhyse Martin | Second row | Daniel Howard | 11 |
| 18 | Rod Griffin | Second row | Joe Eichner | 12 |
| 13 | Paul Aiton | Loose forward/Lock forward | Stephen Howard | 18 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Kurt Baptiste | Sam Tochterman-Talbott | 14 | |
| 15 | Stargroth Amean | Martwain Johnston | 16 | |
| 16 | Nixon Putt | David Ulch | 20 | |
| 17 | Thompson Tetehe | Joshua Rice | 21 | |
| Michael Marum | Coach | Brian McDermott | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Adam Gee (Australia) |
| Touch judges | Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Chris McMillan |
| Player of the match | Lachlan Lam (Papua New Guinea) — media consensus, not an official award |
Match report
Papua New Guinea overwhelmed the United States 64-0 at Port Moresby, debutant Lachlan Lam scoring twice in the first 16 minutes and Justin Olam completing a hat-trick. Both squads made late changes to their pre-match named teams; the lineup shown follows rugbyleagueproject.org's post-match record.
Sources
- 2017 Rugby League World Cup final — Wikipedia
- Rugby League World Cup: Australia beat England 6-0 to retain trophy — BBC Sport
- Famous Fixtures: Australia v England | 2017 Rugby League World Cup Final — rugby-league.com
- Australia 6-0 England: Kangaroos win Rugby League World Cup — Sky Sports
- 2017 Rugby League World Cup Final Team Lists & Officials — League Unlimited
- 2017 Rugby League World Cup — Wikipedia (full group/knockout results)