Papua New Guinea 36–0 Wales — Group D, 2021 Rugby League World Cup

31 Oct 2022 · Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster, England · Attendance: 6,968

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Group D, 2021 Rugby League World Cup: Papua New Guinea 36–0 Wales, at Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster, England on 31 Oct 2022.

Scoring timeline

6′	Papua New Guinea — try, Laybutt · Martin kicked
12′	Papua New Guinea — try, Putt · Martin kicked
18′	Papua New Guinea — try, Ngutlik · Martin kicked
23′	Papua New Guinea — try, Russell · Martin kicked
46′	Papua New Guinea — try, Putt · Martin kicked
76′	Papua New Guinea — try, Ngutlik · Martin kicked

Tries in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where our source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Sources don't record exact minutes for missed kicks, so misses are matched by elimination (attempts left over once every made kick is accounted for), not sequenced by time. Standalone penalty goals are shown separately below, not attached to a try.

Scorers

Papua New Guinea	Tries: Laybutt 6'; Putt (2) 12', 46'; Ngutlik (2) 18', 76'; Russell 23' Goals: Martin (6/6) 6', 12', 18', 23', 46', 77'
Wales	No scorers recorded.

Teams

Papua New Guinea			Wales
1	Alex Johnston	Fullback	Caleb Aekins	1
20	Rodrick Tai	Wing	Kyle Evans	2
3	Nene Macdonald	Centre	Will Evans	3
4	Justin Olam	Centre	Elliot Kear	4
19	Jimmy Ngutlik	Wing	Rhys Williams	5
6	Kyle Laybutt	Stand off/Five eighth	Ollie Olds	6
7	Lachlan Lam	Scrum half/Half back	Josh Ralph	7
8	Wellington Albert	Prop forward	Anthony Walker	8
9	Edwin Ipape	Hooker	Matty Fozard	9
17	Emmanuel Waine	Prop forward	Gavin Bennion	24
11	Nixon Putt	Second row	Rhodri Lloyd	11
12	Rhyse Martin	Second row	Bailey Antrobus	17
13	Jacob Alick	Loose forward/Lock forward	Joe Burke	16
Substitutes
14	Wesser Tenza		Dan Fleming	10
15	Dan Russell		Chester Butler	12
21	Sherwin Tanabi		Curtis Davies	15
22	Jeremiah Simbiken		Connor Davies	18
24	Zev John — reserve		Mike Butt — reserve	19

Stanley Tepend		Coach	John Kear

Match officials

Kick-off	19:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
Referee	Gerard Sutton (Australia)
Touch judges	Belinda Sharpe (Australia), James Child (England)
Player of the match	Nixon Putt (Papua New Guinea)

Previous World Cup meetings

2000 Rugby League World Cup (Quarter-final): Wales 22–8 Papua New Guinea
2017 Rugby League World Cup (Group C): Papua New Guinea 50–6 Wales

Sources

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

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