Wales 12–18 Cook Islands — Group D, 2021 Rugby League World Cup

19 Oct 2022 · Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England · Attendance: 6,188

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Group D, 2021 Rugby League World Cup: Wales 12–18 Cook Islands, at Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England on 19 Oct 2022.

Scoring timeline

13′	Wales — try, Lloyd · Fozard kicked
22′	Cook Islands — try, Gelling · S. Marsters kicked
27′	Wales — try, Olds · Fozard kicked
59′	Cook Islands — try, Moale · S. Marsters kicked
64′	Cook Islands — try, S. Marsters · S. Marsters missed

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

Wales	Tries: Lloyd 13'; Olds 27' Goals: Fozard (2/2) 15', 29'
Cook Islands	Tries: Gelling 22'; Moale 59'; S. Marsters 64' Goals: S. Marsters (3/4) 24', 40' pen, 61'

Teams

Wales			Cook Islands
1	Caleb Aekins	Fullback	Kayal Iro	1
19	Mike Butt	Wing	Steven Marsters	2
4	Will Evans	Centre	Anthony Gelling	3
6	Elliot Kear	Centre	Reubenn Rennie	4
2	Rhys Williams	Wing	Paul Ulberg	5
14	Ollie Olds	Stand off/Five eighth	Esan Marsters	6
7	Josh Ralph	Scrum half/Half back	Johnathon Ford	7
8	Anthony Walker	Prop forward	Pride Petterson-Robati	8
9	Matty Fozard	Hooker	Aaron Teroi	9
10	Dan Fleming	Prop forward	Tepai Moeroa	10
11	Rhodri Lloyd	Second row	Dominique Peyroux	11
17	Bailey Antrobus	Second row	Reuben Porter	12
16	Joe Burke	Loose forward/Lock forward	Zane Tetevano	13
Substitutes
12	Chester Butler		Makahesi Makatoa	14
13	Ben Evans		Davvy Moale	15
15	Curtis Davies		Rua Ngatikaura	16
18	Connor Davies		Brad Takairangi	17

John Kear		Coach	Tony Iro

Match officials

Kick-off	19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
Referee	Robert Hicks (England)
Touch judges	Rochelle Tamarua (New Zealand), Todd Smith (Australia)
Player of the match	Johnathon Ford (Cook Islands)

Previous World Cup meetings

2000 Rugby League World Cup (Group B): Wales 38–6 Cook Islands
2013 Rugby League World Cup (Group D): Wales 24–28 Cook Islands

Sources

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup