England 46–6 Papua New Guinea — Quarter-final, 2021 Rugby League World Cup

5 Nov 2022 · DW Stadium, Wigan, England · Attendance: 23,179

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Quarter-final, 2021 Rugby League World Cup: England 46–6 Papua New Guinea, at DW Stadium, Wigan, England on 5 Nov 2022.

Scoring timeline

6′	England — try, Burgess · Makinson kicked
9′	England — try, Makinson · Makinson missed
14′	England — try, Young · Makinson missed
18′	England — try, Makinson · Makinson kicked
21′	England — try, Williams · Makinson kicked
24′	England — try, Watkins · Makinson kicked
27′	England — try, Makinson · Makinson kicked
58′	England — try, Makinson · Makinson missed
70′	Papua New Guinea — try, Ngutlik · Martin kicked
75′	England — try, Makinson · Makinson 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

England	Tries: Burgess 6'; Makinson (5) 9', 18', 27', 58', 75'; Young 14'; Williams 21'; Watkins 24' Goals: Makinson (5/9) 7', 20', 22', 26', 28'
Papua New Guinea	Tries: Ngutlik 70' Goals: Martin (1/1) 71'

This result sent England into the Semi-final against Samoa.

Teams

England			Papua New Guinea
1	Sam Tomkins	Fullback	Alex Johnston	1
14	Dom Young	Wing	Rodrick Tai	20
3	Kallum Watkins	Centre	Nene Macdonald	3
4	Herbie Farnworth	Centre	Justin Olam	4
2	Tommy Makinson	Wing	Jimmy Ngutlik	19
6	Jack Welsby	Stand off/Five eighth	Kyle Laybutt	6
7	George Williams	Scrum half/Half back	Lachlan Lam	7
8	Tom Burgess	Prop forward	Wellington Albert	8
9	Michael McIlorum	Hooker	Edwin Ipape	9
18	Chris Hill	Prop forward	Sylvester Namo	10
11	Elliott Whitehead	Second row	Nixon Putt	11
12	John Bateman	Second row	Rhyse Martin	12
13	Victor Radley	Loose forward/Lock forward	Jacob Alick	13
Substitutes
15	Morgan Knowles		Watson Boas	23
16	Matty Lees		Dan Russell	15
17	Mike Cooper		McKenzie Yei	16
20	Mike McMeeken		Jeremiah Simbiken	22

Shaun Wane		Coach	Stanley Tepend

Match officials

Kick-off	14:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
Referee	Liam Moore (England)
Touch judges	Darian Furner (Australia), Jack Smith (England)
Player of the match	Tommy Makinson (England)

Match report

Catherine, Princess of Wales attended this match in her capacity as patron of the Rugby Football League.

Previous World Cup meetings

2008 Rugby League World Cup (Group A): England 32–22 Papua New Guinea
2017 Rugby League World Cup (Quarter-final): England 36–6 Papua New Guinea

Sources

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup