Full Time
80:00
4:00pm Sat October 28, 2017
Pools C & D - Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby / PNG - Crowd: 14800
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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WALES: Conversion attempt by Courtney Davies successful.

Courtney Davies converts it from out wide but it's a PNG blitz in Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea 50-6

80

TRY WALES: Scored by Regan Grace. Kick to come.

A hail mary kick fumbled rather meekly by Garry Lo and Regan Grace gets the Welsh Dragons onto the scoreboard.

Papua New Guinea 50-4

80

Wales get another late penalty and they spend the final 60 seconds hunting that elusive try

Papua New Guinea 50-0

78

Watson Boas is so elusive and gets a bit too eager to score running an obstruction and Wales get a late penalty

Papua New Guinea 50-0

77

Somehow Ben Cummins let's a PNG knock on go - Wales not happy but no bearing on the results with a 50-0 score

Papua New Guinea 50-0

77

Wales with a late chance with a scrum on the PNG 30m line

Papua New Guinea 50-0

73

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Conversion attempt by Rhyse Martin successful.

Rhyse Martin converts his fifth goal and PNG have the 50 up

Papua New Guinea 50-0

71

TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Scored by Paul Aiton. Kick to come.

Paul Aiton a decade after his PNG debut gets a try on a historic day in Port Moresby and with the likely conversion they're about to hit the half century

Papua New Guinea 48-0

70

PNG gain their 8th penalty as Ben Cummins rules the Welsh markers not square and pressure mounts again on Wales

Papua New Guinea 44-0

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PNG have had 62% possession so far in the match as Garry Lo winds up

Papua New Guinea 44-0

64

A rare set that doesn't end in points for PNG - McDonald chased through a kick but it beats every one and goes touch in goal for a 7 tackle set

Papua New Guinea 44-0

62

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Conversion attempt by Rhyse Martin unsuccessful.

Three misses in a row for Rhyse Martin as the conversion goes across the face of goal

Papua New Guinea 44-0

60

TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Scored by David Mead. Kick to come.

It's just try after try for the Kumuls - PNG captain David Mead gets through and grounds a James Segeyaro grubber and it's all yellow in PNG

Papua New Guinea 44-0

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UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Conversion attempt by Rhyse Martin unsuccessful.

Rhyse Martin misses his second conversion in a row but it makes no difference on a lop sided scoreboard

Papua New Guinea 40-0

55

TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Scored by Justin Olam. Kick to come.

Rhyse Martin goes from dummy half and he puts a little kick into the ingoal and Justin Olam puts the ball down and it's ANOTHER PNG try

Papua New Guinea 40-0

53

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Conversion attempt by Rhyse Martin unsuccessful.

And a simpler kick than what he's had goes astray from Martin

Papua New Guinea 36-0

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TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Scored by Rhyse Martin. Kick to come.

Rhyse Martin on the short ball for his second and he becomes the record points holder in a match for PNG & still with a conversion to come

Papua New Guinea 36-0

49

UNFORCED ERROR PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Kurt Baptiste makes an unforced error.

Kurt Baptiste on the end of some good work from Wellington Albert and James Segeyaro but the Raiders hooker loses it

Papua New Guinea 32-0

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Penalty comes for PNG after Ben Cummins rules the ball was forced out by a Welsh player - PNG tapping it 25m from the Welsh line

Papua New Guinea 32-0

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Courtney Davies down after copping a late hit which has seen Ben Cummins penalise PNG

Papua New Guinea 32-0

45

Crowd not happy with a penalty to Wales - Next set Matty Fozard is held up ingoal before another penalty to Wales

Papua New Guinea 32-0

44

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Conversion attempt by Rhyse Martin successful.

Rhyse Martin converts his own try as his conversion from wide out splits the uprights and extends PNG's HUGE lead

Papua New Guinea 32-0

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TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Scored by Rhyse Martin. Kick to come.

Kicking goals isn't the only thing that Rhyse Martin can do, he bursts through and gets his first of the afternoon and the Kumuls FIFTH of the match

Papua New Guinea 30-0

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Ben Cummins calls time off with a Welsh player down injured, PNG will get the ball on tackle zero

Papua New Guinea 26-0

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After history in horse racing in Melbourne with Winx - back onto the focus of RLWC & PNG who are holding a 26-0 lead as we go into the second half.

Papua New Guinea 26-0

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THAT'S ALL FOLKS - 40 minutes done and it's a 26-0 lead for PNG in a hot and humid Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea 26-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Conversion attempt by Rhyse Martin successful.

Rhyse Martin converts from in front

Papua New Guinea 26-0

37

TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Scored by Wellington Albert. Kick to come.

Former Penrith Panther Wellington Albert gets through and scores the second of his PNG career

Papua New Guinea 24-0

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VIDEO REF - Wellington Albert gets through and scores but Ben Cummins has a question over the one handed grip but it looks all OK

Papua New Guinea 20-0

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Things getting heated in Port Moresby after a penalty goes to PNG

Papua New Guinea 20-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Conversion attempt by Rhyse Martin successful.

Rhyse Martin converts

Papua New Guinea 20-0

33

TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Scored by Kato Ottio. Kick to come.

A bouncing pass is always dangerous and it sends David Mead on a break then next tackle one of the Boas brothers puts the kick through and Kato Ottio flies through and gets the ball down for the home side's 4th

Papua New Guinea 18-0

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A 2.5 degree drop in the temperature in Port Moresby according to the local sideline reporter

Papua New Guinea 14-0

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Decent break made off the scrum for Wales as they get up to the 40m line midway through the set

Papua New Guinea 14-0

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Matt Seamark gives his teammates a rest and the ball goes into touch 25m out from the PNG line.

Papua New Guinea 14-0

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A BITE?? Not sure who the player is from PNG but an allegation of a bite has been made and Ben Cummins following procedure puts the incident ON REPORT

Papua New Guinea 14-0

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Segeyaro kicks and forces the drop out - PNG on top as we have a stoppage

Papua New Guinea 14-0

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Great take from Elliot Kear at the back - the Welsh side struggling big time in the tough PNG conditions

Papua New Guinea 14-0

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Take one Albert off bring another on - Wellington Albert comes onto the field and he is charging from the kick off

Papua New Guinea 14-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Conversion attempt by Rhyse Martin successful.

Ase Boas gets shafted from the conversion duties and Rhyse Martin sends it straight over the black dot

Papua New Guinea 14-0

22

TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Scored by Nene Macdonald. Kick to come.

Despite the NO TRY ruling from Ben Cummins, Jared Maxwell is happy with the grounding

Papua New Guinea 12-0

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Nene McDonald gets the ball down - On the advice of TJ Dave Munro, Ben Cummins has said NO TRY - checking the grounding

Papua New Guinea 8-0

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Plenty of pressure on the Welsh as PNG gain another penalty

Papua New Guinea 8-0

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UNFORCED ERROR WALES: Morgan Knowles makes an unforced error.

Pressure comes off the Kumuls with Morgan Knowles putting the ball down in the Kumuls 10

Papua New Guinea 8-0

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Wales attacking after a penalty then a lost ball by the Kumuls

Papua New Guinea 8-0

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UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Conversion attempt by Ase Boas unsuccessful.

Simple kicked missed by Boas

Papua New Guinea 8-0

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Probably the best defensive set for the Welsh but the kick forces Wales to go deep in returning the ball

Papua New Guinea 8-0

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TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Scored by David Mead. Kick to come.

David Mead gets his second within minutes - the Kumuls rolling downfield with quick play the balls and the Welsh have no answers for it

Papua New Guinea 8-0

7

Phil Joseph busy through the opening minutes but the Welsh are struggling against the Kumuls

Papua New Guinea 4-0

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UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Conversion attempt by Ase Boas unsuccessful.

Almost converted but it goes across the face from out wide and the lead stays at 4-0

Papua New Guinea 4-0

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TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Scored by David Mead. Kick to come.

Port Moresby goes up as the TRY goes up on the board through their captain David Mead

Papua New Guinea 4-0

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VIDEO REF BOUND - Ben Cummins sends up a David Mead Try to Jared Maxwell - checking whether there was a dummy half knock on

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3

Like the first set Wales struggling to make metres - 34m made in that set but a good kick makes PNG start from inside their 20m

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45m first set for PNG and Ase Boas chips one to the corner taken easily by Wales

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HUGE roar as David Mead catches the ball off the Welsh last tackle kick - noise and atmosphere is amazing

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Ben Cummins calls time on and it's on in PNG... Wales using the ball first

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Ben Cummins

Touch Judges: Dave Munro, Scott Mikalauskas

Video Referee: Jared Maxwell

PAPUA NEW GUINEA (50)
Tries: David Mead (3), Nene Macdonald, Rhyse Martin (2), Kato Ottio, Wellington Albert, Justin Olam, Paul Aiton
Field Goals:
Conversions: Ase Boas (0/2), Rhyse Martin (5/8)
Penalty Goals:

WALES (6)
Tries: Regan Grace
Field Goals:
Conversions: Courtney Davies (1/1)
Penalty Goals: