2024 Week 3 Pacific Championships - Teams and Game Day

[The Greenhouse]

6th min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to winger Elijah Roltinga in the corner. It is off the back of a penalty and a set restart. Del Wigmore made a good run early, but lost the ball in the tackle.

Kumuls 4-0

[The Greenhouse]

9th min TRY COOK ISLANDS to David Moale. Crash ball inside the 10 metres and he crashes over! Converted Steven Marsters.

Cook Islands 6
Papua New Guinea 4

[The Greenhouse]

28th min TRY COOK ISLANDS to Steven Marsters in the corner and he converts his own try. It follows a penalty goal to Marsters in the 18th minute. This is shaping as an upset...

Cook Islands 14-4

The Kumuls' Sylvester Namo is in the bin.

[The Greenhouse]

32nd min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to Nene Macdonald. He just goes from dummy half. A hand is under the ball, but the ball has to have been grounded. The crowd is given a bit of a boost, they've been very quiet. Converted Kyle Laybutt.

Cook Islands 14-10

[The Greenhouse]

36th min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to Lachlan Lam. The Kumuls have woken up, but that really was an individual try. Steps to get the break and then steps again to avoid the defence. Converted Laybutt.

Papua New Guinea Kumuls 16
Cook Islands Aitu 14

HALF TIME

[The Greenhouse]

We're back underway in the second half.

[The Greenhouse]

43rd min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to winger Robert Derby in the corner, long cut out pass from Lam sets it up. PNG back on track. The Cook Islands complaining about an obstruction.

Kumuls 22-14

[The Greenhouse]

47th min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to Sylvester Namo, just reaches out and plants it on the line. The Kumuls have switched on. Converted. Have to feel for the Cook Islands, after they did so well in the first half.

Kumuls 28-14

[The Greenhouse]

49th min SIN BIN for Zane Tetevano of the Cook Islands. Frankly, it is hard to see why there is even a penalty. Just a good, hard, front on tackle.

[The Greenhouse]

50th min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to Elijah Roltinga, great cut out pass from Lachlan Lam, very flat. Laybutt converts. The Cook Islands can't hold on with 12 men. Converted.

Kumuls 34-14

[The Greenhouse]

56th min Robert Derby launched himself into the crowd after scoring a "try" in the corner... but he'd stepped on the touch line.

[The Greenhouse]

58th min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to Nene Macdonald. There was a lot of space out wide for Elijah Roltinga and he passes back inside to set up the try. Points flowing freely now for the Kumuls. Tetevano comes back on, but there have been a lot of points conceded while he's been off the field. No conversion.

Kumuls 38-14

The Cook Islands kick off is out on the full.

[The Greenhouse]

61st min Going to the video referee for a Kumuls try for Lachlan Lam. NO TRY. Lost over the line.

[The Greenhouse]

72nd min TRY COOK ISLANDS to Esom Ioka, chasing the kick of Esan Marsters to the corner. Converted from the sideline by Steven Marsters.

Kumuls 38-20

[The Greenhouse]

80th min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to the 18th man, Morea Morea, showed some nice pace. No conversion.

Papua New Guinea 42
Cook Islands Aitu 20

FULL TIME

Papua New Guinea face New Zealand next week, in a promotion/relegation match.

[The Greenhouse]

2024 Pacific Championships Final



The National Rugby League (NRL) has today confirmed the fixture for the 2024 Pacific Championships Final, with four back-to-back matches to be played at Western Sydney Stadium in Sydney next Sunday (November 10).

The blockbuster quadruple-header will bring together fans from right across the Pacific region with Australia, Tonga, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Samoa all set to feature in the biggest day of international Rugby League ever staged on Australian soil.

NRL CEO Andrew Abdo said the stage is set for an historic day of international Rugby League.

“The Pacific Championships is becoming the biggest international sporting event in the region," Mr Abdo said.

“The Final next Sunday not only features four high stakes Test matches, but it will be a celebration of Pacific culture, bringing together fans from five different nations to create a festival atmosphere that has never been seen before in our game.

“It is the perfect opportunity for fans to experience something entirely new as well as seeing the best players in our game representing their country on the international stage,” said Abdo.

After their stunning one-point victory over the Kiwis in Auckland, Tonga will play for the ultimate prize when they meet Mal Meninga’s undefeated Kangaroos in the Men’s Pacific Cup Final at 4:05pm AEDT.

The Kangaroos progressed to the Final after wins over Tonga (18-0) and defending champions New Zealand (22-10) in the round robin stage, while Tonga’s incredible one-point upset over the Kiwis has them on the verge of history.

The Women’s Pacific Cup Final will see a rematch of the 2023 decider, with the Jillaroos hoping to turn the tables on their rivals the New Zealand Kiwi Ferns at 1:50pm AEDT.

The Jillaroos won through to the Final without conceding a point in the round robin stage with an 84-0 defeat of PNG before a hard fought 14-0 win over New Zealand. The Kiwi Ferns joined them in the decider with a 36-0 defeat of the PNG Orchids in Port Moresby today.

The quadruple-header will also feature crucial Men’s and Women’s Promotion-Relegation Playoffs, with the winners to play in the Pacific Cup in 2025.

Tickets start at just $25 for adults and $50 for families and are available now via nrl.com/tickets

All four matches will be broadcast live on the Nine Network, Fox League, Kayo Sports, 9NOW and Sky NZ.

2024 PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL
Sunday 10 November 2024
Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney
Gates open: 11:15am AEDT

Pacific Cup – Men’s Final, 4:05pm AEDT
Australian Kangaroos v Tonga XIII

Pacific Cup – Women’s Final, 1:50pm AEDT
Australian Jillaroos v New Zealand Kiwi Ferns

Promotion-Relegation Playoff – Men’s, 6:20pm AEDT
New Zealand Kiwis v PNG Kumuls

Promotion-Relegation Play-off – Women’s, 11:40am AEDT
PNG Orchids v Fetu Samoa

NRL media release