2013 Rugby League World Cup Group B

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2013 Rugby League World Cup Group B is one of the four groups in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. The group comprises New Zealand, France, Papua New Guinea and Samoa.

Ladder

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	26	146	34	+112	6
Samoa	3	2	0	1	14	84	52	+32	4
France	3	1	0	2	2	15	78	–63	2
Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	3	5	22	103	–81	0

All times are local - UTC+0/GMT in English venues. UTC+1/CET in French venues. UTC+0/WET in Irish venues. UTC+0/GMT in Welsh venues.

Papua New Guinea vs France

27 October 2013 16:00

Papua New Guinea	8–9	France
Try: MacDonald 17' m Abavu 42' m Goal: Mead (0/3)	Report	Try: Bosc 6' c Goal: Bosc (2/2) 7', 60' Drop Goal: Barthau (1/1) 64'

MS3 Craven Park, Hull Attendance: 7,481 Referee: Ben Cummins (Australia) Player of the Match: William Barthau (France)

FB 1 David Mead RW 2 Josiah Abavu RC 3 Menzie Yere LC 4 Israel Eliab LW 5 Nene MacDonald SO 6 Ray Thompson SH 7 Ase Boas PR 8 Mark Mexico HK 9 Paul Aiton (c) PR 10 Enoch Maki SR 11 Dion Aiye SR 12 Jason Chan LF 13 Neville Costigan Substitutions: IC 14 Charlie Wabo IC 15 Richard Kambo IC 16 Jessie Joe Nandye IC 17 Larsen Marabe Coach: Adrian Lam

FB 1 Morgan Escaré RW 2 Frédéric Vaccari RC 3 Jean-Philippe Baile LC 4 Vincent Duport LW 5 Clint Greenshields SO 6 Thomas Bosc SH 7 William Barthau PR 8 Jamal Fakir HK 9 Éloi Pélissier PR 10 Rémi Casty SR 11 Kevin Larroyer SR 12 Sébastien Raguin LF 13 Grégory Mounis Substitutions: IC 14 Théo Fages IC 15 Olivier Elima (c) IC 16 Benjamin Garcia IC 17 Michael Simon Coach: Richard Agar

Touch Judges: James Child (England) Clint Sharrad (England) Video Referee: Phil Bentham (England)

New Zealand vs Samoa

27 October 2013 18:00

New Zealand	42–24	Samoa
Try: Hoffman 11' c Mannering (2) 15' c, 22' c Tuivasa-Sheck 17' m Vatuvei (3) 43' m, 49' m, 73' c Luke 45' c Goal: Johnson (5/8) 10', 15', 23', 46', 73'	Report	Try: Roberts 39' m Leilua 52' m Manumalealii 57' m Matagi 60' c A. Winterstein 65' c Goal: Milford (2/5) 61', 65'

Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Attendance: 14,965 Referee: Richard Silverwood (England) Player of the Match: Dean Whare (New Zealand)

FB 1 Josh Hoffman RW 2 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck RC 3 Dean Whare LC 4 Bryson Goodwin LW 5 Manu Vatuvei SO 6 Kieran Foran SH 7 Shaun Johnson PR 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves HK 9 Isaac Luke PR 10 Jesse Bromwich SR 11 Frank Pritchard SR 12 Sonny Bill Williams LF 13 Simon Mannering (c) Substitutions: IC 14 Elijah Taylor IC 15 Sam Kasiano IC 16 Sam Moa IC 17 Frank-Paul Nu'uausala Coach: Stephen Kearney

FB 1 Anthony Milford RW 2 Antonio Winterstein RC 3 Junior Sa'u LC 4 Joseph Leilua LW 5 Daniel Vidot SO 6 Reni Maitua SH 7 Ben Roberts PR 8 David Fa’alogo HK 9 Pita Godinet PR 10 Suaia Matagi SR 11 Iosia Soliola (c) SR 12 Frank Winterstein LF 13 Sauaso Sue Substitutions: IC 14 Penani Manumalealii IC 15 Leeson Ah Mau IC 16 Mark Taufua IC 17 Mose Masoe Coach: Matt Parish

Touch Judges: Tim Roby (England) Joe Cobb (England) Video Referee: Thierry Alibert (France)

New Zealand vs France

1 November 2013 20:00

New Zealand	48–0	France
Try: Inu 6' c Goodwin 24' c Nu'uausala (2) 39' c, 75' c Johnson (2) 51' c, 55' c Eastwood 65' c Tuivasa-Sheck 80' c Goal: Johnson (8/8) 7', 26', 39', 51', 56', 66', 76', 80'	Report

Parc des Sports, Avignon Attendance: 17,518 Referee: Phil Bentham (England) Player of the Match: Shaun Johnson (New Zealand)

FB 1 Kevin Locke RW 2 Jason Nightingale RC 3 Bryson Goodwin LC 4 Krisnan Inu LW 5 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck SO 6 Kieran Foran SH 7 Shaun Johnson PR 8 Ben Matulino HK 9 Isaac Luke PR 10 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves SR 11 Frank Pritchard SR 12 Alex Glenn LF 13 Simon Mannering (c) Substitutes IC 14 Elijah Taylor IC 15 Sam Kasiano IC 16 Frank-Paul Nu'uausala IC 17 Greg Eastwood Coach: Stephen Kearney

FB 1 Morgan Escaré RW 2 Frédéric Vaccari RC 3 Jean-Philippe Baile LC 4 Vincent Duport LW 5 Cyril Stacul SO 6 Thomas Bosc SH 7 Theo Fages PR 8 Olivier Elima (c) HK 9 Kane Bentley PR 10 Rémi Casty SR 11 Kevin Larroyer SR 12 Sébastien Raguin LF 13 Andrew Bentley Substitutes IC 14 Gregory Mounis IC 15 Jamal Fakir IC 16 Benjamin Garcia IC 17 Michael Simon Coach: Richard Agar

Touch Judges: Grant Atkins (Australia) Robert Hicks (England) Video Referee: Shayne Hayne (Australia)

Papua New Guinea vs Samoa

4 November 2013 20:00

Papua New Guinea	4–38	Samoa
Try: Nandye 45' m Goal: Eliab (0/1)	Report	Try: Matagi 2' c A. Winterstein (3) 9' m, 25' c, 79' m Godinet 15' c Roberts 37' c Sue 61' c Goal: Milford (5/7) 2', 15', 25', 38', 61'

MS3 Craven Park, Hull Attendance: 6,871 Referee: Shayne Hayne (Australia) Player of the Match: Anthony Milford (Samoa)

FB 1 David Mead RW 2 Josiah Abavu RC 3 Menzie Yere LC 4 Israel Eliab LW 5 Nene MacDonald SO 6 Dion Aiye SH 7 Ray Thompson PR 8 Mark Mexico HK 9 Paul Aiton PR 10 Larsen Marabe SR 11 Jessie Joe Nandye SR 12 Jason Chan LF 13 Neville Costigan (c) Substitutes IC 14 Charlie Wabo IC 15 Richard Kambo IC 16 Jason Tali IC 17 Enoch Maki Coach: Adrian Lam

FB 1 Anthony Milford RW 2 Antonio Winterstein RC 3 Tim Lafai LC 4 Joseph Leilua LW 5 Daniel Vidot SO 6 Penani Manumeasili SH 7 Ben Roberts PR 8 David Fa’alogo HK 9 Pita Godinet PR 10 Suaia Matagi SR 11 Iosia Soliola (c) SR 12 Leeson Ah Mau LF 13 Sauaso Sue Substitutes IC 14 Michael Sio IC 15 Junior Moors IC 16 Mark Taufua IC 17 Mose Masoe Coach: Matt Parish

Touch Judges: George Stokes (England) Chris Leatherbarrow (England) Video Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia)

New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea

8 November 2013 20:00

New Zealand	56–10	Papua New Guinea
Try: Goodwin 4' c Tuivasa-Sheck (2) 7' c, 11' c Williams (3) 15' c, 27' c, 40' c Nu'uausala 30' m Whare (2) 50' c, 56' c Taylor 67' m Goal: Johnson (8/10) 4', 8', 12', 16', 28', 40', 51', 58'	Report	Try: Aiye 41' c Albert 78' m Goal: Paniu (1/2) 43'

Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds Attendance: 18,180 Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia) Player of the Match: Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)

FB 1 Josh Hoffman RW 2 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck RC 3 Dean Whare LC 4 Bryson Goodwin LW 5 Manu Vatuvei SO 6 Kieran Foran SH 7 Shaun Johnson PR 8 Ben Matulino HK 9 Isaac Luke PR 10 Jesse Bromwich SR 11 Alex Glenn SR 12 Sonny Bill Williams LF 13 Elijah Taylor Substitutes IC 14 Sam Moa IC 15 Sam Kasiano IC 16 Frank-Paul Nu'uausala IC 17 Thomas Leuluai Coach: Stephen Kearney

FB 1 David Mead RW 2 Josiah Abavu RC 3 Menzie Yere LC 4 Francis Paniu LW 5 Nene MacDonald SO 6 Ray Thompson SH 7 Dion Aiye PR 8 Neville Costigan HK 9 Charlie Wabo PR 10 Joe Bruno SR 11 Jessie Joe Nandye SR 12 Jason Chan LF 13 Sebastian Pandia Substitutes IC 14 Wellington Albert IC 15 Paul Aiton IC 16 Jason Tali IC 17 Mark Mexico Coach: Adrian Lam

Touch Judges: Jose Pereira (France) Robert Hicks (England) Video Referee: Richard Silverwood (England)

The 18,180 attendance was higher than all but one of Leeds Rhinos' home Super League attendances for 2013.

France vs Samoa

11 November 2013 20:00

France	6–22	Samoa
Try: Escaré 32' c Goal: Bosc 33'	Report	Try: Vidot 4' c Milford 46' c Godinet 61' m Moors 74' c Goal: Milford (3/4) 4', 47', 75'

Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan Attendance: 11,576 Referee: Henry Perenara (New Zealand) Player of the Match: Anthony Milford (Samoa)

FB 1 Morgan Escaré RW 2 Frederic Vaccari RC 3 Jean-Philippe Baile LC 4 Vincent Duport LW 5 Clint Greenshields SO 6 Thomas Bosc SH 7 William Barthau PR 8 Jamal Fakir HK 9 Éloi Pélissier PR 10 Rémi Casty SR 11 Kevin Larroyer SR 12 Sébastien Raguin LF 13 Gregory Mounis Substitutes IC 14 Tony Gigot IC 15 Antoni Maria IC 16 Benjamin Garcia IC 17 Michael Simon Coach: Richard Agar

FB 1 Anthony Milford RW 2 Antonio Winterstein RC 3 Tim Lafai LC 4 Joseph Leilua LW 5 Daniel Vidot SO 6 Pita Godinet SH 7 Ben Roberts PR 8 David Fa’alogo HK 9 Michael Sio PR 10 Suaia Matagi SR 11 Iosia Soliola (c) SR 12 Leeson Ah Mau LF 13 Sauaso Sue Substitutes IC 14 Tony Puletua IC 15 Junior Moors IC 16 Mark Taufua IC 17 Mose Masoe Coach: Matt Parish

Touch Judges: Robert Hicks (England) James Child (England) Video Referee: Shayne Hayne (Australia)