By Richard Cowley, Updated: 8/11/13
Teams: New Zealand v Papua New Guinea
Venue: Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, England. Capacity 21,062
Date: Friday 8th November 2013
Kick-off time: 8pm (Local Time)
Sydney (Australia – New South Wales), Saturday, 9 November 2013 at 7:00:00 AM
Auckland (New Zealand),Saturday, 9 November 2013 at 9:00:00 AM
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)Saturday, 9 November 2013 at 6:00:00 AM
Brisbane (Australia – Queensland), Saturday, 9 November 2013 at 6:00:00 AM
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2013 RLWC TV viewing information: Channel Seven will broadcast all RLWC2013 matches live in Australia on the 7mate channel. In the UK the BBC will show all England games along with the RLWC Final while Premier Sports will broadcast all other RLWC games.
Overview: Papua New Guinea will be playing for pride when they meet the Kiwis at Headingley Stadium in Leeds on Friday night. The Kumuls lost by one point to France in the first week of the World Cup. The Kumuls then copped a hiding from Samoa and looked totally different to the team that took part in the 2008 RLWC. Adrian Lam and Mal Meninga will have to pull out every trick in the book to get the Kumuls up for this game.
New Zealand will be looking to cement their position at the top of Group B. New Zealand have been playing great football and this game is just a formality for the Kiwis who have booked their place in the quarter finals. Kearney will be looking for another solid performance from his troops after a great defensive effort against France last week.
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2013 RLWC New Zealand v Papua New Guinea teams
New Zealand 2013 RLWC Squad:
1 Josh Hoffman
2 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
3 Dean Whare
4 Bryson Goodwin
5 Manu Vatuvei
6 Kieran Foran
7 Shaun Johnson
8 Ben Matulino
9 Issac Luke
10 Jesse Bromwich
11 Alex Glenn
12 Sonny Bill Williams
13 Elijah Taylor
14 Sam Moa
15 Sam Kasiano
16 Frank-Paul Nu’uausala
17 Greg Eastwood
18 Jason Nightingale
19 Thomas Leuluai
Head coach: Stephen Kearney
Papua New Guinea 2013 RLWC Squad:
Josiah Abavu
Paul Aiton
Dion Aiye
Wellington Albert
Joe Bruno
Jason Chan
Neville Costigan
Richard Kambo
Enoch Maki
Bosam Nene MacDonald
David Mead
Mark Mexico
Jessie Joe Nandye
Sebastioan Pandia
Francis Paniu
Jason Tali
Ray Thompson
Charlie Wabo
Menzie Yere
Head coach: Adrian Lam
