Rugby League World Cup 2008 / Group A

The Group A of the Rugby League World Cup in 2008 included hosts Australia , England , New Zealand and Papua New Guinea . The group matches took place between October 25th and November 9th.

table

qualified for semi-finals

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Table points
1.	Australia	3	3	0	0	128: 16	+ 112	6th
2.	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	90:60	+ 30	4th
3.	England	3	1	0	2	60: 110	- 50	2
4th	Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	3	34: 126	- 92	0

Games

England - Papua New Guinea

October 25th 7pm	England	32:22	Papua New Guinea	Willows Sports Complex , Townsville Spectators: 10,780 Referee: Shayne Hayne
	Attempts: Gardner 12th, 70th, Smith 28th, 51st, 73rd Gleeson 58th Raised Elevations: Sinfield (4/6)	(12:16) report	Attempts: Griffin 20th received Chan 36th received Keppa 40th received Aiton 75th increments: Wilshere (3/4)

1 Paul Wellens 2 Goodbye Gardner 3 Martin Gleeson 4th Keith Sr. 5 Lee Smith 6th Leon Pryce 7th Rob Burrow 8th Jamie Peacock 9 James Roby 10 James Graham 11 Gareth Hock 12 Gareth Ellis 13 Kevin Sinfield Substitute: 14th Danny McGuire 15th Maurie Fa'asavalu 16 Adrian Morley 17th Jon Wilkin

1 John Wilshere 2 David Mead 3 Tu'u Maori 4th Jessie Joe Nandye 5 George Keppa 6th Stanley Gene 7th Keith Peters 8th Makali Aizue 9 Paul Aiton 10 Trevor Exton 11 Neville Costigan 12 James Nightingale 13 Rod Griffin Substitute: 14th Rodney Pora 15th George Moni 16 Jason Chan 17th Charlie Wabo

Australia - New Zealand

October 26th 8pm	Australia	30: 6	New Zealand	Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 34,157 Referee: Ashley Klein
	Attempts: Inglis 14th increased Monaghan 30th increased Folau 48th increased, 80th increased Slater 60th increased increases: Thurston (4/5) Penalty kicks: Smith (1/1)	(14: 6) Report	Attempts: Manu 26. Increments : Matai (1/1)

1 Billy Slater 2 Joel Monaghan 3 Greg Inglis 4th Israel Folau 5 Brent Tate 6th Darren Lockyer 7th Johnathan Thurston 8th Steve Price 9 Cameron Smith 10 Petero Civoniceva 11 Anthony Laffranchi 12 Glenn Stewart 13 Paul Gallen Substitute: 14th Kurt Gidley 15th Brent Kite 16 Anthony Tupou 17th Josh Perry

1 Lance Hohaia 2 Sam Perrett 3 Steve Matai 4th Jerome Ropati 5 Manu Vatuvei 6th Benji Marshall 7th Thomas Leuluai 8th Nathan Cayless 9 Nathan Fien 10 Adam Blair 11 Simon Mannering 12 Sika Manu 13 Jeremy Smith Substitute: 14th Dene Halatau 15th Greg Eastwood 16 Setaimata Sa. 17th Sam Rapira

New Zealand - Papua New Guinea

November 1st, 7pm	New Zealand	48: 6	Papua New Guinea	Robina Stadium , Gold Coast Spectators: 10,780 Referee: Steve Ganson
	Attempts: Mannering (2), Perrett (2), Blair , Eastwood , Fa'alogo , Luke , Ropati Elevations: Inu (6/8)	(22: 0) report	Attempts: Moore Elevations: Wilshere (1/1)

1 Lance Hohaia 2 Sam Perrett 3 Krisnan Inu 4th Jerome Ropati 5 Manu Vatuvei 6th Benji Marshall 7th Thomas Leuluai 8th Nathan Cayless 9 Nathan Fien 10 Adam Blair 11 Simon Mannering 12 Setaimata Sa. 13 Jeremy Smith Substitute: 14th Isaac Luke 15th Greg Eastwood 16 Sam Rapira 17th David Fa'alogo

1 John Wilshere 2 David Mead 3 Jessie Joe Nandye 4th Tu'u Maori 5 George Keppa 6th Stanley Gene 7th Keith Peters 8th Makali Aizue 9 Paul Aiton 10 Trevor Exton 11 Neville Costigan 12 James Nightingale 13 Rod Griffin Substitute: 14th George Moni 15th Jason Chan 16 Nickson Kolo 17th Charlie Wabo

Australia - England

November 2, 8 p.m.	Australia	52: 4	England	Docklands Stadium , Melbourne Spectators: 36,297 Referee: Tony Archer
	Attempts: Slater 5th, 63rd, 70th Inglis 10th, 33rd, 65th Laffranchi 37th, 77th Monaghan 56th Raise: Prince (8/9)	(22: 4) Report	Attempts: Roby 20. n.erh.

1 Billy Slater 2 Joel Monaghan 3 Greg Inglis 4th Israel Folau 5 Brent Tate 6th Darren Lockyer 7th Scott Prince 8th Steve Price 9 Cameron Smith 10 Petero Civoniceva 11 Anthony Laffranchi 12 Glenn Stewart 13 Paul Gallen Substitute: 14th Karmichael Hunt 15th Brent Kite 16 Anthony Tupou 17th Josh Perry

1 Paul Wellens 2 Goodbye Gardner 3 Martin Gleeson 4th Keith Sr. 5 Mark Calderwood 6th Leon Pryce 7th Rob Burrow 8th Adrian Morley 9 James Roby 10 James Graham 11 Gareth Ellis 12 Jamie Peacock 13 Kevin Sinfield Substitute: 14th Danny McGuire 15th Maurie Fa'asavalu 16 Gareth Hock 17th Jon Wilkin

England - New Zealand

November 8, 8 p.m.	England	24:36	New Zealand	Hunter Stadium , Newcastle Spectators: 15,145 Referee: Tony Archer
	Tries: Burrow (2), Gleeson , Higham Elevations: Purdham (4/4)	(24:14) Report	Tries : Vatuvei (4), Fien , Hohaia , Jason Nightingale Elevations: Luke (3/4) Smith (1/1)

1 Paul Wellens 2 Mark Calderwood 3 Paul Sykes 4th Keith Sr. 5 Lee Smith 6th Martin Gleeson 7th Rob Burrow 8th Adrian Morley 9 Mickey Higham 10 Jamie Peacock 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan 12 Gareth Ellis 13 Robert Purdham Substitute: 14th Kevin Sinfield 15th Ben Westwood 16 Gareth Hock 17th Jamie Langley

1 Lance Hohaia 2 Jason Nightingale 3 Steve Matai 4th Jerome Ropati 5 Manu Vatuvei 6th Benji Marshall 7th Thomas Leuluai 8th Adam Blair 9 Nathan Fien 10 Evan Tuimavave 11 Simon Mannering 12 David Fa'alogo 13 Jeremy Smith Substitute: 14th Isaac Luke 15th Greg Eastwood 16 David Kidwell 17th Bronson Harrison

Australia - Papua New Guinea

November 9, 7:00 p.m.	Papua New Guinea	6:46	Australia	Willows Sports Complex , Townsville Spectators: 16,239 Umpire: Steve Ganson
	Attempts: Yere Increases: Wilshere (1/1)	(0:22) report	Attempts: Williams (3), Monaghan (2), Prince , Tupou Elevations: Thurston (7/8)

1 John Wilshere 2 David Mead 3 Menzie Yere 4th Anton Kui 5 Tu'u Maori 6th Stanley Gene 7th Keith Peters 8th Jason Chan 9 Paul Aiton 10 Trevor Exton 11 Neville Costigan 12 James Nightingale 13 Rod Griffin Substitute: 14th Kevin Prior 15th Nico Slain 16 Jessie Joe Nandye 17th Jay Aston

1 Karmichael Hunt 2 Darius Boyd 3 Brent Tate 4th Joel Monaghan 5 David Williams 6th Terry Campese 7th Johnathan Thurston 8th Brent Kite 9 Cameron Smith 10 Josh Perry 11 Anthony Watmough 12 Anthony Tupou 13 Craig Fitzgibbon Substitute: 14th Scott Prince 15th Steve Price 16 Paul Gallen 17th Israel Folau