Full Time
80:00
4:00pm Sun November 5, 2023
Pacific Championship - Pacific Bowl - Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby / PNG
80min

FULL TIME - The Port Moresby crowd counts it down and they are ecstatic as they win the Pacific Bowl 32-6 over Fiji

78min

Conversion: Papua New Guinea
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Rhyse Martin converts from close range

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 12 - 32 Papua New Guinea
77min

Try: Papua New Guinea
Scored by Epel Kapinias. Kick to come.

Freshly back on the field and Epel Kapinias the big man gets over close to the posts

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 12 - 30 Papua New Guinea
76min

Taane Milne knew that he was going to the bin that he walked off before the 10 fingers could go up from Grant Atkins

73min

Things turning into a mess now in PNG as the hosts lose the ball

71min

Fiji lose the ball off the kick-off and that workds out brilliantly for the Kumuls who are a man down

71min

Conversion: Fiji
Kicked by Brandon Wakeham.

Brandon Wakeham converts from close range

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 12 - 26 Papua New Guinea
70min

Try: Fiji
Scored by Waqa Blake. Kick to come.

Waqa Blake gets his second as the Fijians take advantage of the extra man

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 10 - 26 Papua New Guinea
69min

Fiji still can't break the PNG line after having chance after chance

65min

Epel Kapinias goes to the sin bin for throwing a punch

65min

The ball pinballs around as Alex Johnston cleans it up and there's a bit of a dust up after Grant Atkins blows an offside penalty

64min

SIX MORE: Fiji get another full set on the PNG line

64min

Not much happening as Fiji can't really take advantage of their field position and the wind behind them

54min

CAPTAINS CHALLENGE: PNG have challenged a penalty decision from Grant Atkins where he ruled a shoulder charge. The angles from the PNG coverage aren't conclusive and Gerard Sutton rules it inconclusive

49min

BUNKER: Maika Sivo goes over but Grant Atkins thinks that he has bombed this and he absolutely has in a shocker

47min

CAPTAINS CHALLENGE: Gerard Sutton called into action after Fiji challenges a strip call from Grant Atkins. 1 replay and the challenge is dismissed

45min

Poor last tackle kick from Fiji doesn't bounce well for them as it runs long and gives the Kumuls a 20m restart

43min

Conversion: Fiji
Kicked by Brandon Wakeham.

Brandon Wakeham converts

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 6 - 26 Papua New Guinea
42min

Try: Fiji
Scored by Waqa Blake. Kick to come.

Waqa Blake gets the green lights from Gerard Sutton as the Fijians were onside and there was no touch from Kurt Donoghoe in the lead up

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 4 - 26 Papua New Guinea
42min

VIDEO REF: Waqa Blake cleans up the grubber as we need to check for a couple of things before the Fiji try can be confirmed. Checking for onside and any knock ons

41min

A forward pass early in the set from the Kumuls releases the pressure

40min

SECOND HALF IS GO! The Kumuls get the ball back off the kick-off after an error from Fiji

40min

Conversion: Papua New Guinea
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Rhyse Martin converts to close out a massive first half for PNG

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 0 - 26 Papua New Guinea
40min

Try: Papua New Guinea
Scored by Alex Johnston. Kick to come.

It's a points party in Port Moresby as yet again they go left and create space as the Fijian defence backtracks and Zac Laybutt goes through before passing it back to the middle for Alex Johnston to score

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 0 - 24 Papua New Guinea
36min

Penalty Goal: Papua New Guinea
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Rhyse Martin hits the penalty goal from close range

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 0 - 20 Papua New Guinea
31min

Conversion: Papua New Guinea
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Rhyse Martin from the same spot that he kicked the last one converts again

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 0 - 18 Papua New Guinea
30min

Try: Papua New Guinea
Scored by Robert Derby. Kick to come.

Robert Derby has a second as the Fijians have no answers to PNG left as Robert Derby goes over again

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 0 - 16 Papua New Guinea
27min

Conversion: Papua New Guinea
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Rhyse Martin converts beautifully from near enough to the sideline

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 0 - 12 Papua New Guinea
26min

Try: Papua New Guinea
Scored by Robert Derby. Kick to come.

Robert Derby scores in the corner as some good work from Martin and Johnston combines to score

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 0 - 10 Papua New Guinea
24min

A near miss for the Kumuls as the Fijians let the ball bounce but a late touch from Fiji helps them

23min

Edwin Ipape is on report for something but I missed what because I was getting Shapes

18min

Conversion: Papua New Guinea
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Rhyse Martin converts

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 0 - 6 Papua New Guinea
17min

Try: Papua New Guinea
Scored by Edwin Ipape. Kick to come.

Edwin Ipape sees that the Fijian defence is on the backfoot and he goes out of dummy half on the last tackle

Papua New Guinea lead Fiji 0 - 4 Papua New Guinea
13min

VIDEO REFEREE: Fiji go up to cross the line after scooping up a loose ball as Alex Johnston looked to catch and pass. It looked like there was a Fiji touch live and that's how it's ruled by Gerard Sutton in the box.

12min

PENALTY PNG: A late call from Grant Atkins but it's an obstruction against Fiji and although late it's 100% correct

11min

Another error from the Kumuls gives up good position but then a penalty really hurts them

9min

A big chance for the Kumuls as the grubber kick is missed by all but it's Jahream Bula who knocks it dead

8min

PENALTY PNG: Alex Johnston collected high as he fell to the ground to take a kick

6min

The Fijiians come up with an error as they look to go right, the offload might've had a touch from PNG but it's missed by the officials

4min

A 60m dropout from the Kumuls is good for them to keep the potent Fiji attack further from the line

3min

Repeat set for Fiji

2min

An early error from the Kumuls puts themselves under pressure

1min

GAME ON! The Pacific Bowl final is underway in Port Moresby with Grant Atkins having control

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Grant Atkins

Touch Judges: Todd Smith, Liam Kennedy

Video Referee: Gerard Sutton

FIJI (M) (12)
Tries: Waqa Blake (2)
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Brandon Wakeham (2/2)
Penalty Goals:

PAPUA NEW GUINEA (M) (32)
Tries: Edwin Ipape, Robert Derby (2), Alex Johnston, Epel Kapinias
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Rhyse Martin (5/5)
Penalty Goals: Rhyse Martin (1/1)