FIRST TEST MATCH
Papua New Guinea v France
played on 17th June 2001

at the Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Paul Simpkins (Australia)
| Papua New Guinea 16 | lost to | France 27 |
| David Buko John Wilshere Eddie Aila Chris Purkilkil Alfred Songoro Stanley Tepend Nime Kapo John Waka Michael Marum Makali Aizue Raymond Karl Duncan Na'awi Mark Mom James Kops |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
Frederic Banquet Michael van Snick Arnaud Dulac Sylvain Houles Renaud Guigue Laurent Frayssinous Fabien Devecchi Frederic Teixido Vincent Wulf Romain Gagliazzo Jerome Vincent Gael Tallec Laurent Carrasco Gilles Cornut |
| John Wilshere Michael Marum Stanley Tepend |
Tries | Gael Tallec Sylvain Houles Jerome Vincent Frederic Banquet Renaud Guigue |
| John Wilshere (2) | Goals | Frederic Banquet (3) |
| Field Goals | Frederic Banquet |
©2001, Richard Bailey, Matthew Webb