MORRIS-PONGA ON POINT
TOM SMITH, Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby
Paulina
PAPUA NEW GUINEA ............................ 6
COOK ISLANDS ...................................34
PAULINA MORRIS-PONGA bagged a hat-trick as the Cook Islands silenced the Port Moresby crowd with a comprehensive win over Papua New Guinea.
Cronulla playmaker Chantay Kiria-Ratu expertly pulled the strings in the halves, while younger sister Anne-Marie Kiria-Ratu made an impressive Test debut in the back row, two years after an eleventh-hour ACL injury robbed her of an international bow.