2017 Rugby League World Cup Group A

Group A of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup is one of the four groups in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, which began on 27 October and was completed on 12 November 2017. The group comprised hosts Australia as well as England and France. They were joined by the winner of the Middle East-Africa qualifier, Lebanon. The group was one of two weighted groups containing top seeded teams where the top 3 qualify for the quarter finals. Australia, England and Lebanon finished the group stage in these positions.^[1]

Overall[]

Key to colours in pool tables
	Advances to knockout stage and qualifies for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup

Team v t	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	104	10	+94	6
England	3	2	1	69	34	+35	4
Lebanon	3	1	2	39	81	−42	2
France	3	0	3	30	117	−87	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Australia vs England[]

27 October 2017
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

Australia	18 – 4	England
Tries: Gillett (23') 1 Slater (29') 1 Dugan (79') 1 Goals: Smith 3/4 (25', 76' pen, 80')	1st: 10 – 4 2nd: 8 – 0 Report^[2]	Tries: 1 (5') McGillvary Goals: 0/1 Widdop

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 22,724
Referee: Matt Cecchin (Australia)
Man of the Match: Billy Slater (Australia)

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France vs Lebanon[]

29 October 2017
16:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

France	18 – 29	Lebanon
Tries: Ader (16', 52') 2 Cardace (68') 1 Goals: Barthau 3/4 (20' pen, 53', 69')	1st: 6 – 12 2nd: 12 – 17 Report^[3]	Tries: 2 (40', 80') Robinson 1 (8') Layoun 1 (63') Doueihi 1 (76') Moses Goals: 4/5 Moses (9', 40', 64', 77') Field Goals: 1 (74') Moses

Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 5,492
Referee: Gerard Sutton (Australia)
Man of the Match: Mitchell Moses (Lebanon)

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Notes:

Lebanon's victory over France was their first ever win at a World Cup.^[3]

Australia vs France[]

3 November 2017
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

Australia	52 – 6	France
Tries: Graham (12', 15', 31', 66') 4 Munster (43', 74') 2 Dugan (33') 1 Frizell (49') 1 Slater (52') 1 Holmes (78') 1 Goals: Smith 6/8 (16', 32', 44', 51', 53', 67') Munster 0/2	1st: 20 – 6 2nd: 32 – 0 Report^[4]	Tries: 1 (24') Kheirallah Goals: 1/1 Marginet (25')

Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 12,293
Referee: Robert Hicks (England)
Man of the Match: Wade Graham (Australia)

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England vs Lebanon[]

4 November 2017
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

England	29 – 10	Lebanon
Tries: Watkins (9') 1 McGillvary (25') 1 Hall (28') 1 Currie (32') 1 T. Burgess (56') 1 Goals: Widdop 4/5 (11', 26', 33', 57') Field Goals: Widdop (80') 1	1st: 22 – 6 2nd: 7 – 4 Report^[5]	Tries: 1 (18') Kassis 1 (76') Wehbe Goals: 1/2 Moses (19')

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 10,237
Referee: Ben Thaler (England)
Man of the Match: Josh Hodgson (England)

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Australia vs Lebanon[]

11 November 2017
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

Australia	34 – 0	Lebanon
Tries: Munster (9', 50') 2 Maloney (25') 1 Cordner (55') 1 Gagai (76') 1 T. Trbojevic (79') 1 Goals: Maloney 4/4 (52', 56', 78', 80') Smith 1/2 (26')	1st: 10 – 0 2nd: 24 – 0 Report^[6]

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 21,127
Referee: James Child (England)
Man of the Match: Reagan Campbell-Gillard (Australia)

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England vs France[]

12 November 2017
18:00 AWST (UTC+8)

England	36 – 6	France
Tries: McGillvary (42', 64') 2 Widdop (3') 1 Ratchford (6') 1 Graham (9') 1 Percival (23') 1 Bateman (29') 1 Goals: Widdop 4/7 (4', 7', 10', 43')	1st: 26 – 6 2nd: 10 – 0 Report^[7]	Tries: 1 (34') Garcia Goals: 1/1 Albert (35')

Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth
Attendance: 14,744
Referee: Phil Bentham (England)
Man of the Match: Gareth Widdop (England)

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References[]

^ "Rugby League World Cup 2017 draw: Every game, every venue". The Courier Mail. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
^ Marmont, Andrew (28 October 2017). "Aussies edge England in Cup opener". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kroiter, Jon (29 October 2017). "Moses inspires Lebanon to win over France". NRL.com.
^ Gabor, Martin (3 November 2017). "French fried by Graham masterclass". NRL.com.
^ Newton, Alicia (4 November 2017). "England outclass Lebanon in Sydney". NRL.com.
^ http://www.rlwc2017.com/news/match-report-australia-v-lebanon
^ http://www.rlwc2017.com/news/match-report-england-v-france

External links[]

Official RLWC 2017 Site

[1] "Rugby League World Cup 2017 draw: Every game, every venue". The Courier Mail. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[2] Marmont, Andrew (28 October 2017). "Aussies edge England in Cup opener". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2017-10-27.

[LEBvFRA-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kroiter, Jon (29 October 2017). "Moses inspires Lebanon to win over France". NRL.com.

[AUSvFRA-4] Gabor, Martin (3 November 2017). "French fried by Graham masterclass". NRL.com.

[5] Newton, Alicia (4 November 2017). "England outclass Lebanon in Sydney". NRL.com.

[6] ttp://www.rlwc2017.com/news/match-report-australia-v-lebanon

[7] ttp://www.rlwc2017.com/news/match-report-england-v-france

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