England at the Rugby League World Cup

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England have competed six times in the World Cup; in 1975, 1995, 2000, 2008, 2013 and 2017. They have never won the competition, though finished runners-up three times to Australia; in 1975, 1995 and 2017. In every other year, Great Britain have represented England.

Results[]

World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	Win	Draw	Loss
1954	Competed as Great Britain
1957
1960
1968
1970
1972
1975	Final	2nd out of 5	9	5	2	2
1977	Competed as Great Britain
1985-88
1989-92
1995	Final	2nd out of 10	5	4	0	1
2000	Semi-final	4th out of 16	5	3	0	2
2008	Semi-final	3rd out of 10	4	1	0	3
2013	Semi-final	3rd out of 14	5	3	0	2
2017	Final	2nd out of 14	6	4	0	2
2021	Qualified
2025

Tournaments[]

1975[]

Round	Score	Opposition	Venue
Group Stage	20-2	France	Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
	7-12	Wales	Lang Park, Brisbane
	17-17	New Zealand	Carlaw Park, Auckland
	10-10	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
	22-16	Wales	Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington
	48-2	France	Toulouse
	27-12	New Zealand	Odsal, Bradford
	16-13	Australia	Central Park, Wigan
Final	0-25	Australia	Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds

England 1995[]

Round	Score	Opposition	Venue
Group Stage	20-16	Australia	Wembley Stadium
	46-0	Fiji	Central Park, Wigan
	46-0	South Africa	Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
Semi Final	25-10	Wales	Old Trafford, Manchester
Final	8-16	Australia	Wembley Stadium, London

UK, Ireland and France 2000[]

Round	Score	Opposition	Venue
Group Stage	2-22	Australia	Twickenham Stadium, London
	76-4	Russia	Knowsley Road, St Helens
	66-0	Fiji	Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
Quarter Final	26-16	Ireland	Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
Semi Final	6-49	New Zealand	Reebok Stadium, Bolton

Australia 2008[]

Round	Score	Opposition	Venue
Group Stage	32-22	Papua New Guinea	Willows Sports Complex, Townsville
	4-52	Australia	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
	24-36	New Zealand	Newcastle International Sports Centre, Newcastle
Semi Final	22-32	New Zealand	Lang Park, Brisbane

England and Wales 2013[]

Round	Score	Opposition	Venue
Group Stage	20-28	Australia	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
	42-0	Ireland	John Smiths Stadium, Huddersfield
	34-12	Fiji	KC Stadium, Hull
Quarter Final	34-6	France	DW Stadium, Wigan
Semi Final	18-20	New Zealand	Wembley Stadium, London

Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea 2017[]

Round	Score	Opposition	Venue
Group Stage	18-4	Australia	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
	29-10	Lebanon	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
	36–6	France	Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth
Quarter Final	36-6	Papua New Guinea	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
Semi Final	20 -18	Tonga	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
Final	0–6	Australia	Lang Park, Brisbane

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