Rugby League World Cup records

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Rugby League World Cup records have been accumulating since the first Rugby League World Cup tournament was held in 1954.

Team Records[]

All-time record[]

Titles won[]

Team Winners Years won
 Australia 11 1957, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1988, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2013,
2017
 Great Britain 3 1954, 1960, 1972
 New Zealand 1 2008

Title win rate[]

Team Win rate
 Australia 73.33%
 Great Britain 33.33%
 New Zealand 6.67%

Biggest wins[]

Margin Country Score Country Score Venue Year
106  Australia 110  Russia 4 Hull 2000
80  Australia 86  South Africa 6 Gateshead 1995
74  New Zealand 84  Cook Islands 10 Reading 2000

Most points in a game[]

Points Country Score Country Score Venue Year
114  Australia 110  Russia 4 Hull 2000
94  New Zealand 84  Cook Islands 10 Reading 2000
92  Australia 86  South Africa 6 Gateshead 1995

Individual records[]

Most appearances[]

App. Individual
25 New Zealand Kurt Sorensen
17 United Kingdom/England John Atkinson; Australia Bob Fulton
15 Australia Mal Meninga; Australia Michael O'Connor

Overall top points scorers[]

Points Scorers
124 Australia Johnathan Thurston
112 Australia Mick Cronin
108 Australia Michael O'Connor
94 United Kingdom/England George Fairbairn

Most tries[]

Tries Individual
16 Australia Billy Slater
14 Australia/Fiji Jarryd Hayne
13 Australia Bob Fulton

Most tries in a tournament[]

Tries Individual
12 Australia Valentine Holmes (2017)
10 Australia Wendell Sailor (2000)
9 Australia Jarryd Hayne* (2013)
9 Australia Brett Morris (2013)
7 Australia Billy Slater (2008)

* Jarryd Hayne represented Australia at the 2013 World Cup.

Most tries in a match[]

Tries Individual
6 Australia Valentine Holmes (2017)
5 Australia Valentine Holmes (2017)
4 10 players

Miscellaneous[]

Winning captains and coaches[]

A foreign coach has never managed a World Cup-winning team.

Year Captain Coach Team
1954 Dave Valentine G Shaw United Kingdom
1957 Dick Poole Dick Poole Australia
1960 Eric Ashton William Fallowfield United Kingdom
1968 Johnny Raper Harry Bath Australia
1970 Ron Coote Harry Bath Australia
1972 Clive Sullivan Jim Challinor United Kingdom
1975 Arthur Beetson Graeme Langlands Australia
1977 Arthur Beetson Terry Fearnley Australia
1988 Wally Lewis Don Furner Australia
1992 Mal Meninga Bob Fulton Australia
1995 Brad Fittler Bob Fulton Australia
2000 Brad Fittler Chris Anderson Australia
2008 Nathan Cayless Stephen Kearney New Zealand
2013 Cameron Smith Tim Sheens Australia
2017 Cameron Smith Mal Meninga Australia

Draws[]

Team Score Opponent Date
 France 13–13  Great Britain 7 November 1954
 Great Britain 10–10*  Australia 11 November 1972
 New Zealand 17–17  England 21 June 1975
 Australia 10–10  England 28 June 1975
 France 12–12  New Zealand 17 October 1975
 Great Britain 6–6  New Zealand 9 November 1985
 France 10–10  Great Britain 16 February 1986
 Papua New Guinea 28–28  Tonga 10 October 1995
 Cook Islands 22–22  Lebanon 5 November 2000
 Samoa 14–14  Scotland 11 November 2017

* After Extra Time

Nil points[]

Team Score Opponent Date
 France 0–9  New Zealand 8 October 1960
 France 0–6  Great Britain 28 October 1970
 France 0–27  New Zealand 15 June 1975
 England 0–25  Australia 12 November 1975
 Australia 0–18  New Zealand 7 July 1985
 France 0–22  New Zealand 7 December 1985
 France 0–52  Australia 13 December 1986
 Papua New Guinea 0–42  Great Britain 24 October 1987
 France 0–34  New Zealand 3 December 1989
 Great Britain 0–14  Australia 24 November 1990
 France 0–36  Great Britain 7 March 1992
 Fiji 0–46  England 11 October 1995
 Fiji 0–66  Australia 14 October 1995
 South Africa 0–46  England 14 October 1995
 Lebanon 0–64  New Zealand 29 October 2000
 South Africa 0–16  Papua New Guinea 2 November 2000
 Fiji 0–52  Australia 16 November 2008
 France 0–48  New Zealand 1 November 2013
 Ireland 0–42  England 2 November 2013
 Ireland 0–50  Australia 9 November 2013
 Italy 0–16  Tonga 10 November 2013
 United States 0–62  Australia 16 November 2013
 Fiji 0–64  Australia 23 November 2013
 United States 0–46  Italy 5 November 2017
 Lebanon 0–34  Australia 11 November 2017
 United States 0–64  Papua New Guinea 12 November 2017
 Samoa 0–46  Australia 17 November 2017
 England 0–6  Australia 2 December 2017

Attendance Records[]

The 2013 Rugby League World Cup Final at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, drew a world record international rugby league attendance of 74,468.[1]

Top 5 match attendances[]

Year Venue City/Country Event Result Attendance
2013 Old Trafford Manchester, England Final  Australia def.  New Zealand 34–2 74,468
1989–92 Wembley Stadium (1923) London, England Final  Australia def.  Great Britain 10–6 73,631
2013 Wembley Stadium London, England Semi Final (double header)  Australia def.  Fiji 64–0
 New Zealand def.  England 20–18
67,575
1995 Wembley Stadium (1923) London, England Final  Australia def.  England 16–8 66,540
1968 Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney, Australia Group Stage  Australia def.  Great Britain 25–10 62,256

Top 5 World Cup Final attendances[]

Year Venue City/Country Result Attendance
2013 Old Trafford Manchester, England  Australia def.  New Zealand 34–2 74,468
1992 Wembley Stadium (1923) London, England  Australia def.  Great Britain 10–6 73,631
1995 Wembley Stadium (1923) London, England  Australia def.  England 16–8 66,540
1968 Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney, Australia  Australia def.  France 20–2 54,290
2008 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, Australia  New Zealand def.  Australia 34–20 50,599

Highest Attendance per Host Nation[]

Country Year Venue City Event Result Attendance
England 2013 Old Trafford Manchester Final  Australia def.  New Zealand 34–2 74,468
Australia 1968 Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Group Stage  Australia def.  Great Britain 25–10 62,256
New Zealand 1988 Eden Park Auckland Final  Australia def.  New Zealand 25–12 47,363
Wales 2013 Millennium Stadium Cardiff Group Stage (double header)  Australia def.  England 28–20
 Italy def.  Wales 32–16
45,052
France 1954 Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse Group Stage  France drew with  Great Britain 13–13 37,471
Papua New Guinea 1986 Lloyd Robson Oval Port Moresby Group Stage  Australia def.  Papua New Guinea 62–12 17,000
Ireland 2013 Thomond Park Limerick Group Stage  Australia def.  Ireland 50–0 5,021
Northern Ireland 2000 Windsor Park Belfast Group Stage  Ireland def.  Samoa 30–16 3,207
Scotland 2000 Firhill Stadium Glasgow Group Stage  Aotearoa Māori def.  Scotland 17–16 2,008

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Fletcher, Paul (30 November 2013). "Rugby League World Cup 2013: New Zealand 2-34 Australia". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

External links[]

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