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Revision as of 10:05, 25 October 2022

This article is about the men's tournament only. For the wider World Cup, see 2021 Rugby League World Cup. For the women's tournament, see 2021 Rugby League World Cup – Women's tournament. For the wheelchair tournament, see 2021 Rugby League World Cup – Wheelchair tournament. For the women's rugby union World Cup being held in the same year, see 2021 Rugby World Cup.

2021 (2021) Men's Rugby League World Cup  ()
Number of teams16
Host country England
Matches played15
Attendance157,975 (10,532 per match)
Points scored804 (53.6 per match)
Tries scored144 (9.6 per match)
Top scorerAustralia Nathan Cleary (28)
Top try scorerAustralia Josh Addo-Carr (6)
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The 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup, is the sixteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup, and is one of three major tournaments part of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The tournament is being held in England from 15 October 2022 to 19 November 2022.[1] It was originally due to be held between 23 October 2021 and 27 November 2021, but the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent withdrawals of Australia and New Zealand caused the tournament to be postponed.[2] 16 teams are competing in the tournament, an increase of two from the previous two tournaments and the first to feature 16 teams since the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[3]

For the first time, the Rugby League World Cup will be run alongside the women's and wheelchair tournaments with all participants being paid the same, while all 61 matches in the three tournaments will be broadcast live.[4][5]

Teams

Qualification

Main article: 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifying

The eight quarter-finalists of the previous tournament in 2017 earned automatic qualification to the 2021 tournament. As such, the allocations were confirmed as 6 teams from Europe (excluding hosts), 6 from Asia-Pacific, 1 from Middle East-Africa, 1 from the Americas, and 1 from an intercontinental play-off.[6] Qualification began on 16 June 2018, and concluded on 16 November 2019.

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Total
times
qualified 		Last
time
qualified 		Current
consecutive
appearances 		Previous best
performance
 England Hosts 27 October 2016 7[a] 2017 7 Runners-up (1975, 1995, 2017)
 Fiji 2017 Group D winners 10 November 2017 6 2017 6 Semi-finals (2008, 2013, 2017)
 Tonga 2017 Group B winners 11 November 2017 6 2017 6 Semi-finals (2017)
 New Zealand 2017 Group B runners-up 11 November 2017 16 2017 16 Winners (2008)
 Samoa 2017 Group B third place 11 November 2017 6 2017 6 Quarter-finals (2000, 2013, 2017)
 Australia 2017 Group A winners 11 November 2017 16 2017 16 Winners (11 times)
 Lebanon 2017 Group A third place 11 November 2017 3 2017 2 Quarter-finals (2017)
 Papua New Guinea 2017 Group C winners 12 November 2017 8 2017 8 Quarter-finals (2000, 2017)
 France Europe second round winners 11 November 2018 16 2017 16 Runners-up (1954, 1968)
 Wales Europe second round runners-up 11 November 2018 6[a] 2017 3 Semi-finals (1995, 2000)
 Jamaica Americas Championship winners 17 November 2018 1 – 1 –
 Ireland Europe third round Group A winners 9 November 2019 5[a] 2017 5 Quarter-finals (2000, 2008)
 Italy Europe third round Group A runners-up 9 November 2019 3 2017 3 Group stage (2013, 2017)
 Scotland Europe third round Group B winners 9 November 2019 5[a] 2017 5 Quarter-finals (2013)
 Greece Europe third round Group B runners-up 9 November 2019 1 – 1 –
 Cook Islands Inter-regional repechage winners 16 November 2019 3 2013 1 Group stage (2000, 2013)
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d Competed as part of Great Britain in nine previous tournaments, finishing as champions on three occasions (1954, 1960, 1972). The squads largely consisted of English players, but also featured Welsh players in every tournament. Scotland (1954, 1968, 1977, 1989–92) and Ireland (1957) were represented by native-born players in some tournaments.

Draw

The draw was originally scheduled to be finalised on 27 November 2019, exactly two years before the date of the tournament final, however, it was postponed until 16 January 2020.[7] The draw was made at Buckingham Palace on 16 January 2020 and was streamed live on Facebook. Teams from pot 1 were drawn by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, pot 2 by Katherine Grainger, and pot 3 by Jason Robinson.[8]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

 England (A)
 Australia (B)
 New Zealand (C)
 Tonga (D)

 Fiji
 Lebanon
 Papua New Guinea
 Samoa

 France
 Jamaica
 Scotland
 Wales

 Cook Islands
 Greece
 Ireland
 Italy

The draw resulted in the following teams being drawn into the following groups. Each group had to have at least one team from the Pacific region. As such, Lebanon were not eligible to be drawn into Group A from pot 1.[9]

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 England
 Samoa
 France
 Greece

 Australia
 Fiji
 Scotland
 Italy

 New Zealand
 Lebanon
 Jamaica
 Ireland

 Tonga
 Papua New Guinea
 Wales
 Cook Islands

Squads

Main article: 2021 Rugby League World Cup squads

From September 2022, teams announced wider squads of up to 38 players, which will be later reduced to 24 closer to the beginning of the tournament.[10]

Venues

Stadium locations

Seventeen venues will be used for the men's tournament.[11] Stadiums are referred to by their official name rather than sponsored name, as is International Rugby League policy.

Manchester London Newcastle Leeds
Old Trafford Emirates Stadium St James' Park Elland Road
Capacity: 74,994 Capacity: 60,260 Capacity: 52,405 Capacity: 37,890
Sheffield
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Stadiums in Greater Manchester
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Stadiums in West Yorkshire
 Hull
Bramall Lane MKM Stadium
Capacity: 32,702 Capacity: 25,400
Coventry Bolton
Coventry Building Society Arena University of Bolton Stadium
Capacity: 32,753 Capacity: 28,723
Wigan Huddersfield
Middlesbrough
Riverside Stadium
Capacity: 34,742
DW Stadium John Smith's Stadium
Capacity: 25,138 Capacity: 24,121
Leeds St Helens
Headingley Rugby Stadium Totally Wicked Stadium
Capacity: 21,062 Capacity: 18,000
Doncaster Warrington Leigh Newcastle
Eco-Power Stadium Halliwell Jones Stadium Leigh Sports Village Kingston Park
Capacity: 15,231 Capacity: 15,200 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 10,200

Team base camp locations

13 base camps are to be used by the 16 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament, as follow:[12]

Officiating

Match officials

The list of match officials who will officiate across both the men's and women's tournaments was published on 5 October 2022.[13]

On-field rules and disciplinary measures

Matches will be played to the International Rugby League (IRL) rules. Certain differences between the way the rules of Australia and Europe were clarified in September 2022. All drop goals will be worth one point and all play the ball infringements will result in a set restart. Introduced from the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) is the "captain's challenge" where under certain circumstances a team captain can ask for the referee's decision to be reviewed. Head injury assessments and subsequent treatment will follow the European model.[16]

A new match review panel comprising members from both the RFL and NRL will be established for the tournament to deal with disciplinary issues.[16]

Warm-up matches

Pre-tournament practice matches took place on 7 and 8 October, the weekend before the first round of group stage matches of the World Cup.[17]

7 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
England  50–0  Fiji
Report
7 October 2022
19:45 BST (UTC+01:00)
Cumbria  28–12  Jamaica
Report
Derwent Park, Workington[21]
Attendance: 3,000+
8 October 2022
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)
France  12–48  Tonga
Report
The Shay, Halifax[23]
Attendance: 1,500
8 October 2022
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)
Wales  22–38  Lebanon
Report
Heywood Road, Sale[24]
Attendance: 509
8 October 2022
18:00 BST (UTC+01:00)
Leeds Rhinos 0–74  New Zealand
Report
Headingley Stadium, Leeds[26]
Attendance: 9,125

Opening ceremony

Men's World Cup trophy being brought out at the opening ceremony by Kevin Sinfield and Jason Robinson

The opening ceremony for all three tournaments took place at St James' Park in Newcastle on 15 October 2022 before the men's Group A match between England and Samoa.[27][28]On 5 October 2022, the Kaiser Chiefs were announced as the headline act for the opening ceremony.[29]

The opening ceremony suffered major disruption as the PA system at St. James's Park failed resulting in most of it being curtailed. Kaiser Chiefs only managed to play one song and only the flag bearers of participating nations were called to the field before the failure. The trophies of the three tournament were brought out without announcement from the PA. It was planned that local school children would also perform a display, however this was cut due the to curtailment. Kaiser Chiefs's lead singer Ricky Wilson entertained the crowd during the technical difficulties.

The PA failure also resulted in a ten minute delay to kick-off as the system was needed in order to play The Banner of Freedom and God Save The King before the match.[30] The opening ceremony took place at St James' Park in Newcastle on 15 October 2022 shortly before the opening men's match between England and Samoa.[31][32]

Group stage

Competing countries were divided into four groups of four teams (groups A to D). Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.[33]

Group A

Main article: 2021 Rugby League World Cup Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  England (H) 3 3 0 0 196 28 +168 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Samoa 3 2 0 1 140 68 +72 4
3  France 3 1 0 2 56 116 −60 2
4  Greece 3 0 0 3 20 200 −180 0
Source: rlwc2021
(H) Hosts




Group B

[clarification needed]

Main article: 2021 Rugby League World Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 192 14 +178 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Fiji 3 2 0 1 98 60 +38 4
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 38 130 −92 2
4  Scotland 3 0 0 3 18 142 −124 0
Source: rlwc2021




Group C

Main article: 2021 Rugby League World Cup Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 150 28 +122 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Lebanon 3 2 0 1 118 60 +58 4
3  Ireland 3 1 0 2 72 82 −10 2
4  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 20 190 −170 0
Source: rlwc2021
16 October 2022
17:00 BST (UTC+01:00)
Jamaica  2–48  Ireland
Goals: Rush 1/1 (39' pen)
 Report
 Tries: L. Senior (2) 13', 64'
G. King 16'
O'Hagan 19'
Chamberlain 37'
I. Senior 52'
T. King 57'
McDonnell 72'
Bentley 77'
Halton 80'
Goals: Chamberlain (1/5) 20'
Keyes (3/5) 57', 64', 77'
Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Attendance: 6,320
Referee: Ben Casty (France)
Touch judges: Geoffrey Poumes (France), Neil Horton (England)
Player of the Match: Luke Keary (Ireland)
16 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
New Zealand  34–12  Lebanon
Tries: K. Bromwich 6'
Asofa-Solomona 25'
Hiku 30'
Brown 55'
Manu 57'
Rapana 61'
Goals: Rapana (5/6) 6', 25', 31', 55', 58'
 Report
 Tries: Mansour 1'
Miski 46'
Goals: Moses (2/2) 1', 47'
Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Attendance: 5,453
Referee: Grant Atkins (Australia)
Touch judges: Tom Grant (England), Dean Bowmer (England)
Player of the Match: Joseph Manu (New Zealand)
22 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
New Zealand  68–6  Jamaica
Tries: Watene-Zelezniak (4) 4', 14', 19', 59'
Hiku 9'
Niukore 29'
Kris 37'
Marshall-King (2) 40', 55'
Nicoll-Klokstad 44'
Nikora 53'
Smith (2) 66', 72'
Goals: Foran (6/10) 16', 31', 40', 61', 67', 73'
Watene-Zelezniak (2/3) 45', 54'
 Report
 Tries: Jones-Bishop 76'
Goals: Rush (1/1) 78'
MKM Stadium, Hull
Attendance: 6,829
Referee: Marcus Griffiths (England)
Touch judges: Belinda Sharpe (Australia), Aaron Moore (England)
Player of the Match: Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (New Zealand)
23 October 2022
14:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
Lebanon  32–14  Ireland
Tries: Robinson 21'
Kiraz 25'
Morkos 31'
El-Zakhem 54'
Miski 58'
Goals: Moses (6/7) 17' pen, 22' 26', 33', 56', 71' pen
 Report
 Tries: L. Senior (2) 38', 48'
Chamberlain 78'
Goals: Chamberlain (1/3) 50'
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
Attendance: 6,057
Referee: Adam Gee (Australia)
Touch judges: Tom Grant (England), Warren Turley (Australia)
Player of the Match: Mitchell Moses (Lebanon)
28 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
New Zealand  48–10  Ireland
Tries: Hughes (2) 15', 60'
Rapana (2) 20', 46'
Hiku (2) 26', 33'
Mulitalo 38'
Fisher-Harris 55'
K. Bromwich 63'
Manu 79'
Goals: Rapana (2/4) 17', 27'
Brown (2/6) 61', 64'
 Report
 Tries: L. Senior (2) 29', 66'
Goals: Chamberlain (1/3) 12' pen
Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
Attendance: 14,044
Referee: Robert Hicks (England)
Touch judges: James Vella (England), Darian Furner (Australia)
Player of the Match: Jahrome Hughes (New Zealand)
30 October 2022
12:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
Lebanon  74–12  Jamaica
Tries: Tannous 6'
Miski 9'
El-Zakhem 12'
Robinson 15'
Rajab 23'
Tasipale (2) 27', 55'
Mansour (2) 32', 62'
Doueihi 45'
Maroun 59'
Goals: Moses (7/7) 8', 11', 13', 16', 24', 28', 33'
Doueihi (2/4) 57', 60'
 Report
 Tries: Agoro 50'
Andrade 66'
Goals: Woodburn-Hall (1/1) 51'
Rush (1/1) 66'
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
Attendance: 5,006
Referee: Paki Parkinson (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Grant Atkins (Australia), Darian Furner (Australia)
Player of the Match: Adam Doueihi (Lebanon)

Group D

Main article: 2021 Rugby League World Cup Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Tonga 3 3 0 0 148 34 +114 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 86 40 +46 4
3  Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 44 136 −92 2
4  Wales 3 0 0 3 18 86 −68 0
Source: rlwc2021
18 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
Tonga  24–18  Papua New Guinea
Tries: Penisini 14'
Fotuaika 35'
I. Katoa 37'
Koloamatangi 78'
Goals: I. Katoa (4/5) 16', 36', 39', 79'
 Report
 Tries: Martin 6'
Lam 41'
Russell 68'
Goals: Martin (3/3) 7', 43', 69'
Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens
Attendance: 10,409
Referee: Liam Moore (England)
Touch judges: James Child (England), Belinda Sharpe (Australia)
Player of the Match: Edwin Ipape (Papua New Guinea)
19 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
Wales  12–18  Cook Islands
Tries: Lloyd 13'
Olds 27'
Goals: Fozard (2/2) 15', 29'
 Report
 Tries: Gelling 22'
Moale 59'
S. Marsters 64'
Goals: S. Marsters (3/4) 24', 40' pen, 61'
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
Attendance: 6,188
Referee: Robert Hicks (England)
Touch judges: Rochelle Tamarua (New Zealand), Todd Smith (Australia)
Player of the Match: Johnathon Ford (Cook Islands)
24 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
Tonga  32–6  Wales
Tries: Tupou (3) 21', 51', 71'
Fifita 37'
Koloamatangi 40'
Niu 47'
Goals: Lolohea (3/5) 38', 40', 49'
Talakai (1/1) 72'
 Report
 Tries: Evans 17'
Goals: Fozard (1/1) 18'
Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens
Attendance: 7,752
Referee: Kasey Badger (Australia)
Touch judges: Mike Smaill (England), Rochelle Tamarua (New Zealand)
Player of the Match: Daniel Tupou (Tonga)
25 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
Papua New Guinea  32–16  Cook Islands
Tries: Tai (2) 14', 46'
Laybutt 23'
Martin 41'
Lam 56'
Olam 68'
Goals: Martin (4/6) 24', 42', 57', 69'
 Report
 Tries: Ulberg 34'
Gelling 60'
Iro 77'
Goals: S. Marsters (2/3) 3' pen, 35'
Takairangi (0/1)
Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Attendance: 6,273
Referee: Chris Kendall (England)
Touch judges: Wyatt Raymond (Australia), Paki Parkinson (New Zealand)
Player of the Match: Rhyse Martin (Papua New Guinea)
30 October 2022
14:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
Tonga  92–10  Cook Islands
Tries: Tupou (2) 1', 64'
Taumalolo (2) 13', 20'
Niu (3) 22', 29', 49'
Penisini (4) 26', 32' (pen), 61', 74'
Lolohea (2) 35', 58'
Kaufusi 40'
I. Katoa 44'
Amone 78'
Goals: I. Katoa (14/16) 15', 21', 24', 28', 31', 33', 37', 40', 46', 51', 62', 66', 76', 79'
 Report
 Tries: S. Marsters 69'
Ti. Arona 80'
Goals: S. Marsters (0/1)
Ti. Arona (1/1) 80'
Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 8,342
Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia)
Touch judges: Kasey Badger (Australia), Aaron Moore (England)
Player of the Match: Jason Taumalolo (Tonga)
31 October 2022
19:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
Papua New Guinea  36–0  Wales
Tries: Laybutt 6'
Putt (2) 12', 46'
Ngutlik (2) 18', 76'
Russell 23'
Goals: Martin (6/6) 6', 12', 18', 23', 46', 77'
 Report
Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster
Attendance: 6,968
Referee: Gerard Sutton (Australia)
Touch judges: Belinda Sharpe (Australia), James Child (England)
Player of the Match: Nixon Putt (Papua New Guinea)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage

The top 2 teams from each pool advanced to the quarter-finals. All quarter-finalists will automatically qualify for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup.


Quarter-finals


Semi-finals


Final

Main article: 2021 Rugby League World Cup Final


Leading scorers

Main article: 2021 Rugby League World Cup statistics

Top try scorers

Rank Player Club Tries
1 Josh Addo-Carr Australia Australia 6
2= Dom Young England England 4
Louis Senior Ireland Ireland
Jake Maizen Italy Italy
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak New Zealand New zealand
6= Campbell Graham Australia Australia 3
Elliott Whitehead England England
Daniel Tupou Tonga Tonga
8= Angus Crichton Australia Australia 2
James Tedesco
Jack Wighton
Ryan Hall England England
Dom Young
Benjamin Jullien France France
Arthur Mourgue
Viliame Kikau Fiji Fiji
Maika Sivo
Penioni Tagituimua
Ed Chamberlain Ireland Ireland
Abbas Miski Lebanon Lebanon
Peta Hiku New Zealand New Zealand
Jeremy Marshall-King
Tim Lafai Samoa Samoa
Danny Levi
Chanel Harris-Tavita
As of 23 October 2022

Top goal scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nathan Cleary Australia Australia 12
2 Stephen Crichton Samoa Samoa 11
3= Tommy Makinson England England 10
Arthur Mourgue France France
5 Mitchell Moses Ireland Ireland 8
6= Valentine Holmes Australia Australia 7
Marc Sneyd England England
Brandon Wakeham Fiji Fiji
9 Kieran Foran New Zealand New Zealand 6
10 Jordan Rapana New Zealand New Zealand 5
As of 23 October 2022

Top points scorers

Rank Player Club Points
1= Josh Addo-Carr Australia Australia 24
Tommy Makinson England England
2= Valentine Holmes Australia Australia 14
Arthur Mourgue France France
Jordan Rapana New Zealand New Zealand
5 Campbell Graham Australia Australia 12
Jake Maizen Italy Italy
6= Angus Crichton Australia Australia 8
James Tedesco Australia Australia
Elliott Whitehead England England
Dom Young England England
Benjamin Jullien France France
Louis Senior Ireland Ireland
Jack Campagnolo Italy Italy
As of 21 October 2022

Player discipline

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Smaill is a New Zealander who is currently based in England.[14]
  2. ^ Vella is an Australian who is currently based in England.[15]
  3. ^ Match originally scheduled to be played at Rochdale[19][20]

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  33. ^ https://rlwc2021.com/tournament/mens-tournament/groups-and-standings
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