2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup Group C

Group C of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup is one of the four groups in the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, which will be played in 2022. The group comprises automatic qualifiers New Zealand and Lebanon as well as 2018 Americas Champions Jamaica and Ireland who qualified through the 2019 European play-off tournament.

The pool draw was made on 16 January 2020.^[1] The fixtures were announced on 21 July 2020.^[2] A revised schedule was issued on 19 November 2021 following the postponement of the tournament from 2021 to 2022.^[3]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	150	28	+122	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Lebanon	3	2	1	118	60	+58	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Ireland	3	1	2	72	82	−10	2
4	Jamaica	3	0	3	20	190	−170	0

Source: rlwc2021

Matches

Jamaica vs Ireland

16 October 2022
17:00 BST (UTC+01:00)

Jamaica	2–48	Ireland
Goals: Rush 1/1 (39' pen)	Report	Tries: L. Senior 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)

**Team details**
Jamaica		Position	Ireland
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Ben Jones-Bishop	1	Fullback	1	Richie Myler
Mo Agoro	2	Wing	2	Louis Senior 13', 64'
Greg Johnson	3	Centre	3	Ed Chamberlain 37'
Jacob Ogden	4	Centre	4	Toby King 57'
Alex Young	5	Wing	5	Innes Senior
James Woodburn-Hall	6	Stand off/Five eighth	6	Luke Keary
Kieran Rush	7	Scrum half/Half back	7	Joe Keyes
Jordan Andrade	8	Prop forward	8	Liam Byrne
Ashton Golding	9	Hooker	9	Josh Cook
Michael Lawrence	10	Prop forward	10	Jaimin Jolliffe
AJ Wallace	11	Second row	11	James Bentley 77'
Chevaughn Bailey	12	Second row	12	Frankie Halton 80'
Joe Brown	13	Loose forward/Lock forward	13	George King 16'
Aaron Jones-Bishop	14	Interchange	14	Harry Rushton
Bradley Ho	15	Interchange	15	James McDonnell 72'
Keenan Tomlinson	16	Interchange	16	Brendan O'Hagan 19'
Ross Peltier	17	Interchange	17	James Hasson

New Zealand vs Lebanon

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)

**Team details**
New Zealand		Position	Lebanon
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
	1	Fullback	1
	2	Wing	2
	3	Centre	3
	4	Centre	4
	5	Wing	5
	6	Stand off/Five eighth	6
	7	Scrum half/Half back	7
	8	Prop forward	8
	9	Hooker	9
	10	Prop forward	10
	11	Second row	11
	12	Second row	12
	13	Loose forward/Lock forward	13
		Interchange
		Interchange
		Interchange
		Interchange

New Zealand vs Jamaica

22 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)

New Zealand	68–6	Jamaica
Tries: Watene-Zelezniak 4', 14', 19', 59' Hiku 9' Niukore 29' Kris 37' Marshall-King 40', 55' Nicoll-Klokstad 44' Nikora 53' Smith 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)

**Team details**
New Zealand		Position	Jamaica
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
	1	Fullback	1
	2	Wing	2
	3	Centre	3
	4	Centre	4
	5	Wing	5
	6	Stand off	6
	7	Scrum half	7
	8	Prop forward	8
	9	Hooker	9
	10	Prop forward	10
	11	Second row	11
	12	Second row	12
	13	Loose forward	13
		Interchange
		Interchange
		Interchange
		Interchange

Lebanon vs Ireland

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 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)

**Team details**
Lebanon		Position	Ireland
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Jacob Kiraz	1	Fullback	1	Richie Myler
Josh Mansour	2	Wing	3	Ed Chamberlain
Brandon Morkos	4	Centre	4	Toby King
Abbas Miski	5	Centre	5	Innes Senior
Mitchell Moses	7	Wing	6	Luke Keary
Kayne Kalache	8	Stand off/Five eighth	7	Joe Keyes
Elie El-Zakhem	11	Scrum half/Half back	8	Liam Byrne 70'
Charbel Tasipale	12	Prop forward	10	Jaimin Jolliffe
James Roumanos	13	Hooker	11	James Bentley
Andrew Kazzi	15	Prop forward	12	Frankie Halton
Reece Robinson	16	Second row	13	George King
Khaled Rajab	18	Second row	16	Brendan O'Hagan
Khalil Rahme	19	Loose forward/Lock forward	20	Louis Senior
Bilal Maarbani	3	Interchange	9	Josh Cook
Anthony Layoun	14	Interchange	15	Harry Rushton
Jalal Bazzaz 40'	17	Interchange	19	Robbie Mulhern 40'
Jaxson Rahme	20	Interchange	22	James Hasson
Michael Cheika		Coach		Ged Corcoran

New Zealand vs Ireland

28 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)

New Zealand	48–10	Ireland
Tries: Hughes 15', 60' Rapana 20', 46' Hiku 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 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)

**Team details**
New Zealand		Position	Ireland
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Joseph Manu	1	Fullback	1	Richie Myler
Jordan Rapana	5	Wing	20	Louis Senior
Peta Hiku	4	Centre	3	Ed Chamberlain
Briton Nikora	17	Centre	4	Toby King
Ronaldo Mulitalo	2	Wing	5	Innes Senior
Dylan Brown	6	Stand off/Five eighth	6	Luke Keary
Jahrome Hughes	7	Scrum half/Half back	7	Joe Keyes
Jesse Bromwich	8	Prop forward	22	James Hasson
Brandon Smith	9	Hooker	9	Joshua Cook
James Fisher-Harris	10	Prop forward	13	George King
Kenny Bromwich	12	Second row	11	James Bentley
Nelson Asofa-Solomona	16	Second row	12	Frankie Halton
Joseph Tapine	13	Loose forward/Lock forward	21	Ronan Michael
Isaiah Papali'i	11	Interchange	16	Brendan O'Hagan
Kieran Foran	14	Interchange	15	Harry Rushton
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves	18	Interchange	17	Dan Norman
Isaac Liu	20	Interchange	18	Henry O'Kane
Michael Maguire		Coach		Ged Corcoran

Lebanon vs Jamaica

30 October 2022
12:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)

Lebanon	74–12	Jamaica

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)

**Team details**
Lebanon		Position	Jamaica
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
	1	Fullback	1
	2	Wing	2
	3	Centre	3
	4	Centre	4
	5	Wing	5
	6	Stand off/Five eighth	6
	7	Scrum half/Half back	7
	8	Prop forward	8
	9	Hooker	9
	10	Prop forward	10
	11	Second row	11
	12	Second row	12
	13	Loose forward/Lock forward	13
		Interchange
		Interchange
		Interchange
		Interchange

References

^ "Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw: England drawn with Samoa, France and Greece". BBC Sport. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ "England start against Samoa at World Cup". BBC Sport. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ Gordon, James (19 November 2021). "List of Rugby League World Cup 2021 fixtures - date-by-date by tournament". LoveRugbyLeague. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

External links

https://www.rlwc2021.com/

[1] "Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw: England drawn with Samoa, France and Greece". BBC Sport. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[2] "England start against Samoa at World Cup". BBC Sport. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[3] Gordon, James (19 November 2021). "List of Rugby League World Cup 2021 fixtures - date-by-date by tournament". LoveRugbyLeague. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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