Rugby League World Cup records

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	Kurt Sorensen
17	/ John Atkinson; Bob Fulton
15	Mal Meninga; Michael O'Connor

Overall top points scorers

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

Most tries

Tries	Individual
17	Valentine Holmes
16	Billy Slater
14	/ Jarryd Hayne
13	Bob Fulton

Most tries in a tournament

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

* Jarryd Hayne represented Australia at the 2013 World Cup.

Most tries in a match

Tries	Individual
6	Valentine Holmes (2017)
5	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
1957	Dick Poole	Dick Poole
1960	Eric Ashton	William Fallowfield
1968	Johnny Raper	Harry Bath
1970	Ron Coote	Harry Bath
1972	Clive Sullivan	Jim Challinor
1975	Arthur Beetson	Graeme Langlands
1977	Arthur Beetson	Terry Fearnley
1988	Wally Lewis	Don Furner
1992	Mal Meninga	Bob Fulton
1995	Brad Fittler	Bob Fulton
2000	Brad Fittler	Chris Anderson
2008	Nathan Cayless	Stephen Kearney
2013	Cameron Smith	Tim Sheens
2017	Cameron Smith	Mal Meninga

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.

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