2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup

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2021 (2021) Women's Rugby League World Cup  ()
Number of teams 8
Host country  England
Winner  Australia (3rd title)
Runner-up  New Zealand
Matches played 15
Attendance 128,098 (8,540 per match)
Points scored 728 (48.53 per match)
Tries scored 157 (10.47 per match)
Top scorer England Tara-Jane Stanley
62 points (6 tries + 19 goals)
Top try scorer Australia Julia Robinson (7 tries)
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The 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the sixth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup, and was be one of three major tournaments part of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The tournament was held in England from 1 November to 19 November 2022.[1] Originally planned for 2021, it was delayed a year along with the men's and wheelchair tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament featured eight teams, an increase of two from the previous tournament.

For the first time the tournament had parity with the men's and wheelchair tournaments with all participants being paid the same while all 61 matches across three tournaments will be broadcast live.[2][3]

Teams

Qualification

The competing teams were selected based on criteria including growth and current infrastructure and were announced on 18 July 2019.[4]

Region Team Previous
appearances		 Previous best result World
ranking		 Coach Captain[5]
Americas Template:Rlw-l 0 Debut 11 Paul Grundy Maria Graf
Template:Rlw-l 1 Semi-finals (2017) 4 Mike Castle Gabrielle Hindley[6]
Asia-Pacific Template:Rlw-l 5 Champions (2013, 2017) 1 Brad Donald Kezie Apps, Sam Bremner, Ali Brigginshaw[7]
Template:Rlw-l 2 Group stage (2003, 2017) 5 Anthony (Rusty) Matua[8][9] Kimiora Breayley-Nati
Template:Rlw-l 5 Champions (2000, 2003, 2008) 2 Ricky Henry Krystal Rota
Template:Rlw-l 1 Group stage (2017) 6 Ben Jeffries Elsie Albert
Europe Template:Rlw-l[lower-alpha 1] 3 Semi-finals (2008, 2017) 3 Craig Richards Emily Rudge
Template:Rlw-l 2 Group stage (2008, 2013) 7 Vincent Baloup Alice Varela

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Draw

The teams were drawn into two groups of four. The two seeded teams were England (Group A) as hosts and Australia as holders (Group B). The draw was made at Buckingham Palace on 16 January 2020. Teams from pool 1 were drawn by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, pool 2 was drawn by Katherine Grainger and pool 3 by Jason Robinson.[10]

Ahead of the fixture list being announced, the organisers stated that there would be at least four days between a team's games in the interests of player welfare.[11]

The fixtures were announced on 21 July 2020.[12] Following the postponement of the tournament from 2021 to 2022, a revised schedule was published on 21 November 2021.[13] All the games in the tournament were played as double-headers with other games from either the women's or men's tournaments.[14]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

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Squads

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Each nation announced 24 player squads to compete in the tournament.[15]

Venues

Stadiums

Five venues were used for the women's tournament.[16] Stadiums are referred to by their official name rather than sponsored name, as is International Rugby League policy

Manchester Wigan
Old Trafford[lower-alpha 2] DW Stadium
Capacity: 74,994 Capacity: 25,138
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Hull Leeds York
MKM Stadium Headingley Stadium York Community Stadium
Capacity: 25,586 Capacity: 21,062 Capacity: 8,500
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Team base camp locations

Two locations were used by the eight national team squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament, as follows;[17]

  • Leeds: Brazil, Canada, England and Papua New Guinea
  • York: Australia, Cook Islands, France and New Zealand

Officiating

Match officials

The list of match officials who officiated across both the men's and women's tournaments was published on 5 October 2022.[18]

Warm-up matches

Pre-tournament practice matches took place in the weeks before the first round of group stage matches of the World Cup.

20 October 2022
19:00 BST (UTC+01:00)
York Valkyrie [[Image:|14px|]] 0–38 Template:Rlw-l
Report
25 October 2022
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)
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Report
Orrell St James Rugby League Club, Wigan[23]
27 October 2022
14:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
England Knights England 14–26 Template:Rlw-l
Report
Weetwood Sports Park, Leeds
27 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
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Report

Group stage

Group A

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1 November 2022
14:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Beevers 2'
Hill (3) 16', 22', 73'
Field 28'
Hardcastle (3) 37', 49', 67'
Stanley (2) 6', 40'
Goldthorp 44'
Jones 64'
Burke 70'
Wood 80'
Goal: Stanley (8/14) 23', 29', 38' , 45', 65', 68', 74', 80'
 Report Try: Momberg 59'
Goal: Oliveira (0/1)
Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Attendance: 8,621[26]
Referee/s: Rochelle Tamarua (New Zealand)
Man of the Match: Courtney Winfield-Hill (England)

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1 November 2022
17:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Long 25'
Molowia (2) 38', 42'
Ravu 47'
Banu 63'
Gwasamun 76'
Butler 78'
Goal: Veivers (2/5) 43', 80'
Malabag (1/2) 64'
 Report Try: Woods 31'
Pakulis 60'
Goal: Frananda (2/2) 31', 62'
Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Attendance: 8,621[26]
Referee/s: Geoffrey Poumes (France)
Man of the Match: Martha Molowia (Papua New Guinea)

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5 November 2022
12:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Burke (2) 4', 67'
Dodd (2) 17', 26'
Wilson 20'
Goldthorp 33'
Roche 35'
Stanley (3) 41', 44', 60'
Roberts 52'
Goal: Stanley (5/11) 21', 27', 36' 42' 61'
 Report Try: Woods 47'
DW Stadium, Wigan
Attendance: 23,179[26][lower-alpha 5]
Referee/s: Paki Parkinson (New Zealand)
Man of the Match: Vicky Molyneux (England)

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5 November 2022
17:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Gwasamun (4) 2', 27', 51', 59'
Moxon (2) 11', 54'
Butler 16'
Albert 42'
Reeves 45'
Koroi 48'
Joe 66'
Molowia 69'
Malabag 72'
Aiton 75'
Goal: Malabag (7/14) 28', 44', 46', 49', 61', 70', 73'
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MKM Stadium, Hull
Attendance: 7,080[26][lower-alpha 6]
Referee/s: Ben Casty (France)
Man of the Match: Belinda Gwasamun (Papua New Guinea)

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9 November 2022
17:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Sandboe 25'
Maguire 29'
Pakulis 59'
Fittes 79'
Goal: Frananda (3/4) 31', 60', 80'
 Report Try: Amaral 7'
Santini 44'
Bodeman 73'
Goal: Graf (2/3) 7', 75'
Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Attendance: 5,471[26]
Referee/s: Michael Smaill (England)

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9 November 2022
19:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Burke (3) 24', 46', 64'
Hardcastle (2) 28', 78'
Stanley 37'
Whitfield 52'
Beevers 75'
Goal: Stanley (5/8)
 Report Try: Molowia 4'
Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Attendance: 5,471[26]
Referee/s: Ben Casty (France)
Man of the Match: Jodie Cunningham (England)

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Group B

All six of the Group B fixtures were played at the York Community Stadium in York.[13] Template:2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup Group B

2 November 2022
17:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Bartlett 24'
Nicholls 29'
Hall 33'
Murdoch-Masila (2) 39', 76'
Vaha'akolo (2) 42', 56'
P. McGregor 50'
Parker 79'
Goal: Nicholls (1/2) 52'
Clark (4/7) 30', 34', 77', 80'
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York Community Stadium, York
Attendance: 3,091[26]
Referee/s: Ben Thaler (England)
Man of the Match: Apii Nicholls-Pualau (New Zealand)

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2 November 2022
19:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Pelite (3) 3', 25', 70'
Johnston 9'
Aiken (2) 14', 72'
Bremmer (4) 21', 44', 60', 63'
Ciesiolka 30'
Robinson 33', 57'
Fuimaono 54'
Goal: Brown (6/9) 10', 16', 23', 31', 65', 70'
Wheeler (3/3) 55', 58', 61'
 Report
York Community Stadium, York
Attendance: 3,091[26]
Referee/s: Michael Smaill (England)
Man of the Match: Sam Bremner (Australia)

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6 November 2022
17:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: McGregor 10'
Rota 15'
Hall 31'
Albert-Jones 54'
Hufanga (2) 59', 72'
Nu'uausala 79'
Goal: Albert-Jones (1/4) 54'
Clark (3/3) 33', 74', 80'
 Report Try: Wiki 67'
York Community Stadium, York
Attendance: 3,006[26]
Referee/s: Michael Smaill (England)
Man of the Match: Raecene McGregor (New Zealand)

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6 November 2022
19:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Ciesiolka 3'
Chapman (3) 6', 12', 63'
Sergis (4) 9', 17', 37', 42'
Aiken 14'
Tonegato 21'
Harden 27'
Pelite (2) 35', 79'
Robinson (3) 46', 67', 74'
Kernick 55'
Goal: Brown (10/13)
Wheeler (1/2)
Aiken (1/2)
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York Community Stadium, York
Attendance: 3,006[26]
Referee/s: Rochelle Tamarua (New Zealand)
Man of the Match: Tarryn Aiken (Australia)

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10 November 2022
17:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Bianchini 27'
Ciria (2) 48', 76'
Song-Puche 65'
Goal: Ciria (1/4)
 Report Try: Ngatupuna 19'
Matua 30'
Wiki 42'
Tuaana 61'
Dean 73'
Goal: Matua (3/5)
York Community Stadium, York
Attendance: 3,370[26]
Referee/s: Ben Thaler (England)

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10 November 2022
19:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Aiken 20'
Robinson 62'
Goal: Brigginshaw (1/1) 22'
Brown (0/1)
 Report Try: Nicholls-Pualau 30'
Stephens-Daly 55'
Goal: Clark (0/2)
York Community Stadium, York
Attendance: 3,370[26]
Referee/s: Todd Smith (Australia)

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
14 November – York
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19 November – Manchester


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Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played as a double-header at the York Community Stadium, York on 14 November 2022.[13]

14 November 2022
17:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Davis 10'
Kelly (3) 15', 17', 37'
Bent 22'
Pelite 25'
Ciesiolka (2) 28', 46'
Kernick 34'
Sergis 42'
Harden 49'
Tonegato (3) 52', 56', 75'
Chapman 66'
Goal: Brown (10/14) 11', 23', 36', 38', 43', 47', 50', 53', 58', 67'
Brigginshaw (1/1) 76'
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14 November 2022
19:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Goldthorp 5'
Goal: Stanley (1/1) 6'
 Report Try: Hufanga 16'
R. McGregor 29'
Pule 47'
Clark 52'
Goal: Clark (0/2)
Nicholls-Pualau (2/2) 48', 53'
York Community Stadium, York
Attendance: 7,139[26]
Referee/s: Kasey Badger (Australia)
Man of the Match: Mele Hufanga (New Zealand)

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Final

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The final was played at Old Trafford, Manchester on 19 November 2022 as a double-header with the final of the men's tournament.[13]

19 November 2022
13:15 GMT (UTC±00:00)
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Try: Sergis (2) 4', 51'
Kelly (2) 14', 35'
Robinson 26'
Tonegato 48'
Aiken 56'
Cherrington (2) 66', 69'
Pelite 72'
Goal: Brigginshaw (2/5) 6', 70'
Brown (5/5) 36', 49', 52', 57', 67'
 Report Try: Bartlett 64'
Goal: R. McGregor (0/1)
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 67,502
Referee/s: Belinda Sharpe (Australia)

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Team of the Tournament

Between the Semi-finals and final the RLWC2021 organisers announced the team of the tournament.[27]

# Position Player M T G Pts
1 Fullback File:New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Apii Nicholls 3 2 3 14
2 Wing England colours.svg Tara-Jane Stanley 4 6 19 62
3 Centre File:New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Mele Hufanga 3 3 0 12
4 Centre Australian colours.svg Isabelle Kelly 3 3 0 12
5 Wing Australian colours.svg Evania Pelite 3 6 0 24
6 Five-eighth Australian colours.svg Tarryn Aiken 3 4 1 18
7 Halfback File:New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Raecene McGregor 4 3 0 12
8 Prop Papua New Guinea colours.svg Elsie Albert 4 1 0 4
9 Hooker Australian colours.svg Lauren Brown 4 0 25 50
10 Prop England colours.svg Vicky Whitfield 4 1 0 4
11 Second-row England colours.svg Vicky Molyneux 3 0 0 0
12 Second-row File:New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Amber Hall 4 2 0 8
13 Lock Canadacolours.png Megan Pakulis 3 2 0 8
14 interchange Ipswich Colours.svg Franciny Amaral 3 1 0 4
15 interchange England colours.svg Courtney Winfield-Hill 4 3 0 12
16 interchange Australian colours.svg Emma Tonegato 3 4 0 16
17 interchange File:New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Annetta Nu'uausala 4 1 0 4

See also

Notes and references

Notes

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References

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External links

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