Rugby League World Cup History

World Cup Winners

Year Host Winner Runner-up Final score Final venue
1954 France Great Britain France 16-12 Parc des Princes, Paris
1957 Australia Australia No final No final No final
1960 England Great Britain No final No final No final
1968 Australia and New Zealand Australia France 20-2 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
1970 England Australia Great Britain 12-7 Headingley, Leeds
1972 France Great Britain Australia 10-10 State de Gerland, Lyon
1975 England Australia England 25-0 Headingley, Leeds
1977 Australia and New Zealand Australia Great Britain 13-12 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
1985-1988 No host Australia New Zealand 25-12 Eden Park, Auckland
1989-1992 No host Australia Great Britain 10-6 Wembley Stadium, London
1995 England Australia England 16-8 Wembley Stadium, London
2000 England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales Australia New Zealand 40-12 Old Trafford, Manchester
2008 Australia New Zealand Australia 34-20 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
2013 England and Wales Australia New Zealand 34-2 Old Trafford, Manchester
2017 Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea Australia England 6-0 Stadium, Brisbane
2021 England Australia Samoa 30-10 Old Trafford, Manchester
2025 France TBC TBC TBC

*- Postponed to 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic

Top World Cup Try-Scorers

Year Player Tries
1954 Gordon Brown (Great Britain) 6
1957 Ian Moir (Australia), Kel O’Shea (Australia), Mick Sullivan (Great Britain) 3
1960 Brain Carlson (Australia) 4
1968 Ron Coote, Lionel Williamson (Australia), Clive Sullivan (Great Britain) 4
1970 John Cootes (Australia) 5
1972 Bob Fulton (Australia) 5
1975 Ian Schubert (Australia), Keith Fielding (England) 7
1977 Graham Eadie (Australia), Allan McMahon (Australia) 4
1985-88 Michael O’Connor (Australia) 8
1989-92 Mal Meninga (Australia) 7
1995 Steve Menzies (Australia) 6
2000 Wendell Sailor (Australia) 10
2008 Billy Slater (Australia) 7
2013 Brett Morris (Australia), Jarryd Hayne (Australia) 9
2017 Valentine Holmes (Australia) 12
2021 Josh Addo-Carr (Australia) 12

Top World Cup Point Scorers

Year Player Points
1954 Jimmy Ledgard (Great Britain) 29
1957 Brian Carlson (Australia) 28
1960 Brian Carlson (Australia) 22
1968 Eric Simms (Australia) 56
1970 Eric Simms (Australia) 37
1972 John Holmes (Great Britain) 26
1975 Mick Cronin (Australia) 76
1977 George Fairbairn (Great Britain) 34
1985-88 Michael O’Connor (Australia) 100
1989-92 Mal Meninga (Australia) 70
1995 Andrew Johns (Australia) 62
2000 Mat Rogers (Australia) 70
2008 Jonathan Thurston (Australia) 50
2013 Shaun Johnson (New Zealand) 76
2017 Cameron Smith (Australia) 50
2021 Stephen Crichton (Samoa) 73

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