2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup

The 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the fourth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup. The tournament was held in Great Britain from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 14 July. It was held at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds. Four teams took part and these teams were: Australia, England, France and New Zealand.

2013 (2013) Women's World Cup  ()
Number of teams4
Host country England
Winner Australia
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Participating teams

Each team was to play the other three once during the round robin tournament. The top two finishing teams would then contest the final.

The competition featured four teams: 3 time World Cup champions New Zealand, the tournament hosts England, Australia and France

Team Nickname Coach Captain RLIF rank
Australia Jillaroos 2
England Lionesses 3
France 4
New Zealand Kiwi Ferns Lynley Tierney-Mani Sarina Fiso 1

Squads
Main article: 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup squads

Round robin

New Zealand v. France
Friday, 5 July 2013
New Zealand 88 – 0 France
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England v. Australia
Friday, 5 July 2013
England 6 – 14 Australia
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Australia v. France
Monday, 8 July 2013
Australia 72 – 0 France
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Post Office Road, Featherstone, England

England v. New Zealand
Monday, 8 July 2013
England 16 – 34 New Zealand
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Post Office Road, Featherstone, England

Australia v. New Zealand
Thursday, 11 July 2013
Australia 6 – 14 New Zealand
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Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley, England

England v. France
Thursday, 11 July 2013
England 42 – 4 France
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Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley, England

Third Place Play Off
Saturday, 13 July 2013
England 54 – 0 France
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Final

The fourth Women's Rugby League World Cup were held in Leeds alongside the student and police World Cups, with the final taking place at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds.[1]

Sunday, 14 July 2013
Australia 22 – 12 New Zealand
Report

See also

Rugby league

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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