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.

Main article: Rugby League World Cup

Team Records

All time record
Further information: Rugby League World Cup overall 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
MarginCountryScoreCountryScoreVenueYear
106 Australia110 Russia4Hull2000
80 Australia86 South Africa6Gateshead1995
74 New Zealand84 Cook Islands10Reading2000

Most points in a game
PointsCountryScoreCountryScoreVenueYear
114 Australia110 Russia4Hull2000
94 New Zealand84 Cook Islands10Reading2000
92 Australia86 South Africa6Gateshead1995

Individual records

Most appearances
Appearances 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

World Cup winning captains and coaches
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

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
YearVenueCity/CountryEventResultAttendance
2013Old TraffordManchester, EnglandFinal Australia def.  New Zealand 34–274,468
1989-92Wembley Stadium (1923)London, EnglandFinal Australia def.  Great Britain 10–673,631
2013Wembley StadiumLondon, EnglandSemi Final (double header) Australia def.  Fiji 64–0
 New Zealand def.  England 20–18		67,575
1995Wembley Stadium (1923)London, EnglandFinal Australia def.  England 16–866,540
1968Sydney Cricket GroundSydney, AustraliaGroup Stage Australia def.  Great Britain 25–1062,256

Top 5 World Cup Final attendances
YearVenueCity/CountryResultAttendance
2013Old TraffordManchester, England Australia def.  New Zealand 34–274,468
1992Wembley Stadium (1923)London, England Australia def.  Great Britain 10–673,631
1995Wembley Stadium (1923)London, England Australia def.  England 16–866,540
1968Sydney Cricket GroundSydney, Australia Australia def.  France 20–254,290
2008Suncorp StadiumBrisbane, Australia New Zealand def.  Australia 34–2050,599

Highest Attendance per Host Nation
CountryYearVenueCityEventResultAttendance
England2013Old TraffordManchesterFinal Australia def.  New Zealand 34–274,468
Australia1968Sydney Cricket GroundSydneyGroup Stage Australia def.  Great Britain 25–1062,256
New Zealand1988Eden ParkAucklandFinal Australia def.  New Zealand 25–1247,363
Wales2013Millennium StadiumCardiffGroup Stage (double header) Australia def.  England 28–20
 Italy def.  Wales 32–16		45,052
France1954Stadium de ToulouseToulouseGroup Stage France drew with  Great Britain 13–1337,471
Papua New Guinea1986Lloyd Robson OvalPort MoresbyGroup Stage Australia def.  Papua New Guinea 62–1217,000
Ireland2013Thomond ParkLimerickGroup Stage Australia def.  Ireland 50–05,021
Northern Ireland2000Windsor ParkBelfastGroup Stage Ireland def.  Samoa 30–163,207
Scotland2000Firhill StadiumGlasgowGroup Stage Aotearoa Māori def.  Scotland 17–162,008

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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