2013 Rugby League World Cup
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The 2013 Rugby League World Cup was the fourteenth World Cup for men’s national rugby league teams. It took place between the 26 October and 30 November and was hosted by England and Wales (although some games were played in France and Ireland).[1][2][3][4] Australia won the tournament, beating New Zealand 34–2 in the final to lift the trophy for the tenth time.[5][6]
Originally planned to take place in 2012 it was moved back a year to avoid clashing with the London Olympics in 2012.[7]
It was the main event of the year's Festival of World Cups. Fourteen teams contested the tournament: Australia, England, New Zealand, Samoa, Wales, Fiji, France, Papua New Guinea, Ireland, Scotland, Tonga, Cook Islands, Italy and the United States. The latter two were competing in the Rugby League World Cup for the first time.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
New Zealand were the defending champions, having defeated Australia in 2008.
In terms of attendance, exposure and revenue, the 2013 tournament is considered the most successful Rugby League World Cup to date.[8]
Organisation
Background
The Rugby League International Federation confirmed this competition as a part of its international program. The RLIF announced a five-year plan to build up to the 2013 World Cup with Four Nations tournaments held in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The competition was part of the UK's "Golden Decade of Sport".[9] 2013 was chosen as the year of the World Cup to avoid a clash with the London Olympics in 2012.[10] After 2013, the Cup will be held on a quadrennial cycle.
Host selection
In addition to the United Kingdom, Australia announced its intention to bid for the hosting rights, despite hosting the previous World Cup in 2008.[11] The Australian Rugby League had been preparing a rival bid due to the success of the 2008 event but the business plan presented by the Rugby Football League for the UK to be the host was accepted by the RLIF at a meeting in July 2009.[10][12] The event formed part of what was being dubbed a 'Golden Decade' in British Sport.[1]
The UK last hosted the World Cup in 2000, with the event generally being considered unsuccessful.[10]
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Qualification
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The European Qualifying group involved Italy, Lebanon, Russia and Serbia while the Atlantic Qualifying group involved Jamaica, South Africa and the USA.[13] In the Atlantic Qualifiers the United States and Jamaica defeated South Africa in the opening rounds leaving the final match between the two to determine who qualified for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. United States defeated Jamaica to qualify for their first ever Rugby League World Cup.[14]
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Teams
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The competition featured fourteen teams, compared to ten in 2008.[15] Originally around twenty teams were to be involved in qualification,[16] but subsequently the total number of teams involved in the tournament was fixed at nineteen. Twelve nations automatically qualified; the ten nations that contested the previous World Cup, Wales as winners of the 2009 European Nations Cup[17] and the Cook Islands as runners up in the 2009 Pacific Cup.[18]
Match officials
Rules and officiating panel: Daniel Anderson, Stuart Cummings and David Waite.[19]
- Australia: Ben Cummins, Shayne Hayne, Ashley Klein and Grant Atkins.[19]
- England: Phil Bentham, Richard Silverwood, Ben Thaler; James Child, Joe Cobb, Mark Craven, Robert Hicks, Chris Leatherbarrow, Tony Martin, Tim Roby, Clint Sharrad, George Stokes, Matt Thomason and Warren Turley
- France: Thierry Alibert and Jose Pereira[20]
- New Zealand: Henry Perenara and Jamal Thompson.[19]
Pre-tournament matches
Before the World Cup it was announced that USA would face France in Toulouse,[21] Scotland would play Papua New Guinea at Featherstone,[22] England would play Italy at Salford,[23] New Zealand would play the Cook Islands in Doncaster[24] and England Knights would play Samoa at Salford.[25]
18 October 2013
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| France File:Flag of France.svg | 18–22 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
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Stade des Minimes, Toulouse
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19 October 2013
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| Rochdale Hornets Template:Leagueicon | 0–78 | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji |
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Spotland Stadium, Rochdale
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19 October 2013
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| England File:Flag of England.svg | 14–15 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
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AJ Bell Stadium, Salford[26]
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19 October 2013
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| England Knights Template:Leagueicon | 52–16 | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa |
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AJ Bell Stadium, Salford[27]
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19 October 2013
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| Papua New Guinea File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg | 38–20 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
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Post Office Road, Featherstone[28]
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20 October 2013
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| New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg | 50–0 | File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands |
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Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster[29]
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Venues
The games were played at various venues in England, Wales, Ireland, and France.
The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was the host stadium for the opening ceremony and a double header featuring hosts England playing Australia and Wales taking on Italy.[18] The decision to play England vs Australia in Cardiff to open the tournament drew criticism from some in the press who believed that the game should have been played in England where a higher attendance could be expected, or at least a full house which would have looked better than the almost half empty Millennium Stadium.[30]
Headingley in Leeds, the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington, the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham and the DW Stadium in Wigan hosted the quarter-finals. Both semi-finals were hosted at Wembley Stadium, with the final held at Old Trafford.
Match schedule
The match schedule was announced on 22 March 2012.[34] The Rugby League International Federation announced the kickoff times of the matches, with the opening kickoff to be held on 26 October in Cardiff, at 14:30 local time. The group stage matches will be played at 14:00, 14:30, 16:00, 16:30, 18:00, and 20:00 local time, with knockout stage matches at 13:00, 15:00, and 20:00 local time. The semi-finals will be played at 13:00 and 15:30 local time and the final, on 30 November 2013 at the Old Trafford stadium, at 14:30 local time.
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony took place at the Millennium Stadium on 26 October. The ceremony saw 550 dancers perform, 500 amateur and 50 professional, including former players Martin Offiah and Gareth Thomas, both of whom are former Strictly Come Dancing contestants. The ceremony also featured live music and a light show. The ceremony preceded the opening matches of England versus Australia, and Wales versus Italy.[35][36][37]
Group stage
The draw, undertaken at the launch of the event in Manchester on 30 November 2010, involved four groups[18] The first two groups were made up of four teams whilst the other two groups feature three teams each. The quarter-final round was made up of the first three teams in the first two groups and the winners of each of the smaller groups. Group play involved a round robin in the larger groups, and a round robin in the smaller groups with an additional inter-group game for each team so all teams played three group games.[18]
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Inter-group matches
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Knockout stage
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All times listed below are in Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) for English and Welsh venues.
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Quarter-finals
15 November 2013
20:00 |
| New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg | 40–4 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
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| Try: Goodwin (2) 8' m, 71' m Bromwich 15' c Tuivasa-Sheck (2) 20' m, 50' c Pritchard 27' c Johnson 30' c Vatuvei 58' m Goal: Johnson (4/8) 17, 28', 31', 51' |
Report[38] |
Try: Hurst 67' m Goal: Brough (0/1) |
Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds
Attendance: 16,207 Referee: Ben Cummins (Australia) Player of the Match: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (New Zealand) |
16 November 2013
13:00 |
| Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 62–0 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
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| Try: Hayne (4) 3' m, 57' c, 70' c, 79' c Inglis (2) 11' c, 50' c Morris (4) 21' m, 26' m, 35' m, 39' m Smith 23' c Cronk 28' c Goal: Thurston (7/12) 12', 23', 28', 50', 57', 70', 79' |
Report[39] |
The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Attendance: 5,762 Referee: Henry Perenara (New Zealand) Player of the Match: Brett Morris |
16 November 2013
20:00 |
| England File:Flag of England.svg | 34–6 | File:Flag of France.svg France |
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| Try: Charnley (2) 11' c, 25' m Hall (2) 18' c, 28' c O'Loughlin 47' c Ferres 77' c Goal: Sinfield (5/6) 11', 18', 28', 47', 77' |
Report[40] |
Duport 5' c Goal: Bosc (1/1) 5' |
DW Stadium, Wigan
Attendance: 22,276 Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia) Player of the Match: Sam Tomkins |
17 November 2013
15:00 |
| Samoa File:Flag of Samoa.svg | 4–22 | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji |
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| Try: Winterstein 58' m | Report[41] |
Try: Groom 5' c W. Naiqama 32' c Roqica 78' c Goal: W. Naiqama (5/5) 5', 8', 32', 71', 78' |
Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Attendance: 12,766 Referee: Richard Silverwood (England) Player of the Match: Aaron Groom |
Semi-finals
23 November 2013
13:00 |
| New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg | 20–18 | File:Flag of England.svg England |
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| Try: Tuivasa-Sheck (2) 31' c, 44' m Johnson 80' c Goal: Johnson (4/5) 33', 38', 53' 80' |
Report[42] |
Try: O'Loughlin 16' c Watkins 58' m S. Burgess 67' c Goal: Sinfield (3/4) 17', 25', 68' |
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 67,545 Referee: Ben Cummins (Australia) Player of the Match: Sam Burgess |
23 November 2013
15:30 |
| Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 64–0 | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji |
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| Try: Thurston 9' c Darius Boyd (2) 15' m, 59' c Cronk 19' c Hayne (3) 22' c, 37' c, 68' c Papalii 35'c Tamou 53' c Morris 72' c Fifita 79' c Goal: Thurston (10/11) 10', 20', 23', 36', 39', 55', 60', 69', 73', 80' |
Report[43] |
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 67,545 Referee: Richard Silverwood (England) Player of the Match: Johnathan Thurston |
Final
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30 November 2013
14:30 |
| New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg | 2–34 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
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| Tries: Goals: Shaun Johnson (1/1) 16' |
Report[44] |
Tries: Billy Slater (2) 19' c, 41' c Cooper Cronk 30' c Brett Morris (2) 52' c, 72' c Goals: Johnathan Thurston (7/7) 4', 19', 30', 35', 41', 52', 72' |
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 74,468[45] Referee: Richard Silverwood (England) Player of the Match: Johnathan Thurston (Australia) |
Try scorers
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- 8 tries
- 5 tries
- 4 tries
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- Template:Flagicon Greg Bird
- Template:Flagicon Daly Cherry-Evans
- Template:Flagicon Andrew Fifita
- Template:Flagicon Greg Inglis
- Template:Flagicon Josh Papalii
- Template:Flagicon Jonathan Thurston
- Template:Flagicon Dominique Peyroux
- Template:Flagicon Tom Briscoe
- Template:Flagicon Sam Burgess
- Template:Flagicon Sean O'Loughlin
- Template:Flagicon Kallum Watkins
- Template:Flagicon Chris Centrone
- Template:Flagicon Aidan Guerra
- Template:Flagicon Ray Nasso
- Template:Flagicon Simon Mannering
- Template:Flagicon Frank-Paul Nu'uausala
- Template:Flagicon Dean Whare
- Template:Flagicon Suaia Matagi
- Template:Flagicon Ben Roberts
- Template:Flagicon Pita Godinet
- Template:Flagicon Alex Hurst
- Template:Flagicon Ben Hellewell
- Template:Flagicon Glen Fisiiahi
- Template:Flagicon Sika Manu
- Template:Flagicon Willie Manu
- Template:Flagicon Clint Newton
- Template:Flagicon Joseph Paulo
- Template:Flagicon Matt Petersen
- Template:Flagicon Tui Samoa
- Template:Flagicon Rhodri Lloyd
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- Template:Flagicon Michael Jennings
- Template:Flagicon Luke Lewis
- Template:Flagicon Josh Morris
- Template:Flagicon Cameron Smith
- Template:Flagicon Daniel Fepuleai
- Template:Flagicon Jonathan Ford
- Template:Flagicon Isaac John
- Template:Flagicon Drury Low
- Template:Flagicon Keith Lulia
- Template:Flagicon Lulia Lulia
- Template:Flagicon Brad Takairangi
- Template:Flagicon George Burgess
- Template:Flagicon Rob Burrow
- Template:Flagicon Rangi Chase
- Template:Flagicon Leroy Cudjoe
- Template:Flagicon Ben Westwood
- Template:Flagicon Thomas Bosc
- Template:Flagicon Vincent Duport
- Template:Flagicon Morgan Escare
- Template:Flagicon Aaron Groom
- Template:Flagicon Kevin Naiqama
- Template:Flagicon Wes Naiqama
- Template:Flagicon Semi Radradra
- Template:Flagicon Vitale Junior Roqica
- Template:Flagicon Korbin Sims
- Template:Flagicon Tariq Sims
- Template:Flagicon Eloni Vunakece
- Template:Flagicon Damien Blanch
- Template:Flagicon James Hasson
- Template:Flagicon Tyrone McCarthy
- Template:Flagicon Cameron Ciraldo
- Template:Flagicon Josh Mantellato
- Template:Flagicon Anthony Minichiello
- Template:Flagicon Mark Minichiello
- Template:Flagicon James Tedesco
- Template:Flagicon Jesse Bromwich
- Template:Flagicon Greg Eastwood
- Template:Flagicon Josh Hoffman
- Template:Flagicon Krisnan Inu
- Template:Flagicon Isaac Luke
- Template:Flagicon Frank Pritchard
- Template:Flagicon Elijah Taylor
- Template:Flagicon Josiah Abavu
- Template:Flagicon Dion Aiye
- Template:Flagicon Wellington Albert
- Template:Flagicon Nene MacDonald
- Template:Flagicon Jessie Joe Parker
- Template:Flagicon Joseph Leilua
- Template:Flagicon Penani Manumeasili
- Template:Flagicon Anthony Milford
- Template:Flagicon Junior Moors
- Template:Flagicon Sauaso Sue
- Template:Flagicon Daniel Vidot
- Template:Flagicon Danny Addy
- Template:Flagicon Brett Carter
- Template:Flagicon Luke Douglas
- Template:Flagicon Ben Fisher
- Template:Flagicon Kane Linnett
- Template:Flagicon Brett Phillips
- Template:Flagicon Daniel Foster
- Template:Flagicon Konrad Hurrell
- Template:Flagicon Nafe Seluini
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Taufua
- Template:Flagicon Jason Taumalolo
- Template:Flagicon Peni Terepo
- Template:Flagicon Bureta Faraimo
- Template:Flagicon Kristian Freed
- Template:Flagicon Mark Offerdahl
- Template:Flagicon Craig Priestley
- Template:Flagicon Taylor Welch
- Template:Flagicon Ben Evans
- Template:Flagicon Elliot Kear
- Template:Flagicon Lloyd White
- Template:Flagicon Rob Massam
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Attendances
Seven grounds achieved sell-out crowds, with four setting stadium records. Games held in both Wales and Ireland were watched by the biggest crowds ever for rugby league internationals in those countries.[46] The final was played in front of the largest crowd ever to attend an international rugby league fixture.[47]
Broadcasting
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| Script error: No such module "flag". | beIN Sport[50] |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Setanta Sports 1[51] |
| North Africa and the Middle East | OSN[52] |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Sky Sport[53] |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | EM TV[54] |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Premier Sports* |
* The BBC and Premier Sports jointly televised seven live matches with the remaining 21 live matches exclusive to Premier Sports. The jointly live matches were England's Group A matches (BBC One),[55][56][57] an inter-group match between Wales and Italy[58] and a quarter-final[59] (both on BBC Two), a semi-final[60] and the final[61] (both on BBC One). The jointly televised quarter-final and semi-final involved England.
References
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External links
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