2013 Rugby League World Cup

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2013 (2013) World Cup  ()
Number of teams	14
Host countries	England Wales
Winner	Australia (10th title)
Matches played	28
Attendance	458,483 (16,374 per match)
Top scorer	Shaun Johnson (76)
Top try scorer	Brett Morris Jarryd Hayne (9 tries each)
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The World Cup's Opening Ceremony.

The 2013 Rugby League World Cup was the fourteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup and took place in England, Wales, France and Ireland. between 26 October and 30 November 2013.

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 very first time.

New Zealand were the defending champions, having defeated Australia in 2008. Australia won the tournament, beating New Zealand 34–2 in the final to lift the Rugby League World Cup for the tenth time.

In terms of attendance, exposure and revenue, Rugby League World Cup 2013 is considered the most successful Rugby League World Cup to date.

Organisation

Representatives of the game with the trophy at Leeds Central Library.

=== Background === LINCOLN Hey

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". 2013 was chosen as the year of the World Cup to avoid a clash with the London Olympics in 2012. 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. 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. The event forms part of what is being dubbed a 'Golden Decade' in British Sport.

The UK last hosted the World Cup in 2000, with the event generally being considered unsuccessful.

Prince Charles welcomed representatives of all 14 nations and tournament organisers with a reception at Clarence House.

Qualification

Main article: 2013 Rugby League World Cup qualifying

There were two qualifying pools for the remaining two World Cup places; a European and an Atlantic pool, with one side from each to qualify.

The European Qualifying group involved Italy, Lebanon, Russia and Serbia while the Atlantic Qualifying group involved Jamaica, South Africa and the USA. 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.

• Qualifying Pool One (Europe)
  • Italy
  • Lebanon
  • Russia
  • Serbia

• Qualifying Pool Two (Atlantic)
  • Jamaica
  • South Africa
  • United States

Teams

See also: 2013 Rugby League World Cup squads

The competition featured fourteen teams, compared to ten in 2008. Originally around twenty teams were to be involved in qualification, 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 and the Cook Islands as runners up in the 2009 Pacific Cup.

Team	Nickname	Coach	Captain	RLIF rank
Australia (14th appearance)	The Kangaroos	Tim Sheens	Cameron Smith	1
Cook Islands (2nd appearance)	The Kukis	David Fairleigh	Zeb Taia	18
England (5th appearance)	The Wall of White	Steve McNamara	Kevin Sinfield	3
Fiji (4th appearance)	The Bati	Rick Stone	Petero Civoniceva	7
France (14th appearance)	Les Chanticleers	Richard Agar	Olivier Elima	4
Ireland (3rd appearance)	The Wolfhounds	Mark Aston	Liam Finn	9
Italy (1st appearance)	The Azzurri	Carlo Napolitano	Anthony Minichiello	13
New Zealand (14th appearance)	The Kiwis	Stephen Kearney	Simon Mannering	2
Papua New Guinea (6th appearance)	The Kumuls	Adrian Lam	Neville Costigan	6
Samoa (4th appearance)	Toa Samoa	Matt Parish	Harrison Hansen	8
Scotland (3rd appearance)	The Bravehearts	Steve McCormack	Danny Brough	11
Tonga (4th appearance)	Mate Ma'a Tonga	Charlie Tonga	Brent Kite	10
United States (1st appearance)	The Tomahawks	Terry Matterson	Joseph Paulo	12
Wales (4th appearance)	The Dragons	Iestyn Harris	Craig Kopczak	5

Match officials

Rules and officiating panel: Daniel Anderson, Stuart Cummings and David Waite.

• Australia: Ben Cummins, Shayne Hayne, Ashley Klein and Grant Atkins.
• 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
• New Zealand: Henry Perenara and Jamal Thompson.

Pre-tournament matches

Before the World Cup it was announced that USA would face France in Toulouse, Scotland would play Papua New Guinea at Featherstone, England would play Italy at Salford, New Zealand would play the Cook Islands in Doncaster and England Knights would play Samoa at Salford.

18 October 2013	France	18–22	United States	Stade des Minimes, Toulouse

19 October 2013	Rochdale Hornets	0–78	Fiji	Spotland Stadium, Rochdale

19 October 2013	England	14–15	Italy	AJ Bell Stadium, Eccles

19 October 2013	England Knights	52–16	Samoa	AJ Bell Stadium, Eccles

19 October 2013	Papua New Guinea	38–20	Scotland	Post Office Road, Featherstone

20 October 2013	New Zealand	50–0	Cook Islands	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster

Venues

The games were played at various venues in England, Wales, Ireland, and France.

Group stage venues

Matches were subject to a bidding process run by the Rugby Football League.

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. 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.

Cardiff	Limerick	Hull	Huddersfield	Leeds	St. Helens
Millennium Stadium	Thomond Park	KC Stadium	John Smith's Stadium	Headingley	Langtree Park
Capacity: 74,500	Capacity: 26,500	Capacity: 25,586	Capacity: 24,500	Capacity: 21,062	Capacity: 18,000
Avignon	Warrington	Halifax	Perpignan	Bristol	Salford
Parc des Sports	Halliwell Jones Stadium	The Shay	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Memorial Stadium	Salford City Stadium
Capacity: 17,518	Capacity: 15,200	Capacity: 14,061	Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 12,100	Capacity: 12,000
Leigh	Wrexham	Rochdale	Hull	Workington	Neath
Leigh Sports Village	Racecourse Ground	Spotland	Craven Park	Derwent Park	The Gnoll
Capacity: 11,000	Capacity: 10,500	Capacity: 10,249	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 5,000

Knock-out stage venues

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.

London	Manchester	Wigan
Wembley Stadium	Old Trafford	DW Stadium
Capacity: 90,000	Capacity: 76,212	Capacity: 25,133

Match summary

The match schedule was announced on 22 March 2012. 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.

Group stage

The draw, undertaken at the launch of the event in Manchester on 30 November 2010, involved four groups The first two groups are made up of four teams whilst the other two groups feature three teams each. There will be a quarter-final round made up of the first three teams in the first two groups and the winners of each of the smaller groups. Group play will involve 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 will play three group games.

Key to colours in group tables
Advances to knockout stage

Group A

England vs. Ireland, at the John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield. England won 42–0

Main article: 2013 Rugby League World Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	20	112	22	+90	6
England	3	2	0	1	18	96	40	+56	4
Fiji	3	1	0	2	8	46	82	–36	2
Ireland	3	0	0	3	3	14	124	–110	0

26 October 2013	Australia	28–20	England	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

28 October 2013	Fiji	32–14	Ireland	Spotland Stadium, Rochdale

2 November 2013	England	42–0	Ireland	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield

2 November 2013	Australia	34–2	Fiji	Langtree Park, St Helens

9 November 2013	England	34–12	Fiji	KC Stadium, Hull

9 November 2013	Australia	50–0	Ireland	Thomond Park, Limerick

Group B

France vs New Zealand at Parc des Sports, Avignon. New Zealand won 48–0.

Main article: 2013 Rugby League World Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	26	146	34	+112	6
Samoa	3	2	0	1	14	84	52	+32	4
France	3	1	0	2	2	15	78	–63	2
Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	3	5	22	103	–81	0

27 October 2013	Papua New Guinea	8–9	France	Craven Park, Hull

27 October 2013	New Zealand	42–24	Samoa	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

1 November 2013	New Zealand	48–0	France	Parc des Sports, Avignon

4 November 2013	Papua New Guinea	4–38	Samoa	Craven Park, Hull

8 November 2013	New Zealand	56–10	Papua New Guinea	Headingley, Leeds

11 November 2013	France	6–22	Samoa	Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan

Scotland vs. Italy at Derwent Park, Workington. The game finished 30–30.

Group C

Main article: 2013 Rugby League World Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Scotland	3	2	1	0	13	78	62	+16	5
Tonga	3	2	0	1	12	62	42	+20	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	11	62	62	0	3

29 October 2013	Tonga	24–26	Scotland	Derwent Park, Workington

3 November 2013	Scotland	30–30	Italy	Derwent Park, Workington

10 November 2013	Tonga	16–0	Italy	The Shay, Halifax

Wales vs. Cook Islands at The Gnoll, Neath. The Cook Islands won 28–24.

Group D

Main article: 2013 Rugby League World Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	13	64	58	+6	4
Cook Islands	3	1	0	2	12	64	78	–14	2
Wales	3	0	0	3	11	56	84	–28	0

30 October 2013	United States	32–20	Cook Islands	Memorial Stadium, Bristol

3 November 2013	Wales	16–24	United States	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

10 November 2013	Wales	24–28	Cook Islands	The Gnoll, Neath

Inter-group matches

26 October 2013	Wales	16–32	Italy	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

5 November 2013	Tonga	22–16	Cook Islands	Leigh Sports Village, Leigh

7 November 2013	Scotland	22–8	United States	AJ Bell Stadium, Eccles

Knockout stage

Quarter-final No. 3 England vs. France at the DW Stadium, Wigan. England won 34–6

Quarter-final No. 4 Samoa vs. Fiji at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, Wariington. Fiji won 22–4

Main article: 2013 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage

Quarter-finals will follow the group stage, with three teams from each of Groups A and B and one team from each of Groups C and D qualifying.

All times listed below are in Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) for English and Welsh venues.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

Australia

62

D1

United States

0

A1

Australia

64

A3

Fiji

0

B2

Samoa

4

A3

Fiji

22

A1

Australia

34

B1

New Zealand

2

A2

England

34

B3

France

6

A2

England

18

B1

New Zealand

20

B1

New Zealand

40

C1

Scotland

4

Quarter-finals

15 November 2013 20:00

New Zealand	40–4	Scotland
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	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)

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16 November 2013 13:00

Australia	62–0	United States
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

The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Attendance: 5,762 Referee: Henry Perenara (New Zealand) Player of the Match: Brett Morris

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16 November 2013 20:00

England	34–6	France
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	Duport 5' c Goal: Bosc (1/1) 5'

DW Stadium, Wigan Attendance: 22,276 Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia) Player of the Match: Sam Tomkins

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17 November 2013 15:00

Samoa	4–22	Fiji
Try: Winterstein 58' m	Report	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	20–18	England
Try: Tuivasa-Sheck (2) 31' c, 44' m Johnson 80' c Goal: Johnson (4/5) 33', 38', 53' 80'	Report	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

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23 November 2013 15:30

Australia	64–0	Fiji
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

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 67,545 Referee: Richard Silverwood (England) Player of the Match: Johnathan Thurston

Final

Main article: 2013 Rugby League World Cup Final

30 November 2013 14:30

New Zealand	2–34	Australia
Tries: Goals: Shaun Johnson (1/1) 16'	Report	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 Referee: Richard Silverwood Player of the Match: Johnathan Thurston

New Zealand

Australia

FB 1 Kevin Locke RW 2 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck LC 3 Dean Whare RC 4 Bryson Goodwin LW 5 Manu Vatuvei SO 6 Kieran Foran SH 7 Shaun Johnson PR 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves HK 9 Isaac Luke PR 10 Jesse Bromwich SR 11 Simon Mannering (c) SR 12 Sonny Bill Williams LF 13 Elijah Taylor Substitutions: IC 14 Frank-Paul Nu'uausala IC 15 Sam Kasiano IC 16 Ben Matulino IC 17 Alex Glenn Coach: Stephen Kearney

FB 1 Billy Slater RW 2 Brett Morris RC 3 Greg Inglis LC 4 Jarryd Hayne LW 5 Darius Boyd SO 6 Johnathan Thurston SH 7 Cooper Cronk PR 8 Matt Scott HK 9 Cameron Smith (c) PR 10 James Tamou SR 11 Greg Bird SR 12 Sam Thaiday LF 13 Paul Gallen Substitutions: IC 14 Daly Cherry-Evans IC 15 Josh Papalii IC 16 Andrew Fifita IC 17 Corey Parker Coach: Tim Sheens

Touch Judges:

• James Child (England)
• Grant Atkins (Australia)

Video Referee:

• Ashley Klein (Australia)

1st half

After Australia kicked off, a New Zealand error in the first set of the game led to an early opportunity and field position for Australia, and the penalty was kicked by Johnathan Thurston to open the scoring to 2–0. The Kiwis suffered an early blow when after just one touch of the ball, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck had a recurrence of an ankle injury that forced him from the field after just 8 minutes with second rower Alex Glenn his replacement, forcing a re-shuffle with Simon Mannering moving to the centres and Dean Whare to the wing. Australia weren't without their problems though as soon after Jarryd Hayne went down with an apparent concussion after colliding with the hip of Simon Mannering while tackling the Kiwi captain, though the Kangaroos centre would remain on the field. Further play from the Kiwis brought them into the Australian half of the field, and a holding penalty then given by the Australians was kicked by Shaun Johnson to level the score to 2–2 at the 16 minute mark. Despite Old Trafford having an in-goal area of just 4.1m, Australia were able to force a line drop-out. From this, Thurston was able to kick to Billy Slater, setting up the first four-pointer which Thurston also converted to make the score 8–2. A try attempt by Cooper Cronk was controversially disallowed by the video referee, who ruled Isaac Luke had been able to stop the ball coming into contact with the in-goal grass while also giving New Zealand a penalty against Andrew Fifita for 'driving' Luke. Cronk didn't have to wait long to score though, as a few minutes later Darius Boyd got around Whare and raced down the wing before putting in a miss-kicked grubber which Cronk managed to find to go over and score despite a desperate Kevin Locke tackle. Thurston kicked his 3rd goal from 3 attempts to take the score out to 14–2. Thurston's conversion of Cronk's try saw him overtake Michael Cronin as Australia's highest point scorer in test match football. Manu Vatuvei's attacking run for New Zealand saw him pushed over the sideline 5 metres out by 5 desperate Australian defenders, and an offside penalty at the 35 minute mark gave Thurston another kick to bring the score out to 16–2 at halftime.

2nd half

Billy Slater opened the scoring on the first set of the second half, thanks to break by captain Cameron Smith who passed outside to Thurston who found Darius Boyd who raced down the sideline and found Slater in support as Kiwi fullback Kevin Locke loomed in defence. This gave Thurston another chance to convert and bring the score to 22–2. A charge-down by Ben Matulino and regather from Sonny Bill Williams led to New Zealand beginning attack at halfway. More potential attack from the Kiwis was defused easily by the Australians, until a New Zealand grubber gave possession back to the Australians. A flick offload from Josh Papalii led to a chip kick from Brett Morris, regathered and then re-kicked by Jarryd Hayne led to a sliding Morris try. A conversion by Thurston brought the score out to 28–2. Both teams were having issues with the geography of the ground, as Morris collided with the signage during his try and a flying Manu Vatuvei landed awkwardly on the concrete surrounding the field. Australia's control of the game led to the New Zealanders forced into defense of their own line, defusing Australia's attack but not managing any successful attack of their own. A near 100 metre try by Morris, thanks to a 70-metre intercept run by Hayne, and conversion by Thurston made the score 34–2 with eight minutes to go.

Australian scrum half back Johnathan Thurston was named the final's man-of-the-match, his fourth such award of the tournament. His conversion of Cronk's first half try also broke Mick Cronin's 31-year-old record of 309 Test points for the Kangaroos. The 32-point margin set a new record for heaviest victory in a final, eclipsing Australia’s 40–12 victory over the Kiwis in the same stadium in 2000.

Try scorers

9

• Brett Morris
• Jarryd Hayne

8

• Ryan Hall
• Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

5

• Cooper Cronk
• Antonio Winterstein

4

• Darius Boyd
• Billy Slater
• Bryson Goodwin
• Shaun Johnson
• Manu Vatuvei
• Matty Russell
• Christiaan Roets

3

• Chris Taripo
• Josh Charnley
• Brett Ferres
• Akuila Uate
• Sonny Bill Williams

2

• Greg Bird
• Daly Cherry-Evans
• Andrew Fifita
• Greg Inglis
• Josh Papalii
• Jonathan Thurston
• Dominique Peyroux
• Tom Briscoe
• Sam Burgess
• Sean O'Loughlin
• Kallum Watkins
• Chris Centrone
• Aidan Guerra
• Ray Nasso
• Simon Mannering
• Frank-Paul Nu'uausala
• Dean Whare
• Suaia Matagi
• Ben Roberts
• Pita Godinet
• Alex Hurst
• Ben Hellewell
• Glen Fisiiahi
• Sika Manu
• Willie Manu
• Clint Newton
• Joseph Paulo
• Matt Petersen
• Tui Samoa
• Rhodri Lloyd

1

• Michael Jennings
• Luke Lewis
• Josh Morris
• Cameron Smith
• Daniel Fepuleai
• Jonathan Ford
• Isaac John
• Drury Low
• Keith Lulia
• Lulia Lulia
• Brad Takairangi
• George Burgess
• Rob Burrow
• Rangi Chase
• Leroy Cudjoe
• Ben Westwood
• Thomas Bosc
• Vincent Duport
• Morgan Escare
• Aaron Groom
• Kevin Naiqama
• Wes Naiqama
• Semi Radradra
• Vitale Junior Roqica
• Korbin Sims
• Tariq Sims
• Eloni Vunakece
• Damien Blanch
• James Hasson
• Tyrone McCarthy
• Cameron Ciraldo
• Josh Mantellato
• Anthony Minichiello
• Mark Minichiello
• James Tedesco
• Jesse Bromwich
• Greg Eastwood
• Josh Hoffman
• Krisnan Inu
• Isaac Luke
• Frank Pritchard
• Elijah Taylor
• Josiah Abavu
• Dion Aiye
• Wellington Albert
• Nene MacDonald
• Jessie Joe Parker
• Joseph Leilua
• Penani Manumeasili
• Anthony Milford
• Junior Moors
• Sauaso Sue
• Daniel Vidot
• Danny Addy
• Brett Carter
• Luke Douglas
• Ben Fisher
• Kane Linnett
• Brett Phillips
• Daniel Foster
• Konrad Hurrell
• Nafe Seluini
• Jorge Taufua
• Jason Taumalolo
• Peni Terepo
• Bureta Faraimo
• Kristian Freed
• Mark Offerdahl
• Craig Priestley
• Taylor Welch
• Ben Evans
• Elliot Kear
• Lloyd White
• Rob Massam
• Anthony Walker

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. The final was played in front of the largest crowd ever to attend an international rugby league fixture.

Date	Match	Venue	Location	Attendance
26 October 2013	Australia vs England	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	45,052
26 October 2013	Wales vs Italy	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	45,052
27 October 2013	Papua New Guinea vs France	Craven Park	Hull	7,481
27 October 2013	New Zealand vs Samoa	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Warrington	14,965
28 October 2013	Fiji vs Ireland	Spotland	Rochdale	8,872
29 October 2013	Tonga vs Scotland	Derwent Park	Workington	7,630
30 October 2013	United States vs Cook Islands	Memorial Stadium	Bristol	7,247
1 November 2013	New Zealand vs France	Parc des Sports	Avignon	17,158
2 November 2013	England vs Ireland	John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield	24,375
2 November 2013	Australia vs Fiji	Langtree Park	St. Helens	14,137
3 November 2013	Wales vs United States	Racecourse Ground	Wrexham	8,019
3 November 2013	Scotland vs Italy	Derwent Park	Workington	7,280
4 November 2013	Papua New Guinea vs Samoa	Craven Park	Hull	6,871
5 November 2013	Tonga vs Cook Islands	Leigh Sports Village	Leigh	10,554
7 November 2013	Scotland vs United States	AJ Bell Stadium	Eccles	6,041
8 November 2013	New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea	Headingley	Leeds	18,180
9 November 2013	England vs Fiji	KC Stadium	Hull	25,114
9 November 2013	Australia vs Ireland	Thomond Park	Limerick	5,021
10 November 2013	Wales vs Cook Islands	The Gnoll	Neath	3,720
10 November 2013	Tonga vs Italy	The Shay	Halifax	10,226
11 November 2013	France vs Samoa	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Perpignan	11,576
15 November 2013	New Zealand vs Scotland	Headingley	Leeds	16,207
16 November 2013	Australia vs United States	Racecourse Ground	Wrexham	5,762
16 November 2013	England vs France	DW Stadium	Wigan	22,276
17 November 2013	Samoa vs Fiji	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Warrington	12,776
23 November 2013	New Zealand vs England	Wembley	London	67,545
23 November 2013	Australia vs Fiji	Wembley	London	67,545
30 November 2013	Australia vs New Zealand	Old Trafford	Manchester	74,468

Broadcasting

Country	Channel televising all matches
Australia	7mate
France	beIN Sport
Ireland	Setanta Sports 1
North Africa and the Middle East	OSN
New Zealand	Sky Sport
Papua New Guinea	EM TV
United Kingdom	Premier Sports*

* The BBC and Premier Sports jointly televised seven live matches with the remaining twenty one live matches exclusive to Premier Sports. The jointly live matches were England’s Group A matches (BBC One), an inter-group match between Wales and Italy and a quarter final (both on BBC Two), a semi final and the final (both on BBC One). The jointly televised quarter final and semi final involved England. England’s first Group A match against Australia was not televised in Cambridgeshire and the South East while England’s second Group A match against Ireland was not televised in the East Midlands, Wales, West and the West Midlands while England’s final Group A match against Fiji was not televised in Scotland and Scotland HD.

External links

• Official website