2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup final
| 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup final | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 19 November 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Old Trafford | ||||||||||||
| Location | Manchester, England | ||||||||||||
| Player of the Match | Ali Brigginshaw | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Belinda Sharpe (Australia) | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 67,502[a] | ||||||||||||
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The 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup final was the rugby league match to determine the winner of the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup, played between the two finalists on 19 November 2022 at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.
Background
[edit]Venue
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Old Trafford hosted the Women's World Cup final for the first time. The ground has hosted the men's final twice in 2000, 2013, and hosted the 2021 Men's Final as well.[1][2] It was confirmed as the venue to host the final on 10 June 2020, when the fixture for the event was released.[3]
The ground is often used for major rugby league matches, being the primary venue for the annual Super League Grand Final, which is the championship-deciding game of Britain's Super League competition, and top-tier test matches such as Great Britain games Kangaroo tours.[4]
The ground is the home stadium of English football team Manchester United, and has a capacity of 74,310,[5] which makes it the largest club football stadium (second-largest football stadium overall after Wembley Stadium, and third largest on total with the rugby union Twickenham Stadium coming in second) in the United Kingdom, and the eleventh-largest in Europe.[6]
Route to the final
[edit]Australia
[edit]- Group Stage
Cook Islands: 74–0
France: 92–0
New Zealand: 10–8
- Semi Final
Papua New Guinea: 82–0
New Zealand
[edit]- Group Stage
- France: 46–0
- Cook Islands: 34–4
Australia: 8–10
- Semi Final
England: 20–6
Match
[edit] Australia
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54–4 |  New Zealand
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| Tries: Sergis (2) 4', 51' Kelly (2) 14', 35' Robinson 26' Tonegato 48' Aiken 56' Cherrington (2) 66', 69' Pelite 72' Goals: Brigginshaw (2/5) 6', 70' Brown (5/5) 36', 49', 52', 57', 67' |
Report |
Tries: Bartlett 64' Goals: R. McGregor (0/1) |
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 67,502 Referee: Belinda Sharpe (Australia) Touch judges: Wyatt Raymond (Australia), Darian Furner (Australia) Player of the Match: Ali Brigginshaw (Australia) |
| Australia | Position | New Zealand | ||
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| Name | Number | Number | Name | |
| Samantha Bremner | 2 | Fullback | 1 | Nicholls-Pualau |
| Julia Robinson | 10 | Wing | 3 | Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly |
| Jessica Sergis | 11 | Centre | 24 | Mele Hufanga |
| Isabelle Kelly | 5 | Centre | 4 | Page McGregor |
| Evania Pelite | 24 | Wing | 5 | Madison Bartlett |
| Tarryn Aiken | 12 | Stand off/Five eighth | 15 | Abigail Roache |
| Ali Brigginshaw | 3 | Scrum half/Half back | 7 | Raecene McGregor |
| Shannon Mato | 23 | Prop forward | 23 | Brianna Clark |
| Keeley Davis | 8 | Hooker | 9 | Krystal Rota |
| Kennedy Cherrington | 16 | Prop forward | 10 | Annetta Nu'uausala |
| Yasmin Clydsdale | 18 | Second row | 11 | Roxy Murdoch-Masila |
| Kezie Apps | 1 | Second row | 12 | Amber Hall |
| Simaima Taufa | 4 | Loose forward/Lock forward | 13 | Georgia Hale |
| Lauren Brown | 14 | Interchange | 14 | Nita Maynard |
| Emma Tonegato | 6 | Interchange | 8 | Mya Hill-Moana |
| Shaylee Bent | 13 | Interchange | 18 | Otesa Pule |
| Caitlan Johnston | 20 | Interchange | 17 | Christyl Stowers |
| Brad Donald | Coach | Ricky Henry | ||
Post match
[edit]Men's final
[edit]The women's final was played as a double header men's final for the first time in the tournament's history.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Joint attendance figure with the Men's final
References
[edit]- ^ "Australia win epic World Cup final". 25 November 2000. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "New Zealand 2 Australia 34: match report". Daily Telegraph. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Manchester to host World Cup finals". BBC Sport. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Old Trafford extends Grand Final deal". BBC Sport. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Old Trafford". premierleague.com. Premier League. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Manchester Sightseeing Bus Tours". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.