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2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup Group A

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Group A of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup is one of the four groups in the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, which will begin on 23 October and will be completed on 7 November 2021. The group comprises hosts England as well as automatic qualifiers Samoa, 2018 European Champions France and Greece, who qualified through the 2019 European play-off tournament.

The pool draw was made on 16 January 2021.[1] The fixtures were announced on 21 July 2020.[2]

Overall

Key to colours in pool tables
Advances to knockout stage and qualifies for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  England (H) 3 3 0 0 196 28 +168 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Samoa 3 2 0 1 140 68 +72 4
3  France 3 1 0 2 56 116 −60 2
4  Greece 3 0 0 3 20 200 −180 0
Source: rlwc2021
(H) Hosts

Engand v Samoa

23 October 2021
14:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
England  v  Samoa

France v Greece

25 October 2021
14:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
France  v  Greece

England v France

Samoa v Greece

31 October 2021
17:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
Samoa  v  Greece

England v Greece

6 November 2021
14:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
England  v  Greece

Samoa v France

References

  1. ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw: England drawn with Samoa, France and Greece". BBC Sport. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. ^ "England start against Samoa at World Cup". BBC Sport. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.