Rugby League World Cup 1995

1995 Rugby League World Cup
host	United Kingdom
World Champion	Australia
Duration	October 7th - October 28th 1995
Nations	10 (final round: 4)
Games	15th
spectator	265,609 (17,707 per game)
Top scorer	Andrew Johns (62)
Top try scorer	Steven Menzies (6)

The eleventh Rugby League World Cup took place in Great Britain in 1995. In the final, Australia beat England 16: 8, winning the World Cup for the eighth time.

Venues

city	Stadion	capacity
London	Wembley Stadium	82,000
Trafford	Old Trafford	44,000
Wigan	Central Park	30,000
Cardiff	Ninian Park	21,508
Huddersfield	Alfred McAlpine Stadium	20,000
Leeds	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	20,000
St Helens	Knowsley Road	17,500
Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Swansea	Vetch Field	11,500
Hull	The boulevard	10,000
Warrington	Wilderspool Stadium	9,000
Bradford	Lawkholme Lane	7,800

Preliminary round

There were two points for a win and one for a draw. From the first group, the first two advanced, from the other two only the first.

Group A

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Table points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	112: 16	+ 96	6th
2.	Australia	3	2	0	1	168: 26	+ 142	4th
3.	Fiji	3	1	0	2	52: 118	- 66	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	12: 184	- 172	0

October 7th	England	20:16	Australia	Wembley Stadium , London Spectators: 41,271 Referee: Stuart Cummings
		(4: 6) Report

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8th October	Fiji	52: 6	South Africa	Lawkholme Lane , Bradford Spectators: 4,845 Referee: David Manson
		(16: 6) Report

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October 10th	Australia	86: 6	South Africa	Gateshead International Stadium , Gateshead Spectators: 9,181 Referee: Russell Smith
		(52: 0) report

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October 11th	England	46: 0	Fiji	Central Park , Wigan Spectators: 26,263 Referee: Dennis Hale
		(30: 0) report

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October 14th	Australia	66: 0	Fiji	Alfred McAlpine Stadium , Huddersfield Spectators: 7,127 Referee: Eddie Ward
		(32: 0) report

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October 14th	England	46: 0	South Africa	Headingley Carnegie Stadium , Leeds Spectators: 14,041 Referee: David Manson
		(16: 0) report

Group B

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Table points
1.	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	47:30	+ 17	4th
2.	Tonga	2	0	1	1	52:53	- 1	1
3.	Papua New Guinea	2	0	1	1	34:50	- 16	1

8th October	New Zealand	25:24	Tonga	Wilderspool Stadium , Warrington Spectators: 8,083 Referee: David Campbell
		(12: 6) Report

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October 10th	Papua New Guinea	28:28	Tonga	The Boulevard , Hull Spectators: 5,121 Referee: Claude Alba
		(0:20) report

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October 13th	New Zealand	22: 6	Papua New Guinea	Knowsley Road , St Helens Spectators: 8,679 Referee: Stuart Cummings
		(16: 2) Report

Group C

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Table points
1.	Wales	2	2	0	0	50:16	+ 34	4th
2.	Western Samoa	2	1	0	1	66:32	+ 34	2
3.	France	2	0	0	2	16:84	- 68	0

9th October	Wales	28: 6	France	Ninian Park , Cardiff Spectators: 10,250 Umpire: Eddie Ward
		report

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October 12th	Western Samoa	56:10	France	Ninian Park , Cardiff Spectators: 2,173 Referee: Kelvin Jeffes
		(26: 4) Report

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15th October	Wales	22:10	Western Samoa	Vetch Field , Swansea Spectators: 15,385 Referee: Russell Smith
		(14:10) Report

Final round

	Semifinals					final
	A1	England	25th
	C1	Wales	10
						A1	England	8th
						A2	Australia	16
	A2	Australia	30th
	B1	New Zealand	20th

Semifinals

October 21	England	25:10	Wales	Old Trafford , Trafford Spectators: 30,042 Referee: Eddie Ward
		(11: 4) Report

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October 22nd	Australia	30: 20	New Zealand	Alfred McAlpine Stadium , Huddersfield Spectators: 16,608 Referee: Russell Smith
		(14: 4) Report

final

28th of October	Australia	16: 8	England	Wembley Stadium , London Spectators: 66,540 Referee: Stuart Cummings
		(10: 4) Report

Web links

• Rugby League World Cup 1995 on rugbyleagueproject.org