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The 2021 Rugby League World Cup final was the rugby league match to determine the winner of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, played between Australia and Samoa on 19 November 2022 at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.[1][2]

Background

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The 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup, was the 16th edition of the World Cup, the IRL's rugby league competition for national teams. The tournament was held in England from 15 October 2022 to 19 November 2022,[3] but was originally scheduled to be held between 23 October 2021 and 27 November 2021 and was postponed due the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent withdrawals of Australia and New Zealand.[4] 16 teams are competing in the tournament, an increase of two from the previous two tournaments and the first to feature 16 teams since the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[5]

Venue

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Outside Old Trafford ahead of hosting the World Cup final for the third time.

Old Trafford will host the World Cup final for the third time, having previously hosted the final in 2000, when Australia beat New Zealand 40–12, and in 2013, when they beat the same opponents 34–2.[6][7] It was confirmed as the venue to host the final on 10 June 2020, when the fixture for the event was released.[8]

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 the Kangaroo tour and the now-defunct Four Nations.[9]

The ground is the home stadium of English football team Manchester United, and has a capacity of 74,310,[10] which makes it the largest club football stadium (second-largest football stadium overall after Wembley Stadium, and third largest in all with the rugby union Twickenham Stadium coming in second) in the United Kingdom, and the eleventh-largest in Europe.[11]

Route to the final

Summary

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Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
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Group stage winners Final standings Group stage runners-up
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
Шаблон:Rl 48–4 Quarter-finals Шаблон:Rl 20–18
Шаблон:Rl 16–14 Semi-finals Шаблон:Rl 27–26 (g.p.)

Australia

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Australia warming up ahead of their semi-final against New Zealand

Australia won all three group stage matches against Fiji, Scotland and Italy all convincingly.[12]

Finishing on top of their group, they played Lebanon in the first quarter-final, where they won 48–4, advancing to a semi-final berth against Trans-Tasman rivals, New Zealand.[13] In the semi-final, Australia were trailing 10–14 at half time to the Kiwis. A 52nd minute converted try to Cameron Murray, ended up being the match winner however, winning the match 16–14 which saw the Kangaroos qualify for their 12th consecutive World Cup final.[14]

Samoa

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Samoa warming up ahead of their opening group stage match against England

Despite losing the opening match of the tournament 60–6 against host nation England at St James' Park, Samoa finished the group stage in second place after large wins against Greece and France. This qualified them for a quarter-final berth against fellow Pacific island nation, Tonga.[15]

Samoa reached the semi-finals after a narrow 20–18 win over Tonga at Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington. Despite both teams scoring three tries each, it was Samoa that won the match, with Stephen Crichton converting all three tries and a penalty goal.[16]

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Junior Paulo captained Samoa through the World Cup.

They faced England in the semi-final at the Emirates Stadium in London. Tim Lafai scored the first try of the game in the sixth minute to give Samoa a 4–0 lead, and for the first time in the tournament, England conceded first. Five minutes later, Junior Paulo was shown a yellow card, and also put on report, for a dangerous tackle on George Williams. Elliott Whitehead scored England's first try on 25 minutes, with Tommy Makinson successful with the conversion, to give England a 6–4 lead. Five minutes later, Samoa scored again, this time from Ligi Sao to retake the lead 8–4; Stephen Crichton was successful with the conversion to give Samoa a 10–4 lead at half-time.

Five minutes into the second half, England scored again, this time through John Bateman, and Makinson was once again successful with the conversion to make it 10–10. Two tries in seven minutes saw Samoa take a 20–12 lead, with England now needing at least two tries to draw level. Herbie Farnworth broke clear on 65 minutes, to race away and touch down near the posts, giving Makinson an easy conversion. From the kick-off, England were awarded a penalty, after Sam Tomkins was tackled in the air. Samoa used the captain's challenge, and after a quick review, the video referee agreed with the decision to award the penalty, meaning the challenge was unsuccessful. Makinson opted to kick the penalty and was successful, levelling the scores at 20–20 with just over 12 minutes remaining. Stephen Crichton looked to have won it for Samoa with sven minutes to go, as he intercepted a Dom Young pass to touch down under the posts, converting his own try. There was more drama to come, as Farnworth got his second try of the game with two minutes remaining, Makinson once again converting to take the game to extra time.[17]

Samoa attempted to score the golden point with a drop goal early in extra time, but it was charged down by England. Samoa eventually won the match after a forward pass from Sam Tomkins gave them possession 35 metres out. Crichton kicked the winning drop goal to send Samoa to their first World Cup final, making them the first team other than England, Australia or New Zealand to reach the final in 50 years.[18]

Pre-match

Ticketing

As of 16 November, it was confirmed by tournament chief executive Jon Dutton, that almost 64,000 tickets had been sold for the match. Dutton conceded that the match will unlikely to sell-out the 74,310 capacity Old Trafford due to tournament hosts England being eliminated in the second semi-final to Samoa. The 2013 final attracted 74,468 fans, but the 2021 edition "will gross three times more" in revenue due to increased ticketing and hospitality prices.[19] The final ended up attracting 67,502 fans in attendance.[20]

Officiating

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Ashley Klein officated the final.

Ashley Klein officiated the match as head referee; it was Klein's second World Cup final, having also taken charge of the 2008 final in Brisbane. The touch judges were Jack Smith and Warren Turley from the Rugby Football League, Gerard Sutton was the reserve referee, and the video referee and captain's challenge duties were undertaken by Chris Kendall and Grant Atkins respectively.[21]

Team selection

Australian named an unchanged line-up from their semi-final victory over New Zealand.[22]

Fa'amanu Brown suffered a concussion in the semi-final against England, which saw him miss the final for Samoa. Chanel Harris-Tavita replaced him at hooker in his final rugby league match, with Connelly Lemuelu taking his place on the interchange. Samoan captain Junior Paulo also escaped suspension for a dangerous tackle on Thomas Burgess in the semi-final.[23]

James Tedesco and Junior Paulo captained their respective nations in the final.

Support

In the lead-up to the match, American actor and former professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson posted on Instagram his support for the Samoan team, as it is their first appearance in a World Cup final.[24] Johnson has Samoan heritage through his mother and grew up playing rugby in his youth.[25] Tua Tagovailoa, the quarterback for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League, also shared his support for the team.[26]

Women's final

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The match was played as a double-header with the women's final between Australia and New Zealand for the second time in the tournament's history, and the first time in England.[27] Australia won the match 54–4.[28]

Entertainment

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Kevin Sinfield during half-time at the final.

Heather Small, the former lead vocalist of the Manchester-based dance music band M People, performed at half-time and full-time of the men's fixture, as well as bringing out the women's trophy before that match.[29]

Emilia Bertolini performed the national anthem of Australia, but it is unknown who sung the national anthem of Samoa before the match.

Former England captain Kevin Sinfield was welcomed into the stadium at half-time of the match as he completed his Ultra 7 in 7 Challenge marathon raising awareness for motor neuron disease. Sinfield has raised over £5 million for his efforts.[30]

Match

Summary

First half

Samoa started the match well with early pressure but Australia's strong defensive performance laid the foundations and more than lived up to their billing as overwhelming favourites.[31] Samoa were unlucky not to have been awarded a 40/20 kick, and despite a competitive start to the match, were hit by two tries in four minutes;[32] Latrell Mitchell breaking the deadlock on 13 minutes before Josh Addo-Carr and Liam Martin extended Australia's lead to 14–0 at half-time.[33]

Second half

After the break, Angus Crichton was sin-binned for an elbow that ruled out Chanel Harris-Tavita for the remainder of the match with a head injury, but even with a man down Australia added a fourth try through Cameron Murray.[33] Brian To'o scored a consolation for Samoa to make it 20–6, before Tedesco and Stephen Crichton exchanged tries prior to Mitchell rounding up the scoring with his second try in the final minute.[33] The match finished 30–10 with Australia winning their 12th title and third consecutive.[34]

Details

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FB 1 James Tedesco (c)
WG 4 Valentine Holmes
CE 10 Jack Wighton
CE 8 Latrell Mitchell
WG 9 Josh Addo-Carr
FE 7 Cameron Munster
HB 14 Nathan Cleary
PR 5 Jake Trbojevic
HK 3 Ben Hunt
PR 6 Reagan Campbell-Gillard
SR 21 Liam Martin
SR 17 Angus Crichton
LF 24 Isaah Yeo
Interchange:
IN 20 Harry Grant
IN 13 Patrick Carrigan
IN 11 Cameron Murray
IN 18 Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
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Coach:
Шаблон:Flagicon Mal Meninga
FB 1 Joseph Sua'ali'i
WG 2 Taylan May
CE 25 Tim Lafai
CE 4 Stephen Crichton
WG 5 Brian To'o
FE 6 Jarome Luai
HB 7 Anthony Milford
PR 10 Junior Paulo (c)
HK 20 Chanel Harris-Tavita
PR 15 Royce Hunt
SR 12 Jaydn Su'a
SR 11 Ligi Sao
LF 13 Oregon Kaufusi
Interchange:
IN 22 Kelma Tuilagi
IN 8 Josh Papali'i
IN 16 Spencer Leniu
IN 17 Martin Taupau
Шаблон:Tooltip 26 Ken Sio
Coach:
Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Parish

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Statistics

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First half
Statistic Australia Samoa
Tries 3 0
Conversions (attempts) 1 (3) 0 (0)
Penalty goals (attempts) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Field goals (attempts) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Possession
Possession –% –%
Minutes in possession
Completion rate –% –%
Attack
All runs
All run metres
Post contact metres
Line breaks
Tackle breaks
Average set distance
Kick return metres
Average ruck speed (sec)
Passing
Offloads
Receipts
Total passes
Dummy passes
Kicking
Kicks
Kicking metres
Forced drop outs 0
Kick defusal –% –%
40/20 0 0
Bombs
Grubbers
Defence
Tackle efficiency –% –%
Tackles made
Missed tackles
Intercepts 0
Ineffective tackles
Negative play
Errors
Penalties conceded
Ruck infringements
On report 0 0
Sin bins 0 0
Interchanges
Used
Head injury assessment 0
Reference: NRL Match Centre

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Second half
Statistic Australia Samoa
Tries 3 2
Conversions (attempts) 2 (3) 1 (2)
Penalty goals (attempts) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Field goals (attempts) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Possession
Possession –% –%
Minutes in possession
Completion rate –% –%
Attack
All runs
All run metres
Post contact metres
Line breaks
Tackle breaks
Average set distance
Kick return metres
Average ruck speed (sec)
Passing
Offloads
Receipts
Total passes
Dummy passes
Kicking
Kicks
Kicking metres
Forced drop outs 0
Kick defusal –% –%
40/20 1 0
Bombs
Grubbers
Defence
Tackle efficiency –% –%
Tackles made
Missed tackles
Intercepts 0
Ineffective tackles
Negative play
Errors
Penalties conceded
Ruck infringements
On report 1 0
Sin bins 1 0
Interchanges
Used
Head injury assessment 0
Reference: NRL Match Centre

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Overall
Statistic Australia Samoa
Tries 6 2
Conversions (attempts) 3 (6) 1 (2)
Penalty goals (attempts) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Field goals (attempts) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Possession
Possession 53% 47%
Minutes in possession 28:06 24:16
Completion rate 70% 72%
Attack
All runs 214 200
All run metres 1,949 1,471
Post contact metres 568 483
Line breaks 9 3
Tackle breaks 45 34
Average set distance 52.69 44.58
Kick return metres 240 69
Average ruck speed (sec) 3.28 3.62
Passing
Offloads 8 20
Receipts 391 371
Total passes 209 205
Dummy passes 14 8
Kicking
Kicks 17 15
Kicking metres 437 491
Forced drop outs 2 0
Kick defusal 50% 60%
40/20 1 0
Bombs 4 2
Grubbers 4 2
Defence
Tackle efficiency 82.31% 84.57%
Tackles made 307 318
Missed tackles 34 45
Intercepts 0 2
Ineffective tackles 32 13
Negative play
Errors 15 10
Penalties conceded 3 1
Ruck infringements 2 3
On report 1 0
Sin bins 1 0
Interchanges
Used 7 7
Head injury assessment 0 2
Reference: NRL Match Centre

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Tedesco post match interview
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Tedesco with the MOTM award
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Meninga post match interview
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Parish post match
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Junior Paulo post match interview

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Tedesco celebrating victory with fans

Post-match

James Tedesco was named man of the match for Australia, scoring two tries in the final.[35]

Broadcasting

In Australia, the match was broadcast live on Fox League, with kick-off starting at 03:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00). It had an audience of 151,000, with 51,000 watching the pre-match coverage and 44,000 watching post-game.[36]

See also

References

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