2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup final
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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.
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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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Background
Venue
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
Australia
- Group Stage
Cook Islands: 74–0
France: 92–0
New Zealand: 10–8
- Semi-final
Papua New Guinea: 82–0
New Zealand
- Group Stage
- France: 46–0
- Cook Islands: 34–4
Australia: 8–10
- Semi-final
England: 20–6
Match
Australia  |
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 | 1 | Nicholls-Pualau | |
| Julia Robinson | 10 | 3 | Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly | |
| Jessica Sergis | 11 | 24 | Mele Hufanga | |
| Isabelle Kelly | 5 | 4 | Page McGregor | |
| Evania Pelite | 24 | 5 | Madison Bartlett | |
| Tarryn Aiken | 12 | 15 | Abigail Roache | |
| Ali Brigginshaw | 3 | 7 | Raecene McGregor | |
| Shannon Mato | 23 | 23 | Brianna Clark | |
| Keeley Davis | 8 | 9 | Krystal Rota | |
| Kennedy Cherrington | 16 | 10 | Annetta Nu'uausala | |
| Yasmin Clydsdale | 18 | 11 | Roxy Murdoch-Masila | |
| Kezie Apps | 1 | 12 | Amber Hall | |
| Simaima Taufa | 4 | 13 | Georgia Hale | |
| Lauren Brown | 14 | 14 | Nita Maynard | |
| Emma Tonegato | 6 | 8 | Mya Hill-Moana | |
| Shaylee Bent | 13 | 18 | Otesa Pule | |
| Caitlan Johnston | 20 | 17 | Christyl Stowers | |
| Brad Donald | Coach | Ricky Henry | ||
Post match
Men's final
The women's final was played as a double header men's final for the first time in the tournament's history.
See also
Notes
- Joint attendance figure with the Men's final