2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup

The 2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the third staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 2000, and the first since the 2003 tournament. The tournament was held in Australia from 6 November, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 15 November. It was held at Stockland Park alongside the Police World Cup. Eight teams took part including defending champions New Zealand.^[1]

2008 Women's World Cup
Number of teams	8
Host country	Australia
Winner	New Zealand (3rd title)
Runner-up	Australia
Matches played	20
Points scored	728 (36.4 per match)
Tournaments  < 2003 2013 >

Group stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	154	4	+150	6
England	3	2	0	1	130	26	+104	4
Russia	3	1	0	2	18	156	-138	2
France	3	0	0	3	16	132	-116	0

6 November 2008

England	72 – 0	Russia
	Report[2]

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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6 November 2008

Australia	60 – 0	France
	Report[3]

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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8 November 2008

England	54 – 4	France
Tries: Gemma Walsh 3 Claire Hall 2 Rachel Twibill Amanda Donaldson Natalie Gilmour Sophie Lazenby Michelle Greenwood	Report[4][5]

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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8 November 2008

Australia	72 – 0	Russia

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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10 November 2008

France	12 – 18	Russia

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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10 November 2008

Australia	22 – 4	England
Tries: Teresa Anderson 2 Tiena Clarke Jo Barrett Goals: Tiena Clarke 2 Tegan Rolfe	Reports[6][7]	Tries: Rachel Twibill

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	140	8	+132	6
Pacific Islands	3	2	0	1	70	108	-38	4
Samoa	3	1	0	2	66	32	+34	2
Tonga	3	0	0	3	18	126	-108	0

6 November 2008

New Zealand	72 – 0	Pacific Islands
Tries: 13 Honey Hireme 4 Sarina Fiso 2 Trish Hina 2 Luisa Avaiki Emma Cairns Cynthia Ta'ala Rona Peters Kristina Sue Goals: 10	Video[8]

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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6 November 2008

Tonga	0 – 40	Samoa

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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8 November 2008

New Zealand	42 – 4	Tonga
	Video[9]

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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8 November 2008

Samoa	22 – 26	Pacific Islands

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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10 November 2008

New Zealand	26 – 4	Samoa
	Video[10]

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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10 November 2008

Tonga	14 – 44	Pacific Islands

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

Consolation play-offs

12 November 2008 11:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Samoa	32 – 0	France
	Result[11]

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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12 November 2008 12:30 AEST (UTC+10)

Russia	24 – 12	Tonga
	Result[11][12]

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

Semi-finals

12 November 2008 15:30 AEST (UTC+10)

New Zealand	16 – 4	England
Tries: 3 Tafale Chan Ting Katarina Whata Simkin Honey Hireme Goals: 2 Trish Hina 2	Video[13] Scorers[14]	Tries: 1 Michelle Greenwood Goals: nil

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

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12 November 2008 18:30 AEST (UTC+10)

Australia	32 – 6	Pacific Islands
Tries: 6 Steph Hancock 2 Teina Clark Karyn Murphy Deanna Turner Tarah Westera Goals: Teina Clark 4	Report[11]	Tries: 1 Watson Goals: 1 Nella

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

Seventh place

14 November 2008 11:00 AEST (UTC+10)

France	34 – 4	Tonga
	Result[15]

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

Fifth place

14 November 2008 12:30 AEST (UTC+10)

Samoa	52 – 8	Russia
	Result[15]

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

Third place

14 November 2008

England	24 – 0	Pacific Islands
Tries: 5 Natalie Gilmour Michelle Greenwood Sophie Lazenby Rachel Twibill Joanne Watmore Goals: 2 Andrea Dobson (2)	Reports[16][15]

Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast

Final

The final was held at Suncorp Stadium on 15 November.^[17]

15 November 2008

Australia	0 – 34	New Zealand
	Reports[18][19] Video[20]	Tries: Hina (2), Whatu-Simpkins (2), Avaiki, Tapu, Tua-Davidson Goals: Hina (3)

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane