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2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup
Sixth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the sixth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup, and was one of three major tournaments part of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The tournament was held in England from 1 November to 19 November 2022.[1] Originally planned for 2021, it was delayed a year along with the men's and wheelchair tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament featured eight teams, an increase of two from the previous tournament.
For the first time the tournament had parity with the men's and wheelchair tournaments with all participants being paid the same while all 61 matches across three tournaments will be broadcast live.[2][3]
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Teams
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Qualification
The competing teams were selected based on criteria including growth and current infrastructure and were announced on 18 July 2019.[4]
- Competed as part of
Great Britain in 2 previous tournaments, finishing as runners-up in 2000.
Draw
The teams were drawn into two groups of four. The two seeded teams were England (Group A) as hosts and Australia as holders (Group B). The draw was made at Buckingham Palace on 16 January 2020. Teams from pool 1 were drawn by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, pool 2 was drawn by Katherine Grainger and pool 3 by Jason Robinson.[10]
Ahead of the fixture list being announced, the organisers stated that there would be at least four days between a team's games in the interests of player welfare.[11]
The fixtures were announced on 21 July 2020.[12] Following the postponement of the tournament from 2021 to 2022, a revised schedule was published on 21 November 2021.[13] All the games in the tournament were played as double-headers with other games from either the women's or men's tournaments.[14]
Squads
Each nation announced 24 player squads to compete in the tournament.[15]
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Venues
Stadiums
Five venues were used for the women's tournament.[16] Stadiums are referred to by their official name rather than sponsored name, as is International Rugby League policy
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Team base camp locations
Two locations were used by the eight national team squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament, as follows;[17]
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Officiating
Match officials
The list of match officials who officiated across both the men's and women's tournaments was published on 5 October 2022.[18]
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Warm-up matches
Pre-tournament practice matches took place in the weeks before the first round of group stage matches of the World Cup.
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Group stage
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Group A
Source: BBC Sport
Headingley Stadium, Leeds Attendance: 8,621[26] Referee: Rochelle Tamarua (New Zealand) Touch judges: Tom Grant (England), Jack Smith (England) Player of the Match: Courtney Winfield-Hill (England) |
DW Stadium, Wigan Attendance: 23,179[26][d] Referee: Paki Parkinson (New Zealand) Touch judges: James Vella (England), Liam Rush (England) Player of the Match: Vicky Molyneux (England) |
Headingley Stadium, Leeds Attendance: 5,471[26] Referee: Ben Casty (France) Touch judges: Rochelle Tamarua (New Zealand), Aaron Moore (England) Player of the Match: Jodie Cunningham (England) |
Group B
All six of the Group B fixtures were played at the York Community Stadium in York.[13]
Source: BBC Sport
York Community Stadium, York Attendance: 3,091[26] Referee: Ben Thaler (England) Touch judges: Neil Horton (England), Liam Rush (England) Player of the Match: Apii Nicholls-Pualau (New Zealand) |
York Community Stadium, York Attendance: 3,091[26] Referee: Michael Smaill (England) Touch judges: Warren Turley (England), Wyatt Raymond (Australia) Player of the Match: Sam Bremner (Australia) |
York Community Stadium, York Attendance: 3,006[26] Referee: Michael Smaill (England) Touch judges: James Vella (England), Liam Rush (England) Player of the Match: Raecene McGregor (New Zealand) |
York Community Stadium, York Attendance: 3,006[26] Referee: Rochelle Tamarua (New Zealand) Touch judges: Neil Horton (England), Aaron Moore (England) Player of the Match: Tarryn Aiken (Australia) |
York Community Stadium, York Attendance: 3,370[26] Referee: Ben Thaler (England) Touch judges: Belinda Sharpe (Australia), Marcus Griffiths (England) |
York Community Stadium, York Attendance: 3,370[26] Referee: Todd Smith (Australia) Touch judges: Paki Parkinson (New Zealand), Robert Hicks (England) |
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Knockout stage
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| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 14 November – York | ||||||
 Australia
| 82 | |||||
| 19 November – Manchester | ||||||
 Papua New Guinea
| 0 | |||||
| Australia
| 54 | |||||
| 14 November – York | ||||||
 New Zealand
| 4 | |||||
 England
| 6 | |||||
| New Zealand
| 20 | |||||
Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played as a double-header at the York Community Stadium, York on 14 November 2022.[13]
York Community Stadium, York Attendance: 7,139[26] Referee: Belinda Sharpe (Australia) Touch judges: Rochelle Tamarua (New Zealand), Marcus Griffiths (England |
York Community Stadium, York Attendance: 7,139[26] Referee: Kasey Badger (Australia) Touch judges: Geoffrey Poumes (France), Robert Hicks (England) Player of the Match: Mele Hufanga (New Zealand) |
Final
The final was played at Old Trafford, Manchester on 19 November 2022 as a double-header with the final of the men's tournament.[13]
Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 67,502 Referee: Belinda Sharpe (Australia) Touch judges: Wyatt Raymond (Australia), Darian Furner (Australia) |
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Team of the Tournament
Between the Semi-finals and final the RLWC2021 organisers announced the team of the tournament.[27]
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