2000 Rugby League World Cup

The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was the twelfth staging of the Rugby League World Cup. It was held in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France, and took place between 28 October and 25 November 2000. Sixteen national teams competed in four groups of four, playing each other once over three weekly rounds before a series of play-offs that culminated in the final between Australia and New Zealand. Tournament favourites Australia defeated New Zealand in the final, claiming their sixth consecutive and ninth total Rugby League World Cup title. Australian winger Wendell Sailor was named player of the tournament.

2000 (2000) Rugby League World Cup  ()
Number of teams	16
Host countries	England  France  Ireland  Scotland  Wales
Winner	Australia (9th title)
Matches played	31
Attendance	263,921 (8,514 per match)
Top scorer	Mat Rogers (70)
Top try scorer	Wendell Sailor (10)
Tournaments  < 1995 2008 >

Summary

Building on the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, it was decided to expand the format further, with the number of teams rising from 10 to 16. As before, an Emerging Nations Tournament was held alongside the main event.

The millennium World Cup attracted a record sponsorship of over £1 million from Lincoln Financial Group, who had also sponsored Great Britain's Tests against New Zealand the previous autumn.^[1]

The 2000 World Cup was not considered a great success.^{[citation needed]} There were too many mismatches in the early stages, and some of the teams lacked credibility. Notably the inclusion of a side representing New Zealand's Māori population, Aotearoa Māori, alongside the full New Zealand team, and a Lebanon side consisting entirely of Australians of Lebanese origin, led to derisory comments in the media.^[2] The tournament's organisers also attracted criticism regarding marketing and ticketing. For these reasons crowds at the tournament were low; also torrential rainstorms and the crisis on Britain's railways following the Hatfield rail crash did not help encourage spectators.^{[citation needed]}

There were however some positives: the tournament returned a profit of more than £2 million despite the small crowds it attracted;^[3] the French performed creditably, and attendance for the games held in France was encouraging. The much-derided Lebanon team also proved the catalyst for domestic competition in that country.

On the competition side of things, favourites Australia^[4] and New Zealand cut a swathe through the tournament, with several dominant performances setting up an obvious final clash. New Zealand's 49–6 semi-final dispatch of England, coupled with Australia only hitting the lead in their semi-final against Wales with 23 minutes remaining, had New Zealand installed as favourites in some quarters. However, it was Australia who prevailed in a tense, absorbing finale. Australia only led 18–12 with 15 minutes remaining, but a glut of possession saw them finish strongly – scoring four late tries to give the appearance of an easy victory.

Qualifying

See also: 2000 Rugby League World Cup qualifying

Six countries – Lebanon, the United States, Morocco, Canada, Italy and Japan – competed for one available place in the tournament. Lebanon defeated the United States 62–8 in the final play-off match.

Teams

Further information: 2000 Rugby League World Cup squads

The 2000 World Cup tournament features 16 teams:

•   Australia – coached by Chris Anderson and captained by Brad Fittler
•   Cook Islands – coached by Stan Martin and captained by Kevin Iro
•   England – coached by John Kear and captained by Andy Farrell
•   Fiji – coached by Don Furner and captained by Lote Tuqiri
•   France – coached by Gilles Dumas and captained by Fabien Devecchi
•   Ireland – coached by Steve O'Neill and Andy Kelly and captained by Terry O'Connor
•   Lebanon – coached by John Elias and captained by Darren Marroon
•   New Zealand – coached by Frank Endacott and captained by Richie Barnett
•   Aotearoa Māori – coached by Cameron Bell and captained by Tawera Nikau
•   Papua New Guinea – coached by Bob Bennett and captained by Adrian Lam
•   Russia – coached by Evgeniy Klebanov and captained by Ian Rubin
•   Samoa – coached by Darrell Williams and captained by Willie Poching
•   Scotland – coached by Shaun McRae and captained by Danny Russell
•   South Africa – coached by Paul Matete and captained by Jamie Bloem
•   Tonga – coached by Murray Hurst and captained by Martin Masella
•   Wales – coached by Clive Griffiths and captained by Iestyn Harris

Venues

The games were played at various venues in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France.

The Twickenham Stadium in London, the home of the English rugby union was the host stadium for the opening ceremony and match featuring hosts England and defending champions Australia.^[5]

London	Cardiff	Trafford	Toulouse	Bolton
Twickenham Stadium	Millennium Stadium	Old Trafford (Venue of Final)	Stadium de Toulouse	Reebok Stadium
Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 74,500	Capacity: 56,000	Capacity: 37,000	Capacity: 28,723
Huddersfield	London   Trafford   Cardiff   Bolton   Huddersfield   Reading   Leeds   Watford   Edinburgh   St Helens   Belfast   Gloucester   Widnes   Hull (2)   Gateshead   Castleford   Llanelli   Wrexham   Glasgow   Workington class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2000 Rugby League World Cup host venues in the United Kingdom     Dublin class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2000 Rugby League World Cup host venues in the Republic of Ireland     Toulouse   Paris   Albi   Carcassonne class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2000 Rugby League World Cup host venues in France			Reading
McAlpine Stadium				Madejski Stadium
Capacity: 24,500				Capacity: 24,161
Leeds				Watford
Headingley				Vicarage Road
Capacity: 22,000				Capacity: 21,577
Paris				Edinburgh
Stade Sébastien Charléty				Tynecastle Stadium
Capacity: 20,000				Capacity: 17,529
St. Helens				Belfast
Knowsley Road				Windsor Park
Capacity: 17,500				Capacity: 17,000
Gloucester				Widnes
Kingsholm Stadium				Autoquest Stadium
Capacity: 16,500				Capacity: 13,350
Albi				Hull
Stadium Municipal d'Albi				Craven Park
Capacity: 13,058				Capacity: 12,000
Gateshead				Castleford
Gateshead International Stadium				Wheldon Road
Capacity: 11,800				Capacity: 11,743
Llanelli				Wrexham
Stradey Park				Racecourse Ground
Capacity: 10,800				Capacity: 10,771
Hull	Glasgow	Workington	Carcassonne	Dublin
The Boulevard	Firhill Stadium	Derwent Park	Stade Albert Domec	Tolka Park
Capacity: 10,500	Capacity: 10,102	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 9,680

Group stage

Group A

Main article: 2000 Rugby League World Cup Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	198	14	+184	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	144	36	+108	4
3	Fiji	3	1	0	2	56	144	−88	2
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	20	224	−204	0

Source: Rugby League Project

28 October 2000 18:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)

England	2–22	Australia
Goals: Farrell (1/1)	Summary	Tries: Sailor (2), Gidley, MacDougall Goals: Rogers (3/4)

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 33,758 Referee: David Pakieto (New Zealand) Player of the Match: Brett Kimmorley (Australia)

29 October 2000

Fiji	38–12	Russia
Try: Vunivalu (3), Tuqiri (2), Kuraduadua, Sovatabua Con: Tuqiri (5/7)	Summary	Try: Rullis, Ilyasov Con: Zhiltsov (1/1) Mitrofanov (1/1)

Craven Park, Hull Attendance: 2,187^[6] Referee: Russell Smith

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1 November 2000

Australia	66–8	Fiji
Try: Rogers (4), Girdler (2), Kennedy (2), Hindmarsh, Barrett, MacDougall, Gidley Con: Rogers (9/12)	Summary	Try: Cakacaka (m), Tuqiri (m) Con: ? (0/2)

Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead Attendance: 4,197^[7] Referee: Robert Connolly

1 November 2000

England	76–4	Russia
Try: Sinfield (3), Jamie Peacock (2), Long (2), Rowley (2), Walker, Stephenson, Hay, Deacon, Pryce Con: Farrell (5), Long (5)	Summary	Pen: Mitrofanov (2)

Knowsley Road, St Helens Attendance: 5,736 Referee: Bill Shrimpton

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4 November 2000

England	66–10	Fiji
Try: Jamie Peacock (3), Wellens (2), Rogers (2), Naylor, Hay, Radlinski, Smith, Farrell Con: Farrell (9/12)	Summary	Try: Tuqiri (m), Navale (c), Con: Vunivalu (1/2)

Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds Attendance: 10,052 Referee: Thierry Alibert

4 November 2000

Australia	110–4	Russia
Try: Sailor (4), Girdler (3), Croker (2), Hindmarsh (2), Barrett (2), Johns, Tallis, Fletcher, Webcke, MacDougall, Gidley Con: Girdler (17/19)	Summary	Try: Matt Donovan Con: Mikhail Mitrofanov (0/2)

The Boulevard, Hull Attendance: 3,044 Referee: Stuart Cummings

Group B

Main article: 2000 Rugby League World Cup Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	206	28	+178	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Wales	3	2	0	1	80	86	−6	4
3	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	44	110	−66	1
4	Cook Islands	3	0	1	2	38	144	−106	1

Source: Rugby League Project

29 October 2000

New Zealand	64–0	Lebanon
Try: Jones (2), Carroll (2), Vainikolo (2), Talau (2), Barnett (2), Swain, Jellick Con: Jones (6), Paul (2)

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Attendance: 2,496^[8] Referee: Bill Harrigan

29 October 2000

Wales	38–6	Cook Islands
Try: Tassell (3), Jenkins, Briers, Cunningham Con: Harris (6/6) Pen.: Harris (1/1)		Try: Temata Con: Piakura (1/1)

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Attendance: 5,016^[9] Referee: Thierry Alibert

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2 November 2000

New Zealand	84–10	Cook Islands
Try: Vaealiki (2), Paul (2), Barnett (2), Lavea (2), Lauiti'iti, Vainikolo, Wiki, Cayless, Pongia, Vagana, Puletua Con: Lavea (12/15)		Try: Noovao Iro Con: Piakura (1/2)

Madejski Stadium, Reading Attendance: 3,982 Referee: Tim Mander

2 November 2000

Wales	24–22	Lebanon
Try: Harris (2), Davies, Cunningham, Sterling Con: Harris (2/5)		Try: Saleh (2), Coorey El Masri Con: El Masri (3/4)

Stradey Park, Llanelli Attendance: 1,497 Referee: David Pakieto

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5 November 2000

Cook Islands	22–22	Lebanon
Try: Berryman (2), Toa, Joe Con: Berryman (2) Piakura		Try: El Masri (2), Touma, Saleh Con: El Masri (3/4)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 17,612 Referee: Bill Shrimpton

5 November 2000

Wales	18–58	New Zealand
Try: Briers, Atcheson, Farrell Con: Harris (3/3)		Try: Vainikolo (3), Barnett (2), Lauiti'iti, Wiki, Vagana, Paul, Talau, Carroll Con: Paul (5) Lavea (2)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 17,612 Referee: Russell Smith

Group C

Main article: 2000 Rugby League World Cup Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Papua New Guinea	3	3	0	0	69	42	+27	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	2	0	1	104	37	+67	4
3	Tonga	3	1	0	2	96	76	+20	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	24	138	−114	0

Source: Rugby League Project

28 October 2000

Papua New Guinea	23–20	France
Tries: Bai, Krewanty, Buko, Lam. Goals: Buko, Wilshere 2. Drop Goals: Lam.		Tries: Benausse, Dekkiche, Hechiche 2. Goals: Banquet 2.

Charlety Stadium, Paris Attendance: 7,498 Referee: Steve Ganson^[10]

28 October 2000

Tonga	66–18	South Africa
Try: Vaikona 5' (c) D. Mann 7' (c) Vaikona 20' (c) Liava'a ?' (m) Masella ?' (m) Moala ?' (m) E. Mann 44' (m) Vaikona 46' (m) Lomi 51' (c) Vaikona 55' (c) Kaufusi ?' (?) D. Mann ?' (?) Mason ?' (?) Con: Moala (4/9) Mason (1/1)		Try: Breytenbach 17' (m) Barnard ?' (c) Best ?' (c) Con: ? (0/1) Bloem (2/2) Pen: O'Shea (1/1)

Charlety Stadium, Paris Attendance: 7,498 Referee: Darren Hopewell^[11]

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1 November 2000

France	28–8	Tonga
Try: Banquet ?' (c) Sirvent ?' (c) Dulac 66' (m) Garcia ?' (c) Jampy ?' (c) Con: Banquet (4/5) Pen: Banquet (0/2)		Try: D. Fisi'iahi ?' (m) P. Fisi'iahi 60' (m) Con: Moala (0/2)

Stade d'Albert Domec, Carcassonne Attendance: 10,288 Referee: Steve Clark

2 November 2000

Papua New Guinea	16–0	South Africa
Try: Aila 25' (c) Wilshere 31' (c) Paiyo 52' (m) Con: Wilshere (2/3)

Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse Attendance: 4,313 Referee: Darren Hopewell

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5 November 2000

France	56–6	South Africa
Try: Cassin 8' (c) Banquet 21' (c) Cassin 35' (c) Guisset 38' (c) Jampy ?' (c) Jampy ?' (c) Jampy 53' (c) Sirvent ?' (c) Tallec ?' (c) Con: Banquet (9/9) Pen: Banquet (1/1) 18'		Try: De Villiers ?' (m) Con: ? (0/1) Pen: Bloem (1/1) ?'

Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi Attendance: 7,969 Referee: Steve Clark

6 November 2000

Papua New Guinea	30–22	Tonga
Try: Mondo 19' (c) Gene 23' (m) Buko 35' (c) Karl ?' (m) Gene ?' (c) Con: Wiltshere (3/5) Pen: Wiltshere (2/2) 5', 42'		Try: Moala 10' (c) Mason 39' (c) Moala ?' (m) Vaikona ?' (m) Con: Moala (2/2) Pen: Moala (1/1) 7'

Saint-Esteve, Perpignan Attendance: 3,666 Referee: Steve Ganson

Group D

Main article: 2000 Rugby League World Cup Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	3	0	0	78	38	+40	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Samoa	3	2	0	1	57	58	−1	4
3	Aotearoa Māori	3	1	0	2	49	67	−18	2
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	34	55	−21	0

Source: Rugby League Project

28 October 2000

Ireland	30–16	Samoa
Tries: Joynt, Ricketson, Eagar, Carney, Prescott. Goals: Prescott 5		Tries: Leauma, Milford, Betham. Goals: Geros 2.

Windsor Park, Belfast^[12] Attendance: 3,207 Referee: Tim Mander Player of the Match: Barrie McDermott^[13]

29 October 2000

Scotland	16–17	Aotearoa Māori
Tries: Penny, Maiden, Bell Goals: Mackay, Crowther		Tries: Toopi 2, Kidwell Goals: Ngamu 2 Drop Goals: Ngamu

Firhill Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 2,008^[14] Referee: Stuart Cummings

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1 November 2000

Ireland	18–6	Scotland
Tries: Sheridan, Withers. Goals: Prescott 5.		Tries: Arnold. Goals: Crowther.

Tolka Park, Dublin Attendance: 1,782 Referee: Russell Smith

1 November 2000

Samoa	21–16	Aotearoa Māori
Tries: Faafili 2, W Swann, Milford. Goals: Poching 2.		Tries: Mathews, Nelson, Rauhihi. Goals: Goodwin 2.

Derwent Park, Workington Attendance: 4,107 Referee: Bill Harrigan

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4 November 2000

Ireland	30–16	Aotearoa Māori

Tolka Park, Dublin Attendance: 3,164 Referee: Bill Harrigan

5 November 2000

Scotland	12–20	Samoa

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 1,579 Referee: David Pakieto

Knockout stage

Main article: 2000 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage

The top 2 teams from each pool advanced to the quarter-finals.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 November – Leeds
	Ireland	16
					18 November – Bolton
	England	26
					England	6
	12 November – Castleford
					New Zealand	49
	New Zealand	54
									25 November – Manchester
	France	6
									New Zealand	12
	11 November – Watford
									Australia	40
	Australia	66
					19 November – Huddersfield
	Samoa	10
					Australia	46
	12 November – Widnes
					Wales	22
	Papua New Guinea	8
	Wales	22

Quarter-finals

11 November 2000

Australia	66–10	Samoa
	Summary

Vicarage Road, Watford Attendance: 5,404 Referee: Stuart Cummings (England)

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11 November 2000 18:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)

England	26–16	Ireland
	Summary

Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds Attendance: 15,405 Referee: Tim Mander (Australia)

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12 November 2000

New Zealand	54–6	France
	Summary

Mend-a-Hose Jungle, Castleford Attendance: 5,158 Referee: Bill Harrigan (Australia)

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12 November 2000

Wales	22–8	Papua New Guinea
	Summary

Auto Quest Stadium, Widnes Attendance: 5,211 Referee: David Pakieto (New Zealand)

Semi-finals

18 November 2000

New Zealand	49–6	England
	Summary

Reebok Stadium, Bolton Attendance: 16,032 Referee: Tim Mander (Australia) Player of the Match: Stephen Kearney (New Zealand)

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19 November 2000

Australia	46–22	Wales
	Summary

McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield Attendance: 8,114 Referee: Russell Smith (England)

Final

Main article: 2000 Rugby League World Cup final

25 November 2000

Australia	40–12	New Zealand
Tries: Gidley 26' Hindmarsh 46' Lockyer 53' Sailor (2) 66', 69' Fittler 74' Barrett 76' Goals: Rogers (6/7)	Summary	Tries: Vainikolo 50' Carroll 57' Goals: H. Paul (2/2)

Old Trafford, Manchester^[15] Attendance: 44,329 Referee: Stuart Cummings (England) Player of the Match: Wendell Sailor (Australia)

Try scorers

10

•   Wendell Sailor

9

•   Lesley Vainikolo

6

•   Ryan Girdler
•   Jamie Peacock
•   Richie Barnett
•   Willie Talau

5

•   Bryan Fletcher
•   Adam MacDougall
•   Robbie Paul

4

•   Trent Barrett
•   Brad Fittler
•   Matthew Gidley
•   Nathan Hindmarsh
•   Mat Rogers
•   Lote Tuqiri
•   Pascal Jampy
•   Tonie Carroll
•   Brian Leauma
•   Tevita Vaikona
•   Lee Briers
•   Kris Tassell

3

•   Andrew Johns
•   Ben Kennedy
•   Darren Lockyer
•   Kevin Sinfield
•   Tony Smith
•   Atunasia Vunivialu
•   Claude Sirvent
•   Michael Withers
•   Hazem El Masri
•   Hassan Saleh
•   Nigel Vagana
•   Ruben Wiki
•   Shane Laloata
•   Laloa Milford
•   Fifita Moala

2

•   Jason Croker
•   Scott Hill
•   Steve Berryman
•   Andy Hay
•   Sean Long
•   Darren Rogers
•   Paul Rowley
•   Chev Walker
•   Paul Wellens
•   Frédéric Banquet
•   Jean-Emmanuel Cassin
•   Rachid Hechiche
•   Brian Carney
•   Ryan Sheridan
•   Brian Jellick
•   Stacey Jones
•   Stephen Kearney
•   Ali Lauiti'iti
•   Tasesa Lavea
•   Quentin Pongia
•   Logan Swann
•   David Vaealiki
•   Boycie Nelson
•   Clinton Toopi
•   David Buko
•   Stanley Gene
•   John Wilshere
•   Henry Fa'afili
•   David Solomona
•   Duane Mann
•   Willie Mason
•   Iestyn Harris
•   Wes Davies

1

•   Craig Gower
•   Brett Kimmorley
•   Gordon Tallis
•   Shane Webcke
•   Kevin Iro
•   Leroy Joe
•   Meti Noovao
•   Karl Temata
•   Tiri Toa
•   Paul Deacon
•   Andy Farrell
•   Scott Naylor
•   Leon Pryce
•   Kris Radlinski
•   Keith Senior
•   Francis Stephenson
•   Patrice Benausse
•   Yacine Dekkiche
•   Arnaud Dulac
•   Jean-Marc Garcia
•   Jérôme Guisset
•   Julien Rinaldi
•   Gael Tallec
•   Tabua Cakacaka
•   Jone Kuraduadua
•   Eparama Navale
•   Waisale Sovatabua
•   David Barnhill
•   Martin Crompton
•   Michael Eagar
•   Mark Forster
•   Chris Joynt
•   Tommy Martyn
•   Steve Prescott
•   Luke Ricketson
•   Michael Coorey
•   Travis Touma
•   Richie Blackmore
•   Nathan Cayless
•   Henry Paul
•   Tony Puletua
•   Matt Rua
•   Craig Smith
•   David Kidwell
•   Wairangi Koopu
•   Steve Matthews
•   Paul Rauhihi
•   Hare Te Rangi
•   Eddie Aila
•   Marcus Bai
•   Raymond Karl
•   Alex Krewanty
•   Adrian Lam
•   Michael Mondo
•   Elias Paiyo
•   Lucas Solbat
•   Matt Donovan
•   Robert Ilyasov
•   Joel Rullis
•   Monty Betham
•   Willie Swann
•   Danny Arnold
•   Geoff Bell
•   David Maiden
•   Lee Penny
•   Scott Rhodes
•   Adrian Vowles
•   Daniel Foster
•   Paul Fisiiahi
•   David Fisiiahi
•   Lipina Kaufusi
•   Talite Liava'a
•   Nelson Lomi
•   Esau Mann
•   Martin Masella
•   Willie Wolfgramm
•   Leon Barnard
•   Brian Best
•   Coenraad Breytenbach
•   Quinton De Villiers
•   Paul Atcheson
•   Jason Critchley
•   Keiron Cunningham
•   Anthony Farrell
•   Mick Jenkins
•   Paul Sterling
•   Ian Watson

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External links

• 2000 World Cup final at bbc.co.uk
• 2000 World Cup at rugbyleagueproject.org