The

2013 Rugby League World Cup The 2013 Rugby League World Cup was the fourteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup and took place in England, Wales, France and Ireland. between 26 October and 30 November 2013. It was the main event of the year's 2013 Festival of World ...

featured the national teams (selected from twenty-four-man squads) of fourteen nations.

Pool A

Australia

With New Zealand claiming the trophy in 2008 and no tournament having been held prior to that since 2000, Australia's squad didn't feature a single World Cup winner. Head coach: Tim Sheens

England

Head coach:

Steve McNamara Steve McNamara (born 18 September 1971) is an English professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League and a former professional player. He is a former coach of England, and a Gr ...

* Replaced initially named

Gareth Hock Gareth Hock (born Gareth Charnock; 5 September 1983) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a or for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Championship. He has represented Great Britain and England at internat ...

prior to the tournament.

Fiji

Head coach:

Rick Stone Rick Stone (born 14 February 1967) is a professional rugby league football coach and former player. He has coached the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League, the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League, the Sydney Roosters in the NRL ...

* Replaced initially named John Sutton prior to the tournament.

Ireland

Head coach:

Mark Aston Mark Aston (born 27 September 1967) is the head coach of Sheffield Eagles in the Betfred Championship. He is an English rugby league coach, and former rugby league who spent the majority of his playing career with Sheffield Eagles. He also had ...

* Replaced initially named

Simon Grix Simon Grix (born 28 September 1985) is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who played as a forward for Halifax in the Betfred Championship and has been the team's manager since May 2019. Background Grix was born in Halifax, West Y ...

who was ruled out by injury prior to the tournament.

Pool B

New Zealand

Head coach:

Stephen Kearney Stephen Peter Kearney (born 11 June 1972) is a New Zealand professional rugby league football coach who until 2020 was the head coach of the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL and a former player. A New Zealand national captain and second-row for ...

* Replaced initially named

Tohu Harris Tohu Harris (born 7 January 1992) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and forward and captains the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL, and New Zealand and the New Zealand Māori at international level. He prev ...

prior to the tournament.

Papua New Guinea

Head coach: Adrian Lam * Replaced initially named

James Segeyaro James Segeyaro (born 11 November 1990), also known by the nickname of "Chicko" is a Papua New Guinean-Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the FC Lézignan XIII in the Elite One Championship. He previously playe ...

who was ruled out by injury.

France

Head coach:

Richard Agar Richard Agar (born 20 January 1972) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the former head coach of the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He play ...

* Replaced initially named

Clément Soubeyras Clément Soubeyras is a French rugby league footballer who plays for AS Carcassonne in the Elite One Championship. He plays as a or . Playing career Soubeyras made his senior debut for Carpentras XIII in 2008. He left the club in 2011 and moved ...

and Mathias Pala who were ruled out by injuries.

Samoa

Head coach:

Matt Parish Matt Parish is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of Samoa and a former professional rugby league footballer. Playing career Parish played in 55 first-grade matches for the Balmain Tigers between 1988 ...

¹ Replaced

Roy Asotasi Roy Asotasi (born 6 January 1982) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s and 2010s. A New Zealand international captain, he also played for Samoa. Asotasi played in the NRL for Australian clubs Canterbury ...

who withdrew from the side. ² Replaced initially named Arden McCarthy,

Masada Iosefa Masada Iosefa (26 January 1988 – 25 January 2021) was a Samoan professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s and 2010s for the Penrith Panthers and Wests Tigers in the NRL. Early life Born in Motoʻotua, Apia, Samoa, Ios ...

and Teofilo Lepou who were ruled out by injuries ³ Allowed to be called up mid-tournament, following injuries to Harrison Hansen, Reni Maitua and Frank Winterstein.

Pool C

Scotland

Head coach: Steve McCormack * Replaced initially named Gareth Moore and Jonathan Walker who were ruled out by injuries.

Tonga

Head coach: Charlie Tonga

Italy

Head coach:

Carlo Napolitano Carlo Napolitano is an Italian rugby league coach and former player. He is the former head coach of Italy, having taken charge of the national side in 2004, and being succeeded by Trent Barrett in 2014. Career He coached Italy during the 2013 Rug ...

* Replaced initially named

Terry Campese Terry Campese (born 4 August 1984) is a former professional rugby league footballer. A former Australia, Italy and New South Wales State of Origin representative , he is also the nephew of rugby union player David Campese. He previously played ...

Craig Gower Craig Gower (born 29 April 1978) is an Italian-Australian former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He is a dual-code rugby international, having played rugby league for Australia and ...

and Vic Mauro who were ruled out by injuries prior to the tournament.

Pool D

Cook Islands

Head coach:

David Fairleigh David Fairleigh (born 1 September 1970 in Wyoming, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and current assistant coach for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL). An Australian inte ...

* Replaced initially named

Geoff Daniela Geoff Daniela (born 28 February 1987) is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays a and er for the St Mary's Saints in the Ron Massey Cup competition. He has previously played as a professional for the Penrith Panthers ...

who was ruled out by injury.

United States

Head coach:

Terry Matterson Terry Matterson (born 4 March 1967) is an Australian rugby league coach and former player. Matterson played in Australia's premiership for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters and the Brisbane Broncos, and was also selected to play in the State of Orig ...

Luke Hume Luke Hume (born 26 January 1988), nicknamed the "Bald Eagle", is an American former rugby union and rugby league footballer who plays for the USA Eagles and USA 7s rugby teams. He currently plays Wing and Fullback for Rugby United New York (R ...

was initially named in the squad but was replaced due to injury by

Taylor Welch Taylor Welch (born November 1, 1989) is an American rugby footballer who played one professional rugby league match for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League in 2008. Welch was selected to represent the United States national team at the 2 ...

prior to the tournament. *

Andrew Durutalo Andrew Durutalo (born October 25, 1987) is a Fijian-raised American-born professional rugby player who plays for the Seattle Seawolves of Major League Rugby (MLR). He has been capped by the U.S. national sevens team and the United States nation ...

was ruled out due to injury and replaced by

Eddy Pettybourne Edward Pettybourne (born 13 February 1988) is a former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a for the Keighley Cougars. He played at international level for Samoa and the United States. He previously played at club level in ...

. *

Ryan McGoldrick Ryan McGoldrick (born 12 January 1981) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Darlington Point Coleambally Roosters in the Group 20 competition in regional New South Wales, Australia. He has previously played for the Salford City Red ...

was initially named in the squad but withdrew from the squad for family reasons prior to the tournament. *

Mark Cantoni Mark Cantoni is a former rugby league footballer for the Pia Donkeys The Baroudeurs de Pia XIII, later known as the Pia Donkeys, are a French Rugby league team based in Pia, Pyrénées-Orientales in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. The ''B ...

was named but withdrew after breaking his arm in a warm up match against France.

Wales

Head coach: Iestyn Harris rlwc2013.com 30 September

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