The 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the sixth staging of the
Women's Rugby League World Cup
The Women's Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament, contested by the women's national team of the International Rugby League (IRL). The competition has been held since 2000 in Great Britain and since 2008 has been ...
, and was be one of three major tournaments part of the
2021 Rugby League World Cup
The 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) was a collection of world cups in the sport of rugby league, held in England from 15 October to 19 November 2022. England won hosting rights for the competition on 27 October 2016. The bid received £ ...
. The tournament was held in
England
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from 1 November to 19 November 2022. Originally planned for 2021, it was delayed a year along with the Men's and Wheelchair tournaments due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. 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
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tournaments with all participants being paid the same while all 61 matches across three tournaments will be broadcast live.
Teams
Qualification
The competing teams were selected based on criteria including growth and current infrastructure and were announced on 18 July 2019.
Draw
The teams were drawn into two groups of four. The two seeded teams were (Group A) as hosts and as holders (Group B). The draw was made at
Buckingham Palace
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on 16 January 2020. Teams from pool 1 were drawn by
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
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, pool 2 was drawn by
Katherine Grainger
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and pool 3 by
Jason Robinson.
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.
The fixtures were announced on 21 July 2020. Following the postponement of the tournament from 2021 to 2022, a revised schedule was published on 21 November 2021.
All the games in the tournament were played as
double-headers with other games from either the women's or men's tournaments.
Squads
Each nation announced 24 player squads to compete in the tournament.
Venues
Stadiums
Five venues were used for the women's tournament. Stadiums are referred to by their official name rather than sponsored name, as is
International Rugby League
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policy
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;
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Leeds
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: Brazil, Canada, England and Papua New Guinea
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York
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: Australia, Cook Islands, France and New Zealand
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.
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Grant Atkins
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Dean Bowmer (England
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Ben Casty
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James Child
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Darian Furner
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Adam Gee (Australia
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Tom Grant (England
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Marcus Griffiths (England
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Robert Hicks (England
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Neil Horton (England
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Chris Kendall
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Ashley Klein
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Aaron Moore
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Liam Moore
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Paki Parkinson (New Zealand
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Wyatt Raymond
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Liam Rush
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Belinda Sharpe
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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
Group A
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Group B
All six of the Group B fixtures were played at the
York Community Stadium
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York
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played as a double-header at the York Community Stadium, York on 14 November 2022.
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Final
The final was played at
Old Trafford
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, Manchester on 19 November 2022 as a double-header with the final of the men's tournament.
Team of the Tournament
Between the Semi-finals and final the RLWC2021 organisers announced the team of the tournament.
See also
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2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup
The 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup, was the 16th Rugby League World Cup, and one of three major tournaments of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The tournament was held in England from 15 October 2022 to 19 November 2022. It was originally du ...
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2021 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup
The 2021 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup will be held in England from 15 October to 19 November 2022. It was originally planned to be held in November 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England. It will be the first occasion ...
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2021 Festival of World Cups
The 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) was a collection of world cups in the sport of rugby league, held in England from 15 October to 19 November 2022. England won hosting rights for the competition on 27 October 2016. The bid received £2 ...
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Legacy of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup
The 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) was a collection of world cups in the sport of rugby league, held in England from 15 October to 19 November 2022. England won hosting rights for the competition on 27 October 2016. The bid received £ ...
Notes and references
Notes
References
External links
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