World Cup
The number of competing nations rose from four in 1954 to ten in 1995. Since 2000, only the best nations qualify automatically all other teams had to play a qualification before.
| Champions | Final | Runners-up | Third place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954, Oct 30 - Nov 13 | Paris FRA | GBR | 16:12 | FRA | AUS |
| 1957, Jun 15-25 | Brisbane, Sydney AUS | AUS | --- | GBR | NZL |
| 1960, Sep 24 - Oct 08 | Bradford, Leeds, Swinton, Wigan GBR | GBR | --- | AUS | NZL |
| 1968, May 25 - Jun 10 | Sydney AUS | AUS | 20:2 | FRA | GBR |
| 1970, Oct 21 - Nov 08 | Leeds GBR | AUS | 12:7 | GBR | FRA |
| 1972, Oct 28 - Nov 11 | Lyon FRA | GBR | 10:10aet | AUS | FRA |
| 1975, Mar 02 - Nov 06 | home & away | AUS | --- | ENG | WAL |
| 1977, May 29 - Jun 25 | Sydney AUS | AUS | 13:12 | GBR | NZL |
| 1985, Jul 07 - 1988, Oct 09 | home & away | AUS | 25:12 | NZL | GBR |
| 1989, Jul 23 - 1992, Oct 24 | home & away | AUS | 10:6 | GBR | NZL |
| 1995, Oct 07 - 28 | London GBR | AUS | 16:8 | ENG | --- |
| 2000, Oct 28 - Nov 25 | Manchester GBR | AUS | 40:12 | NZL | --- |
| 2008, Oct 25 - Nov 22 | Brisbane AUS | NZL | 34:20 | AUS | --- |
| 2013, Oct 26 - Nov 30 | Manchester GBR | AUS | 34:2 | NZL | --- |
| 2017, Oct 27 - Dec 02 | Brisbane AUS | AUS | 6:0 | ENG | --- |
| 2022, Oct 15 - Nov 19 | Manchester ENG | AUS | 30:10 | SAM | --- |
1972: An
additional twenty minute extra time was played in the final, but no
further score resulted, and Great Britain were awarded the cup by
virtue of a better position in the table.
1985: Conversely, FRA was unable to fulfil their 1987 tour of
Australasia due to financial difficulties, and had to forfeit away
fixtures against AUS, NZL and PNG. The two top teams on the table AUS
and NZL met in the World Cup final in Auckland NZL.
1989: The two top teams on the table AUS and GBR met in the World Cup
final in London GBR.
2022: Originally planned on 2021, Oct 23 - Nov 27, the IRL announced the postponing of the World cup to 2022 due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent withdrawals of Australia and New Zealand on 2021, Aug 05.
Four Nations (defunct)
The Four Nations replaced the Tri Nations tournament adding a fourth team to the three top teams AUS, ENG and NZL since 2009 onwards. The fourth team is the winner of the European Cup if the tournament take place in the northern hemisphere and the winner of the Pacific Cup if the tournament is organized in the southern hemisphere respectively.
| Champions | Final | Runners-up | Third place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri Nations | |||||
| 1999, Oct 15 - Nov 01 | Auckland NZL | AUS | 22:20 | NZL | GBR |
| 2004, Oct 16 - Nov 27 | Leeds GBR | AUS | 44:4 | GBR | NZL |
| 2005, Oct 15 - Nov 26 | Leeds GBR | NZL | 24:0 | AUS | GBR |
| 2006, Oct 14 - Nov 25 | Sydney AUS | AUS | 16:12 | NZL | GBR |
| Four Nations | |||||
| 2009, Oct 23 - Nov 14 | Leeds ENG | AUS | 46:16 | ENG | NZL |
| 2010, Oct 23 - Nov 13 | Brisbane AUS | NZL | 16:12 | AUS | ENG |
| 2011, Oct 28 - Nov 19 | Leeds ENG | AUS | 30:8 | ENG | NZL |
| 2014, Oct 25 - Nov 15 | Wellington NZL | NZL | 22:18 | AUS | ENG |
| 2016, Oct 28 - Nov 20 | Liverpool ENG | AUS | 34:8 | NZL | ENG |
2006: The final was decided in extra time after „golden point”.
Youth World Cup (U16) (defunct)
| Champions | Final | Runners-up | Third place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005, Sep 23 - Oct 01 | Moskva RUS | AUS | 62:6 | FRA | PNG |
Women′s World Cup
| Champions | Final | Runners-up | Third place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000, Nov 07-24 | Warrington GBR | NZL | 26:4 | GBR | AUS |
| 2003, Sep 28 - Oct 12 | Auckland NZL | NZL Kiwi Ferns | 58:0 | NZL Maori | --- |
| 2008, Nov 06-16 | Brisbane AUS | NZL | 34:0 | AUS | --- |
| 2013, Jul 05-14 | Leeds ENG | AUS | 22:12 | NZL | ENG |
| 2017, Nov 16 - Dec 02 | Brisbane AUS | AUS | 23:16 | NZL | --- |
| 2022, Nov 01 - 19 | Manchester ENG | AUS | 54:4 | NZL | --- |
2022: Originally planned on 2021, Oct 23 - Nov 27, the IRL announced the postponing of the World cup to 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent withdrawals of Australia and New Zealand on 2021, Aug 05.
World Club Challenge
The World Club Challenge is a match played between the
champions of the Australian National Rugby League and the English Super
League annually since 2000.
Predecessors:
Until 1994, the matches were played between the current champions of
NSWRL Premiership and RFL Premiership. Only in 1997, the competition
inflated to all 22 clubs of the Australian and English Super Leagues.
1976 and 1987 editions were unofficially.
| Champions | Final | Runners-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976, Jun 29 | Sydney | Eastern Suburbs Roosters AUS | 25:2 | St. Helens RLC ENG |
| 1977 - 1986 | not played | |||
| 1987, Oct 07 | Wigan | Wigan RLFC ENG | 8:2 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles AUS |
| 1988 | not played | |||
| 1989, Oct 04 | Manchester | Widnes RLFC ENG | 30:18 | Canberra Raiders AUS |
| 1990 | not played | |||
| 1991, Oct 02 | Liverpool | Wigan RLFC ENG | 21:4 | Penrith Panthers AUS |
| 1992, Oct 31 | Wigan | Brisbane Broncos AUS | 22:8 | Wigan RLFC ENG |
| 1993 | not played | |||
| 1994, Jun 01 | Brisbane | Wigan RLFC ENG | 20:14 | Brisbane Broncos AUS |
| 1995 - 1996 | not played | |||
| 1997, Oct 17 | Auckland NZL | Brisbane Broncos AUS | 36:12 | Hunter Mariners AUS |
| 1998 - 1999 | not played | |||
| 2000, Jan 22 | Wigan | Melbourne Storm AUS | 44:6 | St. Helens RLC ENG |
| 2001, Jan 26 | Bolton | St. Helens RLC ENG | 20:18 | Brisbane Broncos AUS |
| 2002, Jan 25 | Huddersfield | Bradford Bulls ENG | 41:26 | Newcastle Knights AUS |
| 2003, Feb 14 | Bolton | Sydney Roosters AUS | 38:0 | St. Helens RLC ENG |
| 2004, Feb 13 | Huddersfield | Bradford Bulls ENG | 22:4 | Penrith Panthers AUS |
| 2005, Feb 04 | Leeds | Leeds Rhinos ENG | 39:32 | Canterbury Bulldogs AUS |
| 2006, Feb 03 | Huddersfield | Bradford Bulls ENG | 30:10 | Wests Tigers AUS |
| 2007, Feb 23 | Bolton | St. Helens RLC ENG | 18:14 | Brisbane Broncos AUS |
| 2008, Feb 29 | Leeds | Leeds Rhinos ENG | 11:4 | Melbourne Storm AUS |
| 2009, Mar 01 | Leeds | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles AUS | 28:20 | Leeds Rhinos ENG |
| 2010, Feb 28 | Leeds | Melbourne Storm AUS | 18:10 | Leeds Rhinos ENG |
| 2011, Feb 27 | Wigan | St. George Illawarra AUS | 21:15 | Wigan Warriors ENG |
| 2012, Feb 17 | Leeds | Leeds Rhinos ENG | 26:12 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles AUS |
| 2013, Feb 22 | Leeds | Melbourne Storm AUS | 18:14 | Leeds Rhinos ENG |
| 2014, Feb 22 | Sydney | Sydney Roosters | 36:14 | Wigan Warriors |
| 2015, Feb 22 | St. Helens | South Sydney Rabbitohs AUS | 39:0 | St. Helens RFC ENG |
| 2016, Feb 21 | Leeds | North Queensland Cowboys AUS | 38:4 | Leeds Rhinos ENG |
| 2017, Feb 19 | St. Helens | Wigan Warriors ENG | 22:6 | Cronulla Sharks AUS |
| 2018, Feb 16 | Melbourne | Melbourne Storm AUS | 38:4 | Leeds Rhinos ENG |
| 2019, Feb 17 | Wigan | Sydney Roosters AUS | 20:8 | Wigan Warriors ENG |
| 2020, Feb 22 | St. Helens | Sydney Roosters AUS | 20:12 | St. Helens RFC ENG |
| 2021, Oct 07 | Wigan | St. Helens RFC ENG | np | Melbourne Storm AUS |
| 2022 | St. Helens RFC ENG | np | Penrith Panthers AUS | |
2021: On Nov 19, 2020, the Super League confirmed the World Club Challenge was never going to take its allotted place in February 2021, with travel difficulties due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It was postponed into fall first but finally cancelled.
Rugby League World Sevens (defunct)
The World Sevens was a pre-season rugby league sevens
first held in 1988 for New South Wales teams only. Since 1992, also
teams from outside Australia joined to the tournament which was
ceased after founding of the RLIF. Later it came back as RLIF World
Sevens but was not continued since 2004.
It was held in Parramatta until 1991 and then in Sydney (except the opening day 1995 in Brisbane, 1996 in Parramatta).
| Champions | Final | Runners-up | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rugby League World Sevens | |||
| 1992, Feb 07-09 | Wigan Warriors GBR | 18: 6 | Brisbane Broncos AUS |
| 1993, Feb 05-07 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters AUS | 18:12 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles AUS |
| 1994, Feb 04-06 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles AUS | 44:12 | St. George Dragons AUS |
| 1995, Feb 04-05 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles AUS | 36:12 | Fiji Batis FIJ |
| 1996, Feb 03-04 | Newcastle Knights AUS | 48:18 | North Sydney Bears AUS |
| 1997, Feb 08-09 | Parramatta Eels AUS | 32:22 | North Sydney Bears AUS |
| RLIF World Sevens | |||
| 2003, Feb 01-02 | Parramatta Eels AUS | 42:18 | England |
| 2004, Jan 24-25 | Wests Tigers AUS | 18: 7 | Parramatta Eels AUS |
Super League World Nines (defunct)
During the „rugby war” the Super League created the Super League World Nines as a counterpart to the Rugby League World Sevens. After the founding of the RLIF continuation was decided starting from January 2002, but ultimately did not take place.
| Champions | Final | Runners-up | Third place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996, Feb 22-24 | Suva FIJ | NZL | 26:10 | PNG | AUS |
| 1997, Jan 31 - Feb 02 | Townsville AUS | NZL | 16:0 | SAM | --- |
Rugby League World Cup 9s
| 1. | 2019, Oct 18-19 | Sydney AUS |
Men
| Champions | Final | Runners-Up | Third place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | AUS | 24:10 | NZL | --- |
Women
| Champions | Final | Runners-Up | Third place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | NZL | 17:15 | AUS | ENG |
Last modified: 09.02.2023