2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup

2013 (2013) Women's World Cup  ()
Number of teams4
Host country England
Winner Australia (1st title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Matches played8
Points scored384 (48 per match)
Tries scored71 (8.88 per match)
Top scorerEngland Natalie Gilmour 44 (3t 16g)
Top try scorerAustralia Sam Hammond 8
Tournaments
 < 2008
2017 > 

The 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the fourth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup. The tournament was held in Great Britain from 5 July, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 14 July. It was held at Headingley, Leeds. Four teams took part and these teams were: Australia, England, France and New Zealand.

Participating teams

Each team was to play the other three once during the round robin tournament. The top two finishing teams would then contest the final.

The competition featured four teams: 3 time World Cup champions New Zealand, the tournament hosts England, Australia and France

Team Nickname Coach Captain RLIF rank
Australia Australia Jillaroos Paul Dyer Karyn Murphy 2
England England Lionesses Chris Chapman Natalie Gilmour 3
France France 4
New Zealand New Zealand Kiwi Ferns Lynley Tierney-Mani Sarina Fiso 1

Squads

Main article: 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup squads

Round robin

New Zealand v. France

Friday, 5 July 2013
New Zealand New Zealand 88 – 0 France France
Tries: 17
Honey Hireme 5
Karley Te Kawa 3
Sarina Fiso 2
Nora Maaka
Lisa Campbell
Amber Hall
Laura Mariu
Kahurangi Peters
Kelly Maipi
Kathleen Keremete
Goals: 10
Laura Mariu 7
Lisa Campbell 3 		Video
Report[1]
 Tries: nil
Goals: nil

England v. Australia

Friday, 5 July 2013
England England 6 – 14 Australia Australia
Tries: 1
Lindsay Anfield
Goals: 1
Lindsay Anfield 		Video
Report[2]
 Tries: 2
Sam Hammond 2
Goals: 3
Ali Brigginshaw 3
The Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury, England
Referee: Andy Sweet

Australia v. France

Monday, 8 July 2013
Australia Australia 72 – 0 France France
Tries: 14
Sam Hammond 5
Emma Tonegato 3
Jenni-Sue Hoepper 2
Steph Hancock 2
Joanne Barrett
Jessica Palmer
Goals: 8
Ali Brigginshaw 8 		Video
Report[3]
 Tries: nil
Goals: nil
Post Office Road, Featherstone, England

England v. New Zealand

Monday, 8 July 2013
3.00 pm
England England 16 – 34 New Zealand New Zealand
Tries: 3
Amy Hardcastle 3
Goals: 2
Natalie Gilmour 2 		Report
Report[4]
 Tries: 7
Sarina Fiso 2
Akanese Pereira 2
Honey Hireme
Karley Te Kawa
Kelly Maipi
Goals: 3
Laura Mariu 3
Post Office Road, Featherstone, England
Referee: Jamie Bloem

Australia v. New Zealand

Thursday, 11 July 2013
Australia Australia 6 – 14 New Zealand New Zealand
Tries: 1
Tarah Westera
Goals: 1
Ali Brigginshaw 		Video
Report[5]
 Tries: 3
Amber Hall
Nora Maaka
Honey Hireme
Goals: 1
Geneva Webber

England v. France

Thursday, 11 July 2013
England England 42 – 4 France France
Tries: 8
Holly Myers 3
Katie Cooper-Birkenhead
Natalie Gilmour
Dannielle Titterington
Amy Hardcastle
Tara-Jane Stanley
Goals: 5
Natalie Gilmour 5 		Video
Report[6]
 Tries: 1
Elisa Ciria
Goals: nil

Third Place Play Off

Saturday, 13 July 2013
England England 54 – 0 France France
Tries: 9
Clare McGinnis 3
Jodie Cunningham 2
Natalie Gilmour 2
Danielle Bound
Kirsty Moroney
Goals: 9
Natalie Gilmour 9 		Video
Report[7]
 Tries: nil
Goals: nil

Final

The fourth Women's Rugby League World Cup were held in Leeds alongside the student and police World Cups, with the final taking place at Headingley, Leeds.[8]

Sunday, 14 July 2013
Australia Australia 22 – 12 New Zealand New Zealand
Tries 4
Jenni Sue Hoepper
Tarah Westera
Sam Hammond
Heather Ballinger
Goals: 3
Ali Brigginshaw 		Video
Report[9]
Report[10]
 Tries 1
Sharnita Woodman
Charlotte Arnopp-Scanlan
Aimee Gilbert
Goals: nil

See also

Rugby league

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand 88 v 0 France – Match Report". European Rugby League. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ "England 6 v 14 Australia – Match Report". European Rugby League. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ "France 0 v 72 Australia – Match Report". European Rugby League. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ "England 16 v 34 New Zealand – Match Report". European Rugby League. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Kiwi Ferns Go Unbeaten into World Cup Final". Scoop. NZRL. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  6. ^ "England 42 v 4 France – Match Report". European Rugby League. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  7. ^ "England 54 v 0 France – Match Report". European Rugby League. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  8. ^ "FOWC 2013". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  9. ^ Priest, Evin (15 July 2013). "Jillaroos win Women's Rugby League World Cup". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Jillaroos win Women's World Cup". NRL. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2020.


Stub icon

This rugby league football article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.