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2021 (2021) Women's Rugby League World Cup final ()
2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup final
(ARL)	(NZRL)
54	4
Date	19 November 2022
Stadium	Old Trafford
Location	Manchester, England
Player of the Match	Ali Brigginshaw
Referee	Belinda Sharpe (Australia)
Attendance	67,502
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	BBC (United Kingdom); Fox League (Australia);
	Women's Rugby League World Cup final ← 2017 2026 →

The 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup final was the rugby league match to determine the winner of the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup, played between the two finalists on 19 November 2022 at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.

Background

Venue

Old Trafford hosted the Women's World Cup final for the first time. The ground has hosted the men's final twice in 2000, 2013, and hosted the 2021 Men's Final as well.^[1]^[2] It was confirmed as the venue to host the final on 10 June 2020, when the fixture for the event was released.^[3]

The ground is often used for major rugby league matches, being the primary venue for the annual Super League Grand Final, which is the championship-deciding game of Britain's Super League competition, and top-tier test matches such as Great Britain games Kangaroo tours.^[4]

The ground is the home stadium of English football team Manchester United, and has a capacity of 74,310,^[5] which makes it the largest club football stadium (second-largest football stadium overall after Wembley Stadium, and third largest on total with the rugby union Twickenham Stadium coming in second) in the United Kingdom, and the eleventh-largest in Europe.^[6]

Route to the final

Australia

Group Stage

Cook Islands: 74–0
France: 92–0
New Zealand: 10–8

Semi Final

Papua New Guinea: 82–0

New Zealand

Group Stage

France: 46–0
Cook Islands: 34–4
Australia: 8–10

Semi Final

England: 20–6

Match

19 November 2022
13:15 GMT (UTC±00:00)

Australia	54–4	New Zealand
Tries: Sergis (2) 4', 51' Kelly (2) 14', 35' Robinson 26' Tonegato 48' Aiken 56' Cherrington (2) 66', 69' Pelite 72' Goals: Brigginshaw (2/5) 6', 70' Brown (5/5) 36', 49', 52', 57', 67'	Report	Tries: Bartlett 64' Goals: R. McGregor (0/1)

Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 67,502
Referee: Belinda Sharpe (Australia)
Touch judges: Wyatt Raymond (Australia), Darian Furner (Australia)
Player of the Match: Ali Brigginshaw (Australia)

**Team details**
Australia		Position	New Zealand
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Samantha Bremner	2	Fullback	1	Nicholls-Pualau
Julia Robinson	10	Wing	3	Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly
Jessica Sergis	11	Centre	24	Mele Hufanga
Isabelle Kelly	5	Centre	4	Page McGregor
Evania Pelite	24	Wing	5	Madison Bartlett
Tarryn Aiken	12	Stand off/Five eighth	15	Abigail Roache
Ali Brigginshaw	3	Scrum half/Half back	7	Raecene McGregor
Shannon Mato	23	Prop forward	23	Brianna Clark
Keeley Davis	8	Hooker	9	Krystal Rota
Kennedy Cherrington	16	Prop forward	10	Annetta Nu'uausala
Yasmin Clydsdale	18	Second row	11	Roxy Murdoch-Masila
Kezie Apps	1	Second row	12	Amber Hall
Simaima Taufa	4	Loose forward/Lock forward	13	Georgia Hale
Lauren Brown	14	Interchange	14	Nita Maynard
Emma Tonegato	6	Interchange	8	Mya Hill-Moana
Shaylee Bent	13	Interchange	18	Otesa Pule
Caitlan Johnston	20	Interchange	17	Christyl Stowers
Brad Donald		Coach		Ricky Henry

Post match

Men's final

The women's final was played as a double header men's final for the first time in the tournament's history.

Notes

^ Joint attendance figure with the Men's final

References

^ "Australia win epic World Cup final". 25 November 2000. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "New Zealand 2 Australia 34: match report". Daily Telegraph. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
^ "Manchester to host World Cup finals". BBC Sport. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "Old Trafford extends Grand Final deal". BBC Sport. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
^ "Old Trafford". premierleague.com. Premier League. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ "Manchester Sightseeing Bus Tours". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[1] Joint attendance figure with the Men's final

[2] "Australia win epic World Cup final". 25 November 2000. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[3] "New Zealand 2 Australia 34: match report". Daily Telegraph. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

[BBC191121-4] "Manchester to host World Cup finals". BBC Sport. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[5] "Old Trafford extends Grand Final deal". BBC Sport. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2022.

[pl-6] "Old Trafford". premierleague.com. Premier League. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[7] "Manchester Sightseeing Bus Tours". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

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