2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s

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2019 (2019) World Cup 9s  ()
2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s Logo.jpeg
Number of teams 12 (men), 4 (women)
Host countryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
WinnerFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (1st title)
Matches played28
Points scored973 (34.75 per match)
Tries scored184 (6.57 per match)
Top scorer Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamayne Isaako (52 - men)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tiana Penitani (20 - women)
Top try scorer Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamayne Isaako (7 - men)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tiana Penitani (5 - women)
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The 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s was the first staging of the Rugby League World Cup 9s tournament and took place on 18 and 19 October 2019 at Sydney's Bankwest Stadium. The tournament featured teams from 12 International Rugby League member countries, 4 of which also fielded teams in the women's tournament. In the men's final, Australia defeated New Zealand, while in the women's final, New Zealand defeated Australia.

Contents

Rule variations

The standard rules of rugby league applied but with the following variations: [1]

Teams

The competing teams were hand picked, and the selections were announced on 22 April 2019. [2]

On 27 September 2019, the Tonga National Rugby League were suspended by the International Rugby League (IRL), pending an investigation into their board. Tonga were represented at the tournament by a "Tonga Invitatonal" team. [3] [4]

Men's

TeamCaptainCoachIRL rank
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Wade Graham Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mal Meninga 1
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Alex Glenn Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tony Iro 28
Flag of England.svg  England James Graham Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Bennett 2
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Kevin Naiqama Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brandon Costin 5
Flag of France.svg  France Jason Baitieri Flag of France.svg Aurélien Cologni 6
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Reece Robinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Stone 9
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Shaun Johnson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Maguire 3
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Rhyse Martin Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Michael Marum 10
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Joseph Leilua Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Parish 7
Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga Invitational Jason Taumalolo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Tonga.svg David Tangata-Toa 4
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Mark Offerdahl Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sean Rutgerson 15
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Elliot Kear Flag of England.svg John Kear 11

Women's

TeamCaptainCoachIRL rank
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Ali Brigginshaw Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Donald 1
Flag of England.svg  England Emily Rudge Flag of England.svg Craig Richards 3
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Honey Hireme Flag of Australia (converted).svg Justin Morgan 2
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Janet Johns Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Bagelo Solien 6

Match Officials

The NRL named the following 18 NRL match officials to handle the 28 matches.

Venue

Sydney
Bankwest Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
Pitch level halfway looking NE.jpg

Men's tournament

Pool stage

The pools were announced on 22 July 2019. [5] The draw was announced on 4 August 2019. [6]

Pool APool BPool C
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 		Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 		Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga Invitational
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa

Pool A

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 33009223+696Advance to knockout stages
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 32017642+344
3Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 31024454−102
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 300321114−930
Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2019. Source: [7]
18 October 2019 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg25 – 12Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
18 October 2019 Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg27 – 10Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 October 2019 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg18 – 17Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
19 October 2019 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg41 – 11Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 October 2019 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg46 – 0Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 October 2019 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg26 – 0Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea

Pool B

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of England.svg  England 32017624+524Advance to knockout stages
2Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 32014246−44
3Flag of France.svg  France 31023556−212
4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 31023562−272
Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2019. Source: [7]

Lebanon were stripped of their win over France due to fielding an ineligible player.

18 October 2019 France  Flag of France.svg8 – 12Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
18 October 2019 England  Flag of England.svg25 – 4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
19 October 2019 France  Flag of France.svg23 – 6Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
19 October 2019 England  Flag of England.svg13 – 16Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
19 October 2019 Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg14 – 25Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
19 October 2019 England  Flag of England.svg38 – 4Flag of France.svg  France

Pool C

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 33007341+326Advance to knockout stages
2Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 32014634+124
3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga Invitational 31024871−232
4Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 30034465−210
Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2019. Source: [7]
18 October 2019 Tonga Invitational  Flag of Tonga.svg7 – 30Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
18 October 2019 Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg32 – 17Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
19 October 2019 Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg17 – 4Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
19 October 2019 Tonga Invitational  Flag of Tonga.svg21 – 17Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
19 October 2019 Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg10 – 12Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
19 October 2019 Tonga Invitational  Flag of Tonga.svg20 – 24Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
A1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25
C1 Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10
A2 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22
B1 Flag of England.svg  England 6

Semi-finals

New Zealand vs England
19 October 2019
18:55 AEST (UTC+10)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg22 – 6Flag of England.svg  England
Tries:
Isaako (5', 14') 2
Maumalo (2') 1
Smith (10') 1
Goals:
Isaako 3/4
(2', 10', 14)		1st: 10 – 0
2nd: 12 – 6
Tries:
1 (12') McGillvary
Goals:
1/1 Austin
(12')
Australia vs Samoa
19 October 2019
19:20 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg25 – 8Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Tries:
Ponga (1') 1
Addo-Carr (7') 1
Brimson (14') 1
Frizell (16') 1
Goals:
Moses 2/2
(15', 17')
Cherry-Evans 1/2
(1')		1st: 11 – 4
2nd: 14 – 4
Tries:
2 (5', 11') Seve
Goals:
0/2 Lafai

Final: Australia v New Zealand

19 October 2019
21:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg24 – 10Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Tries:
Moses (5', 7', 17') 3
Feldt (14') 1
Goals:
Moses 3/4
(5', 7', 17')		1st: 13 – 10
2nd: 11 – 0
Tries:
1 (2') Smith
1 (6') Isaako
Goals:
1/2 Isaako
(6')

Women's tournament

Pool stage

The draw was announced on 4 August 2019. [6]

Pool A
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of England.svg England
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 33009418+766Advance to Final
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 32016538+274
3Flag of England.svg  England 31023379−462
4Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 30032279−570
Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2019. Source: [8]
18 October 2019 England Flag of England.svg 25 – 4Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
18 October 2019 Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg 22 – 8Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
19 October 2019 New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg 24 – 12Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
19 October 2019 Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg 42 – 4Flag of England.svg  England
19 October 2019 Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg 30 – 6Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
19 October 2019 New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg 33 – 4Flag of England.svg  England

Final: Australia v New Zealand

19 October 2019
19:45 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg15 – 17Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Tries:
Penitani (1') 1
Apps (5') 1
McGregor (11') 1
Goals:
Dibb 1/2
(11')
Tungai 0/1		1st: 8 – 7
2nd: 7 – 10
Tries:
1 (3') McGregor
1 (10') Newman
1 (13') Maynard
Goals:
2/2 McGregor
(3', 13')
0/1 Nicholls-Pualau

Try scorers

Men's

7
5
4
3
2
1

Women's

5
4
3
2
1

Controversy

On 19 October 2019, Lebanon's Jacob Kiraz and Jordan Samrani and Papua New Guinea women's players Sera Koroi and Joyce Waula were all suspended from the tournament for being under the age of 18.

While the International Rugby League allows players 16 or older to play in Test matches, the National Rugby League (who ran the tournament) rules require that players must be 18 or older.

Kiraz, who would not turn 18 until November 2019, was the only one of the four to play a game, coming off the bench in Lebanon's 12–8 win over France. Lebanon were stripped of the two competition points earned for their win as a result. [9] [10]

Media coverage

Country or regionBroadcasterBroadcasting
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Fox Sports All 28 matches live (via Fox League or streamed on Kayo Sports)
NRL Live PassAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Watch NRLAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Watch NRLAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Watch NRLAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands Digicel All 28 matches live
OVOPlayAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Watch NRLAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Digicel All 28 matches live
Fiji FBCAll 28 matches live streamed
OVOPlayAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of France.svg  France OVOPlayAll 28 matches live streamed
Watch NRLAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Sky Sports All 28 matches live
Watch NRLAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Watch NRLAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon OVOPlayAll 28 matches live streamed
Watch NRLAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sky (New Zealand) All 28 matches live
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Digicel All 28 matches live
OVOPlayAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa Digicel All 28 matches live
OVOPlayAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Watch NRLAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga Digicel All 28 matches live
OVOPlayAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Sky Sports All 28 matches live
Watch NRLAll 28 matches live streamed
Flag of the United States.svg  United States OVOPlayAll 28 matches live streamed
Watch NRLAll 28 matches live streamed

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