1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament Explained

Year:	1995
Emerging Nations World Championship
Finalists:	7
Country:	England
Winners:	Cook Islands
Count:	1
Matches:	10
Attendance:	24260
Topscorer-Flag:	Cook Islands
Topscorer:	Meti Noovao (50 points)
Top Try Scorer-Flag:	Cook Islands
Top Try Scorer:	James Cuthers (7 tries)
Tournaments:	Rugby League Emerging Nations World Championship
Next:	2000

The 1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations World Championship was held alongside the Centenary Rugby League World Cup. Although the competition received little build-up or promotion, the novelty value of the teams taking part encouraged relatively large crowds, and the competition was a success. A crowd of 4,147 was present at Gigg Lane, Bury for the final between the Cook Islands and Ireland.^[1]

Squads

Cook Islands

• Managers – Paul Vaetoru, Ian Wilmott
• Coaches – Paul McGreal, Nooroa Tupa

Player	Club	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
		0	0	0	0
		3	0	0	12
		7	0	0	28
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	0	0
		2	0	0	8
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		2	0	0	8
		1	0	0	4
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		3	19	0	50
		0	0	0	0
		0	1	0	2
		4	0	0	16
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		6	0	0	24
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		2	0	0	8
		2	0	0	8

Ireland

• Manager Mark Casham
• Coaches Niel Wood, Terry Flanagan

Player	Club	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
		1	0	0	4
		1	0	0	4
		0	0	0	0
		2	12	0	32
		1	0	0	4
		0	0	0	0
		2	0	0	8
		4	0	0	16
		2	0	0	8
		1	0	0	4
		0	0	0	0
		1	0	0	4
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		1	0	0	4
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		1	0	0	4
		1	0	0	4
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0

Venues

The games were played at various venues in England. The Final was played at Gigg Lane in Bury.

Bury	Castleford	Warrington	Rochdale
Gigg Lane	Wheldon Road	Wilderspool Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Capacity: 11,840	Capacity: 11,775	Capacity: 10,200	Capacity: 9,961
Leigh	Featherstone	Northampton	Dewsbury
Hilton Park	Post Office Road	Sixfields Stadium	Crown Flatt
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 9,850	Capacity: 7,798	Capacity: 5,100

Group stage

Group A

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
	3	3	0	0	143	38	+105	6
	3	2	0	1	82	46	+36	4
	3	1	0	2	57	118	−61	2
	3	0	0	3	50	130	−80	0

• Cook Islands advanced to the final.

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Group B

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
	2	2	0	0	90	32	+58	4
	2	1	0	1	50	67	-17	2
	2	0	0	2	25	66	−41	0

• Ireland advanced to the final.

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See also

• 2000 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament

External links

• Web site: World Cup 1995 details . The Vault . 21 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104732/http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/res/wcup1995.htm . 29 September 2007 . dead .
• Rugby league Emerging Nations Tournament Official Brochure, 1995
• The Rugby League World Cup book, League Publications Ltd, 2000

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emerging Nations Cup 1995. www.rugbyleagueproject.org. 15 April 2023.