2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup final explained

Year:2021
Women's Rugby League World Cup final
Home:Australia
Away:New Zealand
Home League:ARL
Away League:NZRL
Home Total:54
Away Total:4
Away Abbr: AUS
Home Abbr: NZL
Home Half1:20
Away Half1:0
Home Half2:24
Away Half2:4
Date:19 November 2022
Stadium:Old Trafford
Location:Manchester, England
Mom Title:Player of the Match
Mom:Ali Brigginshaw
Referee:Belinda Sharpe (Australia)
Attendance:67,502
Network:BBC (United Kingdom)
Network2:Fox League (Australia)
Tournaments:Women's Rugby League World Cup final
Last:2017
Next:2025

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

See main article: 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup.

Venue

See main article: Old Trafford. 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 the Kangaroo tour and the now-defunct Four Nations.[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
Semi Final

New Zealand

Group Stage
Semi Final

Match

Post match

Men's final

See main article: 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup final.

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 25 November 2000 . Australia win epic World Cup final . 28 October 2022 .
  2. Web site: New Zealand 2 Australia 34: match report . 30 November 2013 . Daily Telegraph . 2 December 2013 .
  3. News: Manchester to host World Cup finals . 10 February 2022 . BBC Sport . 19 November 2021.
  4. News: Old Trafford extends Grand Final deal. 22 November 2022. BBC Sport. 27 September 2017 .
  5. Web site: Old Trafford. 25 August 2022 . premierleague.com. Premier League.
  6. Web site: Manchester Sightseeing Bus Tours . 15 July 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150716025339/http://www.manchesterbustours.co.uk/manchester-united . 16 July 2015 .