2000 Rugby League World Cup

12th Rugby League World Cup tournament 2000 Women's Rugby League World Cup May 2014 May 2014 2000 Rugby League World Cup 2000_Rugby_League.png 100px 2000 World Cup logo 16 England France Ireland Scotland Wales Australia 9 31 263921 AUS Mat Rogers (70) AUS Wendell Sailor (10) Rugby League World Cup 1995 2008 The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was the twelfth World Cup for men’s national rugby league teams, held between 28 October and 25 November and hosted between the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. Australia won their ninth title by beating New Zealand 40-12 in the final at Old Trafford. Following the success of the previous tournament, the World Cup was expanded to 16 teams and for the first time featured qualification rounds before the finals. Alongside the men's tournament, it was also the same year when the inaugural Women's Rugby League World Cup was first played. Summary Following the success of the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, organisers decided to expand the 2000 tournament to 16 teams, 15 were invited while seven emerging nations were invited into a qualifying tournament to determine the 16th place. The millennium World Cup attracted a record sponsorship of over £1 million from title Lincoln Financial Group, who had also sponsored Great Britain's Tests against New Zealand the previous year.Hadfield Dave World Cup to get pounds 1m backing The Independent 20 April 1999 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-world-cup-to-get-pounds-1m-backing-1088506.html 6 October 2009 London live https://web.archive.org/web/20121104151101/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-world-cup-to-get-pounds-1m-backing-1088506.html 4 November 2012 The tournament also made a £2 million profit, despite attracting small crowds.World Cup returns profit BBC Sport 27 November 2000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/world_cup_2000/1043422.stm 7 October 2009 Despite its financial success the 2000 World Cup was seen as a failure, with too many blow out score lines and the inclusion of New Zealand Māori team being invited alongside the New Zealand National team. Despite being the only team to have to qualify to play in the World Cup, Lebanon were criticised for consisting entirely of Australians of Lebanese origin, which led to derisory comments in the media.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/story/0,3604,388109,00.html Maori role-model army signal intent Wilson Andy 26 October 2000 The Guardian 29 November 2009 London live https://web.archive.org/web/20131203073637/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/story/0,3604,388109,00.html 3 December 2013 dmy-all The tournament also attracted criticism of its lack of marketing and poor crowds. France performed creditably and had healthy attendances in games they hosted, while the much-derided Lebanon team also proved the catalyst for domestic competition in that country. Qualifying 2000 Rugby League World Cup qualifying Six countries – Lebanon, the United States, Morocco, Canada, Italy and Japan – competed for one available place in the tournament. Lebanon defeated the United States 62–8 in the final play-off match. Teams 2000 Rugby League World Cup squads The 2000 World Cup tournament featured 16 teams: TeamCaptainCoachAUS Brad Fittler Chris AndersonCOK Kevin Iro NZL Stan Martin ENG Andy Farrell John Kear FIJ Lote Tuqiri AUS Don Furner FRA Fabien Devecchi Gilles Dumas IRE Terry O'Connor ENG Steve O'Neill and ENG Andy Kelly Lebanon Darren Marroon John Elias NZL Richie Barnett Frank Endacott New Zealand Māori Aotearoa Māori Tawera Nikau Cameron Bell PNG Adrian Lam AUS Bob Bennett RUS Ian Rubin Evgeniy Klebanov SAM Willie Poching NZL Darrell Williams SCO Danny Russell AUS Shaun McRae RSA Jamie Bloem NZL Paul Matete TON Martin Masella AUS Murray Hurst WAL Iestyn Harris Clive Griffiths Venues The games were played at various venues in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France. The Twickenham Stadium in London, the home of the English rugby union was the host stadium for the opening ceremony and match featuring hosts England and defending champions Australia.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/9244890.stm BBC News England draw Australia in 2013 Rugby League World Cup 30 November 2010 30 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101201044010/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/9244890.stm 1 December 2010 live ENG London WAL Cardiff ENG Trafford FRA Toulouse ENG Bolton Twickenham Stadium Millennium Stadium Old Trafford(Venue of Final) Stadium de Toulouse Reebok Stadium Capacity: 75,000 Capacity: 74,500 Capacity: 56,000 Capacity: 37,000 Capacity: 28,723 200px 200px 250px 200px 200px ENG HuddersfieldUnited Kingdom center 550 Locations of the 2000 Rugby League World Cup host venues in the United Kingdom United Kingdom 51.5505 -0.3048 London right United Kingdom 53.4215 -2.3517 Trafford right United Kingdom 51.483333 -3.183333 Cardiff top United Kingdom 53.5769 -2.4282 Bolton left United Kingdom 53.6458 -1.7850 Huddersfield right United Kingdom 51.4543 -0.9781 Reading left United Kingdom 53.8008 -1.5491 Leeds left United Kingdom 51.6565 -0.3903 Watford top United Kingdom 55.9533 -3.1883 Edinburgh right United Kingdom 53.4563 -2.7371 St Helens left United Kingdom 54.5973 -5.9301 Belfast left United Kingdom 51.8642 -2.2382 Gloucester top United Kingdom 53.3610 -2.7336 Widnes left United Kingdom 53.744333 -0.3325 Hull right United Kingdom 54.9527 -1.6034 Gateshead left United Kingdom 53.7235 -1.3460 Castleford top United Kingdom 51.6809 -4.1602 Llanelli left United Kingdom 53.0430 -2.9925 Wrexham left United Kingdom 55.8642 -4.2518 Glasgow left United Kingdom 54.6436 -3.5428 Workington right United Kingdom 54.1108 -3.2261 Barrow-in-Furness left Ireland center 550 Locations of the 2000 Rugby League World Cup host venues in the Republic of Ireland 53.3498 -6.2603 Dublin left France center 550 Locations of the 2000 Rugby League World Cup host venues in France France 43.6047 1.4442 Toulouse left France 48.8566 2.3522 Paris top France 43.9251 2.1486 Albi right France 43.2132 2.3518 Carcassonne bottom ENG Reading McAlpine Stadium Madejski Stadium Capacity: 24,500 Capacity: 24,161 200px 200px ENG Leeds ENG Watford Headingley Vicarage Road Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 21,577 200px 200px FRA Paris SCO Edinburgh Stade Sébastien Charléty Tynecastle Stadium Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 17,529 200px 200px ENG St. Helens NIR Belfast Knowsley Road Windsor Park Capacity: 17,500 Capacity: 17,000 200px 200px ENG Gloucester ENG Widnes Kingsholm Stadium Autoquest Stadium Capacity: 16,500 Capacity: 13,350 200px 200px FRA Albi ENG Gateshead Stadium Municipal d'Albi Gateshead International Stadium Capacity: 13,058 Capacity: 11,800 200px 200px ENG Castleford WAL Llanelli Wheldon Road Stradey Park Capacity: 11,743 Capacity: 10,800 200px 200px WAL Wrexham ENG Hull Racecourse Ground The Boulevard Capacity: 10,771 Capacity: 10,500 200px 200px SCO Glasgow ENG Workington FRA Carcassonne IRE Dublin ENG Barrow-in-Furness Firhill Stadium Derwent Park Stade Albert Domec Tolka Park Craven Park Capacity: 10,102 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 9,680 Capacity: 4,000 200px 200px 200px 200px 200px Group stage Group A 2000 Rugby League World Cup Group A Standings ENGvAUS FIJvRUS AUSvFIJ ENGvRUS ENGvFIJ AUSvRUS Group B 2000 Rugby League World Cup Group B Standings NZLvLIB WALvCOK NZLvCOK WALvLIB COKvLIB WALvNZL Group C 2000 Rugby League World Cup Group C Standings PNGvFRA TONvRSA FRAvTON PNGvRSA FRAvRSA PNGvTON Group D 2000 Rugby League World Cup Group D Standings IREvSAM SCOvAOM IREvSCO SAMvAOM IREvAOM SCOvSAM Knockout stage 2000 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage The top 2 teams from each pool advanced to the quarter-finals. Bracket Quarter-finals QF1 QF2 QF3 QF4 Semi-finals SF1 SF2 Final 2000 Rugby League World Cup final Final Try scorers 10 AUS Wendell Sailor 9 NZL Lesley Vainikolo 6 AUS Ryan Girdler ENG Jamie Peacock NZL Richie Barnett NZL Willie Talau 5 AUS Bryan Fletcher AUS Adam MacDougall NZL Robbie Paul 4 18em AUS Trent Barrett AUS Brad Fittler AUS Matthew Gidley AUS Nathan Hindmarsh AUS Mat Rogers FIJ Lote Tuqiri FRA Pascal Jampy NZL Tonie Carroll SAM Brian Leauma TON Tevita Vaikona WAL Lee Briers WAL Kris Tassell 3 18em AUS Andrew Johns AUS Ben Kennedy AUS Darren Lockyer ENG Kevin Sinfield ENG Tony Smith FIJ Atunasia Vunivialu FRA Claude Sirvent IRE rugby league Michael Withers LBN Hazem El Masri LBN Hassan Saleh NZL Nigel Vagana NZL Ruben Wiki SAM Shane Laloata SAM Laloa Milford TON Fifita Moala 2 18em AUS Jason Croker AUS Scott Hill CKI Steve Berryman ENG Andy Hay ENG Sean Long ENG Darren Rogers ENG Paul Rowley ENG Chev Walker ENG Paul Wellens FRA Frédéric Banquet FRA Jean-Emmanuel Cassin FRA Rachid Hechiche IRE rugby league Brian Carney IRE rugby league Ryan Sheridan NZL Brian Jellick NZL Stacey Jones NZL Stephen Kearney NZL Ali Lauiti'iti NZL Tasesa Lavea NZL Quentin Pongia NZL Logan Swann NZL David Vaealiki New Zealand Māori Boycie Nelson New Zealand Māori Clinton Toopi PNG David Buko PNG Stanley Gene PNG John Wilshere SAM Henry Fa'afili SAM David Solomona TON Duane Mann TON Willie Mason WAL Iestyn Harris WAL Wes Davies 1 18em AUS Craig Gower AUS Brett Kimmorley AUS Gorden Tallis AUS Shane Webcke CKI Kevin Iro CKI Leroy Joe CKI Meti Noovao CKI Karl Temata CKI Tiri Toa ENG Paul Deacon ENG Andy Farrell ENG Scott Naylor ENG Leon Pryce ENG Kris Radlinski ENG Keith Senior ENG Francis Stephenson FRA Patrice Benausse FRA Yacine Dekkiche FRA Arnaud Dulac FRA Jean-Marc Garcia FRA Jérôme Guisset FRA Julien Rinaldi FRA Gael Tallec FIJ Tabua Cakacaka FIJ Jone Kuraduadua FIJ Eparama Navale FIJ Waisale Sovatabua IRE rugby league David Barnhill IRE rugby league Martin Crompton IRE rugby league Michael Eagar IRE rugby league Mark Forster IRE rugby league Chris Joynt IRE rugby league Tommy Martyn IRE rugby league Steve Prescott IRE rugby league Luke Ricketson LBN Michael Coorey LBN Travis Touma NZL Richie Blackmore NZL Nathan Cayless NZL Henry Paul NZL Tony Puletua NZL Matt Rua NZL Craig Smith New Zealand Māori David Kidwell New Zealand Māori Wairangi Koopu New Zealand Māori Steve Matthews New Zealand Māori Paul Rauhihi New Zealand Māori Hare Te Rangi PNG Eddie Aila PNG Marcus Bai PNG Raymond Karl PNG Alex Krewanty PNG Adrian Lam PNG Michael Mondo PNG Elias Paiyo PNG Lucas Solbat RUS Matt Donovan RUS Robert Ilyasov RUS Joel Rullis SAM Monty Betham SAM Willie Swann SCO Danny Arnold SCO Geoff Bell SCO David Maiden SCO Lee Penny SCO Scott Rhodes SCO Adrian Vowles TON Daniel Foster TON Paul Fisiiahi TON David Fisiiahi TON Lipina Kaufusi TON Talite Liava'a TON Nelson Lomi TON Esau Mann TON Martin Masella TON Willie Wolfgramm RSA Leon Barnard RSA Brian Best RSA Coenraad Breytenbach RSA Quinton De Villiers WAL Paul Atcheson WAL Jason Critchley WAL Keiron Cunningham WAL Anthony Farrell WAL Mick Jenkins WAL Paul Sterling WAL Ian Watson References 3 External links 2000 World Cup final at bbc.co.uk 2000 World Cup at rlhalloffame.org.uk 2000 World Cup at rlwc2008.com 2000 World Cup at rugbyleagueproject.org 2000 World Cup at 188-rugby-league.co.uk