2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup

2021 (2021) Women's Rugby League World Cup  ()
Number of teams8
Host country England
Winner Australia (3rd title)
Runner-up New Zealand

Matches played15
Attendance128,098 (8,540 per match)
Points scored728 (48.53 per match)
Tries scored157 (10.47 per match)
Top scorersEngland Tara-Jane Stanley
62 points (6 tries + 19 goals)
Australia Lauren Brown 62 points (31 goals)
Top try scorerAustralia Julia Robinson (7 tries)
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2026

The 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the sixth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup, and was one of three major tournaments part of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The tournament was held in England from 1 November to 19 November 2022.[1] Originally planned for 2021, it was delayed a year along with the men's and wheelchair tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament featured eight teams, an increase of two from the previous tournament.

For the first time the tournament had parity with the men's and wheelchair tournaments with all participants being paid the same while all 61 matches across three tournaments will be broadcast live.[2][3]

  1. ^ "WRLWC Schedule". rlwc2021.com.
  2. ^ Darbyshire, Drew (21 October 2019). "Women and wheelchair players to receive equal pay to men at 2021 World Cup". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ Ed, Dixon (2 July 2020). "2021 Rugby League World Cup and IRL team up on broadcast production – SportsPro Media". www.sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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