Australia
Due to the Super League war, the Australian Rugby League did not select any player who had signed with Super League. As 100% of Australia's squad was sourced from Australian Rugby League-aligned players, several test players from the successful 1994 Kangaroo Tour were not selected for the World Cup, though a number of the team had played in the 3-0 Trans-Tasman Test series win over New Zealand earlier in the year.
Super League aligned Canberra Raiders players, including Laurie Daley, Ricky Stuart took the ARL to court during 1995 in a bid to be able to play in the World Cup. The court found in their favour and ordered the ARL to consider all players for selection regardless of who they were aligned to. However, as one unnamed ARL official was quoted as saying, the ARL were only forced to consider Super League players, not select them. Just how many, if any, Super League players were considered for selection remains unknown and speculation remains that behind closed doors no Super League player was considered.
| Player | Games | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points | Position(s) | Club |
|---|
| Wayne Bartrim | 2 | - | - | - | - | Hooker , Lock | St. George Dragons |
| Tim Brasher | 5 | 4 | - | - | 16 | Fullback , Centre , Wing | Sydney Tigers |
| Mark Carroll | 5 | – | – | – | – | Prop , Second-row | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Mark Coyne | 4 | 2 | – | – | 8 | Centre , Wing | St. George Dragons |
| Brett Dallas | 4 | 3 | – | – | 12 | Wing | Sydney Bulldogs |
| Jim Dymock | 7 | 2 | – | – | 8 | Lock , Five-eighth | Sydney Bulldogs |
| Brad Fittler (c) | 4 | 1 | – | – | 4 | Five-eighth , Centre , Lock | Penrith Panthers |
| David Gillespie | 1 | – | – | – | – | Prop , Second-row | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Paul Harragon* | 2 | – | – | – | – | Prop | Newcastle Knights |
| Terry Hill | 4 | 3 | – | – | 12 | Centre | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| John Hopoate | 2 | 3 | – | – | 12 | Wing | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Andrew Johns | 4 | 2 | 27 | – | 62 | Halfback , Hooker | Newcastle Knights |
| Matthew Johns | 4 | – | – | – | – | Five-eighth | Newcastle Knights |
| Nik Kosef | 3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | Lock , Five-eighth | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Gary Larson* | 3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | Second-row , Prop | North Sydney Bears |
| Paul McGregor | 2 | 2 | – | – | 8 | Centre | Illawarra Steelers |
| Steven Menzies | 4 | 6 | – | – | 24 | Second-row , Centre , Lock | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Billy Moore | 1 | – | – | – | – | Lock , Second-row | North Sydney Bears |
| Danny Moore | 1 | 2 | – | – | 8 | Centre , Wing | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Adam Muir | 1 | – | – | – | – | Second-row , Prop , Lock | Newcastle Knights |
| Robbie O'Davis | 3 | 5 | – | – | 20 | Fullback , Wing | Newcastle Knights |
| Dean Pay | 4 | – | – | – | – | Prop , Second-row | Sydney Bulldogs |
| Aaron Raper | 1 | 1 | – | – | 4 | Hooker | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
| Jason Smith | 5 | 1 | – | – | 4 | Lock , Second-row , Five-eighth | Sydney Bulldogs |
| Geoff Toovey | 4 | – | – | – | – | Halfback , Hooker , Five-eighth | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Rod Wishart | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 8 | Wing | Illawarra Steelers |
*Gary Larson originally declined selection citing personal reasons. When Paul Harragon was injured he answered Bob Fulton's call to join the squad and ended up playing in the final at Wembley.
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