2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup Group A

Last updated April 23, 2025

Group A of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup is one of four groups in the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, which will be played in 2022. The group comprises hosts England as well as automatic qualifiers Samoa, 2018 European Champions France, and Greece, who qualified through the 2019 European play-off tournament.

The pool draw was made on 16 January 2020.^[1] The fixtures were announced on 21 July 2020.^[2] A revised schedule was issued on 19 November 2021 following the postponement of the tournament from 2021 to 2022.^[3] The Samoa vs France match was played as a double-header with the final of the 2021 Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup.^[4]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	3	0	196	28	+168	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Samoa	3	2	1	140	68	+72	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	France	3	1	2	56	116	−60	2
4	Greece	3	0	3	20	200	−180	0

Source: rlwc2021
(H) Hosts

Matches

England vs Samoa

15 October 2022
14:30 BST (UTC+01:00)

England	60–6	Samoa
Tries: Welsby 22' Young (2) 25', 30' Watkins 49' Farnworth 65' Whitehead (2) 69', 71' Makinson 74' Williams 76' Burgess 80' Goals: Makinson (10/12) 6' pen, 23', 26', 49', 63' pen, 66', 69', 71', 74', 79'	Report	Tries: Tago 34' Goals: Crichton (1/1) 35'

St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 43,199
Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia)
Touch judges: Jack Smith (England), Warren Turley (England)
Player of the Match: Victor Radley (England)

**Team details**
England		Position	Samoa
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Sam Tomkins	1	Fullback	1	Joseph Suaalii
Tommy Makinson	2	Wing	18	Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
Kallum Watkins	3	Centre	3	Izack Tago
Herbie Farnworth	4	Centre	4	Stephen Crichton
Dom Young	14	Wing	5	Brian To'o
Jack Welsby	6	Stand off/Five eighth	6	Jarome Luai
George Williams	7	Scrum half/Half back	7	Anthony Milford
Tom Burgess	8	Prop forward	8	Josh Papali'i
Micky McIlorum	9	Hooker	9	Danny Levi
Chris Hill	18	Prop forward	10	Junior Paulo
Elliott Whitehead	11	Second row	12	Jaydn Su'a
Mike McMeeken	20	Second row	13	Josh Aloiai
Victor Radley	13	Loose forward/Lock forward	24	Braden Hamlin-Uele
Luke Thompson	10	Interchange	14	Tyrone May
Morgan Knowles	15	Interchange	16	Spencer Leniu
Matty Lees	16	Interchange	17	Martin Taupau
Mike Cooper	17	Interchange	22	Kelma Tuilagi
Shaun Wane		Coach		Matt Parish
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France vs Greece

17 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)

France	34–12	Greece
Tries: Dezaria 9' Gigot 30' Jullien (2) 34', 74' Mourgue 47' Goals: Mourgue (7/7) 10', 24' pen, 30', 36', 49', 67' pen, 76'	Report	Tries: Taukamo 56' Mougios 79' Goals: Ilias (2/2) 58', 80'

Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster
Attendance: 4,182
Referee: Adam Gee (Australia)
Touch judges: Kasey Badger (Australia), James Vella (England)
Player of the Match: Benjamin Garcia (France)

**Team details**
France		Position	Greece
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Morgan Escaré	1	Fullback	1	Chaise Robinson
Arthur Romano	2	Wing	2	Siteni Taukamo
Samisoni Langi	3	Centre	3	Terry Constantinou
Matthieu Laguerre	4	Centre	4	Nick Mougios
Fouad Yaha	5	Wing	5	Johnny Mitsias
Arthur Mourgue	6	Stand off/Five eighth	6	Lachlan Ilias
Tony Gigot	7	Scrum half/Half back	7	Jordan Meads
Jordan Dezaria	8	Prop forward	8	Robert Tuliatu
Alrix Da Costa	9	Hooker	9	Peter Mamouzelos
Lambert Belmas	10	Prop forward	16	Sebastian Sell
Benjamin Jullien	11	Second row	11	Mitchell Zampetides
Paul Séguier	12	Second row	12	Nicholas Flocas
Benjamin Garcia	13	Loose forward/Lock forward	13	Billy Magoulias
Eloi Pelissier	14	Interchange	14	Jake Kambos
Justin Sangaré	15	Interchange	15	Myles Gal
Mickaël Goudemand	17	Interchange	17	Theodoros Nianiakas
Corentin Le Cam	19	Interchange	18	Aris Dardamanis
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England vs France

22 October 2022
17:00 BST (UTC+01:00)

England	42–18	France
Tries: Hall (2) 6', 12' Thompson 24' Whitehead 45' Radley 50' Young (2) 57', 66' Goals: Sneyd (7/7) 8', 13', 26', 46', 51’, 58', 67'	Report	Tries: Mourgue 29' Pelissier 33' Romano 76' Goals: Mourgue (3/3) 30', 33', 77'

University of Bolton Stadium, Bolton
Attendance: 23,648
Referee: Gerard Sutton (Australia)
Touch judges: Liam Moore (England), Todd Smith (Australia)
Player of the Match: George Williams (England)

**Team details**
England		Position	France
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Sam Tomkins	1	Fullback	1	Morgan Escare
Ryan Hall	5	Wing	2	Arthur Romano
Kallum Watkins	3	Centre	3	Samisoni Langi
Herbie Farnworth	4	Centre	4	Matthieu Laguerre
Dom Young	14	Wing	6	Arthur Mourgue
Marc Sneyd	21	Stand off/Five eighth	7	Tony Gigot
George Williams	7	Scrum half/Half back	8	Jordan Dezaria
Tom Burgess 80'	8	Prop forward	9	Alrix Da Costa
Michael McIlorum	9	Hooker	10	Lambert Belmas
Chris Hill	18	Prop forward	11	Benjamin Jullien
Elliot Whitehead	11	Second row	12	Paul Séguier
John Bateman	12	Second row	13	Benjamin Garcia
Victor Radley	13	Loose forward/Lock forward	17	Mickael Goudemand
Jack Welsby	6	Interchange	14	Eloi Pelissier
Luke Thompson	10	Interchange	15	Justin Sangare
Andy Ackers	19	Interchange	16	Gadwin Springer
Mikolaj Oledzki	23	Interchange	19	Corentin Le Cam
Shaun Wane		Coach
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Samoa vs Greece

23 October 2022
17:00 BST (UTC+01:00)

Samoa	72–4	Greece
Tries: To'o 1' Paulo 5' Levi 16', 70' Harris-Tavita 22', 60' Hunt 30' Luai 33' Lafai (2) 37', 80' Brown 53' Crichton 56' Feagai 64' Goals: Crichton (10/13) 3', 5', 17', 23', 31', 34', 38', 54', 61', 71'	Report	Tries: Ilias 49' Goals: Ilias (0/1)

Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster
Attendance: 4,415
Referee: James Child (England)
Touch judges: Liam Rush (England), Robert Hicks (England)
Player of the Match: Jarome Luai (Samoa)

**Team details**
Samoa		Position	Greece
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Joseph Suaalii	1	Fullback	1	Chaise Robinson
Brian To'o	5	Wing	2	Siteni Taukamo
Stephen Crichton	4	Centre	3	Terence Constantinou
Tim Lafai	25	Centre	4	Nicholas Mougios
Mat Feagai	19	Wing	5	John Mitsias
Jarome Luai	6	Stand off/Five eighth	13	Billy Magoulias
Chanel Harris-Tavita	20	Scrum half/Half back	6	Lachlan Ilias
Josh Papali'i	8	Prop forward	12	Nicholas Flocas
Danny Levi	9	Hooker	9	Peter Mamouzelos
Junior Paulo	10	Prop forward	10	Stefanos Bastas
Ligi Sao	11	Second row	14	Jake Kambos
Jaydn Su'a	12	Second row	25	Adam Vrahnos
Josh Aloiai	13	Loose forward/Lock forward	16	Sebastian Sell
Fa'amanu Brown	21	Interchange	15	Myles Gal
Royce Hunt	15	Interchange	17	Theodoros Nianiakas
Oregon Kaufusi	23	Interchange	19	Liam Sue-Tin
Martin Taupau	17	Interchange	23	Nikolaos Bosmos
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England vs Greece

29 October 2022
14:30 BST (UTC+01:00)

England	94–4	Greece
Tries: Lees 3' Young (4) 13', 25', 35', 37' Hall (2) 28', 59' Burgess (2) 33', 53' Williams 40' Makinson 43' Sneyd 49' Batchelor 63' Ackers (2) 67', 75' Pearce-Paul 73' McMeeken 77' Goals: Sneyd (13/17) 4', 27', 34', 36', 39', 40', 43', 50', 55', 60', 68', 76', 77'	Report	Tries: Taukamo 18' Goals: Ilias (0/1)

Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 18,760
Referee: Belinda Sharpe (Australia)
Touch judges: Marcus Griffiths (England), Wyatt Raymond (Australia)
Player of the Match: Marc Sneyd (England)

**Team details**
England		Position	Greece
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Tommy Makinson	2	Fullback	2	Siteni Taukamo
Ryan Hall	5	Wing	4	Nick Mougios
Jack Welsby	6	Centre	3	Terry Constantinou
Kai Pearce-Paul	24	Centre	25	Adam Vrahnos
Dom Young	14	Wing	5	John Mitsias
Marc Sneyd	21	Stand off/Five eighth	6	Lachlan Ilias
George Williams	7	Scrum half/Half back	7	Jordan Meads
Matty Lees	16	Prop forward	8	Rob Tuliatu
Andy Ackers	19	Hooker	9	Peter Mamouzelos
Mike Cooper	17	Prop forward	22	Ioannis Rousoglou
John Bateman	12	Second row	11	Mitchell Zampetides
Joe Batchelor	22	Second row	14	Jake Kambos
Victor Radley	13	Loose forward/Lock forward	12	Nick Flocas
Burgess	8	Interchange	16	Sebastian Sell
Morgan Knowles	15	Interchange	17	Theodoros Nianiakas
Chris Hill	18	Interchange	20	Ioannis Nake
Mike McMeeken	20	Interchange	21	Konstantinos Katsidonis
Shaun Wane		Coach
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Samoa vs France

30 October 2022
17:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)

Samoa	62–4	France
Tries: Lafai (2) 4', 66' To'o (2) 17', 47' Ta. May (4) 21', 34', 40', 44' Milford (2) 62', 74' Harris-Tavita 69' Goals: Crichton (9/11) 5', 22', 36', 40', 45', 48', 64', 70', 75'	Report	Tries: Yaha 53' Goals: Mourgue (0/1)

Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Attendance: 6,756
Referee: Todd Smith (Australia)
Touch judges: Liam Rush (England), Warren Turley (England)

**Team details**
Samoa		Position	France
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
	1	Fullback	1
	2	Wing	2
	3	Centre	3
	4	Centre	4
	5	Wing	5
	6	Stand off/Five eighth	6
	7	Scrum half/Half back	7
	8	Prop forward	8
	9	Hooker	9
	10	Prop forward	10
	11	Second row	11
	12	Second row	12
	13	Loose forward/Lock forward	13
		Interchange
		Interchange
		Interchange
		Interchange
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References

↑ "Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw: England drawn with Samoa, France and Greece". BBC Sport. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
↑ "England start against Samoa at World Cup". BBC Sport. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
↑ Gordon, James (19 November 2021). "List of Rugby League World Cup 2021 fixtures - date-by-date by tournament". LoveRugbyLeague. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ "Squads named for upcoming PDRL World Cup". NRL.com. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

External links

https://www.rlwc2021.com/

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[1] "Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw: England drawn with Samoa, France and Greece". BBC Sport. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[2] "England start against Samoa at World Cup". BBC Sport. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[3] Gordon, James (19 November 2021). "List of Rugby League World Cup 2021 fixtures - date-by-date by tournament". LoveRugbyLeague. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[4] "Squads named for upcoming PDRL World Cup". NRL.com. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

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