2021 Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup

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2021 (2021) Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup  ()
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The Halliwell Jones Stadium, the venue for the final
Number of teams 4
Host countryFlag of England.svg  England
Winner Flag of England.svg England (1st title)
Runner-up Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Matches played8

The 2021 Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup, also known as the 2021 PDRL World Cup, was the first world cup for physical disability rugby league. The tournament was held from 23 October to 30 October 2022 in Warrington, England, alongside the main tournaments of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The tournament was originally planned as part of the 2021 Festival of World Cups, which was due to take place in the summer of 2021, but was rescheduled following the postponement of the festival. [1] England defeated New Zealand 42–10 in the final to become the first world champions. [2] Third place went to Wales who defeated Australia 32–18 in a play-off. [3]

Contents

Teams

Four teams competed in the tournament: Australia, England, New Zealand and Wales. [4] Teams from Ireland and Scotland had also been planning to take part. [5] [6]

Squads

Australia

  1. Kane Ridgley (Gold Coast Titans)
  2. Jonathan Smith (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
  3. Bryce Crane (Sydney Roosters)
  4. Karel Dekker (Gold Coast Titans)
  5. Kyle Lloyd (Newtown Jets)
  6. Dean Clark (Gold Coast Titans)
  7. Hudson Wicks (Gold Coast Titans)
  8. Stephen Hendry (Gold Coast Titans)
  9. Harry Rodgers (Gold Coast Titans)
  10. Adam Hills (Warrington Wolves)
  11. Dylan Jobson (Gold Coast Titans)
  12. Richard Muff (Gold Coast Titans)
  13. Peter Mitchell (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
  14. George Tonna (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
  15. Edward Sharp (Newtown Jets)
  16. Rylan Gaudron (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
  17. Geoff Clarke (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
  18. Fady Taiba (Wests Tigers)
  19. Rylee Lowe (Sydney Roosters)
  20. Michael Baker (Gold Coast Titans)

source: [7] [8] [10] [11]

England

  1. Darren Dean (Wakefield Trinity)
  2. Ben Seward (Wigan Warriors)
  3. Scott Gobin (Leeds Rhinos)
  4. Callum Parkinson (Wakefield Trinity)
  5. Nicholas Leigh (Leeds Rhinos)
  6. Adam Fleming (Wakefield Trinity)
  7. Sam Zellar (Leeds Rhinos)
  8. Adam Morris (Warrington Wolves)
  9. Jamie Barnett (Warrington Wolves)
  10. Ben Nicholson (Wakefield Trinity)
  11. Peter Clarke (Leeds Rhinos)
  12. Harvey Redmonds (Leeds Rhinos)
  13. Tommy Pouncey (Leeds Rhinos)
  14. Tony Seward (Warrington Wolves)
  15. Connor Lynes (Castlefield Tigers)
  16. Nick Horner (Leeds Rhinos)
  17. Mark Gummerson (Castlefield Tigers)
  18. Mike Addison (Warrington Wolves)
  19. Nick Kennedy (Castlefield Tigers)
  20. John Clements (Wakefield Trinity)

source: [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

New Zealand

  1. Harley Roach
  2. Garry Kingi
  3. Jeremy Hendrix Harris
  4. Max Walsh
  5. Shane Culling
  6. Timothy Ragg
  7. Kent Stroobant
  8. Jed Stone
  9. Shane Ratahi
  10. Mal Davis
  11. Matthew Williams
  12. Michael Kulene
  13. Daley Manu
  14. Che Fornusek
  15. Philip Milne
  16. Roko Nailolo
  17. Matthew Slade
  18. Delta Taeauga

source: [10] [15]

Wales

  • Wales head coach: Craig Fisher
  1. Leif Thobroe (Port Talbot Panthers MARU)
  2. Robert Carpenter (Cardiff Chiefs MARU)
  3. Nick Harris (Port Talbot Panthers MARU)
  4. Gareth Sullivan (Salford Red Devils PDRL)
  5. Tyma Hughes (Salford Red Devils PDRL)
  6. Isaac Pickett (Leeds Rhinos PDRL)
  7. Morgan Jones (Salford Red Devils PDRL)
  8. Daniel Shaw (Pembrokeshire Vikings MARU)
  9. Connor Rice (Salford Red Devils PDRL)
  10. Stewart Newton (Salford Red Devils PDRL)
  11. Justin Martin (Port Talbot Panthers MARU)
  12. Dylan Hughes (Leeds Rhinos PDRL)
  13. Ben Lewis (Salford Red Devils PDRL)
  14. Paul Jones (Salford Red Devils PDRL)
  15. Chris Young (Leeds Rhinos PDRL)
  16. Chris Spriggs (Llanelli Warriors MARU)

source: [10] [16] [17]

Venues

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Victoria Park
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Halliwell Jones Stadium
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2021 Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup
Location of the venues in Warrington

The tournament took place in Warrington with all of the group stage matches and the third-place play-off at Victoria Park. The final was held at the Halliwell Jones Stadium [4] and played as a double-header with the Samoa v France game in the Men's tournament. [18]

Format

On 29 July 2022 the draw was made for the match schedule during an episode of The Last Leg on which the main presenter, Adam Hills, announced his intention to be part of the Australian squad. [19] The four teams competed in a round-robin group stage with the top two going on to the final and the other teams playing to determine the third and fourth places. [4]

Wales Technical Infringement

During halftime of the 28 October Wales v Australia game, it was announced that during the Wales v New Zealand game (23 October), Wales had committed an unintended technical breach. This breach was in regard to the ability classification level of the players onfield; in PDRL, ability is divided into three categories, and denoted by specific sock colours. There can be only a specific number of players per sock colour on the field at a time. The Welsh coach attributed the infraction of this rule to "miscommunications across the board", and as a result, Wales competed in the third place playoffs rather than the final competition. [10] [20] [21]

Group stage

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of England.svg England330014014+1266
2Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 310262104−424 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales32016878−102 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 300352126−740
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2022. Source: [22]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 New Zealand v Wales: Due to a rules breach by Wales the match points were awarded to New Zealand [20]

23 October 2022
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg26–28Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Report
Victoria Park, Warrington [15]

23 October 2022
16:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
England Flag of England.svg58–6Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Report
Victoria Park, Warrington [23]

25 October 2022
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)
Wales Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg6–32Flag of England.svg England
Report
Victoria Park, Warrington

25 October 2022
16:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg26–34Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Victoria Park, Warrington

28 October 2022
17:00 BST (UTC+01:00)
England Flag of England.svg50–2Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Report
Victoria Park, Warrington

28 October 2022
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg20–34Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Report
Victoria Park, Warrington

Knockout stage

Third-place play-off
30 October 2022
14:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
Wales Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg32–18Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Report
Victoria Park, Warrington

Final
30 October 2022
19:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
England Flag of England.svg42–10Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Report

Broadcasting

RegionBroadcasterDetails
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC Opening two matches, third-place play-off and final on BBC iPlayer and online. [4]
WorldwideRLWC2021 app & OurLeagueFree streaming of all PDRL WC matches. [24]

Notes

  1. ↑ Sources disagree on the spelling of both names: either Brendon Pelligrino, [7] Brenden Pellegrino [8] or Brendan Pellegrino. [8] [9]

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