1995 Rugby League World Cup squads


The 1995 Rugby League World Cup squads were made up of players from the national rugby league football teams of ten countries: Australia, England, Fiji, France, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Tonga, Wales and Western Samoa.
All teams were permitted to name a squad of up to 25 players, and were allowed to call-up replacements during the tournament in the event of illness or injury.

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.
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2----HK / LKsortname|Tim|Brasher

England

Long time Wigan, Great Britain and England back rower Denis Betts, playing for the Auckland Warriors in the Australian Rugby League premiership, made history by becoming the first player selected to captain England while not playing for a British club.
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314WGsortname|Denis|Betts

Fiji

Incumbent captain James Pickering was unavailable, having suffered a broken leg earlier in the year.
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1WGsortname|Josaia|Dakuitoga

France

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SRsortname|Vincent|Banet

New Zealand

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214WGsortname|Richie|Blackmore|dab=rugby league

Papua New Guinea

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1SRsortname|Marcus|Bai

South Africa

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2SR / LKsortname|Barend|Alkemasortname|Andrew|Ballot

Tonga

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HKsortname|Asa|Amone

Wales

PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsPositionClub
1FBsortname|Allan|Bateman

Western Samoa

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2PRsortname|Mark|Elia