2021 Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup


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. England defeated New Zealand 42–10 in the final to become the first world champions. Third place went to Wales who defeated Australia 32–18 in a play-off.

Teams

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

Squads

Australia

  1. Kane Ridgley
  2. Jonathan Smith
  3. Bryce Crane
  4. Karel Dekker
  5. Kyle Lloyd
  6. Dean Clark
  7. Hudson Wicks
  8. Stephen Hendry
  9. Harry Rodgers
  10. Adam Hills
  11. Dylan Jobson
  12. Richard Muff
  13. Peter Mitchell
  14. George Tonna
  15. Edward Sharp
  16. Rylan Gaudron
  17. Geoff Clarke
  18. Fady Taiba
  19. Rylee Lowe
  20. Michael Baker
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England

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

  • Wales head coach: Craig Fisher
  1. Leif Thobroe
  2. Robert Carpenter
  3. Nick Harris
  4. Gareth Sullivan
  5. Tyma Hughes
  6. Isaac Pickett
  7. Morgan Jones
  8. Daniel Shaw
  9. Connor Rice
  10. Stewart Newton
  11. Justin Martin
  12. Dylan Hughes
  13. Ben Lewis
  14. Paul Jones
  15. Chris Young
  16. Chris Spriggs
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Venues

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 and played as a double-header with the Samoa v France game in the Men's tournament.

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. 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.

Wales Technical Infringement

During halftime of the 28 October Wales v Australia game, it was announced that during the Wales v New Zealand game, 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.

Group stage





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Knockout stage



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