Women's Rugby League World Cup round one: England beat Wales 70-6, holders Australia beat Samoa 40-0

The Women’s Rugby League World Cup, which began on 16 October and ends with the final at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, on Sunday 15 November, finished its first round on Sunday 18 October. The scores below are from the International Rugby League’s official results and match LeagueUnlimited’s records.

Round one results

• Friday 16 October, CommBank Stadium, Sydney: Australia 40 Samoa 0. Australia, the 2021 champions, scored seven tries, and Jocelyn Kelleher kicked six goals.
• Saturday 17 October, Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby: Papua New Guinea 58 France 4. Naomi Kelly scored four tries. Manon Samarra scored France’s try.
• Saturday 17 October, HBF Park, Perth: England 70 Wales 6. England scored 13 tries. Connie Boyd and Anna Davies scored three each, and Isabel Rowe scored two tries and kicked nine goals for 26 points, which AAP reported equals the most points by an England women’s player in a rugby league international. Paige Travis scored Wales’s try in their first women’s World Cup match.
• Sunday 18 October, McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle: New Zealand 18 Fiji 12. Stacey Waaka scored two tries and Leianne Tufuga one. Fiji, playing their first women’s World Cup match, led 12-10 at half-time.

Standings (points, points difference)

Pool A: England 2 (+64), Australia 2 (+40), Samoa 0 (-40), Wales 0 (-64).

Pool B: Papua New Guinea 2 (+54), New Zealand 2 (+6), Fiji 0 (-6), France 0 (-54).

The top two in each pool reach the semi-finals, on Saturday 7 November in Newcastle and Sunday 8 November in Sydney, both at 6:45am GMT. The final kicks off at 5:10am GMT.

Round two fixtures (GMT, official schedule)

• Friday 23 October, 6:45am: Samoa v Wales, CommBank Stadium, Sydney
• Saturday 24 October, 2:15am: Fiji v Papua New Guinea, Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby
• Saturday 24 October, 9:05am: Australia v England, HBF Park, Perth
• Sunday 25 October, 3am: New Zealand v France, One NZ Stadium, Christchurch