England at the Rugby League World Cup

England have competed five times in the World Cup; in 1975, 1995, 2000, 2008 and 2013. They have never won the competition, though finished runners-up to Australia in 1975 and 1995. In every other year, Great Britain have represented England.

Results

World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld
1954	Did not enter
1957
1960
1968
1970
1972
1975	Final	2nd out of 5	9
1977	Did not enter
1985-88
1989-92
1995	Final	2nd out of 10	5
2000	Semi-final	4th out of 16	5
2008	Semi-final	3rd out of 10	4
2013	Semi-final	3rd out of 14	5
2017

Tournaments

1975

Round	Score	Opposition	Venue
Group Stage	20-2	France	Headingley Stadium, Leeds
	7-12	Wales	Lang Park, Brisbane
	17-17	New Zealand	Carlaw Park, Auckland
	10-10	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
	22-16	Wales	Wilderspool, Warrington
	48-2	France	Toulouse
	27-12	New Zealand	Odsal, Bradford
	16-13	Australia	Central Park, Wigan
Final	0-25	Australia	Headingley Stadium, Leeds

England 1995

Round	Score	Opposition	Venue
Group Stage	20-16	Australia	Wembley Stadium
	46-0	Fiji	Central Park, Wigan
	46-0	South Africa	Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Semi Final	25-10	Wales	Old Trafford, Manchester
Final	16-8	Australia	Wembley Stadium, London

UK, Ireland and France 2000

Round	Score	Opposition	Venue
Group Stage	2-22	Australia	Twickenham Stadium, London
	76-4	Russia	Knowsley Road, St Helens
	66-0	Fiji	Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Quarter Final	26-16	Ireland	Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Semi Final	6-49	New Zealand	Reebok Stadium, Bolton

Australia 2008

Round	Score	Opposition	Venue
Group Stage	32-22	Papua New Guinea	Willows Sports Complex, Townsville
	4-52	Australia	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
	24-36	New Zealand	Newcastle International Sports Centre, Newcastle
Semi Final	22-32	New Zealand	Lang Park, Brisbane

England and Wales 2013

Round	Score	Opposition	Venue
Group Stage	20-28	Australia	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
	42-0	Ireland	John Smiths Stadium, Huddersfield
	34-12	Fiji	KC Stadium, Hull
Quarter Final	34-6	France	DW Stadium, Wigan
Semi Final	18-20	New Zealand	Wembley Stadium, London

References