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Australia - 25 October 2008 - 22 November 2008

Winner : New Zealand XIII

 

Final standings

1	New Zealand XIII
2	Australia XIII
3	England XIII
4	Fiji XIII
5	Ireland XIII
6	Papua New Guinea XIII
7	Tonga XIII
8	Scotland XIII
9	Samoa XIII
10	France XIII

 

Group A (Australia - 25/10/2008 - 09/11/2008)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Australia XIII	6	3	3	0	0	128	16	+112
2	New Zealand XIII	4	3	2	0	1	90	60	+30
3	England XIII	2	3	1	0	2	60	110	-50
4	Papua New Guinea XIII	0	3	0	0	3	34	126	-92

Last matches

25 October 2008
	England XIII	32 - 22	Papua New Guinea XIII
26 October 2008
	Australia XIII	30 - 6	New Zealand XIII
1 November 2008
	New Zealand XIII	48 - 6	Papua New Guinea XIII
2 November 2008
	Australia XIII	52 - 4	England XIII
8 November 2008
	England XIII	24 - 36	New Zealand XIII
9 November 2008
	Australia XIII	46 - 6	Papua New Guinea XIII

Detail of the results

Group B (Australia - 26/10/2008 - 05/11/2008)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Fiji XIII	2	2	1	0	1	58	24	+34
2	Scotland XIII	2	2	1	0	1	36	52	-16
3	France XIII	2	2	1	0	1	42	60	-18

Last matches

26 October 2008
	France XIII	36 - 18	Scotland XIII
1 November 2008
	Fiji XIII	42 - 6	France XIII
5 November 2008
	Scotland XIII	18 - 16	Fiji XIII

Detail of the results

Group C (Australia - 27/10/2008 - 05/11/2008)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Ireland XIII	2	2	1	0	1	54	38	+16
2	Tonga XIII	2	2	1	0	1	34	40	-6
3	Samoa XIII	2	2	1	0	1	36	46	-10

Last matches

27 October 2008
	Ireland XIII	20 - 22	Tonga XIII
31 October 2008
	Tonga XIII	12 - 20	Samoa XIII
5 November 2008
	Ireland XIII	34 - 16	Samoa XIII

Detail of the results

Final Round (Australia - 08/11/2008 - 22/11/2008)

Classification Round

8 November 2008
	Scotland XIII	0 - 48	Tonga XIII
9 November 2008
	France XIII	10 - 42	Samoa XIII

Quarter-Finals

10 November 2008
	Fiji XIII	30 - 14	Ireland XIII

Semi-Finals

15 November 2008
	New Zealand XIII	32 - 22	England XIII
16 November 2008
	Australia XIII	52 - 0	Fiji XIII

Final

22 November 2008
	Australia XIII	20 - 34	New Zealand XIII

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 4
  • Number of rounds : 7
  • Matches : 18
  • Home victories : 12 (67 %)
  • Away victories : 6 (33 %)
  • Drawn matches : 0 (0 %)

  • Best round in points : 1st (672 points)
  • Average points per match : 48.67
  • Average points scored at home : 29.89
  • Scoring average: away games : 18.78
  • Total number of points : 876
  • Average points per round : 125.14
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	Australia XIII	4
  2	New Zealand XIII	4
  3	Fiji XIII	2
  4	Samoa XIII	2
  5	Tonga XIII	2
  6	England XIII	1

  Drawn matches

  1	Australia XIII	0
  2	England XIII	0
  3	Fiji XIII	0
  4	France XIII	0
  5	Ireland XIII	0
  6	New Zealand XIII	0

  Losses

  1	England XIII	3
  2	Papua New Guinea XIII	3
  3	Fiji XIII	2
  4	France XIII	2
  5	Ireland XIII	2
  6	Scotland XIII	2

Rugby League World Cup 2008 - Participating teams

Australia XIII

England XIII

Fiji XIII

France XIII

Ireland XIII

New Zealand XIII

Papua New Guinea XIII

Samoa XIII

Scotland XIII

Tonga XIII

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