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Third staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the third staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 2000, and the first since the 2003 tournament. The tournament was held in Australia from 6 November, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 15 November. It was held at Stockland Park alongside the Police World Cup. Eight teams took part including defending champions New Zealand.[1]
2008 | Women's World Cup|
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Number of teams | 8 |
Host country | ![]() |
Winner | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Matches played | 20 |
Points scored | 728 (36.4 per match) |
6 November 2008 |
6 November 2008 |
8 November 2008 |
Australia ![]() |
72 – 0 | ![]() |
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8 November 2008 |
France ![]() |
12 – 18 | ![]() |
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10 November 2008 |
10 November 2008 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 8 | +132 | 6 |
Pacific Islands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 108 | -38 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 32 | +34 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 126 | -108 | 0 |
New Zealand ![]() |
72 – 0 | Pacific Islands |
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Tries: 13 Honey Hireme 4 Sarina Fiso 2 Trish Hina 2 Luisa Avaiki Emma Cairns Cynthia Ta'ala Rona Peters Kristina Sue Goals: 10 |
Video[8] |
6 November 2008 |
6 November 2008 |
New Zealand ![]() |
42 – 4 | ![]() |
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Video[9] |
8 November 2008 |
Samoa ![]() |
22 – 26 | Pacific Islands |
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8 November 2008 |
New Zealand ![]() |
26 – 4 | ![]() |
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Video[10] |
10 November 2008 |
Tonga ![]() |
14 – 44 | Pacific Islands |
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10 November 2008 |
New Zealand ![]() |
16 – 4 | ![]() |
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Tries: 3 Tafale Chan Ting Katarina Whata Simkin Honey Hireme Goals: 2 Trish Hina 2 |
Video[13] Scorers[14] |
Tries: 1 Michelle Greenwood Goals: nil |
Australia ![]() |
32 – 6 | Pacific Islands |
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Tries: 6 Steph Hancock 2 Teina Clark Karyn Murphy Deanna Turner Tarah Westera Goals: Teina Clark 4 |
Report[11] |
Tries: 1 Watson Goals: 1 Nella |
14 November 2008 |
The final was held at Suncorp Stadium on 15 November.[17]
Australia ![]() |
0 – 34 | ![]() |
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Reports[18][19] Video[20] |
Tries: Hina (2), Whatu-Simpkins (2), Avaiki, Tapu, Tua-Davidson Goals: Hina (3) |
15 November 2008 |
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