RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP

 

Host Nation - Australia with New Zealand as co-hosts

Number of Teams - 4

Highest Crowd - 27,000 Brisbane, Australia

Average Crowd - 15,683

Total Crowd - 109,778

1977 World Cup Snapshot - The 1977 World Cup returned to the same format as the 1972 World Cup. England and Wales were sacrificed in place of Great Britain again. Australia and New Zealand co-hosted the tournament with a majority of games played in New Zealand. The World Cup Final saw Great Britain and Australia play each other at the Sydney Cricket Ground. In another classic encounter Australia won the final 13 -12. Great Britain were unlucky not to win when they had a certain try called back with the ref blowing a penalty instead of playing advantage.

Game 1

May 29th Australia 27 - New Zealand 12

Location - Auckland, New Zealand

Crowd - 18,000

 

Game 2

Jun 5th Great Britain 23 - France 4

Location - Auckland, New Zealand

Crowd - 10,000

 

Game 3

Jun 11th Australia 21 - France 9

Location - Sydney, Australia

Crowd - 13,321

 

Game 4

Jun 12th Great Britain 30 - New Zealand 12

Location - Christchurch, New Zealand

Crowd - 9,000

 

Game 5

Jun 18th Australia 19 - Great Britain 5

Location - Brisbane, Australia

Crowd - 27,000

 

Game 6

Jun 19th New Zealand 28 - France 20

Location - Auckland, New Zealand

Crowd - 8,000

Final Table

Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
Australia	3	3	0	0	67	26	6
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	58	35	4
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	52	77	2
France	3	0	0	3	33	72	0