1977 RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP OVERVIEW
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.
1977 Rugby League World Cup Pool Rounds
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
|
1977 Rugby League World Cup Final
Jun 25th Australia 13 – Great Britain 12, Location – Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia, Crowd – 24,457
1977 Rugby League World Cup Champions: Australia
