World Cup 1954 Great Britain 16-12 France France 1957 Australia (best record) Australia 1960 Great Britain (best record) Britain 1968 Australia 20-2 France Australasia 1970 Australia 12-7 Great Britain England 1972 Great Britain 10-10 Australia France * Great Britain were awarded the cup because of their superior record. World Championships 1975 Australia (best record) Worldwide 1977 Australia 13-12 Great Britain Australasia World Cup 1985 Australia 25-12 New Zealand Worldwide 1989 Australia 10-6 Great Britain Worldwide 1995 Australia 16-8 England England 1998 ???
Played between England, France and Wales since 1935, when France first became an international competitor.
European Championships 1935 England * 1935-36 Wales 1936-37 Wales 1938 Wales 1938-39 France 1945-66 England (points average) 1946-47 England 1947-48 England 1948-49 France 1949-50 England (points average) 1950-51 France (points average) 1951-52 France (points average) 1952-53 Other Nationalities (points average) 1953-54 England 1954-55 (no competition due to World Cup) 1955-56 Other Nationalities 1969-70 England (points average) 1975 England 1975-76 (no competition due to World Cup) 1977 France 1978 England 1979 England 1980 England 1981 France 1995 Wales 1996 England
A seven aside tournament for Sydney teams was introduced in 1988 as a curtain raiser to the premiership.
In 1992 it was expanded, with teams from around the world taking part alongside the Sydney teams. The teams were divided into pools, with each team's final position within its pool deciding whether it played off for the cup, trophy, or plate.
In 1995 the format was again changed so that only overseas teams could be placed into the plate competition.
Nissan World Rugby League Sevens 1992 CUP Wigan 18-6 Brisbane TROPHY Eastern Suburbs 14-10 Illawarra PLATE Fiji 18-14 Gold Coast Coca-Cola World Rugby League Sevens 1993 CUP Eastern Suburbs 18-12 Manly Warringah TROPHY Cronulla Sutherland 20-14 Parramatta PLATE Fiji 28-24 Western Suburbs 1994 CUP Manly Warringah 44-12 St George TROPHY Canberra 26-22 Papua New Guinea PLATE Great Britain 24-22 Balmain 1995 CUP Manly Warringah 36-12 Fiji TROPHY Sydney Tigers 20-12 Sydney Bulldogs PLATE Tonga 20-4 USA 1996 CUP Newcastle 48-18 North Sydney TROPHY St George 22-14 South Sydney PLATE Gold Coast 14-6 Western Suburbs 1997 CUP Parramatta 32-22 North Sydney TROPHY Balmain 22-16 Newcastle PLATE St George 18-8 South Queensland
This competition was started by Super League as an alternative to the ARL's Sevens competition in 1996. It was the only Super League competition to be played that year.
Super League World Nines 1996 CUP New Zealand 26-10 Papua New Guinea TROPHY Wales 12-8 Western Samoa PLATE Fiji 18-8 France BOWL Cook Islands 22-0 United States Gatorade Super League World Nines 1997 TROPHY New Zealand 16-0 Western Samoa PLATE Fiji 22-6 South Africa BOWL Tonga 16-8 Papua New Guinea
The Pacific Cup was started in 1975 to provide a competition for the Southern Hemisphere's lesser lights. It was the brainchild of the then assistant secretary of the NSWRL, Keith Gittoes. It was held twice, then abandoned because of the immense costs incurred by the participating teams.
The Cup was revived 11 years later, and played for every two years until the outbreak of the Super League war.
Pacific Cup 1975 New Zealand Maoris 38-13 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 1977 New Zealand Maoris 35-12 Western Australia New Zealand 1988 New Zealand Maoris 19-16 Western Samoa Western Samoa 1990 Western Samoa 26-18 New Zealand Maoris Tonga 1992 Western Samoa 18-14 Tonga New Zealand Air Pacific Cup 1994 Tonga 34-11 Fiji Batis Fiji Oceania Cup 1997 New Zealand XIII 20-15 New Zealand Maoris New Zealand
For many years it had been suggested that the top clubs in the British and Australian premierships should play each other. Attempts were made to take the Australian team to Britain in the 50s and 60s but the league vetoed them. In 1976 St Helens, who had just won the British premiership and Challenge Cup, made a quick visit to Australia to play the reigning premiers. They got thrashed, and the concept went into limbo.
It was revived in 1987, with matches being held every couple of years. Britain won most of them, though it was suggested in Australia that it was because the Australian team wasn't taking them seriously--they were always played in England the week after the Australian grand final. That theory took a blow in 1994 when Wigan beat Bribane in the middle of the Australian season.
In 1996 Super League planned a Challenge series between the top four British sides and the top four Australian sides. The Australian court orders put paid to it, but plans were still made to have the top British side (St Helens) play the top Super League aligned Australian side (Cronulla). The match never took place.
In 1997 Super League expanded the concept into a six round competition between the 12 first division British teams and the 10 Australian Super League teams. The result was a fiasco, with British teams only winning 8 of the 68 games played.
1976 Eastern Suburbs 25-2 St Helens Sydney 1987 Wigan 8-2 Manly-Warringah Wigan 1989 Widnes 30-18 Canberra Manchester 1991 Wigan 21-4 Penrith Liverpool 1992 Brisbane 22-8 Wigan Wigan 1994 Wigan 20-14 Brisbane Brisbane 1997 Brisbane 36-12 Hunter Brisbane
Correct to 1994.
Record in France: 1937-38 10 9 - 1 267 80 76,500 7,650 1948-49 10 9 - 1 279 71 77,010 7,701 1952-53 13 10 - 3 301 125 113,025 8,694 1956-57 9 8 1 - 207 110 54,245 6,027 1959-60 11 9 - 2 277 120 52,920 4,810 1963-64 14 12 - 2 328 111 49,689 3,549 1967-68 7 4 1 2 105 53 22,332 3,190 1973 3 3 - - 59 24 17,213 5,737 1978 6 3 - 3 116 73 19,642 3,273 1982 7 7 - - 291 20 23,579 3,368 1986 7 7 - - 286 21 20,200 2,885 1990 5 5 - - 256 47 10,600 2,120 1994 4 4 - - 240 42 15,000 3,750 TOTALS 106 90 2 14 3012 897 551,955 ----- Record in Great Britain: 1908-09 45 17 6 22 513 484 250,777 5,572 1911-12 35 28 2 5 619 281 214,000 6,114 1921-22 36 27 - 9 763 248 384,986 10,694 1929-30 35 24 2 9 710 347 393,318 11,237 1933-34 37 27 - 10 754 295 368,238 9,952 1937-38 25 13 1 11 293 232 243,717 9,748 1948-49 27 15 - 12 348 275 451,756 16,731 1952-53 27 23 1 3 816 248 394,689 14,618 1956-57 19 10 - 9 335 296 225,833 11,885 1959-60 24 15 - 9 495 390 335,059 13,960 1963-64 22 16 1 5 379 201 286,729 13,033 1967-68 20 12 1 7 293 196 223,485 11,174 1973 16 14 - 2 364 141 103,953 6,497 1978 16 13 - 3 375 117 189,961 11,872 1982 15 15 - - 423 80 182,069 12,137 1986 13 13 - - 452 105 214,820 16,524 1990 13 12 - 1 347 121 ------- ------ 1994 14 13 - 1 535 108 257,857 18,418 TOTALS 439 307 14 118 8814 4165 --------- ------ Record in Italy: 1959-60 2 2 - - 104 37 6,605 6,605 TOTALS 2 2 0 0 104 37 6,605 6,605 Record in New Zealand: 1919 9 8 - 1 443 101 74,000 8,222 1935 6 5 - 1 173 95 ? ? 1937 3 1 - 2 32 40 ? ? 1949 10 9 - 1 317 123 47,772 4,777 1953 9 7 - 2 366 98 44,496 4,944 1961 9 7 - 2 215 68 37,955 4,217 1965 8 7 - 1 159 58 40,459 5,057 1969 6 4 - 2 137 78 35,487 Ê5,914 1971 3 1 - 2 52 53 28,489 9,496 1980 7 5 1 1 148 48 54,027 7,718 1985 6 5 - 1 192 44 66,259 11,043 1989 6 5 - 1 176 80 75,000 12,500 TOTALS 82 64 1 17 2410 886 503,944 6,145 Record in Papua New Guinea: 1982 1 1 - - 38 2 15,000 15,000 1986 1 1 - - 62 12 17,000 17,000 1991 5 5 - - 208 42 58,800 11,760 TOTALS 7 7 0 0 308 56 90,800 12,971
Combined table: P W D L FOR AG PTS PTS/P Australia 56 44 2 10 1448 578 90 1.607 Great Britain* 55 34 6 15 1215 613 74 1.345 New Zealand 49 18 3 28 830 958 39 0.796 France 49 11 3 35 406 1067 25 0.510 Wales 11 5 0 6 170 171 10 0.909 Papua New Guinea 18 2 1 15 202 679 5 0.278 Western Samoa 2 1 0 1 66 32 2 1.000 Fiji 3 1 0 2 52 118 2 0.667 Tonga 2 0 1 1 52 53 1 0.500 South Africa 3 0 0 3 12 184 0 0.000 * Includes record as England (13 matches).
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