Australia 10–6 Great Britain — Final, 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup
24 Oct 1992 · Wembley Stadium, London, England · Attendance: 73,631Highest-attended match of the tournament
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Final, 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup: Australia 10–6 Great Britain, at Wembley Stadium, London, England on 24 Oct 1992.
Scorers
| Australia | Tries: Renouf Goals: Meninga (3/4) pen, pen, con |
| Great Britain | Goals: Fox (3/4) pen, pen, pen |
Teams
| Australia | Great Britain | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Brasher | Fullback | Joe Lydon | 1 |
| 2 | Michael Hancock | Wing | Martin Offiah | 2 |
| 3 | Steve Renouf | Centre | Garry Schofield (c) | 3 |
| 4 | Mal Meninga (c) | Centre | Gary Connolly | 4 |
| 5 | Willie Carne | Wing | Alan Hunte | 5 |
| 6 | Brad Fittler | Stand off/Five eighth | Shaun Edwards | 6 |
| 7 | Allan Langer | Scrum half/Half back | Deryck Fox | 7 |
| 8 | Glenn Lazarus | Prop forward | Kevin Ward | 8 |
| 9 | Steve Walters | Hooker | Martin Dermott | 9 |
| 10 | Mark Sargent | Prop forward | Andy Platt | 10 |
| 11 | Paul Sironen | Second row | Denis Betts | 11 |
| 12 | Bob Lindner | Second row | Phil Clarke | 12 |
| 13 | Bradley Clyde | Loose forward/Lock forward | Ellery Hanley | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | David Gillespie | John Devereux | 14 | |
| 15 | Kevin Walters | Alan Tait | 15 | |
| 16 | John Cartwright | Kelvin Skerrett | 16 | |
| Richie Eyres | 17 | |||
| Bob Fulton | Coach | Malcolm Reilly | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Dennis Hale (England) |
| Player of the match | Steve Walters (Australia) |
Match report
A tense, low-scoring arm-wrestle at a then-record 73,631-strong Wembley: Deryck Fox and Mal Meninga traded penalty goals to leave Great Britain 6-4 up at half-time, and the hosts still led with about 12 minutes to go. Both sides had walking wounded — Joe Lydon and Gary Connolly went off for Great Britain, while Australia lost Paul Sironen to a back injury and test-debutant Brad Fittler needed treatment after a first-half elbow left him with a hairline cheekbone fracture.
The match was decided when replacement Kevin Walters put fellow Bronco Steve Renouf — also on Test debut — through a gap for a 20-metre try in the corner; Meninga's touchline conversion made it 10-6, and that scoreline held to the final whistle. Heavy rain rolled in over Wembley immediately after full-time. Steve Walters was named player of the match; it was Australia's seventh World Cup title.
Previous World Cup meetings
- 1954 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 13–28 Great Britain
- 1957 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 31–6 Great Britain
- 1960 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Great Britain 10–3 Australia
- 1968 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 25–10 Great Britain
- 1970 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Great Britain 11–4 Australia
- 1970 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Australia 12–7 Great Britain
- 1972 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Great Britain 27–21 Australia
- 1972 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Great Britain 10–10 Australia
- 1977 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 19–5 Great Britain
- 1977 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Australia 13–12 Great Britain
- 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Great Britain 15–24 Australia
- 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 12–26 Great Britain
- 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Great Britain 0–14 Australia
- 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 16–10 Great Britain