Australia 110–4 Russia — Group A, 2000 Rugby League World Cup
4 Nov 2000 · The Boulevard, Hull, England · Attendance: 3,044
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Group A, 2000 Rugby League World Cup: Australia 110–4 Russia, at The Boulevard, Hull, England on 4 Nov 2000.
Scorers
| Australia | Tries: Sailor (4); Girdler (3); Barrett (2); Croker (2); Hindmarsh (2); Fletcher; Gidley; Johns; MacDougall; Tallis; Webcke Goals: Girdler (17/19) |
| Russia | Tries: Donovan |
Teams
| Australia | Russia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam MacDougall | Fullback | Mikhail Mitrofanov | 1 |
| 2 | Jason Croker | Wing | Matthew Donovan | 2 |
| 3 | Ryan Girdler | Centre | Maxim Romanov | 3 |
| 4 | Matthew Gidley | Centre | Robert Ilyasov | 4 |
| 5 | Wendell Sailor | Wing | Rinat Chamsoutdinov | 5 |
| 6 | Trent Barrett | Stand off/Five eighth | Andrei Olari | 6 |
| 7 | Brett Kimmorley | Scrum half/Half back | Igor Gavrilin | 7 |
| 8 | Shane Webcke | Prop forward | Ian Rubin (c) | 8 |
| 9 | Andrew Johns | Hooker | Aleksandr Lysenkov | 9 |
| 10 | Robbie Kearns | Prop forward | Robert Campbell | 10 |
| 11 | Gorden Tallis (c) | Second row | Kirill Kulemin | 11 |
| 12 | Bryan Fletcher | Second row | Roustem Garifoulline | 12 |
| 13 | Scott Hill | Loose forward/Lock forward | Joel Rullis | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Craig Gower | Pavel Kalachkine | 14 | |
| 15 | Nathan Hindmarsh | Michael Goirgas | 15 | |
| 16 | Michael Vella | Andrei Kuchumov | 16 | |
| 17 | Ben Kennedy | Viatcheslav Artachine | 17 | |
| Chris Anderson — single-sourced | Coach | Eugene Klebanov — single-sourced | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Stuart Cummings (Widnes) |
| Touch judges | Not identified in sources found |
| Player of the match | Not identified in sources found |
Match report
Australia posted the tournament's most one-sided scoreline, beating debutants Russia 110-4 at The Boulevard, Hull, leading 50-4 at half-time before piling on further tries after the break. Wendell Sailor scored four tries and Ryan Girdler kicked 17 of Australia's 19 conversion attempts.