Australia 52–4 England — Group A, 2008 Rugby League World Cup
2 Nov 2008 · Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Australia · Attendance: 36,297
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Group A, 2008 Rugby League World Cup: Australia 52–4 England, at Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Australia on 2 Nov 2008.
Scorers
| Australia | Tries: Inglis (3); Slater (3); Laffranchi (2); Monaghan Goals: Prince (8/10) |
| England | Tries: Roby Goals: Sinfield (0/1) |
Teams
| Australia | England | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Slater | Fullback | Paul Wellens | 1 |
| 2 | Joel Monaghan | Wing | Ade Gardner | 2 |
| 3 | Greg Inglis | Centre | Martin Gleeson | 3 |
| 4 | Israel Folau | Centre | Keith Senior | 4 |
| 5 | Brent Tate | Wing | Mark Calderwood | 5 |
| 6 | Darren Lockyer (c) | Stand off/Five eighth | Leon Pryce | 6 |
| 7 | Scott Prince | Scrum half/Half back | Rob Burrow | 7 |
| 8 | Steve Price | Prop forward | Adrian Morley | 8 |
| 9 | Cameron Smith | Hooker | James Roby | 9 |
| 10 | Petero Civoniceva | Prop forward | James Graham | 10 |
| 11 | Anthony Laffranchi | Second row | Gareth Ellis | 11 |
| 12 | Glenn Stewart | Second row | Jamie Peacock (c) | 12 |
| 13 | Paul Gallen | Loose forward/Lock forward | Kevin Sinfield | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Karmichael Hunt | Danny McGuire | 14 | |
| 15 | Brent Kite | Maurie Fa'asavalu | 15 | |
| 16 | Anthony Tupou | Gareth Hock | 16 | |
| 17 | Josh Perry | Jon Wilkin | 17 | |
| Ricky Stuart | Coach | Tony Smith | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Tony Archer (Australia) |
| Touch judges | Steve Chiddy — single-sourced, James Child — single-sourced |
| Player of the match | Not confirmed to Tier-1 standard |
Match report
Australia thrashed England 52-4 at Melbourne's Docklands Stadium, Greg Inglis and Billy Slater both scoring hat-tricks.
Previous World Cup meetings
- 1975 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 10–10 England
- 1975 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): England 16–13 Australia
- 1975 Rugby League World Cup (Challenge Match): England 0–25 Australia
- 1995 Rugby League World Cup (Group A): England 20–16 Australia
- 1995 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Australia 16–8 England
- 2000 Rugby League World Cup (Group A): England 2–22 Australia
- 2013 Rugby League World Cup (Group A): Australia 28–20 England
- 2017 Rugby League World Cup (Group A): Australia 18–4 England
- 2017 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Australia 6–0 England