England 42–0 Ireland — Group A, 2013 Rugby League World Cup
2 Nov 2013 · John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield, England · Attendance: 24,375
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Group A, 2013 Rugby League World Cup: England 42–0 Ireland, at John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield, England on 2 Nov 2013.
Scorers
| England | Tries: Hall (3); Briscoe (2); Chase; Ferres; Watkins Goals: Sinfield (4/7); Widdop (1/1) |
| Ireland | No scorers recorded. |
Teams
| England | Ireland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Tomkins | Fullback | James Mendeika | 1 |
| 2 | Tom Briscoe | Wing | Damien Blanch | 2 |
| 3 | Kallum Watkins | Centre | Stuart Littler | 3 |
| 4 | Leroy Cudjoe | Centre | Api Pewhairangi | 4 |
| 5 | Ryan Hall | Wing | Pat Richards | 5 |
| 6 | Rangi Chase | Stand off/Five eighth | Ben Currie | 6 |
| 7 | Kevin Sinfield (c) | Scrum half/Half back | Liam Finn (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Chris Hill | Prop forward | Brett White | 8 |
| 9 | James Roby | Hooker | Rory Kostjasyn | 9 |
| 10 | George Burgess | Prop forward | James Hasson | 10 |
| 11 | Brett Ferres | Second row | Simon Finnigan | 11 |
| 12 | Ben Westwood | Second row | David Allen | 12 |
| 13 | Sean O'Loughlin | Loose forward/Lock forward | Tyrone McCarthy | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Gareth Widdop | Bob Beswick | 14 | |
| 15 | Carl Ablett | Luke Ambler | 15 | |
| 16 | Thomas Burgess | Danny Bridge | 16 | |
| 17 | James Graham | Anthony Mullally | 17 | |
| Steve McNamara | Coach | Mark Aston | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Thierry Alibert (France) |
| Touch judges | Jamal Thompson — single-sourced, Jose Pereria — single-sourced |
| Player of the match | Not confirmed to Tier-1 standard |
Match report
England ran in eight unanswered tries to beat Ireland 42-0 at Huddersfield, Ryan Hall scoring a hat-trick in front of a stadium-record crowd.