Australia 34–0 Lebanon — Group A, 2017 Rugby League World Cup
11 Nov 2017 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia · Attendance: 21,127
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Group A, 2017 Rugby League World Cup: Australia 34–0 Lebanon, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia on 11 Nov 2017.
Scorers
| Australia | Tries: Munster (2); Cordner; Gagai; Maloney; Trbojevic Goals: Maloney (4/4); Smith (1/2) |
| Lebanon | No scorers recorded. |
Teams
| Australia | Lebanon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentine Holmes | Fullback | Anthony Layoun | 1 |
| 2 | Dane Gagai | Wing | Danny Barakat | 2 |
| 3 | Tom Trbojevic | Centre | James Elias | 3 |
| 4 | Cameron Munster | Centre | Adam Doueihi | 4 |
| 5 | Josh Mansour | Wing | Abbas Miski | 5 |
| 6 | James Maloney | Stand off/Five eighth | Mitchell Moses | 6 |
| 7 | Cooper Cronk | Scrum half/Half back | Robbie Farah (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Aaron Woods | Prop forward | Tim Mannah | 8 |
| 9 | Cameron Smith (c) | Hooker | Michael Lichaa | 9 |
| 10 | David Klemmer | Prop forward | Ray Moujalli | 10 |
| 11 | Boyd Cordner | Second row | Chris Saab | 11 |
| 12 | Matt Gillett | Second row | Ahmad Ellaz | 12 |
| 13 | Felise Kaufusi | Loose forward/Lock forward | Jamie Clark | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Ben Hunt | Mitchell Mamary | 14 | |
| 15 | Jordan McLean | Alex Twal | 15 | |
| 16 | Reagan Campbell-Gillard | Andrew Kazzi | 16 | |
| 17 | Wade Graham | Jason Wehbe | 17 | |
| Mal Meninga | Coach | Brad Fittler | ||
Match officials
| Referee | James Child — single-sourced |
| Touch judges | Chris Sutton — single-sourced, Belinda Sharpe — single-sourced |
| Player of the match | Not confirmed to Tier-1 standard |
Match report
Australia beat Lebanon 34-0 at Sydney behind two Cameron Munster tries plus scores from Boyd Cordner, Dane Gagai, James Maloney and Tom Trbojevic.
Previous World Cup meetings
Sources
- 2017 Rugby League World Cup final — Wikipedia
- Rugby League World Cup: Australia beat England 6-0 to retain trophy — BBC Sport
- Famous Fixtures: Australia v England | 2017 Rugby League World Cup Final — rugby-league.com
- Australia 6-0 England: Kangaroos win Rugby League World Cup — Sky Sports
- 2017 Rugby League World Cup Final Team Lists & Officials — League Unlimited
- 2017 Rugby League World Cup — Wikipedia (full group/knockout results)