England 29–10 Lebanon — Group A, 2017 Rugby League World Cup
4 Nov 2017 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia · Attendance: 10,237
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Group A, 2017 Rugby League World Cup: England 29–10 Lebanon, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia on 4 Nov 2017.
Scorers
| England | Tries: Burgess; Currie; Hall; McGillvary; Watkins Goals: Widdop (4/5) Drop goals: Widdop (1) — last play of the match |
| Lebanon | Tries: Kassis; Wehbe Goals: Moses (1/2) |
Teams
| England | Lebanon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Stefan Ratchford | Fullback | Daniel Abou-Sleiman | 1 |
| 2 | Jermaine McGillvary | Wing | Travis Robinson | 2 |
| 3 | Kallum Watkins | Centre | Bilal Maarbani | 3 |
| 4 | John Bateman | Centre | Adam Doueihi | 4 |
| 5 | Ryan Hall | Wing | Abbas Miski | 5 |
| 6 | Gareth Widdop | Stand off/Five eighth | Mitchell Moses | 6 |
| 7 | Luke Gale | Scrum half/Half back | Robbie Farah (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Chris Hill | Prop forward | Tim Mannah | 8 |
| 9 | Josh Hodgson | Hooker | Jamie Clark | 16 |
| 10 | James Graham | Prop forward | Mitchell Mamary | 14 |
| 11 | Ben Currie | Second row | Alex Twal | 10 |
| 12 | Elliott Whitehead | Second row | Ahmad Ellaz | 12 |
| 13 | Sean O'Loughlin (c) | Loose forward/Lock forward | Nick Kassis | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Alex Walmsley | Michael Lichaa | 9 | |
| 15 | Chris Heighington | Ray Moujalli | 15 | |
| 16 | Thomas Burgess | Jason Wehbe | 17 | |
| 18 | George Williams | Elias Sukkar | 18 | |
| Wayne Bennett | Coach | Brad Fittler | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ben Thaler (England) |
| Touch judges | Liam Moore, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski |
| Player of the match | Not confirmed to Tier-1 standard |
Match report
England beat Lebanon 29-10 at Sydney, Gareth Widdop landing a drop goal with the last kick of the game to complete the scoring after tries to Thomas Burgess, Ben Currie, Ryan Hall, Jermaine McGillvary and Kallum Watkins.
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)