Australia 30–10 Samoa — Final, 2021 Rugby League World Cup

19 Nov 2022 · Old Trafford, Manchester, England · Attendance: 67,502Highest-attended match of the tournament

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Final, 2021 Rugby League World Cup: Australia 30–10 Samoa, at Old Trafford, Manchester, England on 19 Nov 2022.

Scoring timeline

14′	Australia — try, Mitchell · missed
18′	Australia — try, Tedesco · Cleary kicked
30′	Australia — try, Martin · missed
53′	Australia — try, Murray · Cleary kicked
61′	Samoa — try, To'o · Crichton kicked
69′	Australia — try, Tedesco · Cleary kicked
71′	Samoa — try, Crichton · Crichton missed
80′	Australia — try, Mitchell · missed

Tries in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where our source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Sources don't record exact minutes for missed kicks, so misses are matched by elimination (attempts left over once every made kick is accounted for), not sequenced by time. Standalone penalty goals are shown separately below, not attached to a try.

Scorers

Australia	Tries: Mitchell (2) 14', 80'; Tedesco (2) 18', 69'; Martin 30'; Murray 53' Goals: Cleary (3/5) 19', 55', 70'; Addo-Carr (0/1)
Samoa	Tries: To'o 61'; Crichton 71' Goals: Crichton (1/2) 63'

Teams

Australia			Samoa
1	James Tedesco (c)	Fullback	Joseph Suaalii	1
4	Valentine Holmes	Wing	Brian To'o	5
10	Jack Wighton	Centre	Stephen Crichton	4
8	Latrell Mitchell	Centre	Tim Lafai	25
9	Josh Addo-Carr	Wing	Taylan May	2
7	Cameron Munster	Stand off/Five eighth	Jarome Luai	6
14	Nathan Cleary	Scrum half/Half back	Anthony Milford	7
5	Jake Trbojevic	Prop forward	Royce Hunt	15
3	Ben Hunt	Hooker	Chanel Harris-Tavita	20
6	Reagan Campbell-Gillard	Prop forward	Junior Paulo (c)	10
21	Liam Martin	Second row	Ligi Sao	11
17	Angus Crichton	Second row	Jaydn Su'a	12
13	Patrick Carrigan	Loose forward/Lock forward	Josh Papali'i	8
Substitutes
24	Isaah Yeo		Oregon Kaufusi	23
20	Harry Grant		Kelma Tuilagi	22
11	Cameron Murray		Spencer Leniu	16
18	Tino Fa'asuamaleaui		Martin Taupau	17
2	Daly Cherry-Evans		Ken Sio	26

Mal Meninga		Coach	Matt Parish

Match officials

Kick-off	16:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)
Referee	Ashley Klein (Australia)
Touch judges	Jack Smith (England), Warren Turley (England)
Player of the match	James Tedesco (Australia)

Previous World Cup meetings

2000 Rugby League World Cup (Quarter-final): Australia 66–10 Samoa
2017 Rugby League World Cup (Quarter-final): Australia 46–0 Samoa

Sources

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup