Australia 66–6 Italy — Group B, 2021 Rugby League World Cup

29 Oct 2022 · Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens, England · Attendance: 5,586

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Group B, 2021 Rugby League World Cup: Australia 66–6 Italy, at Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens, England on 29 Oct 2022.

Scoring timeline

7′	Australia — try, Holmes · Cleary missed
14′	Australia — try, Taulagi · Cleary missed
19′	Australia — try, Tedesco · Cleary kicked
28′	Australia — try, Graham · Cleary kicked
36′	Australia — try, Mitchell · Cleary kicked
40′	Australia — try, Taulagi · Cleary missed
46′	Australia — try, Yeo · Cleary kicked
51′	Australia — try, Martin · Cleary kicked
54′	Italy — try, Palumbo · Campagnolo kicked
58′	Australia — try, Murray · Cleary kicked
68′	Australia — try, Graham · Cleary kicked
74′	Australia — try, Nanai · Cleary kicked
80′	Australia — try, Collins · Cleary kicked

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: Holmes 7'; Taulagi (2) 14', 40'; Tedesco 19'; Graham (2) 28', 68'; Mitchell 36'; Yeo 46'; Martin 51'; Murray 58'; Nanai 74'; Collins 80' Goals: Cleary (9/12) 20', 30', 38', 48', 52', 60', 69', 76', 80'
Italy	Tries: Palumbo 54' Goals: Campagnolo (1/1) 55'

Teams

Australia			Italy
1	James Tedesco	Fullback	Luke Polselli	1
18	Campbell Graham	Wing	Kyle Pickering	18
4	Valentine Holmes	Centre	Daniel Atkinson	3
8	Latrell Mitchell	Centre	Ethan Natoli	4
23	Murray Taulagi	Wing	Jake Maizen	5
2	Daly Cherry-Evans	Stand off/Five eighth	Jack Campagnolo	6
14	Nathan Cleary	Scrum half/Half back	Radean Robinson	7
15	Lindsay Collins	Prop forward	Alec Susino	8
3	Ben Hunt	Hooker	Dean Parata	9
16	Reuben Cotter	Prop forward	Anton Iaria	10
21	Liam Martin	Second row	Luca Moretti	15
22	Jeremiah Nanai	Second row	Brenden Santi	12
11	Cameron Murray	Loose forward/Lock forward	Nathan Brown	13
Substitutes
24	Isaah Yeo		Joe Tramontana	14
18	Tino Fa'asuamaleaui		Ronny Palumbo	17
6	Reagan Campbell-Gillard		Jack Colovatti	20
12	Matt Burton		Gioele Celerino	16

Mal Meninga		Coach	Leo Epifania

Match officials

Kick-off	19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
Referee	Liam Moore (England)
Touch judges	Michael Smaill (England), Jack Smith (England)
Player of the match	Jeremiah Nanai (Australia)

Sources

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

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