Australia 48–4 Lebanon — Quarter-final, 2021 Rugby League World Cup

4 Nov 2022 · John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield, England · Attendance: 8,206

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Quarter-final, 2021 Rugby League World Cup: Australia 48–4 Lebanon, at John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield, England on 4 Nov 2022.

Scoring timeline

5′	Australia — try, Addo-Carr · Cleary missed
16′	Australia — try, Addo-Carr · Cleary kicked
19′	Australia — try, Addo-Carr · Cleary missed
24′	Australia — try, Mitchell · Cleary missed
30′	Australia — try, Murray · Cleary kicked
33′	Australia — try, Murray · Cleary kicked
45′	Australia — try, Addo-Carr · Cleary kicked
52′	Lebanon — try, Mansour · Moses missed
59′	Australia — try, Addo-Carr · Cleary kicked
69′	Australia — try, Martin · 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: Addo-Carr (5) 5', 16', 19', 45', 59'; Mitchell 24'; Murray (2) 30', 33'; Martin 69' Goals: Cleary (6/9) 17', 31', 34', 46', 60', 70'
Lebanon	Tries: Mansour 52' Goals: Moses (0/1)

This result sent Australia into the Semi-final against New Zealand.

Teams

Australia			Lebanon
1	James Tedesco	Fullback	Jacob Kiraz	1
4	Valentine Holmes	Wing	Josh Mansour	2
10	Jack Wighton	Centre	Brad Morkos	4
8	Latrell Mitchell	Centre	Reece Robinson	16
9	Josh Addo-Carr	Wing	Abbas Miski	5
7	Cameron Munster	Stand off/Five eighth	Adam Doueihi	6
14	Nathan Cleary	Scrum half/Half back	Mitchell Moses	7
5	Jake Trbojevic	Prop forward	James Roumanos	13
20	Harry Grant	Hooker	Anthony Layoun	14
18	Tino Fa'asuamaleaui	Prop forward	Khalil Rahme	19
17	Angus Crichton	Second row	Elie El-Zakhem	11
21	Liam Martin	Second row	Charbel Tasipale	12
24	Isaah Yeo	Loose forward/Lock forward	Andrew Kazzi	15
Substitutes
2	Daly Cherry-Evans		Michael Tannous	9
13	Patrick Carrigan		Khaled Rajab	18
11	Cameron Murray		Jalal Bazzaz	17
15	Lindsay Collins		Jaxson Rahme	20

Mal Meninga		Coach	Michael Cheika

Match officials

Kick-off	19:30 GMT (UTC±00:00)
Referee	Chris Kendall (England)
Touch judges	Wyatt Raymond (Australia), Warren Turley (England)
Player of the match	Josh Addo-Carr (Australia)

Previous World Cup meetings

2017 Rugby League World Cup (Group A): Australia 34–0 Lebanon

Sources

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup