Australia 16–14 New Zealand — Semi-final, 2021 Rugby League World Cup

11 Nov 2022 · Elland Road, Leeds, England · Attendance: 28,113

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Semi-final, 2021 Rugby League World Cup: Australia 16–14 New Zealand, at Elland Road, Leeds, England on 11 Nov 2022.

Scoring timeline

11′	New Zealand — try, Hughes · Rapana kicked
16′	Australia — try, Addo-Carr · Cleary kicked
30′	Australia — try, Holmes · Cleary missed
37′	New Zealand — try, Brown · Rapana kicked
53′	Australia — try, Murray · 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 16'; Holmes 30'; Murray 53' Goals: Cleary (2/3) 18', 55'
New Zealand	Tries: Hughes 11'; Brown 37' Goals: Rapana (3/3) 13', 26' pen, 39'

This result sent Australia into the Final against Samoa.

Teams

Australia			New Zealand
1	James Tedesco (c)	Fullback	Joseph Manu	1
4	Valentine Holmes	Wing	Ronaldo Mulitalo	2
8	Latrell Mitchell	Centre	Peta Hiku	4
10	Jack Wighton	Centre	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	21
9	Josh Addo-Carr	Wing	Jordan Rapana	5
7	Cameron Munster	Stand off/Five eighth	Dylan Brown	6
14	Nathan Cleary	Scrum half/Half back	Jahrome Hughes	7
5	Jake Trbojevic	Prop forward	Jesse Bromwich (c)	8
3	Ben Hunt	Hooker	Brandon Smith	9
6	Regan Campbell-Gillard	Prop forward	James Fisher-Harris	10
17	Angus Crichton	Second row	Isaiah Papali'i	11
21	Liam Martin	Second row	Briton Nikora	17
24	Isaah Yeo	Loose forward/Lock forward	Joseph Tapine	13
Substitutes
20	Harry Grant		Kieran Foran	14
13	Patrick Carrigan		Moses Leota	15
11	Cameron Murray		Nelson Asofa-Solomona	16
18	Tino Fa'asuamaleaui		Isaac Liu	20

Mal Meninga		Coach	Michael Maguire

Match officials

Kick-off	19:45 GMT (UTC±00:00)
Referee	Ashley Klein (Australia)
Touch judges	Warren Turley (England), Wyatt Raymond (Australia)
Player of the match	Liam Martin (Australia)

Previous World Cup meetings

1954 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 34–15 New Zealand
1957 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 25–5 New Zealand
1960 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 21–15 New Zealand
1968 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 31–12 New Zealand
1970 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 47–11 New Zealand
1972 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 9–5 New Zealand
1975 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 36–8 New Zealand
1975 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 8–24 Australia
1977 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 12–27 Australia
1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 18–0 Australia
1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 32–12 New Zealand
1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Australia 25–12 New Zealand
1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 14–22 Australia
1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 40–12 New Zealand
1995 Rugby League World Cup (Semi-final): Australia 30–20 New Zealand
2000 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Australia 40–12 New Zealand
2008 Rugby League World Cup (Group A): Australia 30–6 New Zealand
2008 Rugby League World Cup (Final): New Zealand 34–20 Australia
2013 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Australia 34–2 New Zealand

Sources

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup