2003 Women's Rugby League World Cup

The 2003 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the second staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup. The tournament was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 28 September, culminating in the final between New Zealand and New Zealand Maori on 12 October. It was held at North Harbour Stadium and the nearby Marist Rugby ground. Nine teams took part Australia, Great Britain, Tokelau, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, New Zealand Maori and New Zealand. The initial format was three pools of three, with the top six teams moving into two subsequent pools of three. The top four teams then contested elimination semi-finals.[1]

2003 (2003) Women's World Cup  ()
Number of teams9
Host country New Zealand
Winner New Zealand (2nd title)
Tournaments
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Matches

Phase one The nine teams were grouped into three pools of three.

28 September 2003
 Great Britain 28 - 0  Samoa
Result[2]
28 September 2003
New Zealand Maori 24 - 28  Australia
Result[2]
28 September 2003
 New Zealand 64 - 0  Cook Islands
Result[3]
30 September 2003
 Cook Islands 30 - 16 Tokelau
Result[4] Try: 4[1]
30 September 2003
New Zealand Maori 44 - 0 Niue
Result[4]
30 September 2003
 Tonga 4 - 44  Samoa
Result[4]
2 October 2003
 Great Britain 54 - 0  Tonga
Result[5]
2 October 2003
 New Zealand 76 - 0 Tokelau
Result[5]
Marist Rugby Grounds
2 October 2003
 Australia 58 - 0 Niue
Try: Rebecca Tavo 4
Caryl Jarrett 1
Tracey Thompson 1
Roslyn Simpson 1
Katrina Fanning 1
Leah Williams 1
Tahnee Norris 1
Lisa Holder 1
Goal: Tracey Thompson 7
 Scorers[6]

Great Britain (two wins) lead Samoa (one win) and Tonga in their pool. Australia (two wins) lead Maori (one win) and Niue. New Zealand (two wins) led the Cook Islands (one win) and Tokelau.

Phase two The three teams without a win in the first phase were placed in the same pool. Samoa joined Australia and New Zealand in a pool. The other pool included Great Britain, Maori and Cook Islands.

4 October 2003
 New Zealand 44 - 4  Australia
Result[3]
4 October 2003
 Māori won by Maori  Great Britain
Result[7]
4 October 2003
Tokelau 28 - 4  Tonga
Result[7]
6 October 2003
 New Zealand 84 - 0  Samoa
Try: Trish Hina 5
Fuarosai Time 3
Honey Hireme 3
T Paul 2
Leah Witehira 1
Luisa Avaiki 1
K Pohatu 1
Goal: Trish Hina 10
 Scorers[6]
6 October 2003
 Great Britain v  Cook Islands
Fixture[7]
6 October 2003
Tokelau v Niue
Fixture[7]
8 October 2003
Niue 14 - 14  Tonga
Try: S Comer 1
S Aisoli 1
S Fanokehe 1
Goal: D Bloomfield 1
 Scorers[8] Try: D Moimoi 1
S Alatini 1
W Fiskah 1
Goal: S Alatini 1
8 October 2003
 Australia 40 - 12  Samoa
Try: Tarah Westera 2
Teresa Anderson 1
Karyn Murphy 1
Karley Banks 1
Leah Williams 1
Neena Fraser 1
Goal: Tracey Thompson 6
 Scorers[8] Try: T Lefale 1
L Tuioti 1
Goal: J Oti 1
L Tuioti 1

Semi-Finals
10 October 2003
 New Zealand 38 - 0  Great Britain
Try: Honey Hireme 2
Fuarosai Time 1
T Paul 1
Trish Hina 1
Leah Witehira 1
L Tawhi 1
K Pohatu 1
Goal: Trish Hina 5
10 October 2003
New Zealand Maori 12 - 4  Australia
Try: H Taute 2
Goal: R Potaka 2
 Try: Roslyn Simpson 1


Final

References
  1. Gillan, Gordon (2 October 2003). "Kiwi Ferns face onslaught". New Zealand Herald. p. 15 – via Microfilm at State Library of NSW..
  2. "Scoreboard". Rugby League Week. Sydney: Bauer Media Group (1/10/2003).
  3. "Kiwi Ferns - Past Results". NZRL. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  4. "SPORT details". Daily Telegraph. 1 October 2003. p. 82.
  5. "SPORT details". Daily Telegraph. 3 October 2003. p. 114.
  6. "Scoreboard". Rugby League Week. Sydney: Bauer Media Group (8/10/2003).
  7. Birchall, Steven (4 October 2003) [2003]. "Womens World Cup : Round Three Results". Womens RLeague. Australian Womens Rugby League. Retrieved 30 October 2020 – via Wayback Machine Internet Archive.
  8. "SPORT details". Daily Telegraph. 9 October 2003. p. 57.
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