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2013 Rugby League World Cup squads

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Number of teams
  
14

Winner
  
Australia (10th title)

Top scorer
  
Shaun Johnson (76)

Host countries
  
England  Wales

Matches played
  
28

Attendance
  
458,483 (16,374 per match)

The 2013 Rugby League World Cup featured the national teams (selected from twenty-four-man squads) of fourteen nations.

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Australia

With New Zealand claiming the trophy in 2008 and no tournament having been held prior to that since 2000, Australia's squad didn't feature a single World Cup winner.

Head Coach: Tim Sheens

Of the twenty four players, twenty two were Australian born while two were New Zealand born.

England

Head Coach: Steve McNamara

Of the twenty four players, twenty three were English born while one was New Zealand born.

* Replaced initially named Gareth Hock prior to the tournament.

Fiji

Head Coach: Rick Stone

Of the twenty four players, thirteen were Australian born while ten were Fijian born.

* Replaced initially named John Sutton prior to the tournament.

Ireland

Head Coach: Mark Aston

Of the twenty four players, sixteen were English born while five were Australian born and one New Zealand born and just one Irish born.

* Replaced initially named Simon Grix who was ruled out by injury prior to the tournament.

New Zealand

Head Coach: Stephen Kearney

Of the twenty four players, eighteen were New Zealand born while four were Australian born and one Samoan born and one Tongan born.

* Replaced initially named Tohu Harris prior to the tournament.

Papua New Guinea

Head Coach: Adrian Lam

Of the twenty three players, twenty one were Papua New Guinea born while two were Australian born.

* Replaced initially named James Segeyaro who was ruled out by injury.

France

Head Coach: Richard Agar

Of the twenty four players, nineteen were French born while two were Moroccan born and two New Zealand borns and one Australian born.

* Replaced initially named Clément Soubeyras and Mathias Pala who were ruled out by injuries.

Samoa

Head Coach: Matt Parish

Of the twenty five players, fourteen were New Zealand born while seven were Australian born and just three Samoan borns.

1 Replaced Roy Asotasi who withdrew from the side.

2 Replaced initially named Arden McCarthy, Masada Iosefa and Teofilo Lepou who were ruled out by injuries

3 Allowed to be called up mid-tournament, following injuries to Harrison Hansen, Reni Maitua and Frank Winterstein.

Scotland

Head Coach: Steve McCormack

Of the twenty four players, seventeen were English born while five were Australian born and just two Scottish borns.

* Replaced initially named Gareth Moore and Jonathan Walker who were ruled out by injuries.

Tonga

Head Coach: Charlie Tonga

Of the twenty four players, ten were New Zealand born while another ten were Australian born and just three Tongan borns.

Italy

Head Coach: Carlo Napolitano

Of the twenty four players, nineteen were Australian born while one was Argentina born, one English born, one French born and just one Italian born.

* Replaced initially named Terry Campese, Craig Gower and Vic Mauro who were ruled out by injuries prior to the tournament.

Cook Islands

Head Coach: David Fairleigh

Of the twenty three players, eleven were New Zealand born while ten were Australian born and just two Cook Island borns.

* Replaced initially named Geoff Daniela who was ruled out by injury.

United States

Head Coach: Terry Matterson

Of the twenty two players, seven were American born while six were New Zealand born and another six Australian born and two American Samoa borns and one Samoan born.

  • Luke Hume was initially named in the squad but was replaced due to injury by Taylor Welch prior to the tournament.
  • Andrew Durutalo was ruled out due to injury and replaced by Eddy Pettybourne.
  • Ryan McGoldrick was initially named in the squad but withdrew from the squad for family reasons prior to the tournament.
  • Mark Cantoni was named but withdrew after breaking his arm in a warm up match against France.
  • Wales

    Head Coach: Iestyn Harris

    Of the twenty four players, eleven were English born while nine were Welsh born and two Australian borns and one South African born.

    References

    2013 Rugby League World Cup squads Wikipedia