Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup 2026: Full Schedule, Results, Groups, Teams, Dates, Kick-off Times, Venues
The 2026 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup will be contested by eight nations, with the entire tournament taking place at the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong. All teams are split into two groups of four.
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England can now paint the final rung gold on their dressing room ladder.
On Friday in Wollongong, Australia, they became the first nation to lift the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup on three occasions, defeating France 50-38 with a peerless display.
And just as they did four years ago, Tom Coyd's wheelchair side have delivered a triumph to offset the disappointment felt by the men's and women's teams, who both went out in the group stage.
Rob Hawkins had revealed during the tournament that England had a ladder in their team room, marking each victory by spray painting a rung gold.
This was always going to be close. Since Tom Halliwell's last-gasp try secured a 28-24 win in Manchester in 2022, England and France had met four times, with both winning twice.
While across the World Cup finals of 2013, 2017 and 2022, the game's two powerhouse nations had been separated by a total of only 10 points - two in the first match, and four in the following two.
Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup 2026 Pools: Full Groups, qualified teams list
Group A: England, Ireland, Wales, USA
Group B: France, Australia, Scotland, New Zealand
Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup 2026: Full Results, Fixtures
(All matches at WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong)
Here are the final scores for the 2026 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup group-stage matches you listed from NRL.com and the Official RLWC 2026 Site:
Friday, October 30, 2026
• Ireland 110–10 USA (Ireland won)
• England 98–18 Wales (England won)
Saturday, October 31, 2026
• France 114–0 Scotland (France won)
• Australia 102–14 New Zealand (Australia won)
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
• France 120–10 New Zealand (France won)
• Australia 104–24 Scotland (Australia won)
• Ireland 68–28 Wales (Ireland won)
• England 134–0 USA (England won)
Friday, November 6, 2026
• Scotland 62–18 New Zealand (Scotland won)
• Wales 92–18 USA (Wales won)
• England 68–32 Ireland (England won)
• France 69–34 Australia (France won)..
Who won the 2026 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup Final?
England beat France to win the 2026 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup Final title for the third time in history.
England (28) 50
Tries: Coyd 4, Hawkins 2, Brown 3 Goals: Hawkins, Collins 6
France (22) 38
Tries: Bourson, L Hivernat, Dore, Guttadoro, Denuwelaere 3 Goals: L Hivernat 3, N Clausells 2
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