2021 Rugby League World Cup Draw & Groups

[Super Freak]

Group A

England
France
Greece
Samoa

Group B

Australia
Fiji
Italy
Scotland

Group C

Ireland
Jamaica
Lebanon
New Zealand

Group D

Cook Islands
Papa New Guinea
Tonga
Wales

Round 1

23/10/2021 @ 14:30 (GMT) - England (A) vs Samoa (A)
23/10/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - Australia (B) vs Fiji (B)
24/10/2021 @ 14:30 (GMT) - Scotland (B) vs Italy (B)
24/10/2021 @ 17:00 (GMT) - Jamaica (C) vs Ireland (C)
24/10/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - New Zealand (C) vs Lebanon (C)
25/10/2021 @ 14:30 (GMT) - France (A) vs Greece (A)
26/10/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - Tonga (D) vs Papa New Guinea (D)
27/10/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - Wales (D) vs Cook Islands (D)

Round 2

29/10/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - Australia (B) vs Scotland (B)
30/10/2021 @ 14:30 (GMT) - Fiji (B) vs Italy (B)
30/10/2021 @ 17:00 (GMT) - England (A) vs France (A)
30/10/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - New Zealand (C) vs Jamaica (C)
31/10/2021 @ 14:30 (GMT) - Lebanon (C) vs Ireland (C)
31/10/2021 @ 17:00 (GMT) - Samoa (A) vs Greece (A)
01/11/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - Tonga (D) vs Wales (D)
02/11/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - Papa New Guinea (D) vs Cook Islands (D)

Round 3

05/11/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - New Zealand (C) vs Ireland (C)
06/11/2021 @ 14:30 (GMT) - England (A) vs Greece (A)
06/11/2021 @ 17:00 (GMT) - Fiji (B) vs Scotland (B)
06/11/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - Australia (B) vs Italy (B)
07/11/2021 @ 12:00 (GMT) - Lebanon (C) vs Jamaica (C)
07/11/2021 @ 14:30 (GMT) - Tonga (D) vs Cook Islands (D)
07/11/2021 @ 17:00 (GMT) - Samoa (A) vs France (A)
08/11/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - Papa New Guinea (D) vs Wales (D)

Quarter Final

12/11/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - Group B Winner vs Group C Runner-Up
13/11/2021 @ 14:30 (GMT) - Group A Winner vs Group D Runner-Up
13/11/2021 @ 19:30 (GMT) - Group C Winner vs Group B Runner-Up
14/11/2021 @ 14:30 (GMT) - Group D Winner vs Group A Runner-Up

Semi Final

19/11/2021 @ 19:45 (GMT) - Quarter Final Winner vs Quarter Final Winner
20/11/2021 @ 14:30 (GMT) - Quarter Final Winner vs Quarter Final Winner

Final

27/11/2021 @ 17:00 (GMT) - Semi Final Winner vs Semi Final Winner​

 

[Unbreakable]

Group stage is so unnecessary at RL world cups, as sad as that is to say. You could pick the winner and runner-up in each group with 99.9% certainty.

Only one that may be interesting is Cook Islands vs Papua New Guinea for 2nd place in Group D.

 

[Super Freak]

Australia have such a difficult group.

I mean Scotland, Fiji and Italy? Powerhouse countries. I think Australia might struggle with this one.