1988 Rugby League World Cup

[edit] Group Stage

July 7, 1985  New Zealand 18-0  Australia Carlaw Park November 9, 1985  Great Britain 6-6  New Zealand Headingley December 7, 1985  France 0-22  New Zealand Perpignan February 16, 1986  France 10-10  Great Britain Avignon July 29, 1986  Australia 32-12  New Zealand Lang Park August 17, 1986 Papua New Guinea 24-22  New Zealand Port Moresby October 5, 1986 Papua New Guinea 12-62  Australia Port Moresby November 22, 1986  Great Britain 15-24  Australia Central Park December 13, 1986  France 0-52  Australia Carcassone January 17, 1987  Great Britain 52-4  France Headingley October 24, 1987  Great Britain 42-0 Papua New Guinea Central Park November 15, 1987  France 21-4 Papua New Guinea Central Park May 22, 1988 Papua New Guinea 22-42  Great Britain Port Moresby July 9, 1988  Australia 12-26  Great Britain SCG July 10, 1988  New Zealand 66-14 Papua New Guinea Auckland July 17, 1988  Australia 70-8 Papua New Guinea Wagga Wagga July 20, 1988  New Zealand 12-10  Great Britain Christchurch

Team P W D L F A PTS  Australia 8 6 0 2 252 91 12  New Zealand 8 5 1 2 158 86 11  Great Britain 8 4 2 2 203 90 10 Papua New Guinea 8 2 0 6 84 325 4  France 8 1 1 6 35 140 3

France forfeited their away matches in Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand, after the French failed to fulfil their fixtures on the tour. The French Board ran into financial problems, and had to cancel the tour.

[edit] Final

October 9, 1988

Australia

25-12

New Zealand

Ellis Park