Rugby League World Cup 2026: Latest results and schedule

Latest scores and results from the 2026 Rugby League World Cup, with Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea playing host to the men's, women's and wheelchair tournaments.In the men's and women's tournaments, Australia are the defending champions, while England currently hold the title of world champions in the wheelchair competition. The men's match got the World Cup under way on Thursday October 15, as Australia pulled off a thrilling 24-22 win over New Zealand. Latest Rugby League World Cup news, reports Get Sky Sports or stream contract-free on NOWChoose the Sky Sports notifications you wantEngland men suffered a tough opening 30-12 loss against Tonga and will look to bounce back against France on Saturday October 24, with kick-off at 7.35am. England women started their title charge with a huge 70-6 win over Wales. They now face the tough test of Australia on Saturday October 24, with kick-off at 10.05am.The wheelchair tournament gets going on Friday October 30, when England take on Wales at 4.30am.Men's Pools - and the unique formatGroup A: Australia, New Zealand, Cook Islands, FijiGroup B: England, Lebanon, SamoaGroup C: France, Papua New Guinea, TongaThe format of the Men's Rugby League World Cup is rather unusual. The four teams in Group A will face each other. The two teams that finish top of the group will progress to the semi-finals.However, things are a bit different for teams in Group B and C.The teams in Group B will play the three teams in Group C and vice versa. They will not play the teams in their own group.Results from these matches feed into a combined Group B and Group C table with the two-highest-ranked teams going through to the semi-finals.The team that finishes top of that combined table will face the runner-up in Group A in the last four. The team that comes second will play the winner of Group A.Women's PoolsGroup A: Australia, England, Samoa, WalesGroup B: New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, France, FijiWheelchair PoolsGroup A: England, Ireland, Wales, USAGroup B: France, Australia, Scotland, New ZealandMen's Fixtures and resultsAll kick-off times are in BST. Image: England are based in Perth for the majority of the group stages Thursday October 15Group A: Australia 24-22 New Zealand Friday October 16Group B/C: Samoa 78-4 FranceSaturday October 17Group B/C: Papua New Guinea 42-18 LebanonGroup B/C: England 12-30 Tonga Sunday October 18Group A: Fiji 40-12 Cook IslandsFriday October 23Group B/C: Tonga v Lebanon - CommBank Stadium, Newcastle (10.05am)Saturday October 24Group B/C: Papua New Guinea v Samoa - Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby (5.25am)Group B/C: England v France - HBF Park, Perth (7.35am)Sunday October 25Group A: New Zealand v Cook Islands - One NZ Stadium, Christchurch (5.05am)Group A: Australia v Fiji - Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane (9.05am)Friday October 30Group B/C: England v Papua New Guinea - WIN Stadium, Wollongong (9.05am)Saturday October 31Group A: New Zealand v Fiji - Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast (4.30am)Group A: Australia v Cook Islands - Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville (9.05am)Sunday November 1Group B/C: Lebanon v France - CommBank Stadium, Sydney (6.40am)Group B/C: Tonga v Samoa - CommBank Stadium, Sydney (9.05am)Saturday November 7Semi-Final 1: TBC v TBC - McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle (9.05am)Sunday November 8Semi-Final 2: TBC v TBC - Allianz Stadium, Sydney (9.05am)Sunday November 15Final: TBC v TBC - Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane (8.35am)Women's Fixtures Image: Woman of Steel Jenna Foubister will play in her first World Cup Friday October 16Group A: Australia 40-0 SamoaSaturday October 17Group B: Papua New Guinea 58-4 FranceGroup A: England 70-6 Wales Sunday October 18Group B: New Zealand 18-12 FijiFriday October 23Group A: Samoa 76-0 WalesSaturday October 24Group B: Fiji v Papua New Guinea - Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby (3.15am)Group A: Australia v England - HBF Park, Perth (10.05am)Sunday October 25Group B: New Zealand v France - One NZ Stadium, Christchurch (3.00am)Friday October 30Group A: England v Samoa - WIN Stadium, Wollongong (6.45am)Saturday October 31Group B: Fiji v France - Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast (6.45am)Group B: New Zealand v Papua New Guinea - Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast (2.20am)Sunday November 1Group A: Australia v Wales - CommBank Stadium, Sydney (4.40am)Saturday November 7Semi-Final 1: TBC v TBC - McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle (6.45am)Sunday November 8Semi-Final 2: TBC v TBC - Allianz Stadium, Sydney (6.45am)Sunday November 15Final: TBC v TBC - Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane (5.10am)Wheelchair FixturesFriday October 30Group A: Ireland v USA (3am)Group A: England v Wales (4.30am)Saturday October 31Group B: France v Scotland (4am)Group B: Australia v New Zealand (6.30am)Tuesday November 3Group B: France v New Zealand (12am)Group B: Australia v Scotland (2.30am)Group A: Ireland v Wales (5am)Group A: England v USA (7.30am)Friday November 6Group B: Scotland v New Zealand (12am)Group A: Wales v USA (2.30am)Group A: England v Ireland (6am)Group B: France v Australia (8.30am)Monday November 9- Tuesday November 10 Semi-FinalsThursday November 12- Friday November 13 Final