1975 Rugby League World Cup

1975 (1975) World Cup  ()
Number of teams5
Winner Australia (4th title)

Matches played21
Attendance204,476 (9,737 per match)
Points scored661 (31.48 per match)
Top scorerAustralia Mick Cronin (76)
Top try scorersEngland Keith Fielding (7)
Australia Ian Schubert (7)
 < 1972
1977

The 1975 Rugby League World Cup (officially known as the 1975 Rugby League World Championship[1]) was the seventh World Cup for men’s rugby league national teams and ran from 2 March to 12 November. Australia were the winners for a fourth time after topping the group table.[2]

Unlike previous World Cups, there was no one host country, with the five participating nations hosting matches over eight months. Each team had to play the others on a 'home and away' basis. For the first time Great Britain did not compete and instead England and Wales entered to participate for the first time, taking advantage of a glut of Welsh talent in the British game at the time.

  1. ^ Clarkson, Alan (10 June 1974). "Fulton battles injury". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  2. ^ Paddy McAteer (22 December 2010) "Whole World in their Hands" Archived 5 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine North West Evening Mail