- Source: 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s
The 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s was the first staging of the Rugby League World Cup 9s tournament and took place on 18 and 19 October 2019 at Sydney's Bankwest Stadium. The tournament featured teams from 12 International Rugby League member countries, 4 of which also fielded teams in the women's tournament. In the men's final, Australia defeated New Zealand, while in the women's final, New Zealand defeated Australia.
Rule variations
The standard rules of rugby league applied but with the following variations:
games are nine-a-side with unlimited interchanges in the 13-strong squad
each half is nine minutes with a 2-minute half time
the tackle count for the team in possession is five rather than six
any player sin-binned is off the field for only three minutes
the 40/20 rule is supplemented by a 20/40 rule i.e. a kick from behind the player's own 20m line which after bouncing goes into touch past the opponent's 40m line will result in the kicking team retaining possession with a tap-restart
Bonus zone tries - tries score four points as normal but the value of the try will be increased to five for a try scored in the area between the goalposts
all conversions are drop kicks rather than place kicks and a 25-second shot clock will apply
a game which goes to extra time will be decided by golden try extra time
Teams
The competing teams were hand picked, and the selections were announced on 22 April 2019.
On 27 September 2019, the Tonga National Rugby League were suspended by the International Rugby League (IRL), pending an investigation into their board. Tonga were represented at the tournament by a "Tonga Invitatonal" team.
= Men's
== Women's
=Match Officials
The NRL named the following 18 NRL match officials to handle the 28 matches.
Venue
Men's tournament
= Pool stage
=The pools were announced on 22 July 2019. The draw was announced on 4 August 2019.
Pool A
Pool B
Lebanon were stripped of their win over France due to fielding an ineligible player.
Pool C
= Knockout stage
=Semi-finals
= New Zealand vs England =
= Australia vs Samoa =
Final: Australia v New Zealand
Women's tournament
= Pool stage
=The draw was announced on 4 August 2019.
= Final: Australia v New Zealand
=Try scorers
= Men's
=7
Jamayne Isaako
5
Ken Maumalo
4
3
2
1
= Women's
=5
Tiana Penitani
4
Honey Hireme
Corban McGregor
3
Jules Newman
2
1
Controversy
On 19 October 2019, Lebanon's Jacob Kiraz and Jordan Samrani and Papua New Guinea women's players Sera Koroi and Joyce Waula were all suspended from the tournament for being under the age of 18.
While the International Rugby League allows players 16 or older to play in Test matches, the National Rugby League (who ran the tournament) rules require that players must be 18 or older.
Kiraz, who would not turn 18 until November 2019, was the only one of the four to play a game, coming off the bench in Lebanon's 12–8 win over France. Lebanon were stripped of the two competition points earned for their win as a result.
Media coverage
References
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- 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s
- Rugby League World Cup 9s
- 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s – Women's tournament
- 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s – Men's tournament
- 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s squads
- Ryan Hall (rugby league)
- Rhys Williams (rugby league)
- Rugby League World Cup
- George Williams (rugby league)
- Ben Hunt (rugby league)
