Monday 23 October 2017

W C History Success Rate : 1954-2013

The RL WC is here again and the history runs back to 1954. As I'm known for doing, I have put together a chart to quantify the 198 matches that have gone by in the past. First I will explain the chart below.

Rk: How they are ranked for winds, draws and losses.

Nation: Self explanatory but the NZ Maori are not a nation but got an invite once.

W, D, L: Wins, draws, losses.

Pt: Three points a win, two a draw and one for a loss, the total being shown in this column.

G: Games played.

W, D, L: Percentage of wins, draws and losses.

17: An asterisk denotes will be there for 2017,
a dash means no.

Australia has won an amazing 82% of its matches, GB/England has drawn 9% of its games, while the USA will be trying to improve on its 50/50 win loss record.


Rk Nation W D L Pt
G W D L 17

1 Australia 59 2 11 192 72 82 3 15 *

2 GB / England 41 6 22 157 69 59 9 32 *

3 New Zealand 31 3 31 130 65 48 5 48 *

4 France 15 3 39 90 57 26 5 68 *

5 Papua NG 4 1 22 36 27 15 4 81 *

6 Wales 8 0 11 35 19 42 0 58 *

7 Fiji 6 0 9 27 15 40 0 60 *

7 Samoa 7 0 6 27 13 54 0 46 *

9 Tonga 5 1 5 22 11 45 9 45 *

10 Ireland 4 0 6 18 10 40 0 60 *

11 Scotland 3 1 6 17 10 30 10 60 *

12 Cook Is 1 1 4 9 6 17 17 67 -

13 USA 2 0 2 8 4 50 0 50 *

14 South Africa 0 0 6 6 6 0 0 100 -

14 Italy 1 1 1 6 3 33 33 33 *

16 NZ Maori 1 0 2 5 3 33 0 67 -

17 Lebanon 0 1 2 4 3 0 33 67 *

18 Russia 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 100 -


Total 188 20 188 792 Percentages

In the 1985-88 World Cup, three games were forfeited by France and the points awarded to the winning side are not included here. This list covers actual matches.

This is the final in a series going back through each WC. To go to the beginning in 1954, simply click here and there are links through the whole series. 

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