1) There have been sixteen tournaments going back to 1954. (1954 final right)
2) Three didn't have a grand final, 1957, 1960 and 1975. Of the thirteen that did, Austalia was in twelve of them.
3) GB / England failed to meet Australia in a WC competition for the first time in the 2021 event.
4) There have been 260 matches in total (including three forfeited which were counted as played).
5) The lowest average winning margin for a tournament is 1970 (10). It also had the lowest points per match (29). The highest average winning margin is in 2021 (37) and the highest points per match (56).
6) There have been 11,151 points scored over 260 matches (257 played). Three games were forfeited by France in 1988 due to financial issues.
7) Australia has a tally of 85 WC matches (including one forfeit). GB/England has played 80 and NZ 75 (one forfeited).
8) GB/England has the most drawn games (6), twice as many as any other country.
9) The closest final was in 1972, 10-10 with GB declared the winner over Australia having defeated them earlier in the competition. The next closest was in 1977, 13-12 to Australia over GB.
10) The most points scored in a grand final was 54 in 2008 when NZ defeated Australia 34-20. The least was six in 2017 when Australia prevailed over England 6-0.
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