2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup

The 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the fifth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup and was held in Australia between 16 November and 2 December 2017. Pool and semi-final matches was held at Southern Cross Group Stadium in Sydney, with the final held at Brisbane Stadium. The final was played as a double-header with the men's final.

Qualifying
Five teams (Australia, New Zealand, England, Papua New Guinea, and Canada) qualified automatically for the World Cup.

A round-robin tournament featuring the, , , and was scheduled  to have been held at St Marys, New South Wales, Australia, to determine the sixth and final team: however, , , and  all withdrew at short notice due to various logistical issues. Therefore, the tournament was scratched, and the qualified automatically.

Pre-tournament matches
Before the World Cup it was announced that France would host England in two tests in Perpignan, and Papua New Guinea would host Australia in Port Moresby.

Venues
All the matches were played at Endeavour Field (Southern Cross Group Stadium) in Sydney, with the exception of the final which was played in the larger Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane.

Pool stage
The two pools feature three teams each. The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the semi-finals. Pool play will involve a round robin with an additional inter-pool game for each team so all teams will play three pool games.

Try scorers

 * 13
 * 🇳🇿 Honey Hireme


 * 6
 * 🇦🇺 Karina Brown
 * 🇦🇺 Isabelle Kelly
 * 5
 * 🇳🇿 Krystal Murray
 * 🇦🇺 Elianna Walton
 * 4
 * 🇦🇺 Vanessa Foliaki
 * 🇳🇿 Lilieta Maumau
 * 🇨🇦 Natasha Smith
 * 🇦🇺 Caitlyn Moran
 * 🇳🇿 Raecene McGregor
 * 3


 * 🇦🇺 Chelsea Baker
 * 🇦🇺 Ali Brigginshaw
 * 🇦🇺 Nakia Davis-Welsh
 * 🇳🇿 Teuila Fotu-Moala
 * 🇦🇺 Zahara Temara
 * 🇦🇺 Meg Ward
 * 🇳🇿 Shontelle Woodman


 * 2


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlotte Booth
 * 🇳🇿 Matiua Feterika
 * 🇦🇺 Steph Hancock
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Amy Hardcastle
 * 🇳🇿 Amber Kani
 * 🇦🇺 Corban McGregor
 * 🇳🇿 Hilda Peters
 * 🇦🇺 Talesha Quinn
 * 🇦🇺 Ruan Sims
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tara-Jane Stanley
 * 🇳🇿 Atawhai Tupaea


 * 1


 * 🇳🇿 Racquel Anderson
 * 🇦🇺 Kezie Apps
 * 🇨🇰 Katelyn Arona
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danielle Bound
 * 🇦🇺 Brittany Breayley
 * 🇵🇬 Christie Bulhage
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kayleigh Bulman
 * 🇳🇿 Luisa Gago
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shona Hoyle
 * 🇨🇰 Chantelle Inangaro Schofield
 * 🇵🇬 Martha Karl
 * 🇵🇬 Naomi Kaupa
 * 🇨🇰 Beniamina Koiatu
 * 🇳🇿 Laura Mariu
 * 🇳🇿 Nita Maynard
 * 🇨🇦 Sabrina McDaid
 * 🇨🇰 Te Amohaere Ngata-Aerengamate
 * 🇳🇿 Apii Nicholls-Pualau
 * 🇳🇿 Annetta Nuuausala
 * 🇵🇬 Anne Oiufa
 * 🇦🇺 Lavina O'Mealey
 * 🇨🇦 Megan Pakulis
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Emma Slowe
 * 🇨🇰 Cecelia Strickland
 * 🇦🇺 Maddie Studdon
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Beth Sutcliffe