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For the first time, RLWC 2021 – which was delayed for a year because of Covid – saw all three tournaments staged together, with the final played across two days in Manchester.

Here’s a full list of results, scorers and attendances.

Men’s tournament results

A crowd of more than 43,000 watched England beat Samoa in the men's tournament opener at Newcastle. Picture by Will Palmer/SWpix.com.

Saturday, October 15:

England 66 (Tries Young 2, Whitehead 2, Welsby, Watkins, Farnworth, Makinson, Williams, Burgess. Goals Makinson 10), Samoa 6 (Try Tago. Goal Crichton).

Attendance: 43,119, at St James’ Park, Newcastle.

Australia 42 (Tries Addo-Carr 2, Nanai, Crichton, Mitchell, Grant, Tedesco. Goals Holmes 7), Fiji 8 (Tries Valemei, Turuva).

Ireland and Jamaica walk out at Headingley for their World Cup opener. Picture by Will Palmer/SWpix.com.

Attendance: 13,3566, at Headingley, Leeds.

Sunday, October 16:

Scotland 4 (Try Walmsley), Italy 28 (Tries Maizen 3, Polselli, Paratra. Goals Campagnolo 3).

Attendance: 6,206 at Kingston Park, Newcastle.

Holders Australia began their World Cup defence against Fiji at Headingley. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com.

Jamaica 2 (Goal Rush), Ireland (48 (Tries L Senior 2, G King, O’Hagan, Chamberlain, I Senior, T King, McDonnell, Bentley, Halton. Goals Keyes 3, Chamberlain).

Attendance: 6,320, at Headingley, Leeds.

New Zealand 34 (Tries K Bromwich, Asofa-Solomona, Haiku, Brown, Manu, Rapana. Goals Rapana 5), Lebanon 12 (Tries Mansour, Miski. Goals Moses 2).

Attendance: 5,435 at HJ Stadium, Warrington.

Monday, October 17:

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