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1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament

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1995 (1995) Emerging Nations World Championship  ()
Number of teams	7
Host country	England
Winner	Cook Islands (1st title)
Matches played	10
Attendance	24,260 (2,426 per match)
Top scorer	Meti Noovao (50 points)
Top try scorer	James Cuthers (7 tries)
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The 1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations World Championship was held alongside the Centenary Rugby League World Cup. Although the competition received little build-up or promotion, the novelty value of the teams taking part encouraged relatively large crowds, and the competition was a success. A crowd of 4,147 was present at Gigg Lane, Bury for the final between the Cook Islands and Ireland.^[1]

Squads[edit]

Cook Islands[edit]

• Managers – Paul Vaetoru, Ian Wilmott
• Coaches – Paul McGreal, Nooroa Tupa

Ireland[edit]

• Manager Mark Casham
• Coaches Niel Wood, Terry Flanagan

Venues[edit]

The games were played at various venues in England. The Final was played at Gigg LaneinBury.

Bury	Castleford	Warrington	Rochdale
Gigg Lane	Wheldon Road	Wilderspool Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Capacity: 11,840	Capacity: 11,775	Capacity: 10,200	Capacity: 9,961
Leigh	Featherstone	Northampton	Dewsbury
Hilton Park	Post Office Road	Sixfields Stadium	Crown Flatt
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 9,850	Capacity: 7,798	Capacity: 5,100

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
Cook Islands	3	3	0	0	143	38	+105	6
Scotland	3	2	0	1	82	46	+36	4
Russia	3	1	0	2	57	118	−61	2
United States	3	0	0	3	50	130	−80	0

• Cook Islands advanced to the final.

Cook Islands	64–8	United States

Scotland	34–9	Russia

Cook Islands	58–20	Russia

Scotland	38–16	United States

Cook Islands	21–10	Scotland

Russia	28–26	United States

Group B[edit]

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
Ireland	2	2	0	0	90	32	+58	4
Moldova	2	1	0	1	50	67	-17	2
Morocco	2	0	0	2	25	66	−41	0

• Ireland advanced to the final.

Ireland	48–26	Moldova

Moldova	24–19	Morocco

Ireland	42–6	Morocco

Final[edit]

Cook Islands	22–6	Ireland
	Summary

See also[edit]

• 2000 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• "World Cup 1995 details". The Vault. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
• Rugby league Emerging Nations Tournament Official Brochure, 1995
• The Rugby League World Cup book, League Publications Ltd, 2000