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List of Rugby League World Cup hat-tricks

The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament which has been played at various intervals since 1954. Hat-tricks have been achieved 71 times at the tournament, 70 times with tries and just once with field goals. The first player to do this was Alex Watson, who achieved the feat for Australia against New Zealand in the inaugural tournament.[1] Players who have played for Australia have scored the most hat-tricks with 30 (29 tries 1 field goal), while Papua New Guinea representatives have conceded the most with 11 (all tries).

Valentine Holmes scored 11 tries in two matches in the 2017 World Cup against Samoa and Fiji.

Hat-tricks are more of a common occurrence in the group stages, as the match-ups usually place higher-ranked teams against lower-ranked teams. Just ten hat-tricks have occurred in the knockout stages, six happening in the quarter-finals and four in the semi-finals. They have been scored by Bryan Fletcher and Robbie Paul in the 2000 tournament, Billy Slater and Johnathan Thurston in the 2008 edition, Jarryd Hayne (twice) and Brett Morris in the 2013 competition, Valentine Holmes (twice) in the 2017 tournament and Josh Addo-Carr in the 2021 edition.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Out of the 70 hat-tricks scored, seven people have achieved the feat twice, these being Ian Schubert, Billy Slater, Akuila Uate, Manu Vatuvei, Jarryd Hayne, Suliasi Vunivalu, Valentine Holmes and Josh Addo-Carr. 15 people have scored an additional try on top of the hat-trick. Holmes and Addo-Carr have scored five tries in a single game, whilst Holmes is the only player to score six tries in a single game. Four players have scored hat-tricks while being on the losing side, these being Bob Fulton, Ian Schubert, Damien Blanch and Chris Taripo.[9][10][11][12] Billy Smith is the only player to score a hat-trick of field goals, doing so for Australia against France in the 1968 tournament.[13]

Hat-tricks edit

Key
Player The player who scored the hat-trick
For The team the player scored the hat-trick for
Against The team the player scored the hat-trick against
Stage The stage of the tournament at which the hat-trick was scored
Result The end result of the match
Venue The stadium and city where the match was played
Date The date the hat-trick was scored
4 Player scored four tries
5 Player scored five tries
6 Player scored six tries

Tries edit

Rugby League World Cup hat-tricks by player
No. Player For Against Stage Result Venue Date Reference
1 Alex Watson   Australia   New Zealand Group 34–15 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 7 November 1954 [1]
2 Brian Carlson   Australia   New Zealand Group 21–15 Headingley, Leeds 1 October 1960 [14]
3 Clive Sullivan   Great Britain   New Zealand Group 38–14 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 8 June 1968 [15]
4 Bob Fulton   Australia   Great Britain Group 21–27 Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan 29 October 1972 [9]
5 Keith Fielding4   England   France Group 48–2 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 11 October 1975 [16]
6 Ian Schubert   Australia   Wales Group 18–6 St. Helen's, Swansea 19 October 1975 [17]
7 Ken Gill   England   New Zealand Group 27–12 Odsal Stadium, Bradford 25 October 1975 [18]
8 Ian Schubert   Australia   England Group 13–16 Central Park, Wigan 1 November 1975 [10]
9 Dale Shearer4   Australia   France Group 52–0 Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne 13 December 1986 [19]
10 Garry Jack   Australia   France Group 52–0 Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne 13 December 1986 [19]
11 Shane Horo   New Zealand   Papua New Guinea Group 66–14 Carlaw Park, Auckland 10 July 1988 [20]
12 Kevin Iro   New Zealand   Papua New Guinea Group 66–14 Carlaw Park, Auckland 10 July 1988 [20]
13 Michael O'Connor4   Australia   Papua New Guinea Group 70–8 Eric Weissel Oval, Wagga Wagga 20 July 1988 [21]
14 Dave Watson   New Zealand   France Group 34–0 Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne 3 December 1989 [22]
15 Brad Mackay   Australia   France Group 34–2 Pioneer Oval, Parkes 27 June 1990 [23]
16 Willie Carne   Australia   Papua New Guinea Group 40–6 PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby 13 October 1991 [24]
17 Richie Blackmore   New Zealand   Papua New Guinea Group 66–10 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 5 July 1992 [25]
18 Anthony Sullivan   Wales   France Group 28–6 Ninian Park, Cardiff 9 October 1995 [26]
19 John Hopoate   Australia   South Africa Group 86–6 Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead 10 October 1995 [27]
20 Brett Dallas   Australia   Fiji Group 66–0 Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield 14 October 1995 [28]
21 Tevita Vaikona4   Tonga   South Africa Group 66–18 Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 28 October 2000 [29]
22 Atunasia Vunivialu   Fiji   Russia Group 38–12 Craven Park, Hull 29 October 2000 [30]
23 Kris Tassell   Wales   Cook Islands Group 38–6 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 29 October 2000 [31]
24 Mat Rogers4   Australia   Fiji Group 66–8 Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead 1 November 2000 [32]
25 Kevin Sinfield   England   Russia Group 76–4 Knowsley Road, St Helens 1 November 2000 [33]
26 Jamie Peacock   England   Fiji Group 66–10 Headingley, Leeds 4 November 2000 [34]
27 Wendell Sailor4   Australia   Russia Group 110–4 The Boulevard, Hull 4 November 2000 [35]
28 Ryan Girdler   Australia   Russia Group 110–4 The Boulevard, Hull 4 November 2000 [35]
29 Lesley Vainikolo   New Zealand   Wales Group 58–18 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 5 November 2000 [36]
30 Pascal Jampy   France   South Africa Group 56–6 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse 5 November 2000 [37]
31 Bryan Fletcher   Australia   Samoa Quarter-final 66–10 Vicarage Road, Watford 11 November 2000 [2]
32 Robbie Paul   New Zealand   France Quarter-final 54–6 Wheldon Road, Castleford 12 November 2000 [3]
33 Lee Smith   England   Papua New Guinea Group 32–22 Willows Sports Complex, Townsville 25 October 2008 [38]
34 Damien Blanch   Ireland   Tonga Group 20–22 Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta 27 October 2008 [11]
35 Akuila Uate   Fiji   France Group 42–6 Wollongong Showground, Wollongong 1 November 2008 [39]
36 Billy Slater   Australia   England Group 52–4 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 2 November 2008 [40]
37 Pat Richards   Ireland   Samoa Group 34–16 Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta 5 November 2008 [41]
38 Manu Vatuvei4   New Zealand   England Group 36–24 Newcastle International Sports Centre, Newcastle 8 November 2008 [42]
39 David Williams   Australia   Papua New Guinea Group 46–6 Willows Sports Complex, Townsville 9 November 2008 [43]
40 Billy Slater   Australia   Fiji Semi-final 52–0 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 16 November 2008 [4]
41 Johnathan Thurston   Australia   Fiji Semi-final 52–0 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 16 November 2008 [4]
42 Manu Vatuvei   New Zealand   Samoa Group 42–24 Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington 27 October 2013 [44]
43 Akuila Uate   Fiji   Ireland Group 32–14 Spotland Stadium, Rochdale 28 October 2013 [45]
44 Ryan Hall   England   Ireland Group 42–0 Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield 2 November 2013 [46]
45 Antonio Winterstein   Samoa   Papua New Guinea Group 38–4 Craven Park, Hull 4 November 2013 [47]
46 Chris Taripo   Cook Islands   Tonga Group 16–22 Leigh Sports Village, Leigh 5 November 2013 [12]
47 Sonny Bill Williams   New Zealand   Papua New Guinea Group 56–10 Headingley, Leeds 8 November 2013 [48]
48 Jarryd Hayne4   Australia   United States Quarter-final 62–0 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 16 November 2013 [6]
49 Brett Morris4   Australia   United States Quarter-final 62–0 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 16 November 2013 [6]
50 Jarryd Hayne   Australia   Fiji Semi-final 64–0 Wembley Stadium, London 23 November 2013 [5]
51 David Mead   Papua New Guinea   Wales Group 50–6 PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby 28 October 2017 [49]
52 Michael Jennings   Tonga   Scotland Group 50–4 Barlow Park, Cairns 29 October 2017 [50]
53 Wade Graham4   Australia   France Group 52–6 Canberra Stadium, Canberra 3 November 2017 [51]
54 Te Maire Martin   New Zealand   Scotland Group 74–6 Rugby League Park, Christchurch 4 November 2017 [52]
55 Suliasi Vunivalu   Fiji   Wales Group 72–6 Willows Sports Complex, Townsville 5 November 2017 [53]
56 Suliasi Vunivalu   Fiji   Italy Group 38–10 Canberra Stadium, Canberra 10 November 2017 [54]
57 David Fusitu'a   Tonga   New Zealand Group 28–22 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 11 November 2017 [55]
58 Justin Olam   Papua New Guinea   United States Group 64–0 PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby 12 November 2017 [56]
59 Valentine Holmes5   Australia   Samoa Quarter-final 46–0 Darwin Stadium, Darwin 17 November 2017 [7]
60 Valentine Holmes6   Australia   Fiji Semi-final 54–6 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane 24 November 2017 [7]
61 Jake Maizen   Italy   Scotland Group 28–4 Headingley Stadium, Leeds 16 October 2022 [57]
62 Josh Addo-Carr4   Australia   Scotland Group 84–0 Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry 21 October 2022 [58]
63 Campbell Graham   Australia   Scotland Group 84–0 Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry 21 October 2022 [58]
64 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak4   New Zealand   Jamaica Group 68–6 MKM Stadium, Hull 22 October 2022 [59]
65 Daniel Tupou   Tonga   Wales Group 32–6 Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens 24 October 2022 [60]
66 Dom Young4   England   Greece Group 94–4 Bramall Lane, Sheffield 29 October 2022 [61]
67 Tesi Niu   Tonga   Cook Islands Group 92–10 Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough 30 October 2022 [62]
68 Will Penisini4   Tonga   Cook Islands Group 92–10 Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough 30 October 2022 [62]
69 Taylan May4   Samoa   France Group 62–4 Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington 30 October 2022 [63]
70 Josh Addo-Carr5   Australia   Lebanon Quarter-final 48–4 Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield 4 November 2022 [8]

Field goals edit

Rugby League World Cup field goals
No. Player For Against Stage Result Venue Date Reference
1 Billy Smith   Australia   France Group 37–4 Lang Park, Brisbane 8 June 1968 [13]

Multiple hat-tricks edit

Multiple Rugby League World Cup hat-tricks by player
Player No. Tournament(s)
  Ian Schubert 2 1975
  Billy Slater 2 2008
  Akuila Uate 2 2008, 2013
  Manu Vatuvei 2 2008, 2013
  Jarryd Hayne 2 2013
  Suliasi Vunivalu 2 2017
  Valentine Holmes 2 2017
  Josh Addo-Carr 2 2021

Hat-tricks by each national team edit

Rugby League World Cup hat-tricks by national team
Team Hat-tricks for (tries) Hat-tricks against (tries) Hat-tricks for (field goals) Hat-tricks against (field goals) Hat-tricks for (total) Hat-tricks against (total)
  Australia 29 0 1 0 30 0
  New Zealand 11 5 0 0 11 5
  England 7 3 0 0 7 3
  Tonga 6 2 0 0 6 2
  Fiji 5 7 0 0 5 7
  Papua New Guinea 2 11 0 0 2 11
  Wales 2 5 0 0 2 5
  Ireland 2 2 0 0 2 2
  Samoa 2 3 0 0 2 3
  France 1 10 0 1 1 11
  Cook Islands 1 2 0 0 1 2
  Great Britain 1 1 0 0 1 1
  Italy 1 1 0 0 1 1
  Scotland 0 5 0 0 0 5
  Russia 0 4 0 0 0 4
  South Africa 0 3 0 0 0 3
  United States 0 3 0 0 0 3
  Jamaica 0 1 0 0 0 1
  Greece 0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lebanon 0 1 0 0 0 1

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