W C History Success Rate : 1954-2013

The RL WC is here again and the history runs back to 1954. As I'm known for doing, I have put together a chart to quantify the 198 matches that have gone by in the past. First I will explain the chart below.

Rk: How they are ranked for winds, draws and losses.

Nation: Self explanatory but the NZ Maori are not a nation but got an invite once.

W, D, L: Wins, draws, losses.

Pt: Three points a win, two a draw and one for a loss, the total being shown in this column.

G: Games played.

W, D, L: Percentage of wins, draws and losses.

17: An asterisk denotes will be there for 2017,
a dash means no.

Australia has won an amazing 82% of its matches, GB/England has drawn 9% of its games, while the USA will be trying to improve on its 50/50 win loss record.

	Rk	Nation	W	D	L	Pt		G	W	D	L	17
	1	Australia	59	2	11	192		72	82	3	15	*
	2	GB / England	41	6	22	157		69	59	9	32	*
	3	New Zealand	31	3	31	130		65	48	5	48	*
	4	France	15	3	39	90		57	26	5	68	*
	5	Papua NG	4	1	22	36		27	15	4	81	*
	6	Wales	8	0	11	35		19	42	0	58	*
	7	Fiji	6	0	9	27		15	40	0	60	*
	7	Samoa	7	0	6	27		13	54	0	46	*
	9	Tonga	5	1	5	22		11	45	9	45	*
	10	Ireland	4	0	6	18		10	40	0	60	*
	11	Scotland	3	1	6	17		10	30	10	60	*
	12	Cook Is	1	1	4	9		6	17	17	67	-
	13	USA	2	0	2	8		4	50	0	50	*
	14	South Africa	0	0	6	6		6	0	0	100	-
	14	Italy	1	1	1	6		3	33	33	33	*
	16	NZ Maori	1	0	2	5		3	33	0	67	-
	17	Lebanon	0	1	2	4		3	0	33	67	*
	18	Russia	0	0	3	3		3	0	0	100	-
		Total	188	20	188	792		Percentages

In the 1985-88 World Cup, three games were forfeited by France and the points awarded to the winning side are not included here. This list covers actual matches.

This is the final in a series going back through each WC. To go to the beginning in 1954, simply click here and there are links through the whole series.