1995 Rugby League World Cup squads

The 1995 Rugby League World Cup squads were made up of players from the national rugby league football teams of ten countries: Australia, England, Fiji, France, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Tonga, Wales and Western Samoa.

All teams were permitted to name a squad of up to 25 players, and were allowed to call-up replacements during the tournament in the event of illness or injury.

Australia Due to the Super League war, the Australian Rugby League did not select any player who had signed with Super League. As 100% of Australia's squad was sourced from Australian Rugby League-aligned players, several test players from the successful 1994 Kangaroo Tour were not selected for the World Cup, though a number of the team had played in the 3-0 Trans-Tasman Test series win over New Zealand earlier in the year.

Super League aligned Canberra Raiders players, including Laurie Daley, Ricky Stuart took the ARL to court during 1995 in a bid to be able to play in the World Cup. The court found in their favour and ordered the ARL to consider all players for selection regardless of who they were aligned to. However, as one unnamed ARL official was quoted as saying, the ARL were only forced to consider Super League players, not select them. Just how many, if any, Super League players were considered for selection remains unknown and speculation remains that behind closed doors no Super League player was considered.

Coach: Bob Fulton Manager: Geoff Carr

PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsPositionClub 2 - - - - HK / LK St. George Dragons 5 4 - - 16 FB / CE Sydney Tigers 5 – – – – PR Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 4 2 – – 8 CE St. George Dragons 4 3 – – 12 WG Sydney Bulldogs 5 1 – – 4 LK / FE Sydney Bulldogs (c) 4 1 – – 4 FE / LK Penrith Panthers 1 – – – – PR Manly Warringah Sea Eagles* 2 – – – – PR Newcastle Knights 4 3 – – 12 CE Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2 3 – – 12 WG Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 4 2 27 – 62 HB / HK Newcastle Knights 4 – – – – FE Newcastle Knights 3 1 – – 4 LK Manly Warringah Sea Eagles* 3 1 – – 4 SR / PR North Sydney Bears 2 2 – – 8 CE Illawarra Steelers 4 6 – – 24 SR Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 1 – – – – LK / SR North Sydney Bears 1 2 – – 8 CE Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 1 – – – – SR Newcastle Knights 3 5 – – 20 FB / WG Newcastle Knights 4 – – – – PR / SR Sydney Bulldogs 1 1 – – 4 HK Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 5 1 – – 4 LK / SR Sydney Bulldogs 4 – – – – HB Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 3 1 2 – 8 WG Illawarra Steelers

*Gary Larson originally declined selection citing personal reasons. When Paul Harragon was injured he answered Bob Fulton's call to join the squad and ended up playing in the final at Wembley.

England Long time Wigan, Great Britain and England back rower Denis Betts, playing for the Auckland Warriors in the Australian Rugby League premiership, made history by becoming the first player selected to captain England while not playing for a British club.

Coach: Phil Larder Manager: Phil Lowe PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsPositionClub 3 1 – – 4 WG Halifax Blue Sox (c) 4 1 – – 4 SR Auckland Warriors 2 2 – – 8 PR Sheffield Eagles 4 – – – – SR Wigan Warriors 4 – – – – LF / SR Sydney City Roosters 1 – – – – CE / FB Wigan Warriors 2 – – – – FB / WG Leeds Rhinos 1 – – – – SH Wigan Warriors 4 2 7 – 22 LF Wigan Warriors 4 1 13 1 31 SH St Helens 4 – – – – PR Halifax Blue Sox 4 2 – – 8 SR Wigan Warriors 4 – – – – HK Sheffield Eagles 3 1 – – 4 SR St Helens 2 – – – – CE Wigan Warriors 1 – – – – LF / SR Widnes Vikings 4 4 – – 16 CE Bradford Bulls 3 2 – – 8 WG Wigan Warriors 3 2 – – 8 CE Keighley Cougars 4 – – – – PR Auckland Warriors / Widnes Vikings 2 – – – – SO Keighley Cougars 5 2 – – 8 FB Wigan Warriors 4 3 – – 12 WG Wigan Warriors 3 1 – – 4 PR Castleford Tigers 4 2 – – 8 SO Castleford Tigers

Fiji Incumbent captain James Pickering was unavailable, having suffered a broken leg earlier in the year.

Coach: Graham Murray Manager: Epell Lagiloaloa PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsPositionClub 1 – – – – WG Sydney Bulldogs 3 1 – – 4 WG Penrith Panthers 1 – – – – SR Nadi Dragons 2 – – – – SR Parramatta Eels 3 – – – – PR Lautoka 1 – – – – Army Bears 2 – – – – LK 2 1 – – 4 LK Tumbarumba 3 1 – – 4 WG Canberra Raiders 3 1 – – 4 WG / HB Parramatta Eels 3 – – – – PR Yanco-Wamoon Hawks (c) 3 – – – – CE Penrith Panthers 3 – 3 – 6 FE Penrith Panthers – – – – – FE Nadera Panthers – – – – – HK Waitakere City Raiders 3 1 – – 4 HK 1 – – – – PR Lautoka 3 2 – – 8 WG / CE South Queensland Crushers 3 2 – – 8 FB Newcastle Knights 3 1 3 – 10 HB Nadi Dragons 2 – – – – SR – – – – – Nadi Dragons 3 – – – – CE Lautoka 1 – – – – WG 2 – – – – SR Nadi Dragons

France Coach: Ivan Grésèque Manager: Tas Baitieri PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsPositionClub – – – – – SR SO Avignon 1 – – – – SH Limoux Grizzlies 2 – 2 – 4 CE / WG Sheffield Eagles 1 – – – – SR Carpentras XIII 1 – – – – PR AS Saint Estève 2 1 – – 4 SR XIII Catalan 2 1 – – 4 CE / SO AS Saint Estève 2 – – – – WG XIII Catalan 1 – – – – CE / SO Villeneuve XIII RLLG (c) 2 – – – – SH SO Avignon 2 – – – – CE / SO Pia Donkeys 1 – – – – CE Workington Town 2 – – – – WG / CE AS Saint Estève 1 – – – – PR Pia Donkeys 2 – – – – PR Pia Donkeys 2 – – – – SR AS Saint Estève – – – – – FB Saint-Gaudens 1 – – – – WG / CE AS Carcassonne 1 – – – – SR Wigan Warriors 2 – – – – PR Limoux Grizzlies 1 – – – – PR Limoux Grizzlies 2 1 – – 4 HK Pia Donkeys 2 – – – – HK / LF Lézignan Sangliers

New Zealand Coach: Frank Endacott Manager: Bevn Olsen PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsPositionClub 2 1 – – 4 WG Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 3 3 – – 12 CE Auckland Warriors 1 – – – – HK Auckland Warriors 1 – – – – HB / HK Penrith Panthers – – – – – WG Sydney Bulldogs 3 2 – – 8 WG Auckland Warriors 3 – – – – SR Western Suburbs Magpies 3 1 – – 4 CE Leeds Rhinos 3 1 – – 4 SR Sydney City Roosters 3 – – – – HB Auckland Warriors 3 – – – – SR Auckland Warriors 3 1 – – 4 FE / LK Leeds Rhinos 1 – – – – PR Canberra Raiders 3 – – – – PR Sydney City Roosters 3 – 1 – 2 FB / FE Auckland Warriors 3 1 – – 4 PR Auckland Warriors 3 – – – – FE / FB Wigan Warriors 3 – – – – PR / SR Canberra Raiders (c) 3 1 10 1 25 FB Manly Warringah Sea Eagles – – – – – PR Western Suburbs Magpies – – – – – CE Sydney Bulldogs – – – – – LK / SR Castleford Tigers 3 – – – – CE Canberra Raiders 1 – – – – WG Sydney Bulldogs

Papua New Guinea Coach: Joe Tokam Manager: Bob Robertson, James Korarome PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsPositionClub 1 – – – – SR Mt Hagen Eagles 2 1 – – 4 WG Port Moresby Vipers 1 – – – – PR Port Moresby Vipers 2 1 – – 4 FB Goroka Lahanis 1 – – – – PR Goroka Lahanis 2 1 – – 4 FE / HB Lae Bombers 2 – – – – CE Goroka Lahanis – – – – – CE Rabaul Gurias 2 – – – – WG Mt Hagen Eagles 2 – – – – WG (c) 2 1 – – 4 HB Sydney City Roosters 2 – – – – LK Canberra Raiders – – – – – Mt Hagen Eagles 2 – – – – CE Moorebank Rams 2 1 5 – 14 HK Port Moresby Vipers – – – – – Mendi Muruks 1 – – – – Lae Bombers 2 1 – – 4 PR Rabaul Gurias 1 – – – – CE / FE – – – – – FB Mendi Muruks 2 – – – – SR Mt. Hagen Eagles 2 – – – – PR / SR Canberra Raiders 2 – – – – SR Mendi Muruks

South Africa Coach: Tony Fisher Manager: Ockie Oosthuizen PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsPositionClub 2 – – – – SR / LK Pretoria 3 – – – – FE / HB Barea 3 – – – – CE Bay of Plenty (c) 3 – – – – PR Dewsbury Rams 3 – – – – CE 3 – – – – FE / HK Barea 3 – – – – WG Durban 3 – – – – SR / LK Dewsbury Rams 0 – – – – CE Dewsbury Rams 2 – – – – SR South Queensland 1 – – – – HK South Queensland 3 – – – – WG Workington Town 1 – – – – 1 – – – – 1 – – – – LK Durban 1 – – – – PR City Scorpions 1 – – – – Hemel Hempstead 3 – – – – HB / HK Dewsbury Rams 2 – – – – PR Eastern Reds 3 – 4 – 8 FB Eastern Reds 1 – – – – 3 1 – – 4 PR Dewsbury Rams 3 – – – – SR Durban

Tonga Coach: Mike McClennan Manager: Graham Mattson PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsPositionClub – – – – – HK Mu'a Saints 2 – 6 – 12 FB / CE Halifax 2 – – – – FE Moore Park 2 1 – – 4 WG Canberra Raiders 2 2 – – 8 LK Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2 – – – – PR Widnes Vikings 2 – – – – SR Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2 1 – – 4 CE / FB Parramatta Eels 1 – – – – SR Litchfield Bears 1 – – – – Otahuhu 1 1 – – 4 PR Leigh Centurions – – – – – WG Kolomua (c) 2 – – – – HK Auckland Warriors 2 – – – – SR Leeds Rhinos 2 – – – – PR Illawarra Steelers – – – – – SR Newcastle Knights 2 2 – – – WG Canberra Raiders 1 – – – – SR Kolomua 2 – – – – CE / WG Hull Sharks 2 1 – – 4 WG / CE West Belconnen Warriors – – – – – PR Auckland 2 2 – – 8 HB / FE Narrandera

Tonga were hit with the withdrawals of Jim Dymock and John Hopoate, who were both included in the Australian squad, and Gorden Tallis and Albert Fulivai, who both withdrew due to injury.Coffey and Wood The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League

Wales Coach: Clive Griffiths Manager: Mike Nicholas PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsPositionClub 1 – – – – FB Oldham 3 – – – – CE Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks – – – – – LF St Helens 1 – – – – PR Wigan Warriors 3 – – – – HK St Helens (c) 3 – 10 1 21 SO / CE Warrington Wolves 3 1 – – 4 CE / WG Widnes Vikings 3 1 – – 4 SO / SH North Queensland Cowboys 3 – – – – LF / SR Leeds Rhinos – – – – – WG Salford City Reds 2 – – – – CE St Helens – – – – – SH / SO St Helens 2 – – – 4 WG Widnes Vikings 3 – – – – HK Wigan Warriors 3 2 1 1 11 SO / FB Warrington Wolves 2 – – – – PR Warrington Wolves 3 – – – – SR Halifax Blue Sox 1 – – – – SR Halifax Blue Sox 3 1 – – 4 PR Workington Town 2 – – – – SR Wigan Warriors 3 – – – – SR Wigan Warriors – – – – – SH Castleford Tigers 3 4 – – 16 WG St Helens – – – – – SR Salford City Reds 3 – – – – PR Salford City Reds

Western Samoa Coach: Graham Lowe Manager: Fou Solomona PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPointsPositionClub 2 – – – – PR Penrith Panthers 2 – – – – CE / WG Racing Club Albi XIII 1 – – – – WG Sydney City Roosters 2 1 – – 4 WG Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 1 – – – – SR Auckland Warriors – – – – – CE Auckland Warriors 2 3 – – 12 SR St Helens 2 – – – – LK / FE Salford City Reds 2 1 – – 4 PR St Helens – – – – – PR / SR North Queensland Cowboys 2 – – – – SR / HK Auckland Warriors 2 – – – – CE / FE Auckland Warriors (c) 2 – 11 – 22 CE Halifax Blue Sox – – – – – SR North Harbour Sea Eagles 2 – – – – PR Auckland Warriors – – – – – WG Sydney City Roosters 2 1 – – 4 HB Auckland Warriors 2 2 – – 8 SR Auckland Warriors – – – – – Narrandera Lizards 2 2 – – 8 CE Wigan Warriors 2 1 – – 4 FB North Harbour Sea Eagles 2 – – – – SR / LK Auckland Warriors – – – – – FB / FE Wellington City Dukes 2 – – – – PR Auckland Warriors – – – – – CE Auckland Warriors

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External links 1995 Rugby League World Cup Squads rugbyleagueproject.org 1995 Rugby League World Cup Squads The Vault