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World Cup winners

Year Country
1954 Great Britain
1957 Australia
1960 Great Britain
1968 Australia
1970 Australia
1972 Great Britain
1975 Australia
1977 Australia
1985–88 Australia
1989–92 Australia
1995 Australia
2000 Australia
2008 New Zealand

The strength of rugby league in Australia is apparent in this list of World Cup winners from 1954 through to 2008.

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John Coffey, Rugby league – International competition, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/39068/world-cup-winners (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Coffey, published 30 November 2012.