2017 Rugby League World Cup qualification (Europe play-off)

2017 (2017) RLWC qualification
(Europe play-off)  ()
1 2 Total
ITA 46 30 76
RUS 0 0 0
Date 4 November 2016
Stadium Leigh Sports Village
Location Leigh, Greater Manchester, England
Man of the Match Italy Terry Campese
Referee England Chris Campbell
Attendance 450

The 2017 Rugby League World Cup Europe qualification play-off was a rugby league match that will played on 4 November 2016 at Leigh Sports Village in England. This match decides who is the final European country qualifying for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. Italy defeated the Russia 76-0 to qualify for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Overview

On 3 October 2014, the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying competition was announced with three more qualification places being announced for European countries after England, France and Scotland had already qualified courtesy of reaching the 2013 World Cup knock-out stage.[1]

In the final round of European Qualification there were two groups of 3 with the countries that topped both pools advancing straight into the 2017 World Cup while the teams placed second headed into a one-off play-off match held at the Leigh Sports Village to see who will be the 14th and final country to qualify for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Italy qualified for the play-off match after finishing second in group A. Italy were almost in no need of a play-off match after being 40 minutes away from causing a shock result over Wales in Monza.

Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Attendance
 Serbia 62 14 22 October 2016 Makiš Stadium, Belgrade 1,037
 Wales 14 20 29 October 2016 Stadio Brianteo, Monza 839

While Russia qualified for the play-off match after finishing second in group B.

Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Attendance
 Spain 40 6 15 October 2016 Fili Stadium, Moscow 427
 Ireland 16 70 29 October 2016 Carlisle Grounds, Bray 867

Squads

Both teams squads remained unchanged throughout the qualifiers.

Italy


Club Team Players
Australia Blacktown Workers Dean Parata
Italy Brianza Tigers Patrik Ziliotti
Australia Cairns Brothers Joel Riethmuller
Australia Canterbury Bulldogs Joe Tramontana
Australia Cronulla Sharks Jayden Walker
England Hull Kingston Rovers Terry Campese, Josh Mantellato
France Lézignan Corbieres Christophe Calegari
Italy Lions Brescia Guiseppe Pagani
Australia Mackay Cutters Gavin Hiscox
England Newcastle Thunder Gioele Celerino
Australia Northern Pride Justin Castellaro, Ryan Ghietti, Col Wilkie
Australia North Queensland Cowboys Kieran Quabba
England Oldham Roughyeds Richard Lepori
United States *Sacramento Express Mirco Bergamasco
Australia St. George Illawarra Dragons Shannon Wakeman
Wales South Wales Ironmen Chris Vitalini
Australia Townsville Blackhawks Brenden Santi
Australia Windsor Wolves Ryan Tramonte
Australia Wyong Roos Chris Centrone

Russia


Club Team Players
Russia CSKA Moscow Kirill Kosharin
Russia Dinamo Viacheslav Eremin, Andrey Kuznetsov
Russia *Ivanovo White Sharks Ivan Troitskii
Russia RC Lokomotiv Moscow Vadim Buryak, Leonid Kalinin, Maxim Tsinkovich
Russia Nara Petr Botnarash, Mikhail Burlutskii, Sergey Gaponov, Anatoly Grigorev,
Sergei Konstantinov, Aleksandr Lysokon, Maksim Suchkov, Denis Tiulenev,
Vladimir Vlasyuk, Nikolay Zagoskin
Russia Moscow Fili Anton Iunisov, Iustin Petrushka
Russia Moscow Storm Dmitry Bratko, Igor Chuprin, Vadim Fedchuk

Qualifier

Match details


4 November 2016
Italy  76 – 0  Russia
Tries:
Goals:
Report Tries:
Goals:
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England
Attendance: 450
Referee/s: England Chris Campbell
Man of the Match: Italy Terry Campese
FB 1 Mason Cerruto
RW 2 Chris Centrone
RC 3 Christophe Calegari
LC 4 Col Wilkie
LW 5 Richard Lepori
FE 6 Terry Campese (c)
HB 7 Ryan Ghietti
PR 8 Shannon Wakeman
HK 9 Dean Parata
PR 10 Gavin Hiscox
SR 11 Jayden Walker
SR 12 Brenden Santi
LK 13 Joel Riethmuller
Substitutes:
IC 14 Joseph Tramontana
IC 15 Ryan Tramonte
IC 16 Guiseppe Pagani
IC 17 Gioele Celerino
Coach:
Australia Cameron Ciraldo
FB 2 Maksim Suchkov
RW 5 Vadim Buryak
RC 1 Nikolay Zagoskin
LC 3 Leonid Kalinin
LW 14 Vadim Tsynkovich
SO 6 Aleksandr Lysokon
SH 7 Denis Tiulenev
PR 16 Vadim Fedchuk
HK 9 Vladimir Vlasyuk
PR 10 Ivan Troitskii
SR 12 Mikhail Burlutskii
SR 11 Andrey Kuznetsov
LF 13 Viacheslav Eremin
Substitutes:
IC 17 Igor Chuprin
IC 18 Dmitry Bratko
IC 8 Sergei Konstantinov
IC 4 Petr Botnarash
Coach:
Russia Denis Korolev

With the win Italy became the 14th, and final, team to qualify for the 2017 World Cup.[2]

References

  1. QUALIFICATION DETAILS FOR 2017 RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP ANNOUNCED, rlef.eu.com, 3 August 2014
  2. "Italy take the final RLWC2017 place". rlif.com. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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