Ponga and Walsh lead old rivals into Rugby League World Cup showdown

Electrifying full-backs take centre stage in men’s final before Australia and New Zealand meet again in the women’s decider In so many ways this has been a Rugby League World Cup of change. New formats, new stories, new nations rising and even a rarity for this tournament: a fina

Electrifying full-backs take centre stage in men’s final before Australia and New Zealand meet again in the women’s decider In so many ways this has been a Rugby League World Cup of change. New formats, new stories, new nations rising and even a rarity for this tournament: a financial profit. But for all the evolution and growth witnessed in the past month, the final acts arrive with a familiar international comfort blanket.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is that, while the men’s final in Brisbane is the one everyone expected, Australia and New Zealand are contesting it for the first time since 2013. In 2017, England tried and failed to dethrone the Kangaroos while four years ago it was Samoa who were beaten finalists . Now the Kiwis are next to try.

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