Rugby League World Cup 2022: Draw, teams, dates, fixtures, start times, odds

The Kangaroos are defending their Rugby League World Cup title in England. Australia has won the tournament more often than their rivals combined. The star-studded team will include Melbourne's Cameron Munster, Penrith's Nathan Cleary and Roosters' James Tedesco.

The Rugby League World Cup starts on Saturday. It's a men's tournament and a women's one. The wheelchair rugby league World cup will be held alongside the two tournaments. Australia has won 11 of the 15 tournaments held since 1954. Great Britain won three titles and New Zealand claimed one in 2008. Quarter-finalists from the 2017 edition automatically qualified for this year's World Cups. Jamaica and Greece will feature at the World cups for the first time.

The Rugby League World Cup 2022 will be broadcast on Fox League and Kayo Sports. Australia's first game will start at 5.30am on Sunday. The final will take place at 2am November 20th.

Australia have dominated the Rugby League World Cup throughout its history. They've won the two most recent editions, beating England 6-0 in the 2017 final and New Zealand 34-2 in 2013’s decider. The Australian women's team has also succeeded on the world stage, winning the most recently World Cups.

The Kangaroos have been selected for the Rugby League World Cup 2022. The team is made up of players from NRL. Some NRL players will be playing for other countries. New Zealand are among the favourites. England and Greece are also taking part. Australia last played in the World cup in 2008. Mal Meninga's team has 24 players. Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo are in line to make their Australian debuts. Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr are back in representative fold.

Josh Addo-Carr, Matt Burton, Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Patrick Carrigan, Daly Cherry-Evans, Nathan Cleary, Reuben Cotter, Angus Crichton, Campbell Graham, Liam Martin, Cody Munster, Harry Grant, Latrell Mitchell, Cameron Murray, Jeremiah Nanai, Murray Taulagi, James Tedesco, Jake Trbojevic, Jack Wighton, Isaah Yeo, and Liam Martins are the players who will play in the Rugby League World Cup 2022.

The Women's World Cup starts on November 3. Australia, New Zealand, France, Cook Islands, and Brazil are in Group B. England, Papua New Guinea, Canada and Brazilian are on Group A. The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.

Sam Bremner started the year without an NRLW contract after the birth of her second child. Simaima Taufa is one of the most devastating middle forwards in the NRL. The Parramatta captain has featured near the top of competition run metres, post-contact metres and tackles.

Australia and New Zealand play each other in the pool stage. Raecene McGregor is playing against the No. 7 in Brigginshaw.