1992 Rugby League World Cup Final
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| Date | 24 October 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Wembley Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Location | London, England | ||||||||||||
| Man of the Match |
Steve Walters 
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| Referees |
Dennis Hale 
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| Attendance | 73,631 | ||||||||||||
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The 1992 Rugby League World Cup final was the conclusive game of the 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup tournament and was played between Great Britain and Australia on 24 October 1992 at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. Australia won the final by 10 points to 6 in front of an international record crowd of 73,631. Australia, the defending champions, won the Rugby League World Cup for the 7th time.
The crowd of 73,631 at Wembley set a new international rugby league attendance record, eclipsing the previous record of 70,204 established during the first test of the 1932 Ashes series at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia.
The Mal Reilly coached Great Britain started their World Cup campaign on 11 November 1989 when they defeated New Zealand 10-6 at Central Park in Wigan. Until the Final, The Lions won another 4 games while losing 3.
Nine of the 17 selected players for the Lions were from the 1992 RFL champions Wigan.
Australia began their World Cup campaign with a 22-14 win over New Zealand in the third test of the 1989 Trans-Tasman series in Auckland on 23 July 1989. The Bob Fulton coached Kangaroos would win all 8 of their qualifying games.
Seven of the players selected for Australia were members of the Brisbane Broncos 1992 NSWRL premiership winning team.
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