Andrew Voss has been the voice of every Rugby League World Cup since 2000 but there is one moment from those five tournaments that stands out above the rest.<\/p>\n
\u201cNumber one memory: semi-final, 2013 at Wembley \u2013 a great stadium of the world,” Voss recalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cEngland playing New Zealand, calling the game amongst the England faithful, and they think\u2026 \u2018This is their moment. They\u2019re going to qualify for the final.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Voss has commentated on three World Cups in the UK and will notch his third stripe on home soil at RLWC26; a testament to his love of rugby league and passion for the international game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But as he describes the scene at Wembley on November 23, 2013, it is clear he can still hardly believe what unfolded in front of him.<\/p>\n
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England v Kiwis – Semi Final, 2013<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then Shaun Johnson steps up to the plate in the last minute of what had been one of the greatest games I\u2019ve ever witnessed,\u201d Voss recalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Zealand advanced to the final to play Australia, and England had their hearts broken in the semi-final that they thought was their destiny to win.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2013 semi-final is regarded as an epic World Cup contest, with England’s Sam Burgess and James Graham going toe-to-toe with New Zealand’s Sonny Bill Williams – three of the greatest forwards of the modern era each at the top of their game.<\/p>\n
But it is best remembered for Johnson producing one of the most iconic moments in Rugby League World Cup history on the final play of the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Shaun Johnson can go down as a Test football legend,” Voss said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I do remember is his famous sidestep. He just got the England defence desperate and scrambling, but he popped off to score.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd in Shaun\u2019s own words, he said, \u2018The way the players reacted in that moment was the key to that extraordinary moment.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite calling five World Cups, that moment at a packed-out Wembley was the pinnacle of international rugby league for Voss.<\/p>\n
“I have so many very fond World Cup memories,\u201d Voss said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that\u2019s the biggest World Cup moment I\u2019ve ever seen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWembley is a magic stadium. To play on that stage and to have a World Cup moment like that\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure if you ask Shaun, that\u2019s as good as it gets in his career as well.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Voss is looking forward to calling more iconic World Cup moments as Seven’s lead caller for the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s tournaments.<\/p>\n
Kicking off on October 15 at Allianz Stadium with the heavyweight clash between Australia – the 2025 Ashes series winners – and Pacific Cup champions New Zealand, RLWC26 is set to be the most competitive since the second oldest sporting World Cup began in France in 1954.<\/p>\n
Rugby League World Cup 2026 returns to\u00a0Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Where nations clash, heroes rise, and legends are forged. 3 World Cups. 26 Teams. The World\u2019s Best.\u00a0Tickets are now on sale from $19. Don\u2019t miss the pinnacle of global Rugby League.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Voss has been the voice of every Rugby League World Cup since 2000 but there is one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-886468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}