{"id":814169,"date":"2026-10-26T06:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/814169\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T06:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:38:11","slug":"englands-potential-rugby-league-world-cup-sf-venue-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/814169\/","title":{"rendered":"England’s potential Rugby League World Cup SF venue confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

If England<\/a>\u2019s men defy the odds and make it into the knockouts of the Rugby League World Cup, their semi-final will be played on Sunday, November 8 at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney against Australia.<\/p>\n

Australian outfit Channel 7 are the broadcaster screening this year\u2019s World Cup in Australia \u2013 and the UK\u2019s streaming service Premier Sports piggyback on their coverage.<\/p>\n

Appearing on Channel 7 on Sunday, leading journalist Pete Badel revealed that both the Kangaroos and Jillaroos would be involved on the same semi-final day, with their double-header coming on Sunday, November 8.<\/p>\n

Kevin Walters\u2019 Kangaroos beat both New Zealand and Fiji, so are now guaranteed to top Pool A.<\/p>\n

They will face the runners-up of Pool B\/C in the semi-final, and if England do progress, it will be in that spot.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, that means England\u2019s men would meet Australia in the semi-finals of the World Cup in Sydney if they progressed, which would still take a huge points swing.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s potential World Cup semi-final venue locked in as allocations revealed<\/p>\n

The Jillaroos are also guaranteed to top Group A in the women\u2019s tournament, having seen off both Samoa and England without conceding a single point.<\/p>\n

Their semi-final in Sydney on November 8 will see them take on the runners-up in Group B, which will be one of Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Notably, England\u2019s women are in Group A. They must beat Samoa this weekend to qualify, and if they do, their semi-final will be played on Saturday, November 7 in Newcastle at the McDonald Jones Stadium.<\/p>\n

If they qualify, it will be as runners-up, so Stuart Barrow\u2019s side would face the winners of Group B \u2013 again, to be decided between PNG, Fiji and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s and men\u2019s finals are also set to be played out as a double-header on Sunday, November 15 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

Both England\u2019s men and women face a tough task to make the semis, but if they do as runners-up in their respective pools, they now know where they will be headed.<\/p>\n

2026 World Cup semi-finals<\/p>\n

All kick-off times stated correspond to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)<\/p>\n

Saturday, November 7 \u2013 McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s: Winners of Group B v Runners-up in Group A \u2013 6.55am KO
\nMen\u2019s: Winners of Pool B\/C v Runners-up in Pool A \u2013 9.05am KO<\/p>\n

Sunday, November 8 \u2013 Allianz Stadium, Sydney<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s: Australia (Winners of Group A) v Runners-up in Group B \u2013 6.55am KO
\nMen\u2019s: Australia (Winners of Pool A) v Runners-up in Pool B\/C \u2013 9.05am KO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If England\u2019s men defy the odds and make it into the knockouts of the Rugby League World Cup,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-814169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}