1968 Rugby League World Cup

1968 (1968) World Cup  ()
Number of teams	4
Host countries	Australia  New Zealand
Winner	Australia (2nd title)
Matches played	7
Attendance	220,683 (31,526 per match)
Points scored	227 (32.43 per match)
Top scorer	Eric Simms (56)
Top try scorers	Lionel Williamson (4) Ron Coote (4) Clive Sullivan (4)
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The 1968 Rugby League World Cup was the fourth World Cup for men’s national teams and was held between 25 May and 10 June and for the first time co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Australia were the Champions after they defeated France in the final.

For the first time a final to determine the World Cup was specifically pre-arranged (previous finals having only been used when teams finished level on points) and the tournament made a profit for the first time.^{[citation needed]}

The 1968 World Cup was the first to be played under limited tackles rules, the number then being four tackles. The round 1 match between Great Britain and Australia attracted an attendance of 62,256, the highest for a World Cup match until 1992.^[1] The final was held at the Sydney Cricket Ground; a crowd of 54,290 watched Australia defeat France.^[1] The stars of the Australian team in the tournament were skipper Johnny Raper, second-rower Ron Coote, who scored spectacular tries in each and every game, and the dead-shot kicker Eric Simms, who harvested a record 25 goals (50 points).