1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament

The 1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament was held alongside the Centenary Rugby League World Cup. Although the competition received little build-up or promotion, the novelty value of the teams taking part encourage relatively large crowds, and the competition was a success. A crowd of 4,147 was present at Gigg Lane, Bury for the final between the Cook Islands and Ireland.

Contents

Group A

Results

October 16
Cook Islands  64–6  United States Post Office Road, Featherstone
October 16
Scotland  34–9  Russia Post Office Road, Featherstone
October 18
Cook Islands  58–20  Russia Hilton Park, Leigh
October 18
Scotland  38–16  United States Sixfields, Northampton
October 20
Cook Islands  21–10  Scotland Wheldon Road, Castleford
October 20
Russia  28–26  United States Wilderspool, Warrington

Final standings

Team Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff Points
 Cook Islands 3 3 0 0 143 36 +107 6
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 82 46 +36 4
 Russia 3 1 0 2 57 118 −61 2
 United States 3 0 0 3 48 130 −82 0

Group B

Results

October 16
Ireland  48–26  Moldova Spotlands, Rochdale
October 18
Moldova  24–19  Morocco Sixfields, Northampton
October 20
Ireland  42–6  Morocco Crown Flatt, Dewsbury

Final standings

Team Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff Points
 Ireland 2 2 0 0 90 32 +58 4
 Moldova 2 1 0 1 50 67 -17 2
 Morocco 2 0 0 2 25 66 −41 0

Final

October 24
Cook Islands  22–6  Ireland Gigg Lane, Bury
Attendance: 4147

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