List of Rugby League World Cup hat-tricks

The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament which has been played at various intervals since 1954. Hat-tricks have been achieved 61 times at the tournament, 60 times with tries and just once with field goals. The first player to do this was Alex Watson, who achieved the feat for Australia against New Zealand in the inaugural tournament.[1] Players who have played for Australia have scored the most hat-tricks with 27 (26 tries 1 field goal), while Papua New Guinea representatives have conceded the most with 11 (all tries).

Valentine Holmes scored 11 tries in two matches in the 2017 World Cup against Samoa and Fiji.

Hat-tricks are more of a common occurrence in the group stages, as the match-ups usually place higher-ranked teams against lower-ranked teams. Just nine hat-tricks have occurred in the knockout stages, five happening in the quarter-finals and four in the semi-finals. They have been scored by Bryan Fletcher and Robbie Paul in the 2000 tournament, Billy Slater and Johnathan Thurston in the 2008 edition, Jarryd Hayne (twice) and Brett Morris in the 2013 competition and Valentine Holmes (twice) in the 2017 tournament.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Out of the 61 hat-tricks scored, six people have achieved the feat twice, these being Ian Schubert, Billy Slater, Akuila Uate, Manu Vatuvei, Jarryd Hayne, Suliasi Vunivalu and Valentine Holmes. Ten people have scored an additional try on top of the hat-trick. Valentine Holmes is the only player to score both five and six tries in a single game. Four players have scored hat-tricks while being on the losing side, these being Bob Fulton, Ian Schubert, Damien Blanch and Chris Taripo.[8][9][10][11] Billy Smith is the only player to score a hat-trick of field goals, doing so for Australia against France in the 1968 tournament.[12]

Hat-tricks
Key
Player The player who scored the hat-trick
For The team the player scored the hat-trick for
Against The team the player scored the hat-trick against
Stage The stage of the tournament at which the hat-trick was scored
Result The end result of the match
Venue The stadium and city where the match was played
Date The date the hat-trick was scored
4 Player scored four tries
5 Player scored five tries
6 Player scored six tries

Tries
No. Player For Against Stage Result Venue Date Reference
1 Alex Watson  Australia  New Zealand Group 34–15 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 7 November 1954 [1]
2 Brian Carlson  Australia  New Zealand Group 21–15 Headingley, Leeds 1 October 1960 [13]
3 Clive Sullivan  Great Britain  New Zealand Group 38–14 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 8 June 1968 [14]
4 Bob Fulton  Australia  Great Britain Group 21–27 Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan 29 October 1972 [8]
5 Keith Fielding4  England  France Group 48–2 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 11 October 1975 [15]
6 Ian Schubert  Australia  Wales Group 18–6 St. Helen's, Swansea 19 October 1975 [16]
7 Ken Gill  England  New Zealand Group 27–12 Odsal Stadium, Bradford 25 October 1975 [17]
8 Ian Schubert  Australia  England Group 13–16 Central Park, Wigan 1 November 1975 [9]
9 Dale Shearer4  Australia  France Group 52–0 Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne 13 December 1986 [18]
10 Garry Jack  Australia  France Group 52–0 Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne 13 December 1986 [18]
11 Shane Horo  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea Group 66–14 Carlaw Park, Auckland 10 July 1988 [19]
12 Kevin Iro  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea Group 66–14 Carlaw Park, Auckland 10 July 1988 [19]
13 Michael O'Connor4  Australia  Papua New Guinea Group 70–8 Eric Weissel Oval, Wagga Wagga 20 July 1988 [20]
14 Dave Watson  New Zealand  France Group 34–0 Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne 3 December 1989 [21]
15 Brad Mackay  Australia  France Group 34–2 Pioneer Oval, Parkes 27 June 1990 [22]
16 Willie Carne  Australia  Papua New Guinea Group 40–6 PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby 13 October 1991 [23]
17 Richie Blackmore  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea Group 66–10 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 5 July 1992 [24]
18 Anthony Sullivan  Wales  France Group 28–6 Ninian Park, Cardiff 9 October 1995 [25]
19 John Hopoate  Australia  South Africa Group 86–6 Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead 10 October 1995 [26]
20 Brett Dallas  Australia  Fiji Group 66–0 Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield 14 October 1995 [27]
21 Tevita Vaikona4  Tonga  South Africa Group 66–18 Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 28 October 2000 [28]
22 Atunasia Vunivialu  Fiji  Russia Group 38–12 Craven Park, Hull 29 October 2000 [29]
23 Kris Tassell  Wales  Cook Islands Group 38–6 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 29 October 2000 [30]
24 Mat Rogers4  Australia  Fiji Group 66–8 Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead 1 November 2000 [31]
25 Kevin Sinfield  England  Russia Group 76–4 Knowsley Road, St Helens 1 November 2000 [32]
26 Jamie Peacock  England  Fiji Group 66–10 Headingley, Leeds 4 November 2000 [33]
27 Wendell Sailor4  Australia  Russia Group 110–4 The Boulevard, Hull 4 November 2000 [34]
28 Ryan Girdler  Australia  Russia Group 110–4 The Boulevard, Hull 4 November 2000 [34]
29 Lesley Vainikolo  New Zealand  Wales Group 58–18 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 5 November 2000 [35]
30 Pascal Jampy  France  South Africa Group 56–6 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse 5 November 2000 [36]
31 Bryan Fletcher  Australia  Samoa Quarter-final 66–10 Vicarage Road, Watford 11 November 2000 [2]
32 Robbie Paul  New Zealand  France Quarter-final 54–6 Wheldon Road, Castleford 12 November 2000 [3]
33 Lee Smith  England  Papua New Guinea Group 32–22 Willows Sports Complex, Townsville 25 October 2008 [37]
34 Damien Blanch  Ireland  Tonga Group 20–22 Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta 27 October 2008 [10]
35 Akuila Uate  Fiji  France Group 42–6 Wollongong Showground, Wollongong 1 November 2008 [38]
36 Billy Slater  Australia  England Group 52–4 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 2 November 2008 [39]
37 Pat Richards  Ireland  Samoa Group 34–16 Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta 5 November 2008 [40]
38 Manu Vatuvei4  New Zealand  England Group 36–24 Newcastle International Sports Centre, Newcastle 8 November 2008 [41]
39 David Williams  Australia  Papua New Guinea Group 46–6 Willows Sports Complex, Townsville 9 November 2008 [42]
40 Billy Slater  Australia  Fiji Semi-final 52–0 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 16 November 2008 [4]
41 Johnathan Thurston  Australia  Fiji Semi-final 52–0 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 16 November 2008 [4]
42 Manu Vatuvei  New Zealand  Samoa Group 42–24 Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington 27 October 2013 [43]
43 Akuila Uate  Fiji  Ireland Group 32–14 Spotland Stadium, Rochdale 28 October 2013 [44]
44 Ryan Hall  England  Ireland Group 42–0 Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield 2 November 2013 [45]
45 Antonio Winterstein  Samoa  Papua New Guinea Group 38–4 Craven Park, Hull 4 November 2013 [46]
46 Chris Taripo  Cook Islands  Tonga Group 16–22 Leigh Sports Village, Leigh 5 November 2013 [11]
47 Sonny Bill Williams  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea Group 56–10 Headingley, Leeds 8 November 2013 [47]
48 Jarryd Hayne4  Australia  United States Quarter-final 62–0 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 16 November 2013 [6]
49 Brett Morris4  Australia  United States Quarter-final 62–0 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 16 November 2013 [6]
50 Jarryd Hayne  Australia  Fiji Semi-final 64–0 Wembley Stadium, London 23 November 2013 [5]
51 David Mead  Papua New Guinea  Wales Group 50–6 PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby 28 October 2017 [48]
52 Michael Jennings  Tonga  Scotland Group 50–4 Barlow Park, Cairns 29 October 2017 [49]
53 Wade Graham4  Australia  France Group 52–6 Canberra Stadium, Canberra 3 November 2017 [50]
54 Te Maire Martin  New Zealand  Scotland Group 74–6 Rugby League Park, Christchurch 4 November 2017 [51]
55 Suliasi Vunivalu  Fiji  Wales Group 72–6 Willows Sports Complex, Townsville 5 November 2017 [52]
56 Suliasi Vunivalu  Fiji  Italy Group 38–10 Canberra Stadium, Canberra 10 November 2017 [53]
57 David Fusitu'a  Tonga  New Zealand Group 28–22 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 11 November 2017 [54]
58 Justin Olam  Papua New Guinea  United States Group 64–0 PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby 12 November 2017 [55]
59 Valentine Holmes5  Australia  Samoa Quarter-final 46–0 Darwin Stadium, Darwin 17 November 2017 [7]
60 Valentine Holmes6  Australia  Fiji Semi-final 54–6 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane 24 November 2017 [7]

Field goals
No. Player For Against Stage Result Venue Date Reference
1 Billy Smith  Australia  France Group 37–4 Lang Park, Brisbane 8 June 1968 [12]

Multiple hat-tricks
Player No. Tournament(s)
Ian Schubert 2 1975
Billy Slater 2 2008
Akuila Uate 2 2008, 2013
Manu Vatuvei 2 2008, 2013
Jarryd Hayne 2 2013
Suliasi Vunivalu 2 2017
Valentine Holmes 2 2017

Hat-tricks by each national team
Team Hat-tricks for (tries) Hat-tricks against (tries) Hat-tricks for (field goals) Hat-tricks against (field goals) Hat-tricks for (total) Hat-tricks against (total)
 Australia 26 0 1 0 27 0
 New Zealand 10 5 0 0 10 5
 England 6 3 0 0 6 3
 Fiji 5 7 0 0 5 7
 Tonga 3 2 0 0 3 2
 Papua New Guinea 2 11 0 0 2 11
 Wales 2 4 0 0 2 4
 Ireland 2 2 0 0 2 2
 France 1 9 0 1 1 10
 Samoa 1 3 0 0 1 3
 Great Britain 1 1 0 0 1 1
 Cook Islands 1 1 0 0 1 1
 Russia 0 4 0 0 0 4
 South Africa 0 3 0 0 0 3
 United States 0 3 0 0 0 3
 Scotland 0 2 0 0 0 2

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