Dates and venues announced for Rugby League World Cup 2021

England Women will play their Rugby League World Cup group matches at Headingley and Anfield after the full schedule for the event was released today. 

The 2021 World Cup, being played alongside the men's and wheelchair tournaments for the first time, will take place in England in November.

England's opening fixture in Group A is against Brazil in Leeds on Tuesday 9 November in a double header, with Papua New Guinea facing Canada at the same venue.

Canada are next up for England at Anfield on Saturday 13 November and will be followed by one of the men's quarter-finals. 

Their last group game is back at Headingley where they take on Papua New Guinea. Australia, New Zealand, France and the Cook Islands make up Group B.

Both semi-finals will be played at York's LNER Community Stadium on Monday 22 November, with the final taking place on the same day and at the same venue as the men's final at Old Trafford on Saturday 27 November.

New Rugby Football League president Clare Balding has already hailed the World Cup as a unique opportunity to grow participation and potential sponsorship in women's rugby league.

The full list of Rugby League World Cup 2021 fixtures can be found here.