# 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 71 times at the tournament, 70 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. Players who have played for Australia have scored the most hat-tricks with 30 (29 tries 1 field goal), while Papua New Guinea representatives have conceded the most with 11 (all tries).
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 ten hat-tricks have occurred in the knockout stages, six 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, Valentine Holmes (twice) in the 2017 tournament and Josh Addo-Carr in the 2021 edition.
Out of the 70 hat-tricks scored, seven people have achieved the feat twice, these being Ian Schubert, Billy Slater, Akuila Uate, Manu Vatuvei, Jarryd Hayne, Suliasi Vunivalu, Valentine Holmes and Josh Addo-Carr. 15 people have scored an additional try on top of the hat-trick. Holmes and Addo-Carr have scored five tries in a single game, whilst Holmes is the only player to score 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. Billy Smith is the only player to score a hat-trick of field goals, doing so for Australia against France in the 1968 tournament.

## 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 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

Rugby League World Cup hat-tricks by player :
| No. | Player | For | Against | Stage | Result | Venue | Date |
| 1 | Alex Watson | Australia | New Zealand | Group | 34–15 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille | 7 November 1954 |
| 2 | Brian Carlson | Australia | New Zealand | Group | 21–15 | Headingley, Leeds | 1 October 1960 |
| 3 | Clive Sullivan | Great Britain | New Zealand | Group | 38–14 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 8 June 1968 |
| 4 | Bob Fulton | Australia | Great Britain | Group | 21–27 | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 29 October 1972 |
| 5 | Keith Fielding$^4$ | England | France | Group | 48–2 | Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux | 11 October 1975 |
| 6 | Ian Schubert | Australia | Wales | Group | 18–6 | St. Helen's, Swansea | 19 October 1975 |
| 7 | Ken Gill | England | New Zealand | Group | 27–12 | Odsal Stadium, Bradford | 25 October 1975 |
| 8 | Ian Schubert | Australia | England | Group | 13–16 | Central Park, Wigan | 1 November 1975 |
| 9 | Dale Shearer$^4$ | Australia | France | Group | 52–0 | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 13 December 1986 |
| 10 | Garry Jack | Australia | France | Group | 52–0 | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 13 December 1986 |
| 11 | Shane Horo | New Zealand | Papua New Guinea | Group | 66–14 | Carlaw Park, Auckland | 10 July 1988 |
| 12 | Kevin Iro | New Zealand | Papua New Guinea | Group | 66–14 | Carlaw Park, Auckland | 10 July 1988 |
| 13 | Michael O'Connor$^4$ | Australia | Papua New Guinea | Group | 70–8 | Eric Weissel Oval, Wagga Wagga | 20 July 1988 |
| 14 | Dave Watson | New Zealand | France | Group | 34–0 | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 3 December 1989 |
| 15 | Brad Mackay | Australia | France | Group | 34–2 | Pioneer Oval, Parkes | 27 June 1990 |
| 16 | Willie Carne | Australia | Papua New Guinea | Group | 40–6 | PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby | 13 October 1991 |
| 17 | Richie Blackmore | New Zealand | Papua New Guinea | Group | 66–10 | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | 5 July 1992 |
| 18 | Anthony Sullivan | Wales | France | Group | 28–6 | Ninian Park, Cardiff | 9 October 1995 |
| 19 | John Hopoate | Australia | South Africa | Group | 86–6 | Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead | 10 October 1995 |
| 20 | Brett Dallas | Australia | Fiji | Group | 66–0 | Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield | 14 October 1995 |
| 21 | Tevita Vaikona$^4$ | Tonga | South Africa | Group | 66–18 | Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris | 28 October 2000 |
| 22 | Atunasia Vunivialu | Fiji | Russia | Group | 38–12 | Craven Park, Hull | 29 October 2000 |
| 23 | Kris Tassell | Wales | Cook Islands | Group | 38–6 | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham | 29 October 2000 |
| 24 | Mat Rogers$^4$ | Australia | Fiji | Group | 66–8 | Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead | 1 November 2000 |
| 25 | Kevin Sinfield | England | Russia | Group | 76–4 | Knowsley Road, St Helens | 1 November 2000 |
| 26 | Jamie Peacock | England | Fiji | Group | 66–10 | Headingley, Leeds | 4 November 2000 |
| 27 | Wendell Sailor$^4$ | Australia | Russia | Group | 110–4 | The Boulevard, Hull | 4 November 2000 |
| 28 | Ryan Girdler | Australia | Russia | Group | 110–4 | The Boulevard, Hull | 4 November 2000 |
| 29 | Lesley Vainikolo | New Zealand | Wales | Group | 58–18 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 5 November 2000 |
| 30 | Pascal Jampy | France | South Africa | Group | 56–6 | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse | 5 November 2000 |
| 31 | Bryan Fletcher | Australia | Samoa | Quarter-final | 66–10 | Vicarage Road, Watford | 11 November 2000 |
| 32 | Robbie Paul | New Zealand | France | Quarter-final | 54–6 | Wheldon Road, Castleford | 12 November 2000 |
| 33 | Lee Smith | England | Papua New Guinea | Group | 32–22 | Willows Sports Complex, Townsville | 25 October 2008 |
| 34 | Damien Blanch | Ireland | Tonga | Group | 20–22 | Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta | 27 October 2008 |
| 35 | Akuila Uate | Fiji | France | Group | 42–6 | Wollongong Showground, Wollongong | 1 November 2008 |
| 36 | Billy Slater | Australia | England | Group | 52–4 | Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | 2 November 2008 |
| 37 | Pat Richards | Ireland | Samoa | Group | 34–16 | Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta | 5 November 2008 |
| 38 | Manu Vatuvei$^4$ | New Zealand | England | Group | 36–24 | Newcastle International Sports Centre, Newcastle | 8 November 2008 |
| 39 | David Williams | Australia | Papua New Guinea | Group | 46–6 | Willows Sports Complex, Townsville | 9 November 2008 |
| 40 | Billy Slater | Australia | Fiji | Semi-final | 52–0 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 16 November 2008 |
| 41 | Johnathan Thurston | Australia | Fiji | Semi-final | 52–0 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 16 November 2008 |
| 42 | Manu Vatuvei | New Zealand | Samoa | Group | 42–24 | Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington | 27 October 2013 |
| 43 | Akuila Uate | Fiji | Ireland | Group | 32–14 | Spotland Stadium, Rochdale | 28 October 2013 |
| 44 | Ryan Hall | England | Ireland | Group | 42–0 | Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield | 2 November 2013 |
| 45 | Antonio Winterstein | Samoa | Papua New Guinea | Group | 38–4 | Craven Park, Hull | 4 November 2013 |
| 46 | Chris Taripo | Cook Islands | Tonga | Group | 16–22 | Leigh Sports Village, Leigh | 5 November 2013 |
| 47 | Sonny Bill Williams | New Zealand | Papua New Guinea | Group | 56–10 | Headingley, Leeds | 8 November 2013 |
| 48 | Jarryd Hayne$^4$ | Australia | United States | Quarter-final | 62–0 | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham | 16 November 2013 |
| 49 | Brett Morris$^4$ | Australia | United States | Quarter-final | 62–0 | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham | 16 November 2013 |
| 50 | Jarryd Hayne | Australia | Fiji | Semi-final | 64–0 | Wembley Stadium, London | 23 November 2013 |
| 51 | David Mead | Papua New Guinea | Wales | Group | 50–6 | PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby | 28 October 2017 |
| 52 | Michael Jennings | Tonga | Scotland | Group | 50–4 | Barlow Park, Cairns | 29 October 2017 |
| 53 | Wade Graham$^4$ | Australia | France | Group | 52–6 | Canberra Stadium, Canberra | 3 November 2017 |
| 54 | Te Maire Martin | New Zealand | Scotland | Group | 74–6 | Rugby League Park, Christchurch | 4 November 2017 |
| 55 | Suliasi Vunivalu | Fiji | Wales | Group | 72–6 | Willows Sports Complex, Townsville | 5 November 2017 |
| 56 | Suliasi Vunivalu | Fiji | Italy | Group | 38–10 | Canberra Stadium, Canberra | 10 November 2017 |
| 57 | David Fusitu'a | Tonga | New Zealand | Group | 28–22 | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton | 11 November 2017 |
| 58 | Justin Olam | Papua New Guinea | United States | Group | 64–0 | PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby | 12 November 2017 |
| 59 | Valentine Holmes$^5$ | Australia | Samoa | Quarter-final | 46–0 | Darwin Stadium, Darwin | 17 November 2017 |
| 60 | Valentine Holmes$^6$ | Australia | Fiji | Semi-final | 54–6 | Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane | 24 November 2017 |
| 61 | Jake Maizen | Italy | Scotland | Group | 28–4 | Headingley Stadium, Leeds | 16 October 2022 |
| 62 | Josh Addo-Carr$^4$ | Australia | Scotland | Group | 84–0 | Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry | 21 October 2022 |
| 63 | Campbell Graham | Australia | Scotland | Group | 84–0 | Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry | 21 October 2022 |
| 64 | Dallin Watene-Zelezniak$^4$ | New Zealand | Jamaica | Group | 68–6 | MKM Stadium, Hull | 22 October 2022 |
| 65 | Daniel Tupou | Tonga | Wales | Group | 32–6 | Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens | 24 October 2022 |
| 66 | Dom Young$^4$ | England | Greece | Group | 94–4 | Bramall Lane, Sheffield | 29 October 2022 |
| 67 | Tesi Niu | Tonga | Cook Islands | Group | 92–10 | Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough | 30 October 2022 |
| 68 | Will Penisini$^4$ | Tonga | Cook Islands | Group | 92–10 | Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough | 30 October 2022 |
| 69 | Taylan May$^4$ | Samoa | France | Group | 62–4 | Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington | 30 October 2022 |
| 70 | Josh Addo-Carr$^5$ | Australia | Lebanon | Quarter-final | 48–4 | Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield | 4 November 2022 |

### Field goals

Rugby League World Cup 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 | |

### Multiple hat-tricks

Multiple Rugby League World Cup hat-tricks by player :
| 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 |
| Josh Addo-Carr | 2 | 2021 |

### Hat-tricks by each national team

Rugby League World Cup hat-tricks by 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 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| England | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Tonga | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Fiji | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Wales | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Samoa | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| France | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Scotland | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Russia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| South Africa | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| United States | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |