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Indigenous Dreamtime 34–26 New Zealand Maori (not a tournament match) and Australia 30–6 New Zealand at the
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The opening match is the first match of the tournament and usually it has a ceremony to go with it. Often, it features the host nation.
48:. The tournament has taken place fifteen times in irregular intervals, however the tournament is currently happening every four years.
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This was the first match in a double header with
Australia 28–20 England being the other match.
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55:List of opening matches
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1752:Wheelchair World Cup
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71:Winning Team
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77:Losing Team
74:Final score
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42:rugby league
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1291:Tournaments
771:New Zealand
755:New Zealand
707:New Zealand
697:Carlaw Park
667:New Zealand
643:New Zealand
633:Carlaw Park
627:New Zealand
500:New Zealand
436:New Zealand
255:New Zealand
129:New Zealand
89:References
86:Attendance
1851:Categories
1831:Hat-tricks
1238:2020-03-26
1215:References
957:Townsville
1089:Australia
1085:Melbourne
1049:Australia
961:Australia
858:Australia
820:Australia
730:Australia
725:1989–1992
692:Australia
661:1985–1988
602:Australia
511:Marseille
412:Australia
389:Australia
349:Australia
288:Australia
206:Australia
83:Location
767:Auckland
703:Auckland
639:Auckland
575:Toulouse
266:Bradford
1801:Records
1796:History
1662:1989–92
1657:1985–88
1564:1989–92
1559:1985–88
1457:1989–92
1452:1985–88
1343:1989–92
1338:1985–88
1158:43,199
1153:England
1113:England
1094:22,724
1074:England
1030:45,052
1021:Cardiff
966:10,780
922:England
904:33,758
899:England
883:England
840:41,271
835:England
795:England
776:15,000
712:15,327
648:18,000
520:20,748
451:England
394:62,256
332:20,278
327:England
275:20,577
270:England
211:50,077
149:13,240
60:Italics
23:England
1826:Venues
1811:Trophy
1610:Squads
1511:Finals
1162:Report
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1098:Report
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1034:Report
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996:32–16
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970:Report
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934:32–22
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908:Report
895:London
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