Group A of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup is one of four groups in the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, which will be played in 2022. The group comprises hosts England as well as automatic qualifiers Samoa, 2018 European Champions France, and Greece, who qualified through the 2019 European play-off tournament.

The pool draw was made on 16 January 2020.^[1] The fixtures were announced on 21 July 2020.^[2] A revised schedule was issued on 19 November 2021 following the postponement of the tournament from 2021 to 2022.^[3] The Samoa vs France match was played as a double-header with the final of the 2021 Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup.^[4]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	3	0	0	196	28	+168	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Samoa	3	2	0	1	140	68	+72	4
3	France	3	1	0	2	56	116	−60	2
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	20	200	−180	0

15 October 2022 14:30 BST (UTC+01:00)

England	60–6	Samoa
Tries: Welsby 22' Young (2) 25', 30' Watkins 49' Farnworth 65' Whitehead (2) 69', 71' Makinson 74' Williams 76' Burgess 80' Goals: Makinson (10/12) 6' pen, 23', 26', 49', 63' pen, 66', 69', 71', 74', 79'	Report	Tries: Tago 34' Goals: Crichton (1/1) 35'

St James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 43,199 Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia) Touch judges: Jack Smith (England), Warren Turley (England) Player of the Match: Victor Radley (England)

17 October 2022 19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)

France	34–12	Greece
Tries: Dezaria 9' Gigot 30' Jullien (2) 34', 74' Mourgue 47' Goals: Mourgue (7/7) 10', 24' pen, 30', 36', 49', 67' pen, 76'	Report	Tries: Taukamo 56' Mougios 79' Goals: Ilias (2/2) 58', 80'

Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster Attendance: 4,182 Referee: Adam Gee (Australia) Touch judges: Kasey Badger (Australia), James Vella (England) Player of the Match: Benjamin Garcia (France)

22 October 2022 17:00 BST (UTC+01:00)

England	42–18	France
Tries: Hall (2) 6', 12' Thompson 24' Whitehead 45' Radley 50' Young (2) 57', 66' Goals: Sneyd (7/7) 8', 13', 26', 46', 51’, 58', 67'	Report	Tries: Mourgue 29' Pelissier 33' Romano 76' Goals: Mourgue (3/3) 30', 33', 77'

University of Bolton Stadium, Bolton Attendance: 23,648 Referee: Gerard Sutton (Australia) Touch judges: Liam Moore (England), Todd Smith (Australia) Player of the Match: George Williams (England)

Team details

England		Position	France
Name	Number		Number	Name
Sam Tomkins	1	Fullback	1	Morgan Escare
Ryan Hall	5	Wing	2	Arthur Romano
Kallum Watkins	3	Centre	3	Samisoni Langi
Herbie Farnworth	4	Centre	4	Matthieu Laguerre
Dom Young	14	Wing	6	Arthur Mourgue
Marc Sneyd	21	Stand off/Five eighth	7	Tony Gigot
George Williams	7	Scrum half/Half back	8	Jordan Dezaria
Tom Burgess  80'	8	Prop forward	9	Alrix Da Costa
Michael McIlorum	9	Hooker	10	Lambert Belmas
Chris Hill	18	Prop forward	11	Benjamin Jullien
Elliot Whitehead	11	Second row	12	Paul Séguier
John Bateman	12	Second row	13	Benjamin Garcia
Victor Radley	13	Loose forward/Lock forward	17	Mickael Goudemand
Jack Welsby	6	Interchange	14	Eloi Pelissier
Luke Thompson	10	Interchange	15	Justin Sangare
Andy Ackers	19	Interchange	16	Gadwin Springer
Mikolaj Oledzki	23	Interchange	19	Corentin Le Cam
Shaun Wane		Coach
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23 October 2022 17:00 BST (UTC+01:00)

Samoa	72–4	Greece
Tries: To'o 1' Paulo 5' Levi 16', 70' Harris-Tavita 22', 60' Hunt 30' Luai 33' Lafai (2) 37', 80' Brown 53' Crichton 56' Feagai 64' Goals: Crichton (10/13) 3', 5', 17', 23', 31', 34', 38', 54', 61', 71'	Report	Tries: Ilias 49' Goals: Ilias (0/1)

Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster Attendance: 4,415 Referee: James Child (England) Touch judges: Liam Rush (England), Robert Hicks (England) Player of the Match: Jarome Luai (Samoa)

29 October 2022 14:30 BST (UTC+01:00)

England	94–4	Greece
Tries: Lees 3' Young (4) 13', 25', 35', 37' Hall (2) 28', 59' Burgess (2) 33', 53' Williams 40' Makinson 43' Sneyd 49' Batchelor 63' Ackers (2) 67', 75' Pearce-Paul 73' McMeeken 77' Goals: Sneyd (13/17) 4', 27', 34', 36', 39', 40', 43', 50', 55', 60', 68', 76', 77'	Report	Tries: Taukamo 18' Goals: Ilias (0/1)

Bramall Lane, Sheffield Attendance: 18,760 Referee: Belinda Sharpe (Australia) Touch judges: Marcus Griffiths (England), Wyatt Raymond (Australia) Player of the Match: Marc Sneyd (England)

30 October 2022 17:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)

Samoa	62–4	France
Tries: Lafai (2) 4', 66' To'o (2) 17', 47' Ta. May (4) 21', 34', 40', 44' Milford (2) 62', 74' Harris-Tavita 69' Goals: Crichton (9/11) 5', 22', 36', 40', 45', 48', 64', 70', 75'	Report	Tries: Yaha 53' Goals: Mourgue (0/1)

Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Attendance: 6,756 Referee: Todd Smith (Australia) Touch judges: Liam Rush (England), Warren Turley (England)

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