The 1995 Rugby League World Cup was held during October in the United Kingdom. It was the eleventh staging of the Rugby League World Cup and was marketed as the Halifax Centenary World Cup, reflecting the tournament's sponsorship and the fact that 1995 marked the 100th birthday of the sport. 

Envisaged as a celebration of rugby league football, the size of the competition was doubled with four additional teams being invited to the tournament and Great Britain being split between England and Wales (Scotland and Ireland taking part in the Emerging Nations Tournament). The Emerging Nations Tournament was held alongside the main event, giving teams that had failed to qualify a chance of silverware.

The cup was acclaimed a great success. Although many early matches did prove as one-sided as feared, fans still flocked to see "exotic" nations such as Fiji, Tonga and South Africa, mainly for the novelty value of such encounters. Large home crowds for the group involving Wales proved particularly encouraging.

The final between Australia and England drew a crowd of 66,540 to Wembley Stadium.

October 28th 1995

Wembley, London

Referee: Stuart Cummings (England)

Attendance: 66,540

Australia: Brasher, Wishart, Coyne, Hill, Dallas, Fittler (C), Toovey, Pay, A Johns, Carroll, Menzies, Larson, Dymock. Subs: Smith, O'Davis, M Johns, Kosef

Tries: Wishart, Brasher. Goals: A Johns 4

England: Radlinski, Robinson, Connolly, Newlove, Offiah, Smith, Goulding, Harrison, Jackson, Platt, Betts (C), Clarke, Farrell. Subs: Pinkney, Mather, Cassidy, Joynt

Try: Newlove. Goals: Goulding 2