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The semi-final round of the Wheelchair World Cup has concluded this evening, and with just the final round to go, every team has something to play for! A six-try effort to Dany Deluwelaere, and five for Damein Dore, was more than enough for France to book their World Cup final spot, defeating Ireland 82-26, while a five-try effort from Robert Hawkins was backed by a hat-trick for Mason Billington and doubles for Joe Coyd and Jack Brown as England defeated the hosts Australia 86-18, booking their own spot in the final. The consolation prize for Australia and Ireland is they now get to play for third place at the World Cup on Friday night, and the contests for fifth and seventh place are on Thursday.

The World Cup team lists have been announced! Ronaldo Mulitalo has been brought back into his spot on the left wing following his one match suspension, the only change to either side's 19 following the semi finals. Please enjoy our graphics depicting the edge match-ups!

It’s time for a new era !

Forget the officiating at the moment. A fairer and more logical discussion would be the scheduling of the tournament. Australia and New Zealand played a big battle in the first week and both were a little flat the second week before resuming normal transmission in week 3. Tonga and Samoa played a war in week 3 and had to play a semi-final and the physical and emotional battle definitely took its toll on both of them in their respective matches this week.

Australia have officially booked their place in the 2026 World Cup Final, continuing their win streak with a 44-12 victory. Australia's win streak in World Cups dates back to the 2008 final, winning their last 22 games including three finals. A Reece Walsh hat-trick of tries and a Cameron Munster hat-trick of try assists helped Australia extend their half-time lead, while Francis Manuleleua became the first man to concede a penalty for a shoulder to the head while his team was running the ball, preventing a crafty Luai grubber from being converted into points for Tabuai-Fidow. Tempers continued to flare throughout the second half as Gee had his hands full.

Poor discipline has plagued Samoa as Australia lead 26-2 at half time. Samoa took the lead early thanks to a penalty goal, but poor defensive reads allowed three quick tries to the Australian side. A bunker call, that the crowd loudly protested, prevented Stephen Crichton from closing the margin ten minutes from half time, as Reece Walsh gave the Australian fans a heart attack following a backflip-gone-wrong try celebration. Tempers flared following an ugly tackle from Jarome Luai on Jack Bostock, as Spencer Leniu did his best Gorden Tallis impersonation and got himself sin-binned just before half time for dissent. Australia had a strong wind at their back for the first half, with gusts reaching 50km/h, though Samoa still have a mammoth task ahead of them to try and overturn this deficit.

Now it’s official: the Jillaroos are the team progressing through to the World Cup Final after defeating the Fiji Bulikula 30-14 this afternoon. After a nail biting first half, three second-half tries to Abbi Church have ensured that it’s the Australians who earn the right to play New Zealand next week. Fiji have had an incredible run, where they managed to take the fight to both World Cup finalists despite it being their first World Cup campaign.

In the Jillaroos' last 10 matches before today's semi final, they won all 10 by an aggregate scoreline of 564-26, with opponents scoring just 6 tries across those matches. With the benefits of a strong wind behind them, as well as making the most of nearly every opportnity they created, the Fiji Bulikula are level with the Jillaroos! A very fast start for Fiji saw them lead 8-0 after 20 minutes before a late resurgence from the Jillaroos saw them draw level. The Jillaroos made a very uncharacteristic 6 first-half errors, while South Sydney five-eighth Luisa Yaranamua has been near faultless scoring all eight of Fiji's points in an incredible first half for the spectators.