Australia win Halifax Students World Cup

Rugby League

Australia cruised to an emphatic 52-5 win over Russia at The Valley in the Halifax Students World Cup yesterday, with the substitute Mark Tookey scoring five tries in the 60 minutes he was on the field.

HALIFAX STUDENT WORLD CUP Semi-finals 27Aug: (at Wilderspool) 6.0pm Western Samoa v France; 8.0pm New Zealand v Australia.

Bowl: (at York) 6.0 pm Scotland v South Africa; 8.0pm England v Russia. Plate: (at Wigan) 6.0pm Ireland v Japan; 8.0pm US v Wales.