<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_national_rugby_league_team" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Britain national rugby league team">Great Britain</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Rugby_League_World_Cup" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1954 Rugby League World Cup">defeats</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_national_rugby_league_team" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="France national rugby league team">France</a> to capture the first ever <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_League_World_Cup" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rugby League World Cup">Rugby League World Cup</a> in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.