[1] Australia continued its dominance, winning two of the three tests against Great Britain and retaining The Ashes that they have held since 1973.

The 2001 Kangaroo tour was initially cancelled by the Australian Rugby League (ARL) but after strong public opinion in both Great Britain and Australia, it went ahead.

[4] After trailing 40 nil at half time, Great Britain's two tries in the final ten minutes were too little too late.

[7] The main contributors of Australia's victory were scrum half back Andrew Johns, who scored two tries and kicked all but one of the six conversions, and fullback Darren Lockyer.

[11] During the first half of the game, Australia's coach Chris Anderson suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital.