2010 Rugby League Four Nations

Teams

Australia

Coach: Australia Tim Sheens

Of the twenty five players, twenty three were Australian born while two were Fijian born.

• Replaced originally selected Jarryd Hayne after he withdrew due to injury.

England

Coach: England Steve McNamara

All twenty four players were English born.

1 Ruled out of the rest of the tournament after round one due to injury.

2 Replaced originally selected Adrian Morley who was originally selected to captain the squad, but withdrew due to an injury suffered in the pre-tournament match against the New Zealand Māori.; while James Graham was named the team captain.

New Zealand

Coach: NZL Stephen Kearney

Of the twenty two players, seventeen were New Zealand born while five were Australian born.

1 Replaced originally selected Fuifui Moimoi who withdrew due to injury.

2 Ruled out of the rest of the tournament after round one due to injury.

Antonio Winterstein and Lewis Brown were included in the squad but not selected to play in any of the tournament's matches.

Papua New Guinea

Coach: PNG Stanley Gene

Of the twenty four players, fourteen were Papua New Guinea born while one was Australian born.

• Replaced originally selected Sigfred Gande who withdrew due to injury just hours before the tournament started.

Venues

The games were played at venues in Australia and New Zealand. The tournament final was played in Brisbane.

Officiating

Three referees were initially appointed to control matches in the Four Nations:

• AUS Tony Archer (3 matches)
• NZL Shane Rehm (2 matches)
• ENG Richard Silverwood (1 match) Richard Silverwood suffered a leg injury and missed round two. He was replaced for this round by Australian referee Ben Cummins.

Pre-tournament matches

Before the series, New Zealand played an additional Test against Samoa. It was the first time the two nations have clashed. England played Cumbria on 3 October as a memorial match for Gary Purdham. England also faced the New Zealand Māori rugby league team in a curtain raiser to the New Zealand-Samoa test.

Papua New Guinea vs Prime Ministers XIII

date = 25 September 2010| time= | team1 = | score = 18 – 30| team2 = AUS Prime Minister's XIII| points1= | points2= | stadium = Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby | attendance = 10,000 approx.| referee = | manofmatch = | report = |

Cumbria vs England

date = 3 October 2010| time= | team1 = Cumbria Cumbria | score = 18 – 18 | team2 = | points1= | points2= | stadium = Recreation Ground, Whitehaven | attendance = 5,250 | referee = Phil Bentham| manofmatch = | report = |

Ipswich Centennial XIII v Papua New Guinea

date = 16 October 2010| time= | team1 = Ipswich Centennial XIII | score = 26 – 50| team2 = | points1= | points2= | stadium = North Ipswich Reserve, Ipswich, Queensland | attendance =| referee = | manofmatch = | report = |

New Zealand Māori v England

date = 16 October 2010| time= 5:30pm| team1 = | score = 18 – 18| team2 = | points1= | points2= | stadium = Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | attendance = 11,512| referee = Leon Williamson| manofmatch = | report = |

New Zealand vs Samoa

date = 16 October 2010| time= 7:35pm| team1 = | score = 50 – 6| team2 = | points1= | points2= | stadium = Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | attendance = 11,512{{Cite news | access-date = 18 October 2010}}| referee = Shane Rehm | manofmatch = | report = |

Results

Standings

Round one

New Zealand vs England

In the curtain raiser match the Junior Kangaroos defeated the Junior Kiwis 24–16.

Junior Sa'u (4') 1 Lance Hohaia (34') 1 Shaun Kenny-Dowall (44') 1 Benji Marshall (66') 1 Goals Benji Marshall 4/5| 1 (56') James Roby 1 (58') Gareth Widdop
Goals 1/2 Gareth Widdop|

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Australia vs Papua New Guinea

In the curtain raiser match Samoa defeated Tonga 22–6.

date = Sunday, 24 October| time= 4:00pm | team1 = | score = 42 – 0| team2 = | points1= Tries Willie Tonga (21', 76') 2 Billy Slater (5') 1 Brent Tate (14') 1 Cooper Cronk (17') 1 Brett Morris (25') 1 Johnathan Thurston (55') 1 Darren Lockyer (59') 1 Goals Johnathan Thurston 5/8| points2=| stadium = Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia | attendance = 11,308| referee = Shane Rehm| manofmatch = Johnathan Thurston| report = Match details|

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Round two

New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea

In the curtain raiser match the Junior Kiwis defeated the Junior Kangaroos 32–20 to square the series 1-all. The Junior Kangaroos were ahead 20–0 at half time.

With the victory, New Zealand retained the Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy.

date = Saturday, 30 October| time= 4:00pm| team1 = | score = 76 – 12| team2 = | points1= Tries Sam Perrett (3', 48', 63') 3 Junior Sa'u (25', 43', 45') 3 Jeremy Smith (12', 17') 2 Simon Mannering (7') 1 Lance Hohaia (32') 1 Greg Eastwood (36') 1 Issac Luke (40') 1 Jason Nightingale (72') 1 Sika Manu (76') 1 Goals Benji Marshall 8/10 Issac Luke 2/4| points2= Tries 1 (53') Emmanual Yere 1 (56') Glen Nami Goals 2/2 Ryan Tongia| stadium = International Stadium, Rotorua, New Zealand | attendance = 6,000| referee = Ben Cummins | manofmatch = | report = Match details|

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Australia vs England

date = Sunday, 31 October| time= 6:30pm | team1 = | score = 34 – 14| team2 = | points1= Tries Luke Lewis (5', 18') 2 Billy Slater (22') 1 Brent Tate (27') 1 Willie Tonga (31') 1 Lote Tuqiri (47') 1 Goals Cameron Smith 5/7| points2= Tries 1 (9') Sam Burgess 1 (43') Luke Robinson Goals 2/2 Ben Westwood 1/1 Leroy Cudjoe| stadium = AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia | attendance = 18,894 | referee = Tony Archer| manofmatch = Luke Lewis| report = Match details|

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Round three

England vs Papua New Guinea

date = Saturday, 6 November| time= 6:00pm (NZDT)| team1 = | score = 36 – 10| team2 = | points1= Tries Tony Clubb 4 (18', 30', 40', 76') Luke Robinson (16', 36') 2 Ben Harrison (55') 1 Goals Ben Westwood 3/4 Gareth Widdop 1/3| points2= Tries 1 (58') Makali Aizue 1 (66') Emmanuel Yere Goals 1/2 Dion Aiye| stadium = Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | attendance = | referee = Shane Rehm | manofmatch = | report = Match details|

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New Zealand vs Australia

date = Saturday, 6 November| time= 8:15pm (NZDT)| team1 = | score = 20 – 34| team2 = | points1= Tries Frank Pritchard (30') 1 Jason Nightingale (64') 1 Shaun Kenny-Dowall (77') 1 Goals Benji Marshall 4/5| points2= Tries 2 (21', 58') Brett Morris 1 (7') Cooper Cronk 1 (24') Brent Tate 1 (46') Darius Boyd 1 (55') Chris Lawrence Goals 3/4 Cameron Smith 2/2 Todd Carney | stadium = Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | attendance = 44,324| referee = Richard Silverwood | manofmatch = Paul Gallen | report = Match details |

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Final

Brent Tate (4') 1 Billy Slater (59') 1

Goals Cameron Smith 2/2 1 (36') Shaun Kenny-Dowall 1 (71') Jason Nightingale
1 (79') Nathan Fien Goals 2/3 Benji Marshall

Broadcasting details

The Four Nations was broadcast to over 60 countries worldwide.

• Australia:
  • Nine Network – All Kangaroos matches live (except New Zealand vs Australia) plus the final, others delayed
  • Fox Sports – Some live and some delayed
• Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia:
  • Astro – All Matches Live
• Fiji, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Palau, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, Tokelau, Marianas, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia and Guam:
  • FijiTV – All Matches Live
• New Zealand:
  • Sky Sport – All Matches Live
  • Prime – All New Zealand matches delayed
• Niue:
  • Broadcasting Corporation of Niue – All Matches Live
• Papua New Guinea:
  • EMTV – All Matches Live
• Samoa:
  • Samoa Broadcasting Corporation – All Matches Live
• Singapore:
  • StarHub – All Matches Live
• Tonga and Solomon Islands:
  • Tonga Broadcasting Commission – All Matches Live
• Bosnia, Slovenia, Serbia, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Croatia:
• SportKlub – All Matches Live
• Ireland:
  • BSkyB – Live coverage of all matches except NZ v England & Australia v PNG.
• United Kingdom:
  • BSkyB – Live coverage of all matches except NZ v England & Australia v PNG.
  • BBC – Live coverage of NZ v England & Australia v PNG. All other matches delayed.
• Afghanistan, Chad, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Qatar, Oman, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Algeria
  • Orbit Showtime Network – All Matches Live
• Sub-Sahra Region and South Africa
  • SuperSport – Coverage of tournament final
• Canada, the United States of America and the Caribbean:
  • Fox Soccer Channel – All Matches Live

References

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