2010 Four Nations

The 2010 Rugby League Four Nations tournament was played in Australia and New Zealand in October and November 2010. The tournament was the second time the Four Nations had been held, following on from the 2009 edition held in England and France.

The series was contested between Australia, England, New Zealand and the winners of the 2009 Pacific Cup, Papua New Guinea.

Teams

Australia

Coach: 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: 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: 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: 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.

Officials

Three referees were initially appointed to control matches in the Four Nations:
* Tony Archer (3 matches)
* Shane Rehm (2 matches)
* 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.

Venues

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

Round one

New Zealand vs England

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

Australia vs Papua New Guinea

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

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.

Australia vs England

Round three

England vs Papua New Guinea

New Zealand vs Australia

Points table

Final

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

Cumbria vs England

Ipswich Centennial XIII v Papua New Guinea

New Zealand Māori v England

New Zealand vs Samoa

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 – 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

External links

Rugby League Four Nations - official website

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