The 2010

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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

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and the winners of the

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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:

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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

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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:

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Of the twenty two players, seventeen were New Zealand born while five were Australian born. ¹ Replaced originally selected

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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:

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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: *

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(3 matches) * Shane Rehm (2 matches) *

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(1 match) Richard Silverwood suffered a leg injury and missed round two. He was replaced for this round by Australian referee

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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

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defeated

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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

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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

. 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

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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: **

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– 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: **

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– 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 **

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– All New Zealand matches delayed * Niue: **

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– All Matches Live * Papua New Guinea: **

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– All Matches Live * Singapore: ** StarHub – All Matches Live * Tonga and Solomon Islands: **

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– All Matches Live * Bosnia, Slovenia, Serbia, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Croatia: *

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– All Matches Live * Ireland: **

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– Live coverage of all matches except NZ v England & Australia v PNG. * United Kingdom: **

– Live coverage of all matches except NZ v England & Australia v PNG. **

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– 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 **

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– All Matches Live * Sub-Sahra Region and South Africa ** SuperSport – Coverage of tournament final * Canada, the United States of America and the Caribbean: **

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– All Matches Live

References

External links

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