The 2010 European Cup, known as the

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European Cup for sponsorship purposes, is a

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football tournament. Three of the competing teams participated in the

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, with

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also being included in the tournament after competing in the

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. The winner of the competition,

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, competed in the

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tournament.

Squads

France

preliminary squad: *Coach:

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Ireland

30 Man Squad *Coach: Andy Kelly

Scotland

Preliminary Squad *Coach:

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Wales

48 Man Squad: *Coach:

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Standings

Pre-tournament matches

Wales announced that they would be playing two friendly warm-up matches against Italy at the

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on 3 and 6 October in preparation for the European Cup. However the first match was cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch, making it a one-off match.

Wales vs Italy

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Teams: FRANCE: 1.

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, 2. Frédéric Vaccari, 3.

Jean-Philippe Baile Jean-Philippe Baile (born 7 June 1987) is a French professional rugby league footballer who plays for AS Carcassonne. Baile's position of choice is as a . France He was part of the France squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. In 2010 he ...

, 4.

Teddy Sadaoui Teddy Sadaoui (born 18 April 1983, in France) is a French professional rugby league footballer who plays for AS Carcassonne in the French Rugby League Championship. A France international representative centre, he previously played for Catalans ...

, 5.

Cyril Stacul Cyril Stacul (born 12 October 1984) is a French professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er or for the Lézignan Sangliers in the Elite One Championship and has played for France at international level. He previously played for the C ...

, 6. Tony Gigot, 7. Nicolas Munoz, 8. Mickaël Simon, 9. Kane Bentley, 10. Rémi Casty, 11.

Olivier Elima Olivier Elima (born 19 May 1983) is a French former professional rugby league footballer who was most recently head coach for the Palau Broncos in the French Elite One Championship. A France international representative forward, he played previ ...

, 12.

Julien Touxagas Julien Touxagas (born 12 February 1984 in Perpignan, France) is a French former professional rugby league footballer. He most recently played for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League competition. Career Touxagas position of choice was , alth ...

, 13.

Jason Baitieri Jason Baitieri (born 2 July 1989) is France national rugby league team, France international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the FC Lézignan XIII in the Elite One Championship. He has previously played for the Sydney Roosters in ...

. Subs: 14.

Andrew Bentley Andrew "Andy" Bentley (born 13 May 1985) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for Toulouse Olympique in the Betfred Championship. He is a France national rugby league team, France and Scotland national rugby ...

, 15. Mathieu Griffi, 16. Sébastien Martins, 17. Romaric Bemba. SCOTLAND: 1 Lee Paterson, 2. Dave Arnot, 3.

Joe Wardle Joe Wardle (born 22 September 1991) is a Scotland international rugby league footballer who plays as a or forward for the Leigh Leopards in the Betfred Super League. He previously played for the Bradford Bulls, Huddersfield and the Castlefor ...

, 4. Kevin Henderson, 5.

Jon Steel Jon Steel , full name Jonathan Steel (born 14 March 1980), also known by the nicknames of "Steely" and "Rocket", is a former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played professionally from 1996 until 2013. He played in the Super League ...

, 6.

Brendan Lindsay Brendon Lindsay (born 21 September 1977) is a former Scotland national rugby league team, Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a Rugby league positions#Stand-off, stand-off. Background Lindsay was born in Australia. Car ...

, 7.

Danny Brough Danny Brough (born 15 January 1983) is a Scottish former professional rugby league footballer who played as a or . Brough started his professional career in 2002 with Dewsbury Rams in the second tier before moving to York City Knights a year ...

, 8.

Oliver Wilkes Oliver Wilkes (born 2 May 1980) is a former Scotland national rugby league team, Scotland international rugby League footballer who played as a and in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He has played for the Sheffield Eagles, Huddersfield Giants, K ...

, 9. Ben Fisher, 10, Mitch Stringer, 11.

Alex Szostak Alex Szostak (born 4 April 1986) is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a forward for the Sheffield Eagles in the RFL Championship and Workington Town in Kingstone Press League 1. Background Szostak was born ...

, 12. Sam Barlow, 13. Dale Ferguson. Subs: 14. Andrew Henderson, 15.

Paddy Coupar Paddy Coupar (born 26 June 1986) is a former Scottish professional rugby league footballer who played for the Edinburgh Eagles in the Rugby League Conference Scotland Division. He previously played for Workington Town as a . He is a current Sco ...

, 16.

Neil Lowe Neil Lowe (born ) is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers ( Heritage No.), Salford, Doncaster, York City Knights, Keighley Cougars and th ...

, 17. Jack Howieson.

Round 3

*Wales are Champions and will play in the

References

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