2010 Rugby League Four Nations

2010 (2010) Four Nations  ()
Number of teams	4
Host countries	Australia New Zealand
Tournaments  < 2009 2011 >

The 2010 Rugby League Four Nations tournament is scheduled to be played in Australia and New Zealand during October and November 2010. The tournament will be the second time the Four Nations has been held, following on from the 2009 edition held in England and France.

The series will be contested between Australia, England, New Zealand and winners of the 2009 Pacific Cup, Papua New Guinea after they defeated the Cook Islands 42-14.

Teams

Team	Mascot	Coach	Captain	RLIF Rank
Australia	The Kangaroos	Tim Sheens	Darren Lockyer	1
England	The Lions	Steve McNamara	Adrian Morley	3
New Zealand	The Kiwis	Stephen Kearney	Benji Marshall	2
Papua New Guinea	The Kumuls	Stanley Gene	Paul Aiton	6

Squads

Australia

• 24 man squad
• Coach: Tim Sheens

Club Team	Players
Brisbane Broncos	Darren Lockyer(C), Sam Thaiday
Canberra Raiders	Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, David Shillington
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Paul Gallen
Gold Coast Titans	Greg Bird
Manly Sea Eagles	Anthony Watmough
Melbourne Storm	Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater, Cameron Smith
Newcastle Knights	Kurt Gidley
New Zealand Warriors	Brent Tate
North Queensland Cowboys	Matthew Scott, Willie Tonga
Parramatta Eels	Jarryd Hayne
Penrith Panthers	Petero Civoniceva, Luke Lewis
St. George Illawarra Dragons	Darius Boyd, Brett Morris, Dean Young
Sydney Roosters	Todd Carney, Nate Myles
West Tigers	Chris Lawrence, Robbie Farah

England

• 24 man squad
• Coach: Steve McNamara

Club Team	Players
Castleford Tigers	Michael Shenton
Harlequins RL	Tony Clubb
Huddersfield Giants	Kevin Brown, Leroy Cudjoe, Luke Robinson, Eorl Crabtree, Darrell Griffin, Shaun Lunt
Hull FC	Tom Briscoe
Leeds Rhinos	Ryan Hall
Melbourne Storm	Gareth Widdop
South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sam Burgess
St Helens RLFC	James Graham, James Roby
Warrington Wolves	Ryan Atkins, Ben Harrison, Adrian Morley (C), Ben Westwood
Wests Tigers	Gareth Ellis
Wigan Warriors	Darrell Goulding, Sam Tomkins, Joel Tomkins, Stuart Fielden, Sean O'Loughlin

New Zealand

• 24 man squad
• Coach: Stephen Kearney

Club Team	Players
Brisbane Broncos	Antonio Winterstein
Canberra Raiders	Bronson Harrison
Leeds Rhinos	Greg Eastwood
Melbourne Storm	Adam Blair, Sika Manu
Newcastle Knights	Junior Sa'u
Penrith Panthers	Frank Pritchard, Sam McKendry
St George Illawarra Dragons	Nathan Fien, Jason Nightingale, Jeremy Smith
South Sydney Rabbitohs	Issac Luke
Sydney Roosters	Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Sam Perrett, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
New Zealand Warriors	Lewis Brown, Lance Hohaia, Simon Mannering, Ben Matulino, Manu Vatuvei
Wests Tigers	Benji Marshall
Wigan Warriors	Thomas Leuluai

• Fuifui Moimoi was originally selected but was replaced by Sam McKendry when Moimoi broke his arm.

Papua New Guinea

• 24 man squad
• Coach: Stanley Gene

Club Team	Players
Agmark Rabaul Gurias	Dion Aiye, Sigfred Gande, Larsen Marabe, George Moni, Rodney Pora, Pidi Tongap
Canterbury Bulls	Joseph Pombo
Cronulla Sharks	Paul Aiton
Enga Mioks	David Loko
Featherstone Rovers	Jessie Joe Parker
Gold Coast Titans	Ryan Tongia
Goroka Bintangor Lahanis	Glen Nami
Halifax RLFC	Makali Aizue
Hunslet Hawks	Michael Mark, Charlie Wabo
Ipswich Jets	Desmond Mok
Masta Mak Rangers	Nixon Kolo, Johnson Kuike
Mendi Muruks	Elijah Riyong
Newtown Jets	Richard Kambo
Northern Pride	Rod Griffin
Parkes Spacemen	Benjamin John
Sheffield Eagles	Menzie Yere
QRL	Alex Haija

Ladder

2010 Four Nations
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	110	34	+76	6
2	New Zealand W	3	2	0	1	120	56	+64	4
3	England	3	1	0	2	60	68	−8	2
4	Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	3	22	154	−132	0

Round one

New Zealand v England

Saturday, 23 October

New Zealand	v	England

Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand

• The Junior Kiwis will play the Junior Kangaroos as a curtain raiser to this match.

Australia vs PNG

Sunday, 24 October

Australia	v	Papua New Guinea

Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia

• Tonga will play against Samoa before the Australia vs PNG match.

Round two

New Zealand v PNG

Saturday, 30 October

New Zealand	v	Papua New Guinea

International Stadium, Rotorua, New Zealand

• The Junior Kiwis will play the Junior Kangaroos as a curtain raiser to this match.

Australia vs England

Sunday, 31 October

Australia	v	England

AAMI Park Melbourne, Australia

Round Three

England v PNG

6 November

England	v	Papua New Guinea

Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealand vs Australia

6 November

New Zealand	v	Australia

Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand

Final

13 November

	v

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia

Pre-tournament matches

Before the series, New Zealand have announced that they will play an additional Tests against Samoa. It will be the first time the two nations have clashed. England played Cumbria on October 3 as a memorial match for Gary Purdham. England will also face the New Zealand Māori rugby league team.

PNG vs Prime Ministers XIII

2010-09-25

Papua New Guinea	18 - 30	Prime Ministers XIII

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby

Cumbria vs England

2010-10-03

Cumbria	18-18	England
Tries Kyle Amor John Paul Brocklebank Scott McAvoy Goals Rob Purdham (2) Gregg McNally	Report [1]	Tries Tony Clubb Gareth Carvell Richie Myler Goals Ben Westwood (2); Richie Myler

Recreation Ground, Whitehaven Attendance: 5,250 Referee: Phil Bentham (Warrington)

New Zealand vs Samoa

2010-10-16

New Zealand	-	Samoa

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Referee: Shane Rehm (NZ)

New Zealand Māori v England

2010-10-16

Māori	-	England

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Referee: Leon Williamson (NZ)

Broadcasting details

The Four Nations will be broadcast to over 60 countries worldwide.

• Australia:

Nine Network – All Matches Live
Fox Sports – Delayed Coverage

• 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 State of America and the Caribbean:

Fox Soccer Channel – All Matches Live

External links

Rugby League Four Nations - official website