2010 Rugby League Four Nations
International rugby league tournament
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 .[ 1]
Teams
Australia
Coach: Tim Sheens
Of the twenty five players, twenty three were Australian born while two were Fijian born.
Club Team
Players
Brisbane Broncos Darren Lockyer (capt.), 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
South Sydney Rabbitohs Greg Inglis
Penrith Panthers Petero Civoniceva , Luke Lewis
St. George Illawarra Dragons Darius Boyd , Brett Morris , Dean Young
Sydney Roosters Todd Carney , Nate Myles
Wests Tigers Chris Lawrence , Robbie Farah , Lote Tuqiri *
* Replaced originally selected Jarryd Hayne after he withdrew due to injury.[ 2]
England
Coach: Steve McNamara
All twenty four players were English born.
Club Team
Players
Castleford Tigers Michael Shenton 1
Harlequins RL Tony Clubb
Huddersfield Giants Kevin Brown , Leroy Cudjoe , Luke Robinson , Eorl Crabtree , Darrell Griffin , Shaun Lunt
Hull F.C. Tom Briscoe
Leeds Rhinos Ryan Hall
Melbourne Storm Gareth Widdop
South Sydney Rabbitohs Sam Burgess
St Helens James Graham (capt.), James Roby
Warrington Wolves Ryan Atkins , Ben Harrison , Ben Westwood , Garreth Carvell 2
Wests Tigers Gareth Ellis
Wigan Warriors Darrell Goulding , Sam Tomkins , Joel Tomkins , Stuart Fielden , Sean O'Loughlin
1 Ruled out of the rest of the tournament after round one due to injury.[ 3]
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 .;[ 4] 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.
Club Team
Players
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 1
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 2
Wests Tigers Benji Marshall (capt.)
Wigan Warriors Thomas Leuluai
1 Replaced originally selected Fuifui Moimoi who withdrew due to injury.[ 5]
2 Ruled out of the rest of the tournament after round one due to injury.[ 6]
Antonio Winterstein and Lewis Brown were included in the squad but not selected to play in any of the tournament's matches.[ 7]
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.[ 8]
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:
Richard Silverwood suffered a leg injury and missed round two. He was replaced for this round by Australian referee Ben Cummins .[ 9]
Pre-tournament matches
Before the series, New Zealand played an additional Test against Samoa . It was the first time the two nations have clashed.[ 10] Gary Purdham .[ 11] New Zealand Māori rugby league team in a curtain raiser to the New Zealand-Samoa test.[ 12]
Papua New Guinea vs Prime Ministers XIII
Cumbria vs England
Ipswich Centennial XIII v Papua New Guinea
New Zealand vs Samoa
Results
Standings
Round one
New Zealand vs England
In the curtain raiser match the Junior Kangaroos defeated the Junior Kiwis 24–16.
Saturday, 23 October
Australia vs Papua New Guinea
In the curtain raiser match Samoa defeated Tonga 22–6.[ 15]
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.[ 16]
With the victory, New Zealand retained the Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy .
Saturday, 30 October
Australia vs England
Round three
England vs Papua New Guinea
Saturday, 6 November
New Zealand vs Australia
Saturday, 6 November
Final
Saturday, 13 November
Broadcasting details
The Four Nations was broadcast to over 60 countries worldwide.[ 18]
Australia:
Nine Network – All Kangaroos matches live (except New Zealand vs Australia) plus the final, others delayedFox Sports – Some live and some delayed
Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia:
Fiji, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Palau, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, Tokelau, Marianas, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia and Guam:
New Zealand:
Niue:
Papua New Guinea:
Samoa:
Singapore:
Tonga and Solomon Islands:
Bosnia, Slovenia, Serbia, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Croatia:
SportKlub – All Matches LiveIreland:
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
Sub-Sahra Region and South Africa
Canada, the United States of America and the Caribbean:
References
^ "PNG seal 2010 Four Nations place" . BBC News . 1 November 2009.^ Hayne out of Australia team The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 October 2010^ England tour over for injured Shenton The Independent , 28 October 2010^ Carvell called up by England Sydney Morning Herald , 18 October 2010^ McKendry called into Kiwis for injured Moimoi Archived 1 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine NZRL , 11 October 2010^ Vatuvei looks ahead after breaking arm Archived 29 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com , 24 October 2010^ "New faces join Kiwis Four Nations squad" . Wide World of Sports the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2012 .^ PNG's Gande out of Four Nations Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine YahooXtra News , 25 October 2010^ Aussie boys must quit whingeing The Daily Telegraph , 29 October 2010^ "League: Kiwis to play Samoa for first time" . The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 15 September 2011 .^ England to play Garry Purdham memorial game against Cumbria The Guardian , 17 June 2010^ "NZ Maori rugby league to play England" . Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 15 September 2011 .^ "Half Century Up - Kiwis 50, Toa Samoa 6" . voxy.co.nz . New Zealand: Digital Advance Limited. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010 .^ "Kiwis too strong for England" . The Press Association . 23 October 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010 .[dead link ] ^ Steve, By (31 July 2010). "Beetson filthy over Folau request" . Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 November 2011 . ^ "League: Second half Junior Kiwis blitz squares Aussie series" . The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 15 September 2011 .^ "Kiwis claim second Four Nations title" . nrl.com . 15 November 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018 .^ "International Broadcast Information - Four Nations" . Rlfournations.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011 .
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