2010 Rugby League Four Nations Explained
| Year: | 2010 |
| Four Nations |
| Finalists: | 4 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Country2: | New Zealand |
| Winners: | New Zealand |
| Matches: | 7 |
| Attendance: | 137436 |
| Points: | 340 |
| Tries: | 61 |
| Topscorer-Flag: | New Zealand |
| Topscorer: | Benji Marshall (40) |
| Top Try Scorer-Flag: | ENG |
| Top Try Scorer: | Tony Clubb (4) |
| Top Try Scorer2-Flag: | NZL |
| Top Try Scorer2: | Junior Sa'u (4) |
| Top Try Scorer3-Flag: | AUS |
| Top Try Scorer3: | Brent Tate (4) |
| Tournaments: | Rugby League Four Nations |
| Last: | 2009 |
| Next: | 2011 |
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 |
|---|
| Darren Lockyer (capt.), Sam Thaiday |
| Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, David Shillington |
| Paul Gallen |
| Greg Bird |
| Anthony Watmough |
| Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater, Cameron Smith |
| Kurt Gidley |
| Brent Tate |
| Matthew Scott, Willie Tonga |
| Greg Inglis |
| Petero Civoniceva, Luke Lewis |
| Darius Boyd, Brett Morris, Dean Young |
| Todd Carney, Nate Myles |
| 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 |
|---|
| Michael Shenton1 |
| Tony Clubb |
| Kevin Brown, Leroy Cudjoe, Luke Robinson, Eorl Crabtree, Darrell Griffin, Shaun Lunt |
| Tom Briscoe |
| Ryan Hall |
| Gareth Widdop |
| Sam Burgess |
| James Graham (capt.), James Roby |
| Ryan Atkins, Ben Harrison, Ben Westwood, Garreth Carvell2 |
| Gareth Ellis |
| 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] 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.
| Club Team | Players |
|---|
| Bronson Harrison |
| Greg Eastwood |
| Adam Blair, Sika Manu |
| Junior Sa'u |
| Frank Pritchard, Sam McKendry1 |
| Nathan Fien, Jason Nightingale, Jeremy Smith |
| Issac Luke |
| Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Sam Perrett, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves |
| Lewis Brown, Lance Hohaia, Simon Mannering, Ben Matulino, Manu Vatuvei2 |
| Benji Marshall (capt.) |
| 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] England played Cumbria on 3 October as a memorial match for Gary Purdham.[11] England also faced the New Zealand Māori rugby league team in a curtain raiser to the New Zealand-Samoa test.[12]
New Zealand vs Samoa
Results
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.[13]
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.[14]
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
Final
Broadcasting details
The Four Nations was broadcast to over 60 countries worldwide.[15]
- 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:
- 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 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
- Sub-Sahra Region and South Africa
- Canada, the United States of America and the Caribbean:
External links
Notes and References
- News: PNG seal 2010 Four Nations place . BBC News . 1 November 2009.
- http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/hayne-out-of-australia-team-for-four-nations-20101018-16qs4.html Hayne out of Australia team
- https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/england-tour-over-for-injured-shenton-2118263.html England tour over for injured Shenton
- http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/carvell-called-up-by-england-20101018-16phg.html Carvell called up by England
- http://www.nrl.com/NewsViews/LatestNews/NewsArticle/tabid/10874/newsId/60598/Default.aspx McKendry called into Kiwis for injured Moimoi
- http://rleague.com/db/article.php?id=37946 Vatuvei looks ahead after breaking arm
- News: Associated Press. New faces join Kiwis Four Nations squad. 10 June 2012. Wide World of Sports. 5 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101006085824/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8099022. 6 October 2010. dead.
- http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/8194114/rugbyl-pngs-gande-out-of-four-nations/ PNG's Gande out of Four Nations
- http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/aussie-boys-must-quit-whinging-steve-roach/story-e6frexnr-1225944855373 Aussie boys must quit whingeing
- Web site: League: Kiwis to play Samoa for first time . 2 June 2010 . . 15 September 2011.
- https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jun/17/england-cumbria-garry-purdham England to play Garry Purdham memorial game against Cumbria
- Web site: NZ Maori rugby league to play England . 6 August 2010 . . 15 September 2011.
- Web site: Steve . By . Beetson filthy over Folau request . Herald Sun . 31 July 2010 . 15 November 2011.
- Web site: League: Second half Junior Kiwis blitz squares Aussie series . 1 November 2010 . . 15 September 2011.
- Web site: International Broadcast Information - Four Nations . Rlfournations.com . 15 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313164137/http://www.rlfournations.com/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=31187 . 13 March 2012 . dead.
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