Rugby League Four Nations
| Four Nations | |
|---|---|
Current season or competition: 2014 Rugby League Four Nations | |
 | |
| Sport | Rugby league football |
| Instituted | 2008(1999 as Tri-Nations) |
| Inaugural season | 2009(1999 as Tri-Nations) |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Region |
 England Australia New Zealand Scotland (2016) (RLIF) |
| Champions |
New Zealand (2nd title) |
| Most titles |
Australia New Zealand (2 titles) |
| Website |
www |
| Broadcast partner |
Nine Network (Australia) Sky Sport (New Zealand) BBC Sport (United Kingdom) |
| Qualification |
Fourth participant for 2010 from 2009 Pacific Cup 2011 from 2010 European Cup 2014 from 2014 Pacific Rugby League International 2016 from 2014 European Cup |
| Related competition | Tri-Nations |
The Rugby League Four Nations is an annual rugby league football tournament run in partnership between the Australian Rugby League Commission, Rugby Football League and New Zealand Rugby League representing the top three nations in the sport: Australia, England and New Zealand.[1] The tournament replaced the previous Tri-Nations format by including a fourth nation that qualifies by winning their respective regional competition in a rotation between Europe and the South Pacific. France accepted an invitation to play in the inaugural tournament in 2009.[1] The tournament is sponsored by Gillette and therefore officially known as the Gillette Four Nations.[2] No tournament was contested in 2012 to allow teams to prepare for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.[3]
Format
The tournament is organised in round-robin format. Each team play the others once, before the top two teams play each other in a tournament final. The top two teams are calculated using a league table. Teams receive:
- 2 points for a win
- 1 point for a draw
- 0 points for a loss
For and against then separates teams on equal points.
Qualification
In 2009 a qualifying tournament was held, the Pacific Cup, involving Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and the Cook Islands. The winners, Papua New Guinea, qualified for the 2010 Four Nations. Likewise in 2010, the European Nations Cup decided the fourth participant in the 2011 tournament, Wales.[3]
| Year | Competition | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2005 European Nations Cup |  France |
| 2010 | 2009 Pacific Cup |  Papua New Guinea |
| 2011 | 2010 European Nations Cup |  Wales |
| 2014 | 2014 Pacific Qualifier |  Samoa |
| 2016 | 2014 European Nations Cup | Scotland |
Tournaments
| Year | Host nation(s) | Winner | Score | Runner-Up | Fourth Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | England/ France |
Australia |
46 – 16 | England |
France |
| 2010 | Australia/ New Zealand |
New Zealand |
16 – 12 | Australia |
Papua New Guinea |
| 2011 | England/ Wales |
Australia |
30 – 8 | England |
Wales |
| 2014 | Australia/ New Zealand |
New Zealand |
22 – 18 | Australia |
Samoa |
| 2016 | England/ Scotland |
Scotland |
Team Results
| Rank | Country | Appearances | Wins | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 4 | 2 (2011, 2009) | 2 (2010, 2014) |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 (2010, 2014) | 0 |
| 3 | England | 4 | 0 | 2 (2011, 2009) |
Statistics
(as of 18 November 2014)
Overall Four Nations Tournament Try-Scorers
| Tries scored | Name |
|---|---|
| 11 | Jason Nightingale (New Zealand) |
| 10 | Greg Inglis (Australia) |
| 9 | Brett Morris (Australia) |
| 8 | Billy Slater (Australia), Ryan Hall (England) |
| 7 | Cooper Cronk (Australia) |
| 6 | Sam Tomkins (England), Sam Perrett (New Zealand), Junior Sa'u (New Zealand) |
| 5 | Michael Jennings (Australia), Lance Hohaia (New Zealand) |
| 4 | Darius Boyd (Australia), Luke Lewis (Australia), Cameron Smith (Australia), Brent Tate (Australia), Johnathan Thurston (Australia), Sam Burgess (England), Tony Clubb (England), Shaun Kenny-Dowall (New Zealand) |
| 3 | Darren Lockyer (Australia), Josh Morris (Australia), Willie Tonga (Australia), Peter Fox (England), Luke Robinson (England), Sika Manu (New Zealand), Manu Vatuvei (New Zealand) |
| 2 | Daly Cherry-Evans (Australia), Ben Hunt (Australia), Chris Lawrence (Australia), Tony Williams (Australia), Jharal Yow Yeh (Australia)
Tom Briscoe (England), Chris Heighington (England), Richard Myler (England), Jack Reed (England), Lee Smith (England), Kallum Watkins (England), Gareth Widdop (England) Gerard Beale (New Zealand), Nathan Fien (New Zealand), Bryson Goodwin (New Zealand), Shaun Johnson (New Zealand), Benji Marshall (New Zealand), Frank-Paul Nuuausala (New Zealand), Frank Pritchard (New Zealand), Jeremy Smith (New Zealand), Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (New Zealand) Glen Nami (Papua New Guinea), Pita Godinet (Samoa), Daniel Vidot (Samoa), Elliot Kear (Wales) |
| 1 | Paul Gallen (Australia), Jarryd Hayne (Australia), David Klemmer (Australia), Josh Mansour (Australia), Sione Mata'utia (Australia), Josh Papalii (Australia), Beau Scott (Australia), Matthew Scott, Sam Thaiday (Australia), Lote Tuqiri (Australia), Akuila Uate (Australia)
Josh Charnley (England), Kyle Eastmond (England), Gareth Ellis (England), Liam Farrell (England), James Roby (England), James Graham (England), Michael Shenton (England), Kevin Sinfield (England), Joel Tomkins (England), Kirk Yeaman (England) Kane Bentley (France), Vincent Duport (France), Olivier Elima (France), Sébastien Martins (France), James Wynne (France) Lewis Brown (New Zealand), Greg Eastwood (New Zealand), Kalifa Faifai Loa (New Zealand), Kieran Foran (New Zealand), Issac Luke (New Zealand), Kevin Locke, Simon Mannering (New Zealand), Ben Matulino (New Zealand), Kevin Proctor (New Zealand), Dean Whare (New Zealand) Macali Aizue (Papua New Guinea), Emmanuel Yere (Papua New Guinea) David Fa'alogo (Samoa), Joseph Leilua (Samoa), Isaac Liu (Samoa), Tautau Moga (Samoa), Ben Roberts, Tim Simona (Samoa) Jordan James (Wales), Rhys Williams (Wales) |
Top pointscorers
| Overall Four Nations Tournament Top Point-Scorers | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | T | G | FG | Pts | ||||
| 1 | Johnathan Thurston | Australia | 4 | 39 | 0 | 94 | |||
| 2 | Cameron Smith | Australia | 4 | 26 | 0 | 68 | |||
| 3 | Benji Marshall | New Zealand | 2 | 25 | 0 | 58 | |||
| 4 | Jason Nightingale | New Zealand | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||
| 5 | Kevin Sinfield | England | 1 | 19 | 0 | 42 | |||
| 6 | Greg Inglis | Australia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||
| 7 | Brett Morris | Australia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| 8 | Bryson Goodwin | New Zealand | 2 | 13 | 0 | 34 | |||
| 9 | Billy Slater | Australia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||
| = | Ryan Hall | England | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||
| 11 | Cooper Cronk | Australia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Sam Tomkins | England | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| = | Sam Perrett | New Zealand | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| = | Junior Sau | New Zealand | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Michael Jennings | Australia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||
| = | Lance Hohaia | New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dean Ritchie (2009-02-24). "UK stuff-up in league of its own". news.com.au. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- ↑ PA (2009-07-12). "Gillette to sponsor Four Nations". Sporting Life. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NRL (2008-11-22). "RLIF unveils expanded Test schedule". NRL Partnership. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
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