2016 Rugby League Four Nations

2016 (2016) Four Nations  ()
Host country  England
Winner  Australia (3rd title)
Matches played 7
Attendance 132,655 (18,951 per match)
Points scored 259 (37 per match)
Tries scored 47 (6.71 per match)
Top scorer Australia Johnathan Thurston (32)
Top try scorer Australia Blake Ferguson
Australia Josh Dugan
(4 Tries Each)
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The 2016 Rugby League Four Nations tournament (also known as the 2016 Ladbrokes Rugby League Four Nations)[1] was the fifth staging of the Rugby League Four Nations tournament and was played in England in October and November. The series was contested by Australia, England, New Zealand and Scotland. Scotland qualified for their first Four Nations by winning the 2014 European Cup.[2] To date, none of the fourth nations has won a match.

History

The 2016 tournament is the fifth Four Nations series to be planned before the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, with the venues rotating between Europe and the South Pacific.

In addition to automatic inclusions Australia, England and New Zealand, Scotland qualified for the tournament by defeating France in the final of the 2014 European Cup.

England have previously co-hosted tournaments with other European nations and the RFL planned to take a game up into Scotland but backed down and decided to take games to other venues.[3]

The redeveloped 54,074 capacity Anfield Stadium hosted the Four Nations Final. This was the first time in 19 years the venue had held a rugby league match. Three rugby league games have been played at Anfield before. The final was the first ever international rugby league match held at the venue.[4]

Venues

The games were played at the following venues in England. The tournament final was played at Anfield.

Liverpool London Coventry
Anfield London Stadium Ricoh Arena
Capacity: 54,074 Capacity: 66,000 Capacity: 32,609
Huddersfield Hull Workington
John Smith's Stadium KC Lightstream Stadium Zebra Claims Stadium
Capacity: 24,500 Capacity: 12,225 Capacity: 10,000

Match officials

Referees Touch judges Video Referees
Australia Ben Cummins England James Child Australia Bernard Sutton
England Robert Hicks England Joe Cobb England Ben Thaler
Australia Gerard Sutton England Mick Craven
England Ben Thaler New Zealand Anthony Elliot
England Chris Kendall

Teams

Country Previous appearances in tournament Continent
 Australia 4 (2009*, 2010, 2011*, 2014) Oceania
 England 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014) Europe
 New Zealand 4 (2009, 2010*, 2011, 2014*) Oceania
 Scotland 0 (Debut) Europe

* Denotes winner of tournament event.

Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Australia 330010438+666
2 New Zealand 31114348-53
3 England 31027265+72
4 Scotland 301242110-681

Results

Round 1

Friday, 28 October
8:00pm (UTC)
Australia  54–12  Scotland
Tries:
Cronk (10', 15') 2
Mansour (26', 35') 2
Ferguson (6') 1
Maloney (13') 1
Dugan (44') 1
Frizell (66') 1
Morgan (69') 1
Trbojevic (79') 1
Goals:
Maloney 7/10
(11', 14', 16', 45', 67', 70', 80')		 1st: 30 – 6
2nd: 24 – 6
Report		 Tries:
1 (39') Brierley
1 (59') Kavanagh
Goals:
2/2 Brough
(40', 60')
KC Lightstream Stadium, Hull[5]
Attendance: 5,337
Referee/s: England Ben Thaler
Man of the Match: Matt Moylan
Australia
Scotland
FB 1 Matt Moylan
RW 2 Josh Mansour
RC 3 Justin O'Neill
LC 4 Josh Dugan
LW 5 Blake Ferguson
FE 6 James Maloney
HB 7 Cooper Cronk
PR 8 Aaron Woods
HK 9 Cameron Smith (c)
PR 10 David Klemmer
SR 11 Sam Thaiday
SR 12 Tyson Frizell
LK 13 Jake Trbojevic
Interchange:
IC 14 Jake Friend
IC 15 Shannon Boyd
IC 16 Trent Merrin
IC 17 Michael Morgan
Coach:
Australia Mal Meninga
FB 1 Lachlan Coote
RW 2 Lewis Tierney
RC 3 Euan Aitken
LC 4 Kane Linnett
LW 5 Matty Russell
FE 6 Danny Brough (c)
HB 7 Ryan Brierley
PR 8 Adam Walker
HK 9 Liam Hood
PR 10 Luke Douglas
SR 11 Danny Addy
SR 12 Dale Ferguson
LK 13 Ben Kavanagh
Interchange:
IC 14 Ben Hellewell
IC 15 Sheldon Powe-Hobbs
IC 16 Sam Brooks
IC 17 Billy McConnachie
Coach:
England Steve McCormack

Touch Judges:
England Jack Smith
England Mick Craven
Video Referee:
Australia Bernard Sutton
Reserve Referee:
Australia Gerard Sutton

Saturday, 29 October
2:30pm (UTC)
England  16–17  New Zealand
Tries:
McGillvary (48') 1
Hall (61') 1
Goals:
Widdop 4/4
(3' pen, 11' pen, 49', 62')		 1st: 4 – 6
2nd: 12 – 11
Report		 Tries:
2 (35', 56') Rapana
1 (42') Johnson
Goals:
2/4 Kahu
(31' pen, 43')
Field Goals:
1 (65') Johnson
John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield[5]
Attendance: 24,070
Referee/s: England Robert Hicks
Man of the Match: Shaun Johnson
England
New Zealand
FB 1 Jonny Lomax
RW 2 Jermaine McGillvary
RC 3 Kallum Watkins
LC 4 Dan Sarginson
LW 5 Ryan Hall
SO 6 Gareth Widdop
SH 7 Luke Gale
PR 8 Chris Hill
HK 9 Josh Hodgson
PR 10 James Graham
SR 11 Elliott Whitehead
SR 12 John Bateman
LF 13 Sam Burgess (c)
Substitutions:
BE 14 Tom Burgess
BE 15 George Burgess
BE 16 Michael Cooper
BE 17 Daryl Clark
Coach:
Australia Wayne Bennett
FB 1 Jordan Kahu
RW 2 Jason Nightingale
RC 3 Solomone Kata
LC 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
LW 5 Jordan Rapana
FE 6 Thomas Leuluai
HB 7 Shaun Johnson
PR 8 Jesse Bromwich (c)
HK 9 Issac Luke
PR 10 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
SR 11 Kevin Proctor
SR 12 Tohu Harris
LK 13 Jason Taumalolo
Interchange:
IC 14 Lewis Brown
IC 15 Martin Taupau
IC 16 Manu Ma'u
IC 17 Adam Blair
Coach:
New Zealand David Kidwell

Touch Judges:
England James Child
New Zealand Anthony Elliott
Video Referee:
Australia Bernard Sutton
Reserve Referee:
Australia Ben Cummins

Round 2

Saturday, 5 November
5:30pm (BST)
England  38–12  Scotland
Tries:
Whitehead (27', 36') 2
Percival (50') 1
Hall (54') 1
McGillvary (58') 1
Gale (64') 1
Farrell (80') 1
Goals:
Gale 5/7
(28', 37', 55', 65', 80')		 1st: 12 – 8
2nd: 26 – 4
Report		 Tries:
1 (6') Linnett
1 (24') Russell
1 (70') Ferguson
Goals:
0/3 Brough
Sin Bin:
Brough 58' to 68'
Ricoh Arena, Coventry[5]
Attendance: 21,009
Referee/s: Australia Gerard Sutton
Man of the Match: George Williams
England
Scotland
FB 1 Jonny Lomax
RW 2 Jermaine McGillvary
RC 3 Kallum Watkins
LC 4 Mark Percival
LW 5 Ryan Hall
SO 6 George Williams
SH 7 Luke Gale
PR 8 Chris Hill
HK 9 Josh Hodgson
PR 10 Scott Taylor
SR 11 Liam Farrell
SR 12 Elliott Whitehead
LF 13 Sam Burgess (c)
Substitutions:
BE 14 Tom Burgess
BE 15 George Burgess
BE 16 Michael Cooper
BE 17 Daryl Clark
Coach:
Australia Wayne Bennett
FB 1 Lachlan Coote
RW 2 Lewis Tierney
RC 3 Euan Aitken
LC 4 Kane Linnett
LW 5 Matty Russell
FE 6 Danny Brough (c)
HB 7 Danny Addy
PR 8 Adam Walker
HK 9 Liam Hood
PR 10 Luke Douglas
SR 11 Ben Hellewell
SR 12 Dale Ferguson
LK 13 Ben Kavanagh
Interchange:
IC 14 Tyler Cassel
IC 15 Frankie Mariano
IC 16 Callum Phillips
IC 17 Sam Brooks
Coach:
England Steve McCormack

Touch Judges:
England Mick Craven
England Chris Kendall
Video Referee:
England Ben Thaler
Reserve Referee:
England Robert Hicks

Saturday, 5 November
8:00pm (BST)
New Zealand  8–14  Australia
Tries:
Kata (49') 1
Rapana (77') 1
Goals:
Johnson 0/2		 1st: 0 – 10
2nd: 8 – 4
Report		 Tries:
1 (10') Ferguson
1 (15') Thurston
Goals:
3/4 Thurston
(16', 55' pen, 71' pen)
Ricoh Arena, Coventry[5]
Attendance: 21,009
Referee/s: Australia Ben Cummins
Man of the Match: Blake Ferguson
New Zealand
Australia
FB 1 Jordan Kahu
RW 2 Gerard Beale
RC 3 Solomone Kata
LC 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
LW 5 Jordan Rapana
FE 6 Thomas Leuluai
HB 7 Shaun Johnson
PR 8 Jesse Bromwich (c)
HK 9 Issac Luke
PR 17 Greg Eastwood
SR 11 Kevin Proctor
SR 12 Tohu Harris
LK 13 Jason Taumalolo
Interchange:
IC 10 Adam Blair
IC 14 Lewis Brown
IC 15 Martin Taupau
IC 16 Manu Ma'u
Coach:
New Zealand David Kidwell
FB 1 Darius Boyd
RW 2 Valentine Holmes
RC 3 Greg Inglis
LC 4 Justin O'Neill
LW 5 Blake Ferguson
FE 6 Michael Morgan
HB 7 Johnathan Thurston
PR 8 Matt Scott
HK 9 Cameron Smith (c)
PR 10 Aaron Woods
SR 11 Boyd Cordner
SR 12 Matt Gillett
LK 13 Trent Merrin
Interchange:
IC 14 Shannon Boyd
IC 15 James Maloney
IC 16 David Klemmer
IC 17 Sam Thaiday
Coach:
Australia Mal Meninga

Touch Judges:
New Zealand Anthony Elliott
England Joe Cobb
Video Referee:
Australia Bernard Sutton
Reserve Referee:
England Robert Hicks

Round 3

Friday, 11 November
8:00pm (BST)
New Zealand  18–18  Scotland
Tries:
Fusitu'a (24', 55') 2
Beale (73', 76') 2
Goals:
Luke 1/4
(25')		 1st: 6 – 4
2nd: 12 – 14
Report		 Tries:
1 (27') Tierney
1 (67') Hellewelll
1 (79') Aitken
Goals:
3/4 Brough
(68', 70' pen, 80')
The Zebra Claims Stadium, Workington[5]
Attendance: 6,628
Referee/s: Australia Ben Cummins
Man of the Match: Shaun Johnson
New Zealand
Scotland
FB 1 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
RW 2 Jason Nightingale
RC 3 Solomone Kata
LC 4 Gerard Beale
LW 5 David Fusitu'a
FE 6 Thomas Leuluai
HB 7 Shaun Johnson
PR 8 Jesse Bromwich (c)
HK 9 Issac Luke
PR 10 Adam Blair
SR 11 Manu Ma'u
SR 12 Tohu Harris
LK 13 Greg Eastwood
Interchange:
IC 14 Te Maire Martin
IC 15 Martin Taupau
IC 16 James Fisher-Harris
IC 17 Joseph Tapine
Coach:
New Zealand David Kidwell
FB 1 Lachlan Coote
RW 2 Lewis Tierney
RC 3 Euan Aitken
LC 4 Kane Linnett
LW 5 Matty Russell
FE 7 Danny Addy
HB 18 Danny Brough (c)
PR 8 Adam Walker
HK 9 Liam Hood
PR 10 Luke Douglas
SR 11 Ben Hellewell
SR 12 Dale Ferguson
LK 13 Ben Kavanagh
Interchange:
IC 14 Ryan Brierley
IC 15 Frankie Mariano
IC 16 Callum Phillips
IC 17 Billy McConnachie
Coach:
England Steve McCormack

Touch Judges:
England James Child
England Chris Kendall
Video Referee:
England Ben Thaler
Reserve Referee:
Australia Gerard Sutton

Sunday, 13 November
2:00pm (BST)
England  18–36  Australia
Tries:
McGillvary (26') 1
Widdop (67') 1
Hall (76') 1
Goals:
Widdop 3/4
(12' pen, 68', 77')		 1st: 6 – 10
2nd: 12 – 26
Report		 Tries:
1 (36') Ferguson
1 (47') Inglis
1 (57') Scott
1 (59') Dugan
1 (72') Gillett
1 (79') Holmes
Goals:
6/8 Thurston
(18' pen, 37', 40' pen, 49', 58', 60')
London Stadium, London[5]
Attendance: 35,569
Referee/s: England Robert Hicks
Man of the Match: Cooper Cronk
England
Australia
FB 1 Jonny Lomax
RW 2 Jermaine McGillvary
RC 3 Kallum Watkins
LC 4 Mark Percival
LW 5 Ryan Hall
SO 6 Kevin Brown
SH 7 Gareth Widdop
PR 8 Chris Hill
HK 9 Josh Hodgson
PR 10 James Graham
SR 11 John Bateman
SR 12 Elliott Whitehead
LF 13 Sam Burgess (c)
Substitutions:
BE 14 Tom Burgess
BE 15 George Burgess
BE 16 Michael Cooper
BE 17 George Williams
Coach:
Australia Wayne Bennett
FB 1 Darius Boyd
RW 2 Valentine Holmes
RC 3 Greg Inglis
LC 4 Josh Dugan
LW 5 Blake Ferguson
FE 6 Johnathan Thurston
HB 7 Cooper Cronk
PR 8 Matt Scott
HK 9 Cameron Smith (c)
PR 10 Aaron Woods
SR 11 Boyd Cordner
SR 12 Matt Gillett
LK 13 Trent Merrin
Interchange:
IC 14 David Klemmer
IC 15 Michael Morgan
IC 16 Tyson Frizell
IC 17 Sam Thaiday
Coach:
Australia Mal Meninga
Australia celebrate beating the Kiwis at Anfield

The match was originally scheduled to kick-off at 3:30pm BST, however on 22 September the RFL changed the kick-off time to 2:00pm BST.

Touch Judges:
New Zealand Anthony Elliott
England Mick Craven
Video Referee:
Australia Bernard Sutton
Reserve Referee:
Australia Ben Cummins

Final

Sunday, 20 November
2:30pm (BST)
Australia  34–8  New Zealand
Tries:
Dugan (10', 24') 2
Ferguson (3') 1
Merrin (21') 1
D Boyd (45') 1
Cordner (74') 1
Goals:
5/8 Thurston
(4', 18' pen, 22', 29' pen, 75')		 1st: 24 – 0
2nd: 10 – 8
Report		 Tries:
2 (56', 69') Kahu
Goals:
Anfield, Liverpool[5]
Attendance: 40,042
Referee/s: Australia Ben Cummins
Man of the Match: Darius Boyd
Australia
New Zealand
FB 1 Darius Boyd
RW 2 Blake Ferguson
RC 3 Greg Inglis
LC 4 Josh Dugan
LW 5 Valentine Holmes
FE 6 Johnathan Thurston
HB 7 Cooper Cronk
PR 8 Matt Scott
HK 9 Cameron Smith (c)
PR 10 Aaron Woods
SR 11 Boyd Cordner
SR 12 Matt Gillett
LK 13 Trent Merrin
Interchange:
IC 14 Michael Morgan
IC 15 David Klemmer
IC 16 Tyson Frizell
IC 17 Shannon Boyd
Coach:
Australia Mal Meninga
FB 1 Jordan Kahu
RW 2 David Fusitu'a
RC 3 Solomone Kata
LC 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
LW 5 Jordan Rapana
FE 6 Tohu Harris
HB 7 Shaun Johnson
PR 8 Jesse Bromwich (c)
HK 9 Issac Luke
PR 10 Adam Blair
SR 11 Kevin Proctor
SR 12 Manu Ma'u
LK 13 Jason Taumalolo
Interchange:
IC 14 Lewis Brown
IC 15 Martin Taupau
IC 16 Greg Eastwood
IC 17 Joseph Tapine
Coach:
New Zealand David Kidwell

Player statistics

Top point scorers
Player Team T G FG Pts
1Johnathan Thurston  Australia 1 14 0 32
2James Maloney  Australia 1 7 0 18
Gareth Widdop  England 1 7 0 18
4Josh Dugan  Australia 4 0 0 16
Blake Ferguson  Australia 4 0 0 16
Top try scorers
Player Team T
1Josh Dugan  Australia 4
Blake Ferguson  Australia
3 Jordan Rapana  New Zealand 3
Ryan Hall  England
Jermaine McGillvary  England

Player of the Tournament

Pre-tournament matches

Before the series, Australia and New Zealand organised to play the first ever International rugby league test-match in Perth, Scotland took on a Cumbrian rugby league team and England took on France in Avignon.[6][7][8]

Australia vs New Zealand

Saturday, 15 October
5:15pm (AWST)
Australia  26–6  New Zealand
Tries:
Inglis (15', 68') 2
D Boyd (9') 1
Holmes (44') 1
Cordner (78') 1
Goals:
Thurston 3/5
(45', 69', 79')		 1st: 8 – 6
2nd: 18 – 0
Report		 Tries:
1 (21') Proctor
Goals:
1/1 Luke
(22')
nib Stadium, Perth
Attendance: 20,283
Referee/s: Australia Matt Cecchin
Man of the Match: Greg Inglis
Australia
New Zealand
FB 1 Darius Boyd
RW 2 Blake Ferguson
RC 3 Greg Inglis
LC 4 Josh Dugan
LW 5 Valentine Holmes
FE 6 Johnathan Thurston
HB 7 Cooper Cronk
PR 8 Matt Scott
HK 9 Cameron Smith (c)
PR 10 Shannon Boyd
SR 11 Boyd Cordner
SR 12 Matt Gillett
LK 13 Trent Merrin
Interchange:
IC 14 David Klemmer
IC 15 Michael Morgan
IC 16 Tyson Frizell
IC 17 Sam Thaiday
Coach:
Australia Mal Meninga
FB 1 Jordan Kahu
RW 2 Jason Nightingale
RC 3 Solomone Kata
LC 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
LW 5 Jordan Rapana
FE 6 Thomas Leuluai
HB 7 Shaun Johnson
PR 8 Jesse Bromwich (c)
HK 9 Issac Luke
PR 10 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
SR 11 Kevin Proctor
SR 12 Tohu Harris
LK 13 Jason Taumalolo
Interchange:
IC 14 Lewis Brown
IC 15 Martin Taupau
IC 16 Manu Ma'u
IC 17 Adam Blair
Coach:
New Zealand David Kidwell

Cumbria Select XIII vs Scotland

The Cumbria Select XIII was a Cumbrian-based team selected by retiring Barrow Raiders player Liam Harrison.[9] The Cumbrian side featured Scottish internationals Oliver Wilkes and Shane Toal.

Friday, 21 October
Cumbria Select XIII 16–48  Scotland
Tries:
Fleming (37', 45') 2
Fieldhouse (26') 1
Goals:
Hankinson 2/3
(27', 38')		 Report Tries:
2 (3', 22') Scott
1 (16') C Phillips
1 (19') Mariano
1 (33') Brierley
1 (58') Walker
1 (69') Cassel
1 (78') Tierney
Goals:
5/8 Brierley
(4', 17', 34', 59', 80')
Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness
Attendance: 1,048
Cumbria XIII
Scotland
FB 1 Ryan Fieldhouse
RW 2 Eze Harper
RC 3 Chris Hankinson
LC 4 Chris Fleming
LW 5 Shane Toal
FE 6 Jamie Dallimore
HB 7 Liam Finch
PR 10 Oliver Wilkes
HK 9 Karl Ashall
PR 8 Joe Bullock
SR 11 Liam Harrison (c)
SR 12 Bradd Crellin
LK 13 Daniel Toal
Interchange:
IC 14 Dan Abram
IC 15 Brad Marwood
IC 16 Matty Holmes
IC 17 Andrew Dawson
IC 18 Brad Brennan
IC 19 Matty While
IC 20 Luke Cresswell
IC 21 Ethan Kelly
Coach:
England Liam Harrison
FB 1 Matty Russell
RW 2 Lewis Tierney
RC 3 Ben Hellewell
LC 4 Tyler Cassel
LW 5 David Scott
FE 6 Danny Addy
HB 7 Ryan Brierley
PR 8 Adam Walker
HK 9 Liam Hood
PR 10 Frankie Mariano
SR 11 Brett Phillips
SR 12 Dale Ferguson
LK 13 Ben Kavanagh
Interchange:
IC 14 Callum Phillips
IC 15 Sam Brooks
IC 16 Sheldon Powe-Hobbs
IC 17 Billy McConnachie
IC 18 Kieran Moran
IC 19 Ryan Maneely
Coach:
England Steve McCormack

France vs England

Saturday, 22 October
6:30pm (CET)
France  6–40  England
Tries:
Pélissier (19') 1
Goals:
Gigot 1/1
(20')		 Report Tries:
2 (26', 40') Hall
1 (30') Clark
1 (35') T Burgess
1 (68') Brown
1 (71') McGillvary
1 (76') Widdop
Goals:
6/7 Widdop
(27', 31', 36', 69', 72', 77')
Parc des Sports, Avignon
Attendance: 14,276
Referee/s: England Phil Bentham
France
England
FB 1 Tony Gigot
RW 2 Mathias Pala
RC 3 Benjamin Garcia
LC 4 Vincent Duport
LW 5 Olivier Arnaud
SO 6 Stanislas Robin
SH 7 William Barthau
PR 8 Romain Navarrete
HK 9 Alrix Da Costa
PR 10 Remi Casty (c)
SR 11 Mickaël Simon
SR 12 Benjamin Jullien
LF 13 Julian Bousquet
Substitutions:
BE 14 Éloi Pélissier
BE 15 Mickaël Goudemand
BE 16 Gadwin Springer
BE 17 Kevin Larroyer
Coach:
France Aurélien Cologni
FB 1 Jonny Lomax
RW 2 Jermaine McGillvary
RC 3 Kallum Watkins
LC 4 Mark Percival
LW 5 Ryan Hall
SO 6 Gareth Widdop
SH 7 Luke Gale
PR 8 James Graham (c)
HK 9 Josh Hodgson
PR 10 Scott Taylor
SR 11 Elliott Whitehead
SR 12 Michael Cooper
LF 13 Tom Burgess
Substitutions:
BE 14 George Burgess
BE 15 Kevin Brown
BE 16 Stefan Ratchford
BE 17 Daryl Clark
Coach:
Australia Wayne Bennett

Broadcasting

Premier Sports was the host broadcaster for every match of the tournament.[10]

Country Broadcaster Matches
 England Premier Sports Every match live[10]
BBC Every England match, Australia v New Zealand, and the final live[11]
 Australia Nine Network Every match live[12]
 New Zealand Sky Sport Every match live[13]
 France beIN Sports Every match live

References

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