2010 Rugby League Four Nations

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.

2010 Four Nations
Number of teams	4
Host countries	Australia New Zealand
Winner	New Zealand
Matches played	7
Attendance	137,436 (19,634 per match)
Points scored	340 (48.57 per match)
Tries scored	61 (8.71 per match)
Top scorer	Benji Marshall (40)
Top try scorers	Tony Clubb (4) Junior Sa'u (4) Brent Tate (4)
Tournaments  < 2009 2011 >

The series was contested between Australia, England, New Zealand and the winners of the 2009 Pacific Cup, Papua New Guinea.^[1]

Teams

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

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 Shenton1
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 Carvell2
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] 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
Canberra Raiders	Bronson Harrison
Leeds Rhinos	Greg Eastwood
Melbourne Storm	Adam Blair, Sika Manu
Newcastle Knights	Junior Sa'u
Penrith Panthers	Frank Pritchard, Sam McKendry1
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 Vatuvei2
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.

Club Team	Players
Agmark Rabaul Gurias	Dion Aiye, Larsen Marabe, George Moni, Rodney Pora, Pidi Tongap
Haswell Hornets	Joseph Pombo
Cronulla Sharks	Paul Aiton (capt.)
Enga Mioks	David Loko
Featherstone Rovers	Jessie Joe Parker
Gold Coast Titans	Ryan Tongia
Goroka Bintangor Lahanis	Glen Nami
Halifax	Makali Aizue
Hunslet Hawks	Michael Mark, Charlie Wabo
Ipswich Jets	Desmond Mok
Masta Mak Rangers	Nickson Kolo, Johnson Kuike
Mendi Muruks	Elizah Riyong
Newtown Jets	Richard Kambo
Northern Pride	Rod Griffin
North Sydney Bears	James Nightingale*
Parkes Spacemen	Benjamin John
Sheffield Eagles	Menzie Yere
QRL	Alex Haija

* 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.

Brisbane	Wellington	Sydney
Suncorp Stadium	Westpac Stadium	Parramatta Stadium
Capacity: 52,500	Capacity: 34,500	Capacity: 21,500
Rotorua	Melbourne	Auckland
International Stadium	AAMI Park	Eden Park
Capacity: 26,000	Capacity: 30,050	Capacity: 50,000

Officiating

Three referees were initially appointed to control matches in the Four Nations:

• Tony Archer (3 matches)
• Shane Rehm (2 matches)
• Richard Silverwood (1 match)

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]

Papua New Guinea vs Prime Ministers XIII

Papua New Guinea	18 – 30	Prime Minister's XIII

25 September 2010

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby Attendance: 10,000 approx.

Cumbria vs England

Cumbria	18 – 18	England

3 October 2010

Recreation Ground, Whitehaven Attendance: 5,250 Referee: Phil Bentham

Ipswich Centennial XIII v Papua New Guinea

Ipswich Centennial XIII	26 – 50	Papua New Guinea

16 October 2010

North Ipswich Reserve, Ipswich, Queensland

New Zealand Māori v England

Māori	18 – 18	England

16 October 2010 5:30pm

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 11,512 Referee: Leon Williamson

New Zealand vs Samoa

New Zealand	50 – 6	Samoa

Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy

16 October 2010 7:35pm

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 11,512[13] Referee: Shane Rehm

Results

Standings

2010 Four Nations

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	110	34	+76	6	Qualification for Final
2	New Zealand	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

Source: Gillette Four Nations

Round one

New Zealand vs England

In the curtain raiser match the Junior Kangaroos defeated the Junior Kiwis 24–16.

New Zealand	24 – 10	England
Tries Junior Sa'u (4') 1 Lance Hohaia (34') 1 Shaun Kenny-Dowall (44') 1 Benji Marshall (66') 1 Goals Benji Marshall 4/5	Match details	Tries 1 (56') James Roby 1 (58') Gareth Widdop Goals 1/2 Gareth Widdop

Saturday, 23 October 8:00pm

Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand Attendance: 20,681[14] Referee: Tony Archer

FB 1 Lance Hohaia RW 2 Jason Nightingale RC 3 Shaun Kenny-Dowall LC 4 Junior Sa'u LW 5 Manu Vatuvei FE 6 Benji Marshall (c) HB 7 Nathan Fien PR 8 Greg Eastwood HK 9 Thomas Leuluai PR 10 Adam Blair SR 11 Simon Mannering SR 12 Bronson Harrison LK 13 Jeremy Smith Substitutions: BE 14 Issac Luke BE 15 Ben Matulino BE 16 Frank-Paul Nuuausala BE 17 Frank Pritchard Coach: Stephen Kearney

FB 1 Gareth Widdop RW 2 Darrell Goulding RC 3 Michael Shenton LC 4 Ryan Atkins LW 5 Tom Briscoe SO 6 Kevin Brown SH 7 Sam Tomkins PR 8 James Graham (c) HK 9 James Roby PR 10 Stuart Fielden SR 11 Gareth Ellis SR 12 Sam Burgess LF 13 Sean O'Loughlin Substitutions: BE 14 Luke Robinson BE 15 Joel Tomkins BE 16 Ben Westwood BE 17 Darrell Griffin Coach: Steve McNamara

Australia vs Papua New Guinea

In the curtain raiser match Samoa defeated Tonga 22–6.^[15]

Australia	42 – 0	Papua New Guinea
Tries Willie Tonga (21', 76') 2 Billy Slater (5') 1 Brent Tate (14') 1 Cooper Cronk (17') 1 Brett Morris (25') 1 Johnathan Thurston (55') 1 Darren Lockyer (59') 1 Goals Johnathan Thurston 5/8	Match details

Sunday, 24 October 4:00pm

Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia Attendance: 11,308 Referee: Shane Rehm Player of the Match: Johnathan Thurston

FB 1 Kurt Gidley RW 2 Brett Morris RC 3 Brent Tate LC 4 Willie Tonga LW 5 David Williams SO 6 Darren Lockyer (c) SH 7 Johnathan Thurston PR 8 Nate Myles HK 9 Matt Ballin PR 10 Petero Civoniceva SR 11 Luke Lewis SR 12 Sam Thaiday LF 13 Anthony Watmough Substitutions: BE 14 Jamal Idris BE 15 Tom Learoyd-Lahrs BE 16 Neville Costigan BE 17 Brett White Coach: Tim Sheens

FB 1 Ryan Tongia RW 2 Michael Mark RC 3 Jessie Joe Parker LC 4 Emmanuel Yere LW 5 Elizah Riyong FE 6 Glen Nami HB 7 Dion Aiye PR 8 Makali Aizue HK 9 Charlie Wabo PR 10 George Moni SR 11 Rod Griffin SR 12 David Loko LK 13 Paul Aiton (c) Substitutions: BE 14 Benjamin John BE 15 Nickson Kolo BE 16 Larsen Marabe BE 17 Joseph Pombo Coach: Stanley Gene

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.

New Zealand	76 – 12	Papua New Guinea
Tries Sam Perrett (3', 48', 63') 3 Junior Sa'u (25', 43', 45') 3 Jeremy Smith (12', 17') 2 Simon Mannering (7') 1 Lance Hohaia (32') 1 Greg Eastwood (36') 1 Issac Luke (40') 1 Jason Nightingale (72') 1 Sika Manu (76') 1 Goals Benji Marshall 8/10 Issac Luke 2/4	Match details	Tries 1 (53') Emmanual Yere 1 (56') Glen Nami Goals 2/2 Ryan Tongia

Saturday, 30 October 4:00pm

International Stadium, Rotorua, New Zealand Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben Cummins

FB 1 Lance Hohaia RW 2 Jason Nightingale RC 3 Shaun Kenny-Dowall LC 4 Junior Sa'u LW 5 Sam Perrett FE 6 Benji Marshall (c) HB 7 Nathan Fien PR 8 Sam McKendry HK 9 Thomas Leuluai PR 10 Frank-Paul Nuuausala SR 11 Sika Manu SR 12 Simon Mannering LK 13 Jeremy Smith Substitutions: BE 14 Issac Luke BE 15 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves BE 16 Bronson Harrison BE 17 Greg Eastwood Coach: Stephen Kearney

FB 1 Ryan Tongia RW 2 Michael Mark RC 3 Jessie Joe Parker LC 4 Emmanuel Yere LW 5 Elizah Riyong FE 6 Glen Nami HB 7 Dion Aiye PR 8 Makali Aizue HK 9 Charlie Wabo PR 10 James Nightingale SR 11 Rod Griffin SR 12 Johnson Kuike LK 13 Paul Aiton (c) Substitutions: BE 14 Benjamin John BE 15 Nickson Kolo BE 16 Pidi Tongap BE 17 Alex Haija Coach: Stanley Gene

Australia vs England

Australia	34 – 14	England
Tries Luke Lewis (5', 18') 2 Billy Slater (22') 1 Brent Tate (27') 1 Willie Tonga (31') 1 Lote Tuqiri (47') 1 Goals Cameron Smith 5/7	Match details	Tries 1 (9') Sam Burgess 1 (43') Luke Robinson Goals 2/2 Ben Westwood 1/1 Leroy Cudjoe

Sunday, 31 October 6:30pm

AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia Attendance: 18,894 Referee: Tony Archer Player of the Match: Luke Lewis

FB 1 Billy Slater RW 2 Brett Morris RC 3 Brent Tate LC 4 Willie Tonga LW 5 Lote Tuqiri SO 6 Darren Lockyer (c) SH 7 Cooper Cronk PR 8 Nate Myles HK 9 Cameron Smith PR 10 Petero Civoniceva SR 11 Luke Lewis SR 12 Sam Thaiday LF 13 Paul Gallen Substitutions: BE 14 Kurt Gidley BE 15 Tom Learoyd-Lahrs BE 16 Anthony Watmough BE 17 Luke O'Donnell Coach: Tim Sheens

FB 1 Sam Tomkins RW 2 Darrell Goulding RC 3 Leroy Cudjoe LC 4 Ryan Atkins LW 5 Tom Briscoe SO 6 Sean O'Loughlin SH 7 Luke Robinson PR 8 Sam Burgess HK 9 James Roby PR 10 James Graham (c) SR 11 Gareth Ellis SR 12 Joel Tomkins LF 13 Ben Westwood Substitutions: BE 14 Stuart Fielden BE 15 Eorl Crabtree BE 16 Ben Harrison BE 17 Shaun Lunt Coach: Steve McNamara

Round three

England vs Papua New Guinea

England	36 – 10	Papua New Guinea
Tries Tony Clubb 4 (18', 30', 40', 76') Luke Robinson (16', 36') 2 Ben Harrison (55') 1 Goals Ben Westwood 3/4 Gareth Widdop 1/3	Match details	Tries 1 (58') Makali Aizue 1 (66') Emmanuel Yere Goals 1/2 Dion Aiye

Saturday, 6 November 6:00pm (NZDT)

Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: Shane Rehm

FB 1 Sam Tomkins RW 2 Ryan Hall RC 3 Leroy Cudjoe LC 4 Tony Clubb LW 5 Tom Briscoe SO 6 Kevin Brown SH 7 Luke Robinson PR 8 James Graham (c) HK 9 James Roby PR 10 Sam Burgess SR 11 Gareth Ellis SR 12 Ben Westwood LF 13 Sean O'Loughlin Substitutions: BE 14 Darrell Griffin BE 15 Garreth Carvell BE 16 Ben Harrison BE 17 Gareth Widdop Coach: Steve McNamara

FB 1 Jessie Joe Parker RW 2 Michael Mark RC 3 Elizah Riyong LC 4 Emmanuel Yere LW 5 Richard Kembo FE 6 Glen Nami HB 7 Dion Aiye PR 8 Makali Aizue HK 9 Charlie Wabo PR 10 Nickson Kolo SR 11 Rod Griffin SR 12 David Loko LK 13 Paul Aiton (c) Substitutions: BE 14 Benjamin John BE 15 George Moni BE 16 Joseph Pombo BE 17 Johnson Kuike Coach: Stanley Gene

New Zealand vs Australia

New Zealand	20 – 34	Australia
Tries Frank Pritchard (30') 1 Jason Nightingale (64') 1 Shaun Kenny-Dowall (77') 1 Goals Benji Marshall 4/5	Match details	Tries 2 (21', 58') Brett Morris 1 (7') Cooper Cronk 1 (24') Brent Tate 1 (46') Darius Boyd 1 (55') Chris Lawrence Goals 3/4 Cameron Smith 2/2 Todd Carney

Saturday, 6 November 8:15pm (NZDT)

Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Attendance: 44,324 Referee: Richard Silverwood Player of the Match: Paul Gallen

FB 1 Lance Hohaia RW 2 Jason Nightingale RC 3 Shaun Kenny-Dowall LC 4 Junior Sa'u LW 5 Sam Perrett FE 6 Benji Marshall (c) HB 7 Nathan Fien PR 8 Frank-Paul Nuuausala HK 9 Thomas Leuluai PR 10 Adam Blair SR 11 Sika Manu SR 12 Simon Mannering LK 13 Jeremy Smith Substitutions: BE 14 Issac Luke BE 15 Greg Eastwood BE 16 Frank Pritchard BE 17 Ben Matulino Coach: Stephen Kearney

FB 1 Darius Boyd RW 2 Brett Morris RC 3 Brent Tate LC 4 Chris Lawrence LW 5 Lote Tuqiri SO 6 Todd Carney SH 7 Cooper Cronk PR 8 Matthew Scott HK 9 Cameron Smith (c) PR 10 David Shillington SR 11 Greg Bird SR 12 Sam Thaiday LF 13 Paul Gallen Substitutions: BE 14 Dean Young BE 15 Petero Civoniceva BE 16 Tom Learoyd-Lahrs BE 17 Robbie Farah Coach: Tim Sheens

Final

Australia	12 – 16	New Zealand
Tries Brent Tate (4') 1 Billy Slater (59') 1 Goals Cameron Smith 2/2	Match details	Tries 1 (36') Shaun Kenny-Dowall 1 (71') Jason Nightingale 1 (79') Nathan Fien Goals 2/3 Benji Marshall

Saturday, 13 November 8:30pm (AEDT)

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia Attendance: 36,299 Referee: Tony Archer Player of the Match: Jeremy Smith[17]

Australia	Position	New Zealand
Billy Slater	FB	Lance Hohaia
Darius Boyd	WG	Jason Nightingale
Mark Gasnier	CE	Shaun Kenny-Dowall
Willie Tonga	CE	Simon Mannering
Lote Tuqiri	WG	Sam Perrett
Darren Lockyer (c)	FE	Benji Marshall (c)
Jamie Soward	HB	Nathan Fien
Matthew Scott	PR	Adam Blair
Cameron Smith	HK	Thomas Leuluai
David Shillington	PR	Sam McKendry
Luke Lewis	SR	Bronson Harrison
Sam Thaiday	SR	Ben Matulino
Greg Bird	LK	Jeremy Smith
Kurt Gidley	Int	Greg Eastwood
Tom Learoyd-Lahrs	Int	Isaac Luke
Nate Myles	Int	Frank-Paul Nuuausala
Anthony Watmough	Int	Sika Manu

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 delayed
  • Fox Sports – Some live and some delayed
• 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 States of America and the Caribbean:
  • Fox Soccer Channel – All Matches Live