2016 Rugby League Four Nations

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Number of teams 4
Host country  England
Matches played 7
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The 2016 Rugby League Four Nations tournament (also known as the 2016 Gillette Rugby League Four Nations due to sponsorship by Gillette) will be the fifth staging of the Rugby League Four Nations tournament and will be played in England in October and November. The series will be contested by Australia, England, New Zealand and Scotland. Scotland qualified for their first Four Nations by winning the 2014 European Cup.[1] If Scotland make it into the final, they will be the first 'fourth nation' to do so in the entire Four Nations history from 2009 to 2016.

History

The 2016 tournament is the fifth Four Nations series 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.[2]

The reconstructed 54,000 capacity Anfield Stadium will play host to the Four Nations Final. This will be the first time in 19 years the venue has held a rugby league match. Three rugby league games have been played at Anfield before. This will be the first ever International rugby league match held at the venue.[3]

Venues

The games will be played at the following venues in England. The tournament final will be played at Anfield.

Hull Huddersfield Coventry Workington London Liverpool
KC Lightstream Stadium John Smith's Stadium Ricoh Arena Zebra Claims Stadium Olympic Park Stadium Anfield
Capacity: 12,225 Capacity: 24,500 Capacity: 32,609 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 54,000

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

Results

Round 1

Friday, 28 October
8:00pm (GMT)
Australia  –  Scotland
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Saturday, 29 October
2:30pm (GMT)
England  –  New Zealand
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Round 2

Saturday, 5 November
5:30pm (GMT)
England  –  Scotland
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Saturday, 5 November
8:00pm (GMT)
New Zealand  –  Australia
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Round 3

Friday, 11 November
8:00pm (GMT)
New Zealand  –  Scotland
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Sunday, 13 November
3:30pm (GMT)
England  –  Australia
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Final

Sunday, 20 November
2:30pm (GMT)
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Pre-tournament matches

Before the series, Australia and New Zealand organised to play the first ever International rugby league test-match in Perth before heading to England.[5]

Australia vs New Zealand

Saturday, 15 October
Australia  –  New Zealand
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References

  1. ↑ "Rugby League - Scots close in on Four Nations spot". Yahoo Eurosport UK. 25 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Anfield being lined up to host 2016 Four Nations Series final". dailymail.co.uk. 23 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Four Nations 2016: Liverpool FC's Anfield to host final". BBC Sport. 23 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2016 Four Nations Schedule". rugby-league.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Perth to host October Test match". nrl.com. 23 April 2016.
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