During the 2010 Rugby League World Cup Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand played but which other nation were the fourth team?
"1990 New Zealand rugby league season The 1990 New Zealand rugby league season was the 83rd season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the National Provincial Competition that was won by Auckland. The New Zealand national rugby league team played three matches against Great Britain, two Tests against Papua New Guinea and a Sesquicentennial Test against Australia. They lost the series to Great Britain 2-1 and lost to Australia but won the series in Papua New Guinea 2-0. Before the Lions arrived a Probables v Possibles trial match was"
"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. The series was contested between Australia, England, New Zealand and the winners of the 2009 Pacific Cup, Papua New Guinea. Coach: Tim Sheens Of the twenty five players, twenty three were Australian born while two were Fijian born. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Replaced originally selected Jarryd Hayne after he withdrew due to injury. Coach: Steve McNamara"
"nations have clashed. England played Cumbria on 3 October as a memorial match for Gary Purdham. England also faced the New Zealand Māori rugby league team in a curtain raiser to the New Zealand-Samoa test. The Four Nations was broadcast to over 60 countries worldwide. 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. The series was contested between Australia, England, New"
"football, Australia ran away with the match, scoring a barrage of late tries to win 46-16. The 2009 series was the first of three Four Nations series planned before the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, with the venues rotating between Europe and the South Pacific. The RLIF also stated that the next Four Nations would be held 2010. The Four Nations is run in partnership between the Australian Rugby League, Rugby Football League and New Zealand Rugby League representing the top three nations in the sport: Australia, England and New Zealand. A fourth partner, Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII,"
"2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was only one change: Uruguay replaced Russia. This was the first World Cup with no new teams to the tournament. Reigning champions New Zealand won the cup and defended their title by defeating Australia in the final 34–17; South Africa defeated Argentina to take third place. This was the first Rugby World Cup where no"
"Rugby League Four Nations The Rugby League Four Nations, known as the Ladbrokes Four Nations for sponsorship, is a biennial 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. 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. The tournament is sponsored by"
"2010 in rugby league Top-level rugby league in 2010 centered on Australasia's 2010 NRL season and Europe's Super League XV. High-profile representative competitions included the 2010 Four Nations (held in Australia and New Zealand), the 2010 State of Origin series and the 2010 European Cup. Other international fixture results include: 16 October New Zealand 50 – Samoa 6 (Test Match) 16 October NZ Maori 18 – England 18 October 10 Scotland 22 – Wales 60 (European Cup) 9 October France 58 – Ireland 24 (European Cup) 6 October Wales 6 – Italy 15 October 3 England 18 – Cumbria 18"
"the most recent World Cup in 2013, with matches also held in France and Ireland; Australia regained the crown. The England team competes in the annual Four Nations competition. The England national rugby league team will compete more regularly as a full test nation, in lieu of the Great Britain national rugby league team, which, following the 2007 Centenary Test Series against New Zealand only reforms as an occasional southern hemisphere touring side. Cricket is another popular team sport, ranking fourth in the country for viewership after Association Football, Rugby Union and Tennis. Although there is some debate about the"
"Cup in 1954, 1960 and 1972, but England and Wales now compete separately in this tournament and Australia have won every World Cup since 1975 except in 2008, when they were upset in the final by New Zealand. The Great Britain team is retained for some competitions, such as with Australia and New Zealand in the recently founded Tri-Nations competition, and in test series such as the Ashes (against Australia) and the Baskerville Shield (against New Zealand). In 2013, the United Kingdom hosted the Rugby league World Cup for the 5th time, with England and Wales officially serving as joint"
"2009 Rugby League Four Nations The 2009 Rugby League Four Nations tournament (officially known as the Gillette Four Nations due to sponsorship) was the first Rugby League Four Nations since its expansion from the Tri-Nations tournament. Played in England and France over three weeks from Friday, 23 October until Saturday, 14 November, France and England competed for the first time, with Great Britain's permanent split into the home nations' national teams following the 2007 New Zealand All Golds Tour. The tournament culminated in a final between world number 1 side Australia and hosts England. After 60 minutes of highly competitive"
"England and New Zealand. The Rugby League World Cup is the highest form of representative rugby league and currently features 14 teams. Those which have contested World Cups are; Australia, New Zealand, England, France, Fiji, Wales, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Ireland, USA, Scotland, Italy, Tonga, Cook Islands, Lebanon, Russia and South Africa. The current World Champions are Australia, who won the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. The Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation's purpose is to spread the sport of rugby league throughout their region along with other governing bodies such as the ARL and NZRL. Since rugby league was introduced to"
"inaugural Four Nations was played in England and France in 2009 with France qualifying to be the fourth nation via winning the 2005 European Championship. The big three dominated the tournament with Australia beating England in the final. The next tournament was played the following year in 2010 with Australia and New Zealand hosting the tournament. PNG qualified as the fourth nation through the 2009 Pacific Cup. The big three again dominated and Australia beat New Zealand in the final for their third title. 2011 was the third consecutive tournament being held in England and Wales, Wales qualified by winning"
"resulted in a loss of two competition points that New Zealand gained from their win against Great Britain in Christchurch. Great Britain then went on to beat Australia in Sydney 23–12, their first win in Australia since 1992, leaving the series wide open. However Great Britain went on to suffer heavy defeats in their last two games, leaving Australia and New Zealand to again contest the final. Australia won 16–12, the game having gone to golden point extra time after finishing 12–12 after 80 minutes. The United Kingdom and France hosted the new Four Nations series in 2009. Great Britain"
"support the tourists and was rewarded with a crowd of 17,445, many of them supporting Australia. Australia won 17–11, and then went on to clinch the series with an 11–3 victory in a blizzard at Swinton. The fourth Rugby League World Cup, held in Australia and New Zealand, in 1968. The match between Great Britain and Australia attracted an attendance of 62,256, the highest for a rugby league World Cup match. However, Great Britain failed to make the final. The 1968 Great Britain World Cup squad made a visit to Queensland on their way back to Britain. They played three"
"at South Leeds Stadium, The Big Fellas Stadium in Featherstone, The LoveRugbyLeague.Com Stadium in Batley and The Tetley’s Stadium in Dewsbury. The fourteenth Rugby League World Cup took place with the final on 30 November. Fourteen teams took part. Defending Champions New Zealand, hosts England, Australia, France, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Fiji, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea all qualified automatically, while Italy and the United States qualified through tournaments in 2010 and 2011. The final was held at Old Trafford on 30 November. The second Police Rugby League World Cup took place in July. Defending champions Fiji joined"
"was only one change – Russia replaced Portugal. Three nations bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup — New Zealand, Japan, and South Africa. New Zealand had co-hosted the first Rugby World Cup with Australia in 1987, and had been set to co-host the 2003 World Cup with Australia before a disagreement over ground signage rights resulted in New Zealand being dropped and Australia became the sole host. The 2011 New Zealand bid contained plans to enlarge the size of Eden Park and other stadiums to help increase the commercial viability of the bid. Japan was bidding to become"
"2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A 2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A was one of the three groups of teams that competed in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Group A was the largest of the tournament, consisting of four teams: Australia, New Zealand, England and Papua New Guinea. After all teams had played each other once, only Papua New Guinea did not advance to 2008 Rugby League World Cup Knockout stage. The World Cup tournament opened with England facing Papua New Guinea at Townsville in tropical North Queensland. It was to be the first time the two"
"2016 Rugby League Four Nations The 2016 Rugby League Four Nations tournament (also known as the 2016 Ladbrokes Rugby League Four Nations) 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, who qualified for their first Four Nations by winning the 2014 European Cup.. It was won by Australia, who defeated New Zealand in the final. The 2016 tournament is the fifth Four Nations series to be planned before the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, with the venues"
"2017 Rugby League World Cup The 2017 Rugby League World Cup was the fifteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup tournament and took place in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea between 27 October and 2 December 2017. The tournament featured the national teams of 14 Rugby League International Federation member countries who qualified through either standing in the previous tournament or a series of qualification play-off matches. In the final, defending champions Australia, playing in their 14th consecutive final, defeated England at Brisbane's Lang Park. At the 2010 Rugby League International Federation executive meeting, the New Zealand"
"would not compete in the tournament, with England replacing them. The Rugby League International Federation announced on 10 November 2006 that the France would participate in the 2009 tournament. NOTE: Does not include finals matches, only qualifiers. Rugby League Tri-Nations The Rugby League Tri-Nations (known as the Gillette Tri-Nations for sponsorship reasons) was a rugby league tournament involving the top three teams in the sport: Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand and is the predecessor of today's Rugby League Four Nations. First contested in 1999 (as the Tri-Series), it is a logical continuation of the format originally used for the"
"in Edmonton, Canada, and was the first major international rugby union tournament and women's world cup held in North America. New Zealand defeated England in the final to win their third successive world cup title. A record four countries expressed interest in hosting the 2010 World Cup. After considering bids from England, Germany, Kazakhstan and South Africa, the IRB announced that the 2010 event would take place in England. The tournament was staged in London, with the final played at the Twickenham Stoop. The 2017 World Cup was hosted by the Irish Rugby Football Union, which governs the sport on"
"2013 Rugby League World Cup The 2013 Rugby League World Cup was the fourteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup and took place in England, Wales, France and Ireland. between 26 October and 30 November 2013. It was the main event of the year's Festival of World Cups. Fourteen teams contested the tournament: Australia, England, New Zealand, Samoa, Wales, Fiji, France, Papua New Guinea, Ireland, Scotland, Tonga, Cook Islands, Italy and the United States. The latter two were competing in the Rugby League World Cup for the very first time. New Zealand were the defending champions, having defeated Australia"
"was the first time the two nations had played each other in a test match. As part of the Four Nations competition New Zealand played England, Australia and Papua New Guinea in Wellington, Auckland and Rotorua respectively. England and PNG also play each other as a curtain raiser to the New Zealand vs Australia match. The match against England celebrated a centenary of international rugby league in New Zealand and the English and Kiwis both wore 1910 style jerseys to mark the occasion. New Zealand went on to win the tournament, defeating Australia 16 - 12 in the final at"
"dispersing rugby fever in the biggest continent on the planet will help the IRB in their mission of globalizing the game we all love."" The IRB defended its decision to award the 2011 World Cup to New Zealand instead of Japan, stating: ""New Zealand can guarantee packed stadiums and that can't be guaranteed in Japan."" The host for the 2015 tournament was England, who won their bid on 28 July 2009. A record ten unions indicated formal interest in hosting the 2015 and/or the 2019 events: Australia, England, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Russia, Scotland, South Africa and Wales. Argentina had"
"held in Biarritz, Treviso again, Toulon and once more in Treviso in 2010. All four were taken out by France, but of Europes top rugby playing nations, England, Wales and Scotland did not take part in the latest edition. The championship, similar to previous editions, was organised in an A, B and C Division, with A being the highest and C the lowest. Each division consisted of eight teams and each team played three competition games, with a quarter final, semi final and final/placing game. The quarter finals were played according to a seeding list, with the winners moving on"
"the right to host the final, but as international crowds in Australia had been dwindling in recent years due to the Kangaroos dominance (only 15,944 had attended the dead rubber Ashes series test between Australia and Great Britain at the Sydney Football Stadium three months earlier), the Australian Rugby League agreed to New Zealand hosting the game in the interests of promoting international rugby league. Their efforts were rewarded with the largest World Cup Final attendance since 1968, when 54,290 saw Australia defeat France at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Eden Park hosted two matches (a double header) in the 2010"
"Tonga and Wales respectively. New Zealand led 24-8 at half-time before Tonga fought back to level the scores at 24-24. New Zealand went on to score 16 unanswered points to win the match 40-24. England lead Wales 20-12 approaching the hour, before racking up 28 points in the last quarter.. The competition was televised in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and France. 2009 Rugby League Four Nations The 2009 Rugby League Four Nations tournament (officially known as the Gillette Four Nations due to sponsorship) was the first Rugby League Four Nations since its expansion from the Tri-Nations tournament. Played in"
"for the tournament and also became the first qualifying nation to avoid losing every game when they drew with New Zealand 18-all. The final for the 2016 tournament took place at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool; after every prior Four Nations final in England had been held at Elland Road, Leeds, and was won by Australia against New Zealand. The fourth nation alternates between Europe and the Pacific and to date each tournament has seen a different team take part. Rugby League European Cup decides the qualifier from Europe and the Pacific Rugby League International decides the qualifier from the Pacific."
"2016 Rugby League Four Nations squads The Four Nations Rugby Squad is a biennial rugby tournament representing the top three nations of the sport including an additional underperforming team. Australia, England and New Zealand are the top three nations excelling in the game. The event is recognized as Ladbroke Four Nations because the tournament is sponsored by Ladbrokes, a British gambling company. The squads competing in the 2016 rugby tournament consists of Australia, England, New Zealand and Scotland. The rosters for each squad below consist of player’s information and the head coach of each team. Head Coach: Mal Meninga <nowiki>*</nowiki>"
"England. The tournament was won by New Zealand, who defeated Australia 34-17 to become the first nation to successfully defend their World Champion title and the first nation to win the tournament three times. This was the first time New Zealand had successfully won the cup away from home. This tournament is notable for the Pool of Death that occurred which saw Australia, England and Wales fight to get a place in the Quarter Finals. England became the first Host nation, to not make it out of the Pools. This also became the first Rugby World Cup to have all"
"top rugby playing nations, England, Wales and Scotland did not take part in the 2010 edition. The 2011 edition saw the introduction of an Elite division, consisting of four teams, two of which, England and Wales, had not taken part in the 2010 competition or, in the case of Wales, never taken part in the European championship. Below the elite level, the championship was organised in First, Second and Third Divisions, with First being the highest and Third the lowest. Each division consisted of eight teams and each team played three competition games, with a quarter-final, semi-final and final/placing game."
"1977 Rugby League World Cup The 1977 Rugby League World Cup was the eighth Rugby League World Cup tournament and was held in Australasia, with games played during May and June in both Australia and New Zealand. It featured four teams: Great Britain and France in addition to the two host nations. All teams played each other once, resulting in a top two of Great Britain and Australia who played in the tournament final at the Sydney Cricket Ground with the home team winning by one point. The tournament as held during the 1977 NSWRFL season and 1977 New Zealand"
"represented as part of Great Britain until 1995 National team appearances at Rugby League World Cups This article shows all the teams that have participated in the Rugby League World Cup and the results of those teams. 19 teams have participated in the World Cup. Between 1954 and 1972 and 1977 to 1992, England, Wales and Scotland were represented by Great Britain. From 1995 onwards Great Britain only played in test series and England, Scotland and Wales all represented themselves at major tournaments. Only Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain have won the World Cup. England hosted the 1960 and"