[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 London Huddersfield Hull Liverpool Workington Coventry Match officials Referees Touch judges Video Referees Ben Cummins James Child Bernard Sutton Robert Hicks Joe Cobb Ben Thaler Gerard Sutton Mick Craven Anthony Elliot Chris Kendall Teams * Denotes winner of tournament event. Standings 2016 Four Nations v t e Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Australia W 3 0 104 38 +66 6 2 New Zealand 43 48 –5 England 72 65 +7 4 Scotland 42 110 –68 By holding New Zealand to an 18–18 draw in the third round, Scotland became the first 'fourth nation' to score a championship point in the history of the tournament.
Final Player statistics 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 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.
No. The Autumn Nations Cup 2020 began two weeks after the final round of the Six Nations Championship, which England won in the tournament's final round. Are the women's teams be competing? No – the women's teams will not mirror this tournament. England and France played a two-test series, which the Red Roses emerged from as 2-0 victors. Ireland, Italy and Scotland were set to be busy in the weeks around the tournament, as they looked to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2021 in a round robin tournament. However, that tournament has since been postponed to early 2021. Where is it being shown on television? Amazon Prime is the main broadcaster of this competition, with fans able to stream 14 of the 16 matches in the Autumn Nations Cup. Some matches will be available to watch on terrestrial television. For UK audiences, Channel 4 (and RTE in Ireland) will show Ireland's fixtures against Wales, England and Georgia. Channel 4 will also show highlights from all rounds. Every Wales match in the Autumn Nations Cup will also be shown on S4C, a Welsh language channel.
The 2016 Rugby League Four Nations tournament (known as the 2016 Ladbrokes Four Nations, for sponsorship purposes) [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, who qualified for their first Four Nations by winning the 2014 European Cup. [2] The final was played on 20 November, with Australia winning its third tournament, defeating New Zealand. 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 Rugby Football League (RFL) planned to take a game up into Scotland but backed down and decided to take games to other venues.