2016 Rugby League Four Nations squads

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The Four Nations Rugby Squad is a biennial rugby tournament representing the top three nations of the sport including an additional underperforming team.[1] 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.

Squads[]

Australia Australian colours.svg[]

Head Coach: Australia Mal Meninga

  • On October 4, Mal Meninga named the following 24 players as part of his squad in preparation for the tournament.[2]
Player Games Points Position 2016 Club
Cameron Smith (c) 3 0 HK Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Darius Boyd 2 0 FB Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Matt Moylan 1 0 FB Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Blake Ferguson 3 12 WG Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Valentine Holmes 2 4 WG Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Josh Mansour 1 8 WG Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Josh Dugan 2 8 CE St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Greg Inglis 2 4 CE South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Justin O'Neill 2 0 CE North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
James Maloney 2 18 FE Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Michael Morgan 3 4 FE North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Johnathan Thurston 2 22 FE North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Cooper Cronk 2 8 HB Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Shannon Boyd 2 0 PR Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
David Klemmer 3 0 PR Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs
Matt Scott 2 4 PR North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Aaron Woods 3 0 PR Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Jake Friend 1 0 HK Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Boyd Cordner 2 0 SR Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Tyson Frizell 2 4 SR St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Matt Gillett 2 4 SR Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Sam Thaiday 3 0 SR Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Trent Merrin 3 0 LK Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Jake Trbojevic* 1 4 LK Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles

* Replaced Josh Papalii who withdrew due to injury on 13 October.[3]

England England colours.svg[]

Head Coach: Australia Wayne Bennett

  • On October 10, Wayne Bennett named the following 24 players as part of his squad in preparation for the tournament.[4]
Player Games Points Position 2016 Club
Sam Burgess (c) 3 0 LK South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Jonny Lomax 3 0 FB Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
Stefan Ratchford 0 0 FB Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves
Ryan Hall 3 12 WG Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
Jermaine McGillvary 3 12 WG Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants
Mark Percival 2 4 CE Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
Dan Sarginson 1 0 CE Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
Kallum Watkins 3 0 CE Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
Kevin Brown 1 0 FE Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings
Gareth Widdop 2 18 FE St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
George Williams 2 0 FE Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
Luke Gale 2 14 HB Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers
George Burgess 3 0 PR South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tom Burgess 3 0 PR South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Mike Cooper 3 0 PR St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
James Graham 2 0 PR Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Chris Hill 3 0 PR Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves
Scott Taylor 1 0 PR Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C.
Daryl Clark 2 0 HK Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves
Josh Hodgson 3 0 HK Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
John Bateman 2 0 SR Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
Liam Farrell 1 4 SR Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
Stevie Ward* 0 0 SR Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
Elliott Whitehead 3 8 SR Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders

* Replaced Brett Ferres who withdrew due to injury on October 18.

New Zealand New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg[]

Head Coach: New Zealand David Kidwell

  • On October 4, David Kidwell named the following 24 players as part of his squad in preparation for the tournament.[5]
Player Games Points Position 2016 Club
Jesse Bromwich (c) 3 0 PR Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
David Fusitu'a 1 8 FB New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Jason Nightingale 2 0 WG St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Jordan Rapana 2 12 WG Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 1 0 WG Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Gerard Beale 2 8 CE Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks
Jordan Kahu 2 4 CE Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Solomone Kata 3 4 CE New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Shaun Kenny-Dowall 2 0 CE Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Thomas Leuluai 3 0 FE New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Te Maire Martin 1 0 FE Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Shaun Johnson 3 5 HB New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Adam Blair 3 0 PR Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 1 0 PR Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Martin Taupau 3 0 PR Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles
Issac Luke 3 2 HK New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Lewis Brown 2 0 SR Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles
James Fisher-Harris* 1 0 SR Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Tohu Harris 3 0 SR Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Manu Maʻu 3 0 SR Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Kevin Proctor 2 0 SR Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Joseph Tapine 1 0 SR Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Greg Eastwood 2 0 LK Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs
Jason Taumalolo 2 0 LK North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys

* Replaced Simon Mannering who withdrew due to injury on October 18.

Scotland Scotland colours.svg[]

Head Coach: England Steve McCormack

  • On October 11, Steve McCormack named the following 24 players as part of his squad in preparation for the tournament.[6]
Player Games Points Position 2016 Club
Danny Brough (c) 3 10 HB Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants
Lachlan Coote 3 0 FB North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Matty Russell 3 4 WG Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves
David Scott 0 0 WG Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs
Lewis Tierney 3 4 WG Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
Euan Aitken 3 4 CE St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Ben Hellewell 3 4 CE Broncoscolours.png London Broncos
Kane Linnett 3 4 CE North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Ryan Brierley 2 4 FE Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants
Callum Phillips 2 0 HB Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town
Sam Brooks 2 0 PR Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings
Luke Douglas 3 0 PR Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Ben Kavanagh 3 4 PR Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls
Billy McConnachie 2 0 PR Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets
Kieran Moran 0 0 PR HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
Sheldon Powe-Hobbs 1 0 PR Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride
Adam Walker 3 0 PR HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
Liam Hood 3 0 HK Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions
Ryan Maneely 0 0 HK Faxcolours.svg Halifax
Frankie Mariano 2 0 SR Unattached
Brett Phillips 0 0 SR Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town
Danny Addy 3 0 LK Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls
Tyler Cassel 1 0 LK Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Dale Ferguson 3 4 LK Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls

References[]

  1. ^ "Kangaroos run riot as Kiwis go missing in 4 Nations Final - Match Report". Rugby League Planet. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Australia Four Nations Squad". Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  3. ^ Trbojevic replaces Papalii for Kangaroos
  4. ^ England Four Nations Squad
  5. ^ "New Zealand Four Nations Squad". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  6. ^ Scotland Four Nations Squad
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