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.
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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 |
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| 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 |
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Teams
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| Country | Previous appearances in tournament | Continent |
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 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
Round 2
Round 3
Final
Pre-tournament matches
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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
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