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

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)30HK Melbourne Storm
Darius Boyd20FB Brisbane Broncos
Matt Moylan10FB Penrith Panthers
Blake Ferguson312WG Sydney Roosters
Valentine Holmes24WG Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Josh Mansour18WG Penrith Panthers
Josh Dugan28CE St. George Illawarra Dragons
Greg Inglis24CE South Sydney Rabbitohs
Justin O'Neill20CE North Queensland Cowboys
James Maloney218FE Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Michael Morgan34FE North Queensland Cowboys
Johnathan Thurston222FE North Queensland Cowboys
Cooper Cronk28HB Melbourne Storm
Shannon Boyd20PR Canberra Raiders
David Klemmer30PR Canterbury Bulldogs
Matt Scott24PR North Queensland Cowboys
Aaron Woods30PR Wests Tigers
Jake Friend10HK Sydney Roosters
Boyd Cordner20SR Sydney Roosters
Tyson Frizell24SR St. George Illawarra Dragons
Matt Gillett24SR Brisbane Broncos
Sam Thaiday30SR Brisbane Broncos
Trent Merrin30LK Penrith Panthers
Jake Trbojevic*14LK Manly Sea Eagles

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

England

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)30LK South Sydney Rabbitohs
Jonny Lomax30FB St. Helens
Stefan Ratchford00FB Warrington Wolves
Ryan Hall312WG Leeds Rhinos
Jermaine McGillvary312WG Huddersfield Giants
Mark Percival24CE St. Helens
Dan Sarginson10CE Wigan Warriors
Kallum Watkins30CE Leeds Rhinos
Kevin Brown10FE Widnes Vikings
Gareth Widdop218FE St. George Illawarra Dragons
George Williams20FE Wigan Warriors
Luke Gale214HB Castleford Tigers
George Burgess30PR South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tom Burgess30PR South Sydney Rabbitohs
Mike Cooper30PR St. George Illawarra Dragons
James Graham20PR Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Chris Hill30PR Warrington Wolves
Scott Taylor10PR Hull F.C.
Daryl Clark20HK Warrington Wolves
Josh Hodgson30HK Canberra Raiders
John Bateman20SR Wigan Warriors
Liam Farrell14SR Wigan Warriors
Stevie Ward*00SR Leeds Rhinos
Elliott Whitehead38SR Canberra Raiders

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

New Zealand

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)30PR Melbourne Storm
David Fusitu'a18FB New Zealand Warriors
Jason Nightingale20WG St. George Illawarra Dragons
Jordan Rapana212WG Canberra Raiders
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak10WG Penrith Panthers
Gerard Beale28CE Cronulla Sharks
Jordan Kahu24CE Brisbane Broncos
Solomone Kata34CE New Zealand Warriors
Shaun Kenny-Dowall20CE Sydney Roosters
Thomas Leuluai30FE New Zealand Warriors
Te Maire Martin10FE Penrith Panthers
Shaun Johnson35HB New Zealand Warriors
Adam Blair30PR Brisbane Broncos
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves10PR Sydney Roosters
Martin Taupau30PR Manly Sea Eagles
Issac Luke32HK New Zealand Warriors
Lewis Brown20SR Manly Sea Eagles
James Fisher-Harris*10SR Penrith Panthers
Tohu Harris30SR Melbourne Storm
Manu Maʻu30SR Parramatta Eels
Kevin Proctor20SR Melbourne Storm
Joseph Tapine10SR Canberra Raiders
Greg Eastwood20LK Canterbury Bulldogs
Jason Taumalolo20LK North Queensland Cowboys

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

Scotland

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)310HB Huddersfield Giants
Lachlan Coote30FB North Queensland Cowboys
Matty Russell34WG Warrington Wolves
David Scott00WG Batley Bulldogs
Lewis Tierney34WG Wigan Warriors
Euan Aitken34CE St. George Illawarra Dragons
Ben Hellewell34CE London Broncos
Kane Linnett34CE North Queensland Cowboys
Ryan Brierley24FE Huddersfield Giants
Callum Phillips20HB Workington Town
Sam Brooks20PR Widnes Vikings
Luke Douglas30PR Gold Coast Titans
Ben Kavanagh34PR Bradford Bulls
Billy McConnachie20PR Ipswich Jets
Kieran Moran00PR Hull Kingston Rovers
Sheldon Powe-Hobbs10PR Northern Pride
Adam Walker30PR Hull Kingston Rovers
Liam Hood30HK Leigh Centurions
Ryan Maneely00HK Halifax
Frankie Mariano20SRUnattached
Brett Phillips00SR Workington Town
Danny Addy30LK Bradford Bulls
Tyler Cassel10LK Wests Tigers
Dale Ferguson34LK 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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