RUGBY LEAGUE 4 NATIONS 25 Oct-15 Nov

[Gad]

Australia – England – New Zealand - Samoa

Free to air Ch9 &/or Gem.. Check your local TV guide

TV times and Time Zones: http://www.rugbyleagueplanet.com/2014-four-nations/1784-2014-rugby-league-four-nations-4-nations-tv-times-and-time-zones

Saturday, October 25: England v Pacific Team, at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Saturday, October 25: Australia v New Zealand, at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Saturday, November 1: New Zealand v Pacific Team at Toll Stadium, Whangarei

Sunday, November 2: Australia v England at AAMI Park, Melbourne

Saturday, November 8: New Zealand v England at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin.

Sunday, November 9: Australia v Pacific Team at WIN Stadium, Wollongong

Saturday, November 15: Four Nations Final: AUSTRALIA vs TBA ( )… at Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

[Gad]

Kangaroos squad

Cameron Smith ©, Greg Bird, Daly Cherry-Evans, Boyd Cordner, Cooper Cronk, Robbie Farah, Aidan Guerra, Ryan Hoffman, Ben Hunt, Greg Inglis, Josh Jackson, Michael Jennings, Alex Johnston, David Klemmer, Josh Mansour, Sione Mata'utia, Josh Papalii, Corey Parker, Beau Scott, Sam Thaiday, Daniel Tupou, Dylan Walker, Aaron Woods

NZ Kiwis squad

Gerard Beale Adam Blair Jesse Bromwich Lewis Brown Greg Eastwood Sosaia Feki

Kieran Foran Tohu Harris Siliva Havili Peta Hiku Josh Hoffman) Shaun Johnson Shaun Kenny-Dowall

Thomas Leuluai Issac Luke) Simon Mannering Suaia Matagi Sam Moa Jason Nightingale

Kevin Proctor Jason Taumalolo Martin Taupau Manu Vatuvei Dean Whare

(note: (Dallin Watene-Zelezniak ruled out- broken bone/foot, Josh Hoffman recalled)

Toa Samoa Squad

Leeson Ah Mau David Fa'alogo Pita Godinet Tim Lafai Joey Leilua Isaac Liu Dunamis Lui Penani Manumalealii Mose Masoe Suaia Matagi Peter Mata’utia Reni Maitua Tautau Moga Josh McGuire ,Dominique Peyroux, Frank Pritchard Ben Roberts Tim Simona Michael Sio Kyle Stanley Sauaso Sue Sam Tagataese Daniel Vidot Antonio Winterstein

England Squad:

George Burgess, Tom Burgess, Joe Burgess, Josh Charnley Daryl Clark Mike Cooper Liam Farrell Brett Ferres James Graham Ryan Hall Zak Hardaker Chris Hill Josh Hodgson Sean O'Loughlin (capt), Stefan Ratchford Dan Sarginson Michael Shenton Matty Smith Joel Tomkins Sam Tomkins Kallum Watkins Joe Westerman Elliott Whitehead, Gareth Widdop.

[Gad]

Saturday, October 25:

England v Samoa, at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

kick off:4:30:00 PM AEST (Qld Time) Game will be on GEM. Telecast begins at 3.55pm Qld Time

Saturday, October 25:

Australia v New Zealand, at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

Kick off: 6:30:00 PM AEST (Qld Time) Game will be on Channel 9 Telecast begins 6.30pm

Aus Team

1. Greg Inglis 2. Josh Mansour 3. Michael Jennings 4. Dylan Walker 5. Daniel Tupou

6. Daly Cherry-Evans 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Aaron Woods 9. Cameron Smith ©

10. Sam Thaiday 11. Beau Scott 12. Ryan Hoffman 13. Greg Bird

Interchange

14. Robbie Farah 15. Aidan Guerra 16. Josh Papalii 17. Corey Parker 18. Boyd Cordner 19. David Klemmer

20. Sione Mata’utia Coach: Tim Sheens

NZ Team

1. Peta Hiku 2. Jason Nightingale 3. Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 4. Dean Whare, 5. Gerard Beale, 6. Kieran Foran), 7. Shaun Johnson 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Thomas Leuluai 10. Adam Blair 11. Simon Mannering (c,) 12. Kevin Proctor 13. Jason Taumalolo

Interchange: 14. Lewis Brown 15. Greg Eastwood 16. Martin Taupau 17. Tohu Harris 18. Suaia Matagi Coach: Stephen Kearney.

[kmcrosby78]

Am off to Saturday's double header - come on Australia and Samoa .............. :woohoo:

[Old Scaley]

Am off to Saturday's double header - come on Australia and Samoa .............. :woohoo:

0/2 Kelvin. Great game from Samoa, but probably the worst performance by the Kangaroos that I have ever seen. Never send a boy to do a man's job. :blush: :blush:

[Gad]

When you take note of who was unavailable for selection,I don`t think the Aussie loss tonight really shocked too many people.

Hopefully, next game, they come out better for this loss.

The more I see of Cherry-Evans at this level, the more I feel Aus and Qld should be grooming someone else to take over Thurston`s position when it becomes available full time.

[Dinodadog]

To many lightweights against a big NZ side.

[Gad]

Saturday, November 1: New Zealand v Samoa at Toll Stadium, Whangarei Kick off 1:00:00 PM AEST (Qlder time) Telecast begins 12.55pm (Qld) on GEM

New Zealand

1 Peta Hiku 2 Jason Nightingale 3 Dean Whare 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5 Manu Vatuvei

6 Kieran Foran 7 Shaun Johnson 8 Jesse Bromwich 9 Issac Luke 10 Adam Blair

11 Simon Mannering © 12 Kevin Proctor 13 Jason Taumalolo

Interchange 14 Lewis Brown 15 Suaia Matagi 16 Martin Taupau 17 Tohu Harris

18 Bodene Thompson: Coach: Stephen Kearney

Samoa

1 Tim Simona 2 Antonio Winterstein 3 Tim Lafai 4 Joey Leilua 5 Daniel Vidot 6 Ben Roberts

7 Kyle Stanley 8 Isaac Liu 9 Pita Godinet 10 David Fa'alogo © 11 Frank Pritchard 12 Leeson Ah Mau

13 Josh McGuire

Interchange 14 Dunamis Lui 15 Jesse Sene-Lefao 16 Sauaso Sue 17 Mose Masoe 18 Dominique Peyroux

19 Penani Manumalealii: Coach: Matt Parish

Sunday, November 2: Australia v England at AAMI Park, Melbourne Kick off 3:00:00 PM AEST (Qlder time) Telecast begins 2.30pm (Qld) on ch 9

Australia

1 Greg Inglis 2 Josh Mansour 3 Michael Jennings 4 Dylan Walker 5 Sione Mata'utia 6 Daly Cherry-Evans 7 Cooper Cronk 8 Aaron Woods 9 Cameron Smith © 10 Sam Thaiday 11 Beau Scott 12 Greg Bird 13 Corey Parker

Interchange 14 Boyd Cordner 15 Robbie Farah 16 Aidan Guerra 17 Ryan Hoffman 18 Ben Hunt (on stand by for Cherry-Evans) Coach: Tim Sheens

England

1 Sam Tomkins 2 Josh Charnley 3 Kallum Watkins 4 Michael Shenton 5 Ryan Hall 6 Gareth Widdop

7 Matty Smith 8 George Burgess 9 Josh Hodgson 10 James Graham © 11 Liam Farrell 12 Joel Tomkins

13 Joe Westerman

Interchange 14 Daryl Clark 15 Brett Ferres 16 Tom Burgess 17 Chris Hill Coach: Steve McNamara

[Gad]

A loss for Australia will mean back-to-back defeats on Australian soil for the first time since 1970, and Australia will miss the Four Nations final for the first time.

Australia will play in their heritage blue-and-maroon jersey, and England will wear a heritage red and white hooped jersey,to mark 100 years since England's Rorke's Drift Test win.

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[ellicat]

We may as well have picked Willie Mason in the squad if that's the best front row and bench forwards available.

[Gad]

sadly best we have this year, Willie unavailable due to adjustments to off-season to pre-season medication levels

Samoa is playing good footy, shame they don`t have a reliable kicker.

[Gad]

the numbers required to reach/miss the Final
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[kmcrosby78]

I never thought I'd say it, but I'll be cheering for NZ this weekend ........ :silly:

[Gad]

I will cheer for the referee, lesser of the 3 evils

[Gad]

Week 3 games,

Saturday, Nov 8: New Zealand v England Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin.

Televised 4.55pm (Qld) GEM

Sunday, Nov 9: Australia v Samoa WIN Stadium, Wollongong

Televised 2.30pm (Qld) ch 9

Australia:

Greg Inglis, Josh Mansour, Michael Jennings, Dylan Walker, Sione Mata'utia, Daly Cherry-Evans, Cooper Cronk, Aaron Woods, Cameron Smith (capt), Josh Papalii, Sam Thaiday, Greg Bird, Corey Parker.

Interchange: Boyd Cordner, Robbie Farah, Aidan Guerra, Ryan Hoffman, Ben Hunt, David Klemmer, Matt Moylan.

Samoa

1 Tim Simona 2 Antonio Winterstein 3 Tim Lafai 4 Joseph Leilua 5 Daniel Vidot 6 Ben Roberts 7 Kyle Stanley

8 Isaac Liu 9 Pita Godinet 10 David Fa'alogo © 11 Frank Pritchard 12 Leeson Ah Mau 13 Josh McGuire

Interchange 14 Dunamis Lui 15 Reni Maitua 16 Sauaso Sue 17 Mose Masoe 18 Jesse Sene-Lefao 19 Tautau Moga

[Gad]

The Kiwi vs Pom match was the Kiwi`s worst performance of the tournament.Samoa reserved their worst game for todays match against the Aussies.

Once again an Aussie vs Kiwi final game

[Old Scaley]

Agree on both counts, Gad. Still thought the NZ v England game was great entertainment and Australia will have to lift a bit more to win the final. Seems like the days when Australia could send out a second string team and cruise to victory are a thing of the past. Good thing for the game.

The Kiwi vs Pom match was the Kiwi`s worst performance of the tournament.Samoa reserved their worst game for todays match against the Aussies.

Once again an Aussie vs Kiwi final game

[Gad]

Following 2 great games with a couple of unlucky bounces of the ball, a lack of discipline from the outset certainly put the Samoans on the back foot and Australia rolled on.

Australia`s new combinations are starting to gel at the right time, Saturdays final against the Kiwi`s, in front of a Kiwi home crowd, should be a cracker

[Gad]

Saturday, November 15: Four Nations Final:

AUSTRALIA vs KIWI`s at Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

Televised 5.30 (AEST) Qlder time ch 9

Australia

1. Greg Inglis 2. Josh Mansour 3. Michael Jennings 4. Dylan Walker 5. Sione Mata’utia 6. Daly Cherry-Evans 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Aaron Woods 9. Cameron Smith © 10. Josh Papalii 11. Sam Thaiday 12. Greg Bird 13. Corey Parker

Interchange:

14. Boyd Cordner 15. Robbie Farah 16. Aidan Guerra 17. Ryan Hoffman 18. Ben Hunt

19. Josh Jackson 20. David Klemmer

New Zealand

1 Peta Hiku 2 Jason Nightingale 3 Shaun Kenny-Dowall 4 Dean Whare 5 Manu Vatuvei

6 Kieran Foran 7 Shaun Johnson 8 Jesse Bromwich 9 Issac Luke 10 Adam Blair 11 Simon Mannering 12 Kevin Proctor 13 Jason Taumalolo

Interchange:

14 Lewis Brown 15 Greg Eastwood 16 Martin Taupau 17 Tohu Harris 18 Gerard Beale 19 Bodene Thompson

[ellicat]

Best team of the tournament and the day won. Well done to the Kiwis. Shame our squad had some big holes.

Hoping like crazy that Tapau is Okay !

[motu]

very good and hard game sum hard tackles one of the best league games I have watched all most got me converted from union . I bet there will be a few off to see the Doc tomorrow

[Gad]

well done, well played, the Kiwi`s worked hard for the win.

At the 65th minute mark my words to the TV were, “when the @#$% is Sheens putting Ben Hunt on, the Kiwi`s are starting to smother DCE & Cronk.â€

Once again, I could not fathom why Sheens played Jackson and not Ryan Hoffman, big games you need that experience when you have so many young first timers.

Anyway, 2014 footy is now done and dusted.