Radio Sport presents match commentary via BBC Radio Live 5 Live Sports Extra with commentators David Oates, Stuart Pyke and former English Rugby League player, Keith Senior from Wembley Stadium, London.
The 2011 Rugby League Four Nations tournament (also known as the 2011 Gillette Rugby League Four Nations due to sponsorship by Gillette) was the third staging of the Rugby League Four Nations tournament and was played in England and Wales during October and November of 2011. The series was contested by regular contestants Australia, England and New Zealand, in addition to Wales, who had qualified for their first Four Nations by winning the 2010 European Cup. The tournament saw the return of international rugby league to London's Wembley Stadium for the first time since 1997. Australia won the tournament, defeating England in the final at Elland Road, Leeds, on 19 November 2011. The match was the last of the 17-year professional career of Australia's captain Darren Lockyer.
Wales vs New Zealand: 6 November 2011
New Zealand made a series of changes to their side following their defeat by Australia in the tournament's opening match. After receiving criticism in the media for a "cannonball tackle" (where the tackler deliberately throws his body into the legs of a standing ball-player) in that match, Issac Luke was removed from the team and replaced as the starting hooker by Thomas Leuluai. Adam Blair returned to the starting line-up having served a five-match suspension arising from the National Rugby League season, while 21-year-old Elijah Taylor was selected to make his international debut from the substitute's bench.
Teams
WALES: 1. Danny Jones 2. Elliot Kear 3. Ian Webster 4. Christiaan Roets 5. Rhys Williams 6. Lee Briers (c) 7. Lloyd White 8. Jordan James 9. Neil Budworth 10. Gil Dudson 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Chris Beasley 13. Ben Flower 14. Ian Watson 15. Andy Bracek 16. Ross Divorty 17. Craig Kopczak
NEW ZEALAND: 1. Kevin Locke 2. Gerard Beale 3. Lewis Brown 4. Alex Glenn 5. Jason Nightingale 6. Benji Marshall (c) 7. Kieran Foran 8. Sam McKendry 9. Thomas Leuluai 10. Ben Matulino 11. Sika Manu 12. Adam Blair 13. Jeremy Smith 14. Nathan Fien 15. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 16. Fuifui Moimoi 17. Elijah Taylor
Tries
2 (20', 32') Manu
2 (39', 62') Beale
1 (5') Nightingale
1 (13') Locke
1 (75') Fien
Goals
4/7 Marshall
Wembley Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 42,344
Referee/s: Matt Cecchin
Man of the Match: Thomas Leuluai