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Date | 23 October 2015 | ||||||||||||
Stadium | Headingley Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||||
Location | Headingley, Leeds, England | ||||||||||||
Referees | Richard Silverwood | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 20,158 | ||||||||||||
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2015 | Test 1|||||||||||||
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Date | 1 November 2015 | ||||||||||||
Stadium | KC Stadium | ||||||||||||
Location | Hull, England | ||||||||||||
Brett Ferres | |||||||||||||
Referees | Ben Thaler | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 23,526 | ||||||||||||
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2015 | Test 2|||||||||||||
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Date | 7 November 2015 | ||||||||||||
Stadium | London Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Location | London, England | ||||||||||||
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Referees | Gerard Sutton | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 44,393 | ||||||||||||
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2015 | Test 3|||||||||||||
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Date | 14 November 2015 | ||||||||||||
Stadium | DW Stadium | ||||||||||||
Location | Wigan, England | ||||||||||||
Matty Smith | |||||||||||||
Referees | Ben Thaler | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 24,741 | ||||||||||||
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The 2015 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team. The New Zealand Kiwis played a match against the Leeds Rhinos and competed in a three match test series against England for the Baskerville Shield, losing 2-1.
New Zealand had originally intended to host a tour against France, while Australia was speculated to host a Great Britain Lions tour. However the Australian Rugby League Commission declined to host a tour and as an alternative the Rugby Football League invited the New Zealand Rugby League to tour Great Britain for a three match series.
New Zealand was last in the United Kingdom for the World Cup in 2013.
On 25 February 2015, the three test match venues were confirmed with Hull's KC Stadium hosting game one on 1 November, the London Olympic Stadium hosting the second test on 7 November and the final test match being held at Wigan's DW Stadium on 14 November.
The match against Leeds was the first time a Super League side had played a touring side since 2002, when the Kiwis played matches against Hull F.C. and St. Helens. It was the first time that Leeds played New Zealand since 1992. The match celebrated the 125th anniversary of Headingley Rugby Stadium. Leeds has defeated New Zealand once in eleven matches between the two teams.