2016 Rugby League Trans-Tasman Test Match
| 2016 Four Nations | |
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| Host country |
 England
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| Winner |
 Australia (3rd title)
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| Matches played | 7 |
| Attendance | 132,655 (18,951 per match) |
| Points scored | 259 (37 per match) |
| Tries scored | 47 (6.71 per match) |
| Top scorer |
Johnathan Thurston (32)
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| Top try scorer |
Blake Ferguson Josh Dugan (4 Tries Each) |
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The 2016 Rugby League Four Nations tournament (also known as the 2016 Ladbrokes Rugby League Four Nations) was the fifth staging of the Rugby League Four Nations tournament and was played in England in October and November. The series was contested by Australia, England, New Zealand and Scotland. Scotland qualified for their first Four Nations by winning the 2014 European Cup. To date, none of the fourth nations has won a match.
The 2016 tournament is the fifth Four Nations series to be 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.
The redeveloped 54,074 capacity Anfield Stadium hosted the Four Nations Final. This was the first time in 19 years the venue had held a rugby league match. Three rugby league games have been played at Anfield before. The final was the first ever international rugby league match held at the venue.
The games were played at the following venues in England. The tournament final was played at Anfield.
* Denotes winner of tournament event.
Touch Judges: Jack Smith Mick Craven
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton
Reserve Referee: Gerard Sutton
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