4 Nations Finalists Confirmed

Posted by druzik on Nov 2nd, 2010 in Domestic, International, Rugby League | 4 comments

By Daniel Andruczyk

This weekend saw a big weekend of international rugby league and only one domestic season playing. In France Lezignan remain undefeated 5 rounds into the LER Elite 1 competition while internationally the 4 Nations finalists have been decided despite a round still to go. The inaugural Nordic Cup was played and the Junior Kiwis and Junior Kangaroos fought out a topsy turvy match.

France – Elite 1

In France round 5 of the Elite 1 competition was played and there is one team that is undefeated. Surprise, Surprise its Lezignan. Lezignan defeated Carpentras 48-20, Pia lost to Limoux 20-28 while Carcassonne defeated St Gaudens/Toulouse 30-19. UTC defeated Avignion 48-38 and Villeneuve were victorious over Montpellier 32-20. The table stands as:

	Team	P	W	D	L	B	PD	Pt
1	Lezignan	5	5	0	0	0	164	15
2	Pia	5	4	0	1	0	93	13
3	Carpentras	5	3	1	1	0	22	12
4	Villeneuve	5	3	0	2	0	1	11
5	Carcassonne	5	2	0	3	0	-6	9
6	Limoux	4	2	0	2	0	-3	8
7	UTC	4	1	1	2	0	-16	7
8	Montpellier	5	1	0	4	0	-56	7
9	Avignion	5	1	0	4	0	-88	7
10	St Gaudens/Toulouse	5	1	0	4	0	-111	7

4 Nations

In the 4 Nations Papua New Guinea faced an uphill battle against the monstrous Kiwis. Some massive hits rocked the stadium as the Kumuls and Kiwis clashed. but big hits and enthusiasm weren’t;t enough for the professionalism of the New Zealanders. The Kiwis ran out winners 76-12. England faced an Australian team that was looking to get out of second gear. In an exciting opening 20 minutes where the Poms seemed to have the edge leading 8-6, they fell away. By the end the Australians had ran out convincing winners 34-14.

	Team	P	W	D	L	B	PD	Pt
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	0	78	4
2	Australia	2	2	0	0	0	62	4
3	England	2	0	0	2	0	-34	0
4	Papua New Guinea	2	0	0	2	0	-106	0

The next round sees a double header with New Zealand playing Australia and in the opener its Papua New Guinea against the English. But despite this the finalists have been decided and in two weekends time in Brisbane, Australia Australia and the New Zealand Kiwis will fight it out for 4 Nations champions.

Nordic Cup

The inaugural Nordic Cup was played on the weekend in Gothenberg Sweden. the Swedes took on Warren Heilig’s Norwegian Vikings. In what could be considered a sort of upset the Swedes were able to hold the more experienced and fancied Norwegian team to an 20-20 draw.

Other Internationals

Only one other international was played and that was the Junior Kiwis up against the Junior Kangaroos. The Kangaroos had it easy in the 1st half, running out to a 20-0 lead. But in what has to be one of the more astonishing turn round’s the Junior Kiwis stormed back to win the match 36-20, holding the Aussies to no score in the second stanza. This makes the 2 match series tied at 1-1.