I chose the Kiwis because they have the four nation and the Anzac cup. My big question is ” How many times did the Kiwis win or lose?”. I know that The Kiwis have less New Zealanders than Polynesian.
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The New Zealand national rugby league team has represented New Zealand in rugby league football since intercontinental competition began for the sport in 1907. Administered by the New Zealand rugby league, they are commonly known as the Kiwis. The team’s colours are black with white and the players perform a haka before every match they play as a challenge to their opponents. The New Zealand Kiwis are the current world cup-holders and Four nation champions, and have unseated arch rivals Australia from their position as the dominant national rugby league team. Since the 1990s players for the team have been largely sourced from clubs in Australasia’s national rugby league with the occasional player from Europe’s super league . Before that players were sourced mostly from clubs in domestic New Zealand leagues.
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The team first played in a 1907 professional rugby tour which pre-dated the birth of rugby league football in the Southern Hemisphere, making it the second oldest national side after England. Since then the Kiwis have regularly competed in international competition, touring Europe and Australia throughout the 20th century. New Zealand have competed in every Rugby League World Cup since the first in 1954, reaching the final of the past three tournaments. In 2008 New Zealand made history by winning the World Cup for the first time. They also contest the Baskerville Shield against Great Britain, and play an annual ANZAC Test against Australia.
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I think that The Kiwis will win the 2012 four Nations?
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Benji Marshall
Australia,England,New Zealand and Wales
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Stephen Kearney
Benji Marshall
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New Zealand
80 minutes a game, 40mins a half, and golden point is 20 (depending on the scores)
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The 2008 Rugby League World Cup tournament was held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 22 November. It was the 13th staging of the World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event. It was the fourth time that the tournament has been held in Australia, the first being in 1957. The tournament was won by New Zealand, being coached by Steve Kearney and Assistant Coach Wayne Bennett, who defeated Australia 34-20 in the final in one of the greatest upsets in the history of the sport.
The match started after a confrontational New Zealand haka, with Australia choosing to march forward to face the Kiwis rather than watching from the usual several metres away. New Zealand almost opened the scoring, Benji Marshall just knocking on in the in-goal area. Australia then struck with two quick tries to captain Darren Lockyer and David Williams, who was a mid-week replacement for the injured Brent Tate. Australia almost scored a third time, however Lockyer was ruled to have knocked on over the goal line in similar circumstances to Marshall’s attempt. Australia looked to have full control of the game before Jeremy Smith opened the scoring for New Zealand by busting over right under the goal posts. Four minutes later New Zealand were in again, via an Anthony Laffranchi strip which led to a Jerome Ropati try. With only five minutes before the break, Lockyer scored to put Australia in front 16-12 at half time.
After half time it was the Kiwis who scored first when fullback Lance Hohaia slipped past Lockyer and beat Slater to score. Billy Slater then made a costly error to gift New Zealand their fourth try in the 65th minute. Having fielded a kick, Slater ran close to the touchline and under pressure when about to be pushed out of play, threw the ball backwards over his head in a futile attempt to keep the ball in play. But the ball fell towards Marshall who ran to score an easy try. The Kangaroos closed the gap to 22-20 with a Greg Inglis try before a controversial penalty try put New Zealand comfortably clear. A Nathan Fien kick into the in goal was mishandled by Joel Monaghan who then pulled the collar of Lance Hohaia, unfairly denying him a chance to ground the ball. Adam Blair then scored for New Zealand to seal the win, and the World Cup, for New Zealand.
The game was the Australian team’s first loss since Great Britain defeated them in November 2006 and their first loss to New Zealand since November 2005. It was also their first loss in a World Cup match since 1995 and in a final since 1972.
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The New Zealand national rugby league team has represented New Zealand in rugby league football since intercontinental competition began for the sport in 1907. Administered by the New Zealand rugby league, they are commonly known as the Kiwis. The team’s colours are black with white and the players perform a haka before every match they play as a challenge to their opponents. The New Zealand Kiwis are the current world cup-holders and Four nation champions, and have unseated arch rivals Australia from their position as the dominant national rugby league team. Since the 1990s players for the team have been largely sourced from clubs in Australasia’s national rugby league with the occasional player from Europe’s super league . Before that players were sourced mostly from clubs in domestic New Zealand leagues.
The team first played in a 1907 professional rugby tour which pre-dated the birth of rugby league football in the Southern Hemisphere, making it the second oldest national side after England. Since then the Kiwis have regularly competed in international competition, touring Europe and Australia throughout the 20th century. New Zealand have competed in every Rugby League World Cup since the first in 1954, reaching the final of the past three tournaments. In 2008 New Zealand made history by winning the World Cup for the first time. They also contest the Baskerville Shield against Great Britain, and play an annual ANZAC Test against Australia.
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