This is a list of international rugby league matches played throughout 2016. A † denotes a recognised, but unofficial match that did not contribute to the IRL World Rankings.

February

Philippines vs Serbia men in Australia

5 February 2016 19:30 (AEST)

Philippines	18–12	Serbia
Phillips 1 Goodwin 1 Mason 1 Jones 1 Goals: Stephenson 1/4	1st: 12–4 2nd: 6–8 Report	Stevanović 2 Vujanović 1 Goals: Vojislav Dedić 0/2 Vukanović 0/1

Cabramatta Leagues Stadium, Sydney[1] Player of the Match: Luke Srama (Philippines)[2]

May

Women's ANZAC Test

6 May 2016 5.25pm (AEST)

Australia	16 – 26	New Zealand
Tries: Brown (50', 78') 2 Bremner (24') 1 Goals: Studdon 1 (pen) Moran 1 (con)	[3]	Tries: Tupaea 2 (11', 17') Fiso 2 (45', 64') Feterika 1 (33') Rota 1 (68') Goals: Maaka 1 (con)

Hunter Stadium, Newcastle Referee: Adam Cassidy

ANZAC Test

6 May 2016 8.05pm (AEST)

Australia	16–0	New Zealand
Tries: Boyd (14') 1 Inglis (32') 1 Ferguson (80') 1 Goals: Thurston 1/3 (20' pen) Smith 1/2 (44' pen) Sin Bin: Radradra 1 (6')	[4]

Hunter Stadium, Newcastle Attendance: 27,724 Referee: Gerard Sutton Player of the Match: Paul Gallen

Notes:

• This was the annual 2016 Anzac Test.
• Australia's win ended a 3-match losing streak against New Zealand.
• This was the first time New Zealand were held scoreless in a test-match since 2007.^[5]
• With the victory, Australia reclaim the Bill Kelly Memorial Trophy.
• Martin Taupau and Sam Moa made their 10th test appearance for New Zealand.
• Blake Ferguson, Josh McGuire, Michael Morgan and Fijian-born Semi Radradra made their international debuts for Australia while Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Kenny Bromwich and Manu Maʻu made their international debuts for New Zealand.

Papua New Guinea vs Fiji men in Australia

The 2016 Melanesian Cup was played between Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Papua New Guinea created history to win their first Melanesian Cup title.^[6] The test looked in a similar situation to last year when Fiji took a comfortable lead into the break but this time around Papua New Guinea scored enough points in the second half to outscore their pacific rivals and win their first major title since the 2009 Pacific Cup. Captain David Mead shone for the Kumuls as he made try-saving tackles, assists and even line breaks in a man-of-the-match performance which was a crucial influence to earning his country's first win on away soil since the year 2000. Fiji picked 7 débutantes for the test match, while PNG featured five players making their first ever International appearance for their country. Both teams had a fair share of NRL, Queensland or New South Wales Cup, as well as domestic club players. Papua New Guinea's most capped player was Rod Griffin who made his 10th appearance for his country, while Fiji's most experienced player was Akuila Uate who made his 12th appearance for his country. Gold Coast's David Mead captained Papua New Guinea, and Port Kembla Blacks' James Storer led Fiji.

7 May 2016 5.45pm (AEST)

Papua New Guinea	24–22	Fiji
Tries: W Boas (5'), (52') 2 Ottio (42') 1 McDonald (71') 1 Goals: A Boas 4/5 (6'), (8' pen), (44'), (72') Sin Bin: Olam 1 37' to 47'	Report	Tries: Vunakece 1 (16') Qionimacawa 3 (29') (37') (75') Goals: Kennedy 1/1 (17') Moceidreke 2/4 (22' pen), (76')

Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta[7] Attendance: 15,225 Referee: Robert Hicks (Rugby Football League

FB 1 David Mead (c) RW 2 Justin Olam RC 3 Kato Ottio LC 4 Nene McDonald LW 5 Stargroth Amean SO 6 Ase Boas SH 7 Watson Boas PR 8 Luke Page HK 9 Wartovo Puara PR 10 Henry Wan SR 11 Rhyse Martin SR 12 Rod Griffin LF 13 Adam Korave Substitutions: IC 14 Adex Wera IC 15 Brandy Peter IC 16 Willie Minoga IC 17 Kurt Baptiste Coach: Michael Marum

FB 1 Tyrone Phillips RW 2 Akuila Uate RC 3 Sisa Waqa LC 4 Brayden Wiliame LW 5 Etuate Qionimacawa SO 6 Sitiveni Moceidreke SH 7 Maurice Kennedy PR 8 Kane Evans HK 9 James Storer (c) PR 10 Daniel Saifiti SR 11 Junior Roqica SR 12 Fabian Goodall LF 13 Eloni Vunakece Substitutions: IC 14 Ben Nakubuwai IC 15 Tui Kamikamica IC 16 Tevita Cottrell IC 17 Jokatama Dokonivalu Coach: Mick Potter

Notes:

• This was the first of the two 2016 Pacific Rugby League Tests.
• The win was Papua New Guinea's first win on foreign soil since the 2000 World Cup.^[8]
• With the victory, Papua New Guinea now hold the Melanesian Cup shield.
• Rod Griffin made his 10th test appearance for Papua New Guinea.
• James Storer made his 10th test appearance for Fiji.
• Justin Olam, Stargroth Amean, Watson Boas, Henry Wan and Kurt Baptiste made their international debuts for Papua New Guinea while Etuate Qionimacawa, Sitiveni Moceidreke, Maurice Kennedy, Ben Nakubuwai, Tui Kamikamica, Tevita Cottrell and Jokatama Dokonivalu made their international debuts for Fiji.

Samoa vs Tonga men in Australia

The 2016 Polynesian Cup was played between Samoa and Tonga. Samoa defeated Tonga to win their second consecutive Polynesian Cup title.^[9] The strong crowd would always show their passion and loud screaming support throughout the game after big hits, strong runs and intense moments were key talking points.^{[citation needed]} However a total of 29 errors and a completion rate of just over 50% from both countries was a headache for everyone to watch.^{[citation needed]} Despite Tonga having 55% possession and more territory, they didn't score and the Samoans made them pay by taking their few second-half opportunities that were given to them resulting in another Samoan victory over their old 'War rivals'. Samoa picked 7 débutantes for the test match, while Tonga featured three. Both teams' players varied from National Rugby League players to Queensland or New South Wales Cup to Holden Cup and to the Super League. Samoa's most capped player was Leeson Ah Mau who made his 10th appearance for his country, while Tonga's most experienced player was Feleti Mateo who made his 13th appearance for his country. English Super League club Hull F.C. gave permission for two players to leave England and play in the Polynesian Cup test; coincidentally they were captain of both nations. Frank Pritchard captained Samoa, and Sika Manu led Tonga.^[10]

7 May 2016 7.45pm (AEST)

Samoa	18–6	Tonga
Tries: Winterstein (15') 1 Leutele (55') 1 Wright (75') 1 Goals: Brown 3/4 (16'), (40' pen), (56')	Report	Tries: Pangai 1 (4') Goals: Kata 1/1 (5')

Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta[7] Attendance: 15,225 Referee: Ben Cummins

FB 1 Tim Simona RW 2 Antonio Winterstein RC 4 Ricky Leutele LC 3 Kirisome Auva'a LW 5 Matthew Wright SO 6 Fa'amanu Brown SH 7 Pita Godinet PR 8 Sam Kasiano HK 9 Kaysa Pritchard PR 10 Junior Paulo SR 11 Leeson Ah Mau SR 12 Frank Pritchard (c) LF 13 Sauaso Sue Substitutions: IC 14 Erin Clark IC 15 John Asiata IC 16 Raymond Faitala-Mariner IC 17 Sam Tagataese Coach: Matt Parish

FB 1 David Fusitua RW 2 Mosese Pangai RC 3 Solomone Kata LC 4 Vai Toutai LW 5 Michael Oldfield SO 6 Feleti Mateo SH 7 Samisoni Langi PR 8 Peni Terepo HK 9 Sione Katoa PR 10 Felise Kaufusi SR 11 Sika Manu (c) SR 12 Tony Williams LF 13 Joe Ofahengaue Substitutions: IC 14 Nafe Seluini IC 15 David Fifita IC 16 Siosaia Vave IC 17 Patrick Kaufusi Coach: Kristian Woolf

Notes:

• This was the second of the two 2016 Pacific Rugby League Tests.
• With the victory, Samoa retain the Polynesian Cup shield.
• Leeson Ah Mau made his 10th test appearance for Samoa.
• Kirisome Auva'a, Fa'amanu Brown, Erin Clark, Junior Paulo, Kaysa Pritchard, Raymond Faitala-Mariner and John Asiata made their international debuts for Samoa while David Fusitu'a, Patrick Kaufusi and Sione Katoa made their international debuts for Tonga.

Lebanon vs Cook Islands men in Australia

8 May 2016

Lebanon	20–30	Cook Islands
Tries: el Zbadieh 2 Barakat 1 Kassis 1 Goals: Miskie 2/5	Report	Tries: Peni 2 Makatoa 1 Glassie 1 Ngaro 1 Goals: Tangiiti 5/6

Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore[11]

June

Chile vs El Salvador men in Australia

11 June 2016

Chile	58–20	El Salvador
	Report

Henson Park, Marrickville[12]

Notes

• This was the first ever 13-aside match both teams ever played as they regularly play 9-aside matches against each other and fellow Latin Heat-based nations.

Lebanon men in Italy

11 June 2016

Italy	22–26	Lebanon
Tries: Diac (31'), (35'), (77') 3 Arrigo (46'), (51') 2 Goals: Arrigo 0/2 Dodi 1/2 Giorgis 0/1	Report	Tries: Sabat 3 (4'), (14'), (64') Zeidan 1 (10') Finan 1 (24') Goals: Hachem 3/6

Catania University Stadium, Catania[13]

Notes:

• This was the first Mediterranean Cup since 2004.
• Both nations fielded a total of 12 debutants each.

European Championship C

25 June 2016

Ukraine	46–6	Czech Republic
Tries: Skorbach (4'), (77') 2 Shalaiev (9'), (13'), (68'), (72') 4 Khrusiuk (22') 1 Troiyan (40') 1 Shakura (64') 1 Goals: Skorbach 0/3 Shakura 5/6	Report	Tries: Friedl 1 (18') Goals: Šedina 1/1

Avanhard Stadium, Rivne[14] Attendance: 1,500 Referee: George Stilianos

July

Norway men in Sweden

16 July 2016

Sweden	24 – 40	Norway
Tries: Ah-Lam (22') 1 Cammell (31') 1 Teodor Loxvi (48') 1 Wikander (69') 1 Goals: Jönsson 4/4	Report	Tries: Mwikaria 2 (5'), (9') Schmidt 1 (27') Flage 1 (35') Mellor 2 (54'), (75') Mikalsen 2 (58'), (79') Goals: Hachem 4/8

Årsta, Stockholm

Notes:

• This was a part of the 2016 Nordic Cup.
• This was the first time ever that the Nordic Cup only featured two countries, after Denmark withdrew from the tournament.
• It was Norway's first Nordic Cup win since 2012.

America's Cup

16 July 2016

Jamaica	2 – 38	Canada
Tries: Goals: Myers 1/1	Report	Tries: McCarthy 1 Legault 1 Boyd 1 Grace 1 Miller 1 Hergott 1 Schouten 1 Goals: Kelly 5/5 Felix 0/1 Gemmell 0/1

Levitown, Pennsylvania[15] Referee: Vince Lawson

23 July 2016

United States	54 – 4	Jamaica
Tries: Taylor Alley 3 Mike Timpano 2 Taioalo Vaivai 1 Gabe Farley 1 Barthlemey Longchamp 1 Nick Newlin 1 CJ Cortalano 1 Goals: Mike Timpano 6/9 Taioalo Vaivai 1/1	Report	Tries: Ronaldo Wade 1

A. A. Garthwaite Stadium, Conshohocken[15]

Notes:

• Former NRL player, Taioalo 'Junior' Vaivai, made his International debut for the United States.

24 September 2016

Canada	8 – 14	United States

Lamport Stadium, Toronto[15]

Notes:

• Also played as part of the Colonial Cup.

August

European Triangular Series

6 August 2016

Germany	12–26	Belgium
Tries: Amefia 2 Goals: Keinhorst 2/2	Report	Tries: Leclerq 2 Bertrand 1 Troquereau 1 Guimard 1 Goals: Leroyer 3/5

Mendesportanlage, Dortmund[16]

13 August 2016

Netherlands	6 – 8	Germany
Tries: Werk (8') 1 Goals: Storm 2/2	Report	Tries: Hagenah (13') 1 Ziekursch (22') 1 Goals: Seelweger 0/2

Rotterdamse Rugby Club, Rotterdam[16]

Notes

• With the win, Germany retained the Griffin Cup.

3 September 2016

Belgium	36–12	Netherlands

Neder-Over-Heembeek, Brussels[16]

September

Norway men in Czech Republic

24 September 2016 4:00pm (UTC+1)

Czech Republic	12 – 6	Norway
Tries: Šedina (35') 1 Fanda (52') 1 Hovard (68') 1 Goals: Šedina 0/2 Bžoch 0/1	Report	Tries: Jørgensen (25') 1 Goals: Mwikaria 1/1

RLC Dragons Krupka Stadium, Teplice[17]

Serbia men in Spain

24 September 2016 5:00pm (GMT+2)

Spain	6–64	Serbia
	Report

Polideportivo Quatre Carreres, Valencia[18]

October

Canada men in United States

1 October 2016 7:00pm (UTC–5)

United States	20–14	Canada

Eden Park, Wilmington[19]

Ukraine men in Czech Republic

8 October 2016

Czech Republic	12–64	Ukraine

TBC

World Cup European qualifiers

15 October 2016[20] 3:00pm (UTC+3)

Russia	40 – 6	Spain
Try: Burlutskii 12' Zagoskin 14' Kosharin 33' Lysokon 44' Bratko 54' Chuprin 76' Buryak 79' Goal: Lysokon 4/5 Bratko 1/1 Burlutskii 1/1	Report	Try: Rango 69' Goal: Garcia 1/1

Fili Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 427 Referee: Jack Smith Player of the Match: Aleksandr Lysokon

FB 1 Nikolay Zagoskin RW 5 Vadim Buryak RC 21 Kirill Kosharin LC 3 Leonid Kalinin LW 18 Dmitry Bratko SO 6 Aleksandr Lysokon SH 7 Denis Tiulenev PR 8 Sergei Konstantinov (c) HK 4 Petr Botnarash PR 10 Ivan Troitskii SR 12 Mikhail Burlutskii SR 11 Andrey Kuznetsov LF 13 Viacheslav Eremin Substitutes: IC 17 Igor Chuprin IC 2 Maksim Suchkov IC 9 Vladimir Vlasyuk IC 15 Sergey Gaponov Coach: Denis Korolev

FB 1 Daniel Garcia RW 2 Clement Laguerre RC 3 Antonio Puerta LC 4 Alexandre Doutres LW 5 Chris Lopez FE 6 Ivan Ordaz HB 7 Miguel Charters-Blanco PR 8 Luis Thorp HK 9 Gonzalo Morro PR 10 Adria Alonso SR 11 Cedric Bringuier SR 12 Matt Dulley LK 13 Aitor Davila (c) Substitutes: IC 14 Andrew Pilkington IC 15 Leandre Torres IC 16 Kevin Aparicio IC 17 Juan Pablo Rango Coach: Darren Fisher

15 October 2016[21] 3:00pm (GMT)

Wales	50 – 0	Serbia
Try: Williams (2) 12', 19 Grace (2) 28', 56 Olds (2) 33', 69' Davies 46' Gay 52' Dudson 76 Goal: White 4/6 Davies 3/3	Report	Try:

Parc Stebonheath, Llanelli Attendance: 902 Referee: Chris Campbell Player of the Match: Elliot Kear

FB 1 Elliot Kear RW 2 Regan Grace RC 4 Christiaan Roets LC 18 Andrew Gay LW 5 Rhys Williams SO 6 Courtney Davies SH 7 Ollie Olds PR 8 Gil Dudson HK 9 Lloyd White PR 10 Craig Kopczak (c) SR 11 Rhodri Lloyd SR 15 Joe Burke LF 13 Philip Joseph Substitutes: IC 14 Steve Parry IC 16 Jacob Emmitt IC 17 Anthony Walker IC 19 Matty Fozard Coach: John Kear

FB 1 Vojislav Dedić RW 2 Joshua Marjanović RC 3 Miloš Ćalić LC 4 Stevan Stevanović LW 5 Pero Madžarević 54' to 64' FE 6 Daniel Burke HB 7 Dalibor Vukanović (c) PR 8 David Andjelić HK 9 Vladislav Dedić PR 10 Jordan Grant SR 11 Chad Grant SR 12 Jason Muranka LK 13 Stefan Nedeljković Substitutes: IC 14 Ilija Radan IC 15 James Mirceski IC 16 Reece Grkinić IC 17 Džavid Jašari Coach: Ljubomir Bukvic

22 October 2016[22]

Serbia	14 – 62	Italy
Try: Marjanović (2) 68', 79' Burke 73' Goal: Dedić 1/2	Report	Try: Lepori (4) 4', 10', 12', 46' Cerruto (4) 17', 35', 49', 71' Wakeman 22' Santi 45' Campese 58' Calegari 62' Goal: Bergamasco 7/11 Campese 0/1

Makiš Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 1,037 Player of the Match: Terry Campese

FB 1 Vojislav Dedić RW 2 Miloš Zogović RC 3 Miloš Ćalić LC 4 Stevan Stevanović LW 5 Joshua Marjanović FE 6 Daniel Burke HB 7 Dalibor Vukanović (c) PR 8 Ilija Radan HK 9 Reece Grkinić PR 10 Jordan Grant SR 11 James Mirceski SR 12 Jason Muranka LK 13 Chad Grant Substitutes: IC 14 David Andjelić IC 15 Miodrag Tomić IC 16 Vlado Kušić IC 17 Vladislav Dedić Coach: Ljubomir Bukvic

FB 1 Mason Cerruto RW 2 Chris Centrone RC 3 Justin Castellaro LC 4 Mirco Bergamasco LW 5 Richard Lepori FE 6 Terry Campese HB 7 Ryan Ghietti PR 8 Shannon Wakeman HK 9 Dean Parata PR 10 Gavin Hiscox SR 11 Jayden Walker SR 12 Brenden Santi LK 13 Joel Riethmuller Substitutes: IC 14 Col Wilkie IC 15 Christophe Calegari IC 16 Kieran Quabba IC 17 Gioele Celerino Coach: Cameron Ciraldo

29 October 2016[23] 3:30pm (CET)

Italy	14 – 20	Wales
Try: Wilkie 26' Castellaro 29' Goal: Campese 3/3	Report	Try: Morris (2) 16', 59' Walker 37' Gay 52' Goal: Davies 2/4

Stadio Brianteo, Monza Attendance: 839 Referee: Chris Campbell

FB 2 Chris Centrone RW 3 Justin Castellaro RC 15 Christophe Calegari LC 4 Mirco Bergamasco LW 5 Richard Lepori FE 6 Terry Campese HB 7 Ryan Ghietti PR 8 Shannon Wakeman HK 9 Dean Parata PR 10 Gavin Hiscox SR 11 Jayden Walker SR 12 Brenden Santi LK 13 Joel Riethmuller Substitutes: IC 1 Mason Cerruto IC 14 Col Wilkie IC 16 Kieran Quabba IC 17 Gioele Celerino Coach: Cameron Ciraldo

FB 1 Elliot Kear RW 2 Rhys Williams RC 26 Ben Morris LC 16 Andrew Gay LW 3 Dai Evans SO 6 Courtney Davies SH 17 Matty Fozard PR 8 Gil Dudson HK 9 Lloyd White PR 10 Craig Kopczak (c) SR 11 Rhodri Lloyd SR 12 Philip Joseph LF 13 Steve Parry Substitutes: IC 14 Joe Burke IC 15 Anthony Walker IC 23 Sam Hopkins IC 24 Danny Ansell Coach: John Kear

22 October 2016 1:00pm (GMT+2)

Spain	6 – 46	Ireland
Try: Charters-Blanco 62' Goal: Garcia 1/1	Report	Try: Roberts 2' Dunne (2) 5', 52' Littler (2) 29', 74' Hasson 39' Peacock 56' King 66' Grix 77' Goal: Finn 5/9

Polideportivo Quatre Carreres, Valencia Attendance: 323 Referee: Patrice Benausse Player of the Match: Liam Finn

FB 1 Daniel Garcia RW 2 Clement Laguerre RC 3 Antonio Puerta LC 4 Alexandre Doutres LW 5 Chris Lopez FE 6 Ivan Ordaz HB 7 Miguel Charters-Blanco PR 8 Luis Thorp HK 9 Nicolas Munoz PR 10 Joel Marquez-Laynez SR 11 Leandre Torres SR 12 Cedric Bringuier 65' to 75' LK 13 Kevin Aparicio Substitutes: IC 14 Andrew Pilkington IC 15 Aitor Davila IC 16 Matt Dulley IC 17 Adria Alonso Coach: Darren Fisher

FB 1 Shannon McDonnell RW 2 Casey Dunne RC 3 Stuart Littler LC 4 Oliver Roberts LW 5 Alan McMahon FE 6 Scott Grix HB 7 Liam Finn (c) PR 8 James Hasson HK 9 Joseph Keyes PR 10 Luke Ambler SR 11 David Allen SR 12 Will Hope LK 13 George King Substitutes: IC 14 Haydn Peacock IC 15 Matty Hadden IC 16 James Kelly IC 17 Gareth Gill Coach: Mark Aston

Greece men in Japan

8 October 2016 6:40pm (UTC+9)

Japan	0–72	Greece

Katsushika City Sogo Sports Centre, Katsushika[24]

Fiji men in Samoa

8 October 2016

Samoa	18–20	Fiji
Tries: Kasiano  4' Maumalo  16',  20' Goals: Wright (3/3) 5', 18', 21'		Tries: Montoya  24' Storer  30' Wiliame  38' Philips  60' Goals: Moceidreke (2/4) 32', 40'

Apia Park, Apia[25] Referee: Gerard Sutton

New Zealand men in Australia

15 October 2016 7:00pm (AWST)

Australia	26-6	New Zealand

nib Stadium, Perth[26]

Solomon Islands men in Vanuatu

15 October 2016

Vanuatu	24-15	Solomon Islands

Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila[27]

Wales vs Jamaica men in England

21 October 2016

Wales	16 – 16	Jamaica
Tries: Lloyd, Davies, White	Report	Tries: Jones-Bishop (3)

Belle Vue, Wakefield[28] Attendance: 1,378

England men in France

22 October 2016 6.30pm (CET)

France	v	England

Parc des Sports, Avignon[29]

Malta men in Thailand

29 October 2016

Thailand	v	Malta

Princes Royal College Stadium, Chiang Mai[30]

South Africa Triangular Series

29 October 2016

South Africa	v	Niue

Brakpan Stadium, Pretoria[31]

4 November 2016

Lebanon	v	Niue

Brakpan Stadium, Pretoria[31]

11 November 2016

South Africa	v	Lebanon

Brakpan Stadium, Pretoria[31]

Four Nations

28 October 2016 8:00pm (GMT)

Australia	54-12	Scotland

KC Lightstream Stadium, Hull[32]

29 October 2016 2:30pm (GMT)

England	16-17	New Zealand

John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield[32]

5 November 2016 5:30pm (GMT)

England	38-12	Scotland

Ricoh Arena, Coventry[32]

5 November 2016 8:00pm (GMT)

New Zealand	8-14	Australia

Ricoh Arena, Coventry[32]

11 November 2016 8:00pm (GMT)

New Zealand	v	Scotland

The Zebra Claims Stadium, Workington[32]

13 November 2016 2:00pm (GMT)

England	v	Australia

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Stadium, London[32]

Sunday, 20 November 2:30pm (BST)

Australia	34–8	New Zealand
Tries: Dugan (10', 24') 2 Ferguson (3') 1 Merrin (21') 1 D Boyd (45') 1 Cordner (74') 1 Goals: 5/8 Thurston (4', 18' pen, 22', 29' pen, 75')	1st: 24 – 0 2nd: 10 – 8 Report	Tries: 2 (56', 69') Kahu Goals:

Anfield, Liverpool[22] Attendance: 40,042 Referee: Ben Cummins Player of the Match: Darius Boyd

FB 1 Darius Boyd RW 2 Blake Ferguson RC 3 Greg Inglis LC 4 Josh Dugan LW 5 Valentine Holmes FE 6 Johnathan Thurston HB 7 Cooper Cronk PR 8 Matt Scott HK 9 Cameron Smith (c) PR 10 Aaron Woods SR 11 Boyd Cordner SR 12 Matt Gillett LK 13 Trent Merrin Interchange: IC 14 Michael Morgan IC 15 David Klemmer IC 16 Tyson Frizell IC 17 Shannon Boyd Coach: Mal Meninga

FB 1 Jordan Kahu RW 2 David Fusitu'a RC 3 Solomone Kata LC 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall LW 5 Jordan Rapana FE 6 Tohu Harris HB 7 Shaun Johnson PR 8 Jesse Bromwich (c) HK 9 Issac Luke PR 10 Adam Blair SR 11 Kevin Proctor SR 12 Manu Ma'u LK 13 Jason Taumalolo Interchange: IC 14 Lewis Brown IC 15 Martin Taupau IC 16 Greg Eastwood IC 17 Joseph Tapine Coach: David Kidwell

November

World Cup European play-off qualifier

4 November 2016

Italy	76 – 0	Russia
Tries: Goals:	Report	Tries: Goals:

Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England Attendance: 450 Referee: Chris Campbell Player of the Match: Terry Campese

FB 1 Mason Cerruto RW 2 Chris Centrone RC 3 Christophe Calegari LC 4 Col Wilkie LW 5 Richard Lepori FE 6 Terry Campese (c) HB 7 Ryan Ghietti PR 8 Shannon Wakeman HK 9 Dean Parata PR 10 Gavin Hiscox SR 11 Jayden Walker SR 12 Brenden Santi LK 13 Joel Riethmuller Substitutes: IC 14 Joseph Tramontana IC 15 Ryan Tramonte IC 16 Guiseppe Pagani IC 17 Gioele Celerino Coach: Cameron Ciraldo

FB 2 Maksim Suchkov RW 5 Vadim Buryak RC 1 Nikolay Zagoskin LC 3 Leonid Kalinin LW 14 Vadim Tsynkovich SO 6 Aleksandr Lysokon SH 7 Denis Tiulenev PR 16 Vadim Fedchuk HK 9 Vladimir Vlasyuk PR 10 Ivan Troitskii SR 12 Mikhail Burlutskii SR 11 Andrey Kuznetsov LF 13 Viacheslav Eremin Substitutes: IC 17 Igor Chuprin IC 18 Dmitry Bratko IC 8 Sergei Konstantinov IC 4 Petr Botnarash Coach: Denis Korolev

With the win Italy became the 14th, and final, team to qualify for the 2017 World Cup.^[33]

Non-RLIF matches

20 August 2016

Fiji Residents	26 – 12	Canada
	Report

Aloha Stadium, Honolulu[34]

Notes:

• This was a part of the 2016 Ohana Cup.

20 August 2016

Samoa Residents	40 – 6	Tonga Residents
	Report

Aloha Stadium, Honolulu[34]

Notes:

• This was a part of the 2016 Ohana Cup.

24 September 2016

Papua New Guinea	0 – 58	Australian Prime Minister's XIII
	Report

National Football Stadium, Port Moresby[35] Attendance: 15,011

15 October 2016

Canada	v	South Wales Scorpions

Lamport Stadium, Toronto[34]