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The 2016 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain will be a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team to compete in the 2016 Rugby League Four Nations. The New Zealand Kiwis will play a match against Australia in Perth, Australia on their way to Great Britain.

Background
The last Four Nations tournament was held in 2014 and was hosted by New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand won the tournament, which also included England and Samoa, by defeating Australia 22-18 in the final.

Scotland qualified for the tournament by winning the 2014 European Cup. New Zealand has only played Scotland once, defeating them 40-4 in a 2013 Rugby League World Cup quarter-final.

New Zealand toured Great Britain in 2015, losing a three match test series against England 2-1.

New Zealand last played Australia in the 2016 Anzac Test, losing 0-16 on 6 May.

Coach Stephen Kearney had been in charge of New Zealand since 2008. However on 12 September, less than a month before the Kiwis' first match, Kearney resigned to become the head coach of the New Zealand Warriors. He was replaced by David Kidwell, who took on the position full-time. On 28 September, the New Zealand Rugby League announced the appointment of Justin Morgan and Willie Swann as assistant coaches.

Training squad
An initial training squad was named on 7 September 2016 and added to as teams were eliminated from the NRL finals. Players that were unavailable included Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Peta Hiku, Dean Whare, Kieran Foran and Kodi Nikorima. Ben Matulino and Alex Glenn were originally named in the squad, but later withdrew due to injury.

Final squad
A final travelling squad of 24 will be named during the week after the NRL Grand Final on 2 October. 

Fixtures
New Zealand will play a test match in Perth, before heading to Great Britain for three test matches as part of the Four Nations tournament. The final will be held at Anfield, Liverpool on 20 November.

Australia
This will be the first test match to be held in Perth.

Australia
This is part of a double header, as England play Scotland at the same venue at 5:30pm.