List of men's national rugby league teams

This is a list of the men's national rugby league teams in the world. A full member test playing nation is a nation that has full membership of the Rugby League International Federation.

National Teams

Europe

National team	Founded	RLIF Member	RLEF Member
Austria	2006	N/A	N/A
Belgium	2009	N/A	N/A
Catalonia	2007	N/A	N/A
Czech Republic	2006	N/A	N/A
Denmark	2008	N/A	N/A
England	1895	1948	2003
Estonia	2005	N/A	N/A
France	1934	1948	2003
Georgia	2005	N/A	N/A
Germany	2006	N/A	N/A
Greece	2003	N/A	N/A
Hungary	2011	N/A	N/A
Italy	1950	N/A	N/A
Ireland	1988	2000	2003
Latvia	2007	N/A	N/A
Malta	2004	N/A	N/A
Netherlands	2003	N/A	N/A
Portugal	2005	N/A	N/A
Russia	1991	2013	2013
Scotland	1994	2011	2003
Spain	2014	N/A	N/A
Serbia	2004	2012	2004
Sweden	2008	N/A	N/A
Ukraine	2008	2013	2013
Wales	2005	2010	2010

Middle East

National team	Founded	RLIF Member	RLEF Member
Lebanon	1998	2012	2003
Pakistan	2008	N/A	N/A
Palestine	2011	N/A	N/A
Saudi Arabia	2009	N/A	N/A
United Arab Emirates	2008	N/A	N/A

Asia

National team	Founded	RLIF Member	ARLF Member
China	2011	N/A	2011
India	2011	N/A	2011
Japan	1994	N/A	2011
Philippines	2011	N/A	2011
Kazakhstan	2011	N/A	2011
Thailand	2012	N/A	2011

Oceania

• American Samoa
• Australia
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• New Zealand
• Niue
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tokelau
• Tonga

Africa

• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Morocco
• Nigeria
• South Africa

North America

• Canada
• Cuba
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• United States
• Trinidad and Tobago
• West Indies

South America

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Venezuela

RLIF Ranking

RLIF World Rankings
Official Rankings as of December 2015
Rank	Change	Team	Points
1		New Zealand	897.00
2		Australia	719.00
3		England	655.00
4		Samoa	280.00
5		France	209.00
6		Ireland	162.00
7		Fiji	147.00
8		Wales	132.00
9		Scotland	121.00
10		United States	102.00
11		Serbia	72.00
12		Italy	65.00
13		Canada	62.00
14		Papua New Guinea	60.00
15		Russia	46.00
16		Tonga	40.00
17		Belgium	40.00
18		Malta	32.00
19		Germany	28.00
20		Lebanon	27.00
21		Spain	26.00
22		Cook Islands	23.00
23		Ukraine	22.00
24		Greece	21.00
25		Denmark	20.00
26		Norway	19.00
27		Jamaica	16.00
28		Netherlands	15.00
29		Sweden	15.00
30		Czech Republic	14.00
31		South Africa	13.00
32		Niue	4.00
33		Hungary	2.00
34		Latvia	2.00
35		Morocco	0.00

Debuts

Note: The rankings are of November, 2012. The list is also incomplete.

Nation	Founded	RLIF Rank	Debut Match***
American Samoa **	1988	-	vs Tonga, 1988
Argentina **	2005	-	vs Australia Police, 2009
Australia	1907	1st	vs New Zealand, 9 May 1908
Austria **	2006	-	vs Germany, 25 June 2006
Belgium **	2009	-	vs Catalonia, 25 July 2009
Canada	1987	21st	vs United States, 1987
Catalonia **	2006	-	vs Morocco, 21 June 2008
Cook Islands	1988	15th	vs Niue, 1986
Cuba**	2009	-	Yet to Debut
Czech Republic	2006	25th	vs British Students, 2006
Denmark	2009	27th	vs Norway, 22 August 2009
England *	1904	3rd	vs / Other Nationalities, 5 April 1904
Estonia **	2005	-	vs Germany, 22 July 2006
Fiji	1992	7th	vs Western Samoa, 1992
France	1934	5th	vs England, 15 April 1934
Georgia **	2004	-	vs Netherlands, 19 April 2005
Germany	2005	18th	vs Austria, 25 June 2006
Ghana **	2012	-	Yet to Debut
Greece **	2003	-	vs New Caledonia, 7 September 2003
Hungary **	2011	-	vs Czech Republic, May 2011
India **	2010	-	Yet to Debut
Italy	1950	13th	vs France, 1951
Ireland *	1989	11th	vs United States, 17 March 1995
Jamaica	2004	22nd	vs United States, 14 November 2009
Japan **	2004	-	vs Lebanon, 1998
Kazakhstan **	2006	-	Yet to Debut
Latvia	2008	26th	vs Estonia, 21 October 2007
Lebanon	1998	14th	vs Japan, 1998
Malta	2004	20th	vs British Defence Forces, 25 September 2004
Mexico**	2003	-	Yet to Debut
Moldova **	1993	-	vs France, 1993
Morocco **	1995	-	vs Moldova, 18 October 1995
New Caledonia **	2003	-	vs Greece, 7 September 2003
New Zealand	1907	2nd	vs Wales, 1 January 1908
Netherlands **	2003	-	vs Scotland A, 19 July 2003
Niue **	1986	-	vs Cook Islands, 1986
Norfolk Island **	1992	-	vs New Zealand Māori, 1992
Pakistan **	2008	-	vs GB Community Lions, 18 July 2009
Palestine **	2011	-	Unknown
Panama**	2009	-	Yet to Debut
Papua New Guinea	1975	4th	vs England, 6 July 1975
Philippines **	2011	-	vs Thailand, 21 October 2012
Portugal **	2005	-	vs Fiji A, 8 October 2005
Russia	1991	16th	vs United States, 1994
Samoa	1986	8th	vs Tokelau, 1986
Saudi Arabia **	2009	-	Unknown
Scotland *	1996	10th	vs Ireland, 13 August 1995
Serbia	1953	17th	vs Lebanon, 19 October 2003
Sierra Leone **	2013	-	Yet to Debut
Solomon Islands **	1999	-	vs NSW Police, February 2009
South Africa	1953	24th	vs Great Britain, 23 August 1962
Sweden	2008	28th	vs Norway, 21 October 2010
Thailand **	2011	-	vs Philippines, 21 October 2012
Tokelau **	1988	-	vs Western Samoa, 1986
Tonga	1988	9th	vs Western Samoa, 1986
Trinidad and Tobago **	2013	-	Yet to Debut
Tuvalu **	2008	-	Unknown
Ukraine	2007	23rd	vs British Students, 13 July 2008
United Arab Emirates **	2008	-	vs Lebanon, 22 July 2008
United States	1953	12th	vs France, 14 October 1954
Vanuatu **	2011	-	vs Greece, 20 October 2012
Wales *	1908	6th	vs New Zealand, 1 January 1908
West Indies **	2004	-	vs South Africa, 9 October 2004

• * At the beginning of the 2008 international season Great Britain was split to form/reform England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales on a permanent basis as stand alone nations. All were granted full-membership into the top tier. Great Britain haven't played together since then.
• ** Currently unranked by RLIF but is a known national rugby league team.
• *** As Independent Nation.

See also

• List of women's national rugby league teams

External links

• Rugbyleagueplanet