Latvia national rugby league team

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Latvia

Team information
Governing body	Latvia Rugby League
Region	Europe
Head coach	Steve Leonard (GBR)
Captain	Jānis Zuments
IRL ranking	47th
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
Estonia 38 - 54 Latvia  (21 October 2007, Tallinn)
Biggest win
Estonia 4 - 74 Latvia  (8 August 2009, Tallinn)
Biggest defeat
Ukraine 112 - 0 Latvia  (18 September 2010, Kyiv )

The Latvia national rugby league team was established in 2008 to represent Latvia at rugby league football, and initially competed in the European Bowl, for fourth-tier developing nations. They beat Estonia in a two-game series and therefore won the inaugural tournament after Ukraine could not gain visas to travel. In 2009 they reached the second place after losing to Ukraine and defeating Estonia. In 2010 they played in the European Shield, losing to Russia and Ukraine. After a hiatus of several years, Latvia will return to international competition on May 9, 2015 for the first match of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying process, taking on Spain in a one-off knockout match to determine the final participants in the 'European C' section.

All-time results record[]

Team	First Played	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	Points For	Points Against	Last Meeting
Estonia	2007	4	4	0	0	238	62	2009
Ukraine	2009	2	0	0	2	6	152	2010
Russia	2010	1	0	0	1	4	54	2010
Spain	2015	1	0	0	1	12	32	2015
TOTAL		8	4	0	4	260	300

Results[]

IRL World Rankings v t
Official Men's Rankings as of November 2019
Rank	Change*	Team	Pts%
1	2	New Zealand
2	1	Australia
3	1	England
4		Tonga
5		Fiji
6	4	Papua New Guinea
7		Samoa
8	2	France
9	1	Scotland
10	1	Lebanon
11	5	Greece
12		Ireland
13	1	Italy
14	3	Wales
15	4	Serbia
16	1	Malta
17	1	Norway
18	3	United States
19	4	Poland
20	7	Jamaica
21	1	Hungary
22	3	Czech Republic
23	5	Cook Islands
24	7	Turkey
25	1	Netherlands
26	4	Spain
27	6	Canada
28		Nigeria
29	2	Solomon Islands
30	10	Sweden
31	4	Germany
32	1	Chile
33		Ghana
34	16	Morocco
35	3	Vanuatu
36		South Africa
37	8	Russia
38		Cameroon
39	2	Ukraine
40	1	Colombia
41	4	Brazil
42		Belgium
43	4	Denmark
44	4	Bulgaria
45	4	Latvia
*Change from July 2019

World Cup[]

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	D
2017	Failed to qualify
Total	0 Titles	0/13	0	0	0	0

2017 Rugby League World Cup Qualifier[]

On the 9th of May 2015, Latvia and Spain kicked off proceedings for the qualifying fixtures for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying. It was a do or die match with the winner advancing to a qualifying group stage, already containing Malta and Greece, while the other would lose their chance of qualifying for their first ever World Cup. The Latvians' home advantage had no effect as they went down to the Spaniards by 20 points, ending their chance of participating in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Notable players of Latvian descent[]

• Euan Aitken, whose paternal grandmother was born in Rēzekne^[1][2][3]
• Niall Evalds, via his paternal grandfather^{[citation needed]}

See also[]

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