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	1905	2010	2010

Middle East[]

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

Asia[]

National team	Founded	RLIF Member	ARLF Member
	2011	N/A	2011
India	2011	N/A	2011
Japan	1994	N/A	2011
Philippines	2011	N/A	2011
	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
•  Vanuatu

Africa[]

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

North America[]

•  Canada
•  
•  Jamaica
•  Mexico
•  United States
•  
•  West Indies

South America[]

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  

RLIF Ranking[]

IRL World Rankings v t
Official Men's Rankings as of December 2021
Rank	Change*	Team	Pts%
1		New Zealand	100.00%
2	1	England	79%
3	1	Tonga	69%
4	2	Australia	60%
5	1	Papua New Guinea	34%
6	1	Fiji	30%
7	1	France	21%
8	1	Samoa	19%
9	6	Serbia	18%
10	1	Greece	15%
11	2	Scotland	13%
12		Ireland	12%
13	3	Lebanon	10%
14	11	Netherlands	10%
15	1	Malta	9.00%
16	3	Italy	8.00%
17	5	Czech Republic	8.00%
18	2	Jamaica	7.00%
19	5	Turkey	7.00%
20	3	Norway	6.04%
21	2	Poland	6.03%
22	1	Cook Islands	6.02%
23	9	Wales	6.00%
24	6	United States	5.00%
25	14	Ukraine	4.29%
26		Philippines	4%
27	1	Nigeria	3.81%
28	2	Spain	3.61%
29	2	Germany	3.52%
30	9	Hungary	2.86%
31	2	Ghana	2.85%
32	2	Sweden	2.80%
33	1	Morocco	2.70%
34	4	Cameroon	1.79%
35	2	Russia	1.72%
36	9	Canada	1.66%
37	8	Solomon Islands	1.61%
38	2	South Africa	1.31%
39	7	Bulgaria	1.21%
40	5	Vanuatu	1.06%
41	1	Belgium	1.04
42	1	Brazil	1.03%
43	11	Chile	1.02%
44		Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.00%
45	5	Colombia	0.50%
46	3	Denmark	0.10%
47	2	Latvia	0.05%
*Change from November 2019

Debuts[]

Note: The rankings are of December, 2017. The list is also incomplete.

Nation	Founded	RLIF Rank	Debut Match***
American Samoa **	1988	-	vs Tonga, 1988
Argentina	2005	39	vs , 2009
Australia	1907	1	vs New Zealand, 9 May 1908
Austria **	2006	-	vs Germany, 25 June 2006
Belgium	2009	20	vs Catalonia, 25 July 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina **	2014	-	vs Greece, 17 October 2014
Brazil	2015	43	vs Chile, 17 November 2017
Bulgaria	2017	46	vs Greece, 6 October 2017
Burundi **	2015	-	Yet to Debut
Canada	1987	17	vs United States, 1987
Catalonia **	2006	-	vs Morocco, 21 June 2008
Chile	2015	32	vs El Salvador, 11 June 2016
Colombia	2015	40	vs Argentina, 17 November 2017
Cook Islands	1988	30	vs Niue, 1986
**	2009	-	Yet to Debut
Czech Republic	2006	26	vs , 2006
Denmark	2009	34	vs Norway, 22 August 2009
Ecuador **	2015	-	Yet to Debut
England *	1904	3	vs / Other Nationalities, 5 April 1904
El Salvador	2015	37	vs Chile, 11 June 2016
Estonia **	2005	-	vs Germany, 22 July 2006
**	2014	-	Yet to Debut
Fiji	1992	5	vs Western Samoa, 1992
France	1934	8	vs England, 15 April 1934
Georgia **	2004	-	vs Netherlands, 19 April 2005
Germany	2005	28	vs Austria, 25 June 2006
Ghana **	2012	-	vs , 8 July 2014
Greece	2003	23	vs New Caledonia, 7 September 2003
Hong Kong	2014	45	vs Japan, 7 November 2017
Hungary	2011	29	vs Czech Republic, May 2011
India **	2010	-	Yet to Debut
Italy	1950	13	vs France, 1951
Ireland *	1989	11	vs United States, 17 March 1995
Jamaica	2004	15	vs United States, 14 November 2009
Japan	2004	41	vs Lebanon, 1998
**	2006	-	Yet to Debut
Kenya **	2014	-	vs Italy A, 24 March 2014
Latvia	2008	47	vs Estonia, 21 October 2007
Lebanon	1998	9	vs Japan, 1998
Malta	2004	18	vs , 25 September 2004
**	2013	-	Yet to Debut
Mexico **	2003	-	Yet to Debut
Moldova **	1993	-	vs France, 1993
Morocco	1995	48	vs Moldova, 18 October 1995
New Caledonia **	2003	-	vs Greece, 7 September 2003
New Zealand	1907	2	vs Wales, 1 January 1908
Netherlands	2003	27	vs Scotland A, 19 July 2003
Nigeria **	2012	-	Yet to Debut
Niue	1986	33	vs Cook Islands, 1986
Norfolk Island **	1992	-	vs New Zealand Māori, 1992
Pakistan **	2008	-	vs GB Community Lions, 18 July 2009
**	2011	-	Unknown
**	2009	-	Yet to Debut
Papua New Guinea	1975	10	vs England, 6 July 1975
Peru **	2015	-	Yet to Debut
Philippines	2011	24	vs Thailand, 21 October 2012
Poland **	2015	-	Yet to Debut
Portugal **	2005	-	vs Fiji A, 8 October 2005
Russia	1991	19	vs United States, 1994
Samoa	1986	6	vs Tokelau, 1986
**	2009	-	Yet to Debut
Scotland *	1996	7	vs Ireland, 13 August 1995
Serbia	1953	16	vs Lebanon, 19 October 2003
**	2013	-	Yet to Debut
Solomon Islands	1999	42	vs , February 2009
South Africa	1953	35	vs Great Britain, 23 August 1962
Spain	2013	21	vs Belgium, 25 May 2014
Sweden	2008	31	vs Norway, 21 October 2010
Thailand	2011	38	vs Philippines, 21 October 2012
Tokelau **	1988	-	vs Western Samoa, 1986
Tonga	1988	4	vs Western Samoa, 1986
**	2013	-	Yet to Debut
Turkey **	2016	-	vs Greece, 18 October 2016
**	2008	-	Unknown
Ukraine	2007	25	vs , 13 July 2008
United Arab Emirates **	2008	-	vs Lebanon, 22 July 2008
United States	1953	10	vs France, 14 October 1954
Uruguay	2015	44	vs Hungary, 4 February 2017
Vanuatu	2011	36	vs Greece, 20 October 2012
**	2015	-	Yet to Debut
Wales *	1908	12	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  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 with the exception of the 2019 Great Britain Lions tour.
• ** Currently unranked by RLIF but is a known national rugby league team.
• *** As Independent Nation.

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References[]

External links[]

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