List of men's national rugby league teams

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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[]

Africa[]

North America[]

South America[]

RLIF Ranking[]

Official Men's Rankings as of December 2021
Rank Change* Team Pts%
1 Steady  New Zealand 100.00%
2 Increase 1  England 79%
3 Increase 1  Tonga 69%
4 Decrease 2  Australia 60%
5 Increase 1  Papua New Guinea 34%
6 Decrease 1  Fiji 30%
7 Increase 1  France 21%
8 Decrease 1  Samoa 19%
9 Increase 6  Serbia 18%
10 Increase 1  Greece 15%
11 Decrease 2  Scotland 13%
12 Steady  Ireland 12%
13 Decrease 3  Lebanon 10%
14 Increase 11  Netherlands 10%
15 Increase 1  Malta 9.00%
16 Decrease 3  Italy 8.00%
17 Increase 5  Czech Republic 8.00%
18 Increase 2  Jamaica 7.00%
19 Increase 5  Turkey 7.00%
20 Decrease 3  Norway 6.04%
21 Decrease 2  Poland 6.03%
22 Increase 1  Cook Islands 6.02%
23 Decrease 9  Wales 6.00%
24 Decrease 6  United States 5.00%
25 Increase 14  Ukraine 4.29%
26 New entry  Philippines 4%
27 Increase 1  Nigeria 3.81%
28 Decrease 2  Spain 3.61%
29 Increase 2  Germany 3.52%
30 Decrease 9  Hungary 2.86%
31 Increase 2  Ghana 2.85%
32 Decrease 2  Sweden 2.80%
33 Increase 1  Morocco 2.70%
34 Increase 4  Cameroon 1.79%
35 Increase 2  Russia 1.72%
36 Decrease 9  Canada 1.66%
37 Decrease 8  Solomon Islands 1.61%
38 Decrease 2  South Africa 1.31%
39 Increase 7  Bulgaria 1.21%
40 Decrease 5  Vanuatu 1.06%
41 Increase 1  Belgium 1.04
42 Decrease 1  Brazil 1.03%
43 Decrease 11  Chile 1.02%
44 New entry  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.00%
45 Decrease 5  Colombia 0.50%
46 Decrease 3  Denmark 0.10%
47 Decrease 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 Tonga, 1988
 Argentina 2005 39 vs Australia , 2009
 Australia 1907 1 vs New Zealand New Zealand, 9 May 1908
 Austria ** 2006 - vs Germany Germany, 25 June 2006
 Belgium 2009 20 vs Catalonia Catalonia, 25 July 2009
 Bosnia and Herzegovina ** 2014 - vs Greece Greece, 17 October 2014
 Brazil 2015 43 vs Chile Chile, 17 November 2017
 Bulgaria 2017 46 vs Greece Greece, 6 October 2017
 Burundi ** 2015 - Yet to Debut
 Canada 1987 17 vs United States United States, 1987
 Catalonia ** 2006 - vs Morocco Morocco, 21 June 2008
 Chile 2015 32 vs El Salvador El Salvador, 11 June 2016
 Colombia 2015 40 vs Argentina Argentina, 17 November 2017
 Cook Islands 1988 30 vs Niue Niue, 1986
 ** 2009 - Yet to Debut
 Czech Republic 2006 26 vs United Kingdom , 2006
 Denmark 2009 34 vs Norway Norway, 22 August 2009
 Ecuador ** 2015 - Yet to Debut
 England * 1904 3 vs Scotland/Wales Other Nationalities, 5 April 1904
 El Salvador 2015 37 vs Chile Chile, 11 June 2016
 Estonia ** 2005 - vs Germany Germany, 22 July 2006
  ** 2014 - Yet to Debut
 Fiji 1992 5 vs Samoa Western Samoa, 1992
 France 1934 8 vs England England, 15 April 1934
 Georgia ** 2004 - vs Netherlands Netherlands, 19 April 2005
 Germany 2005 28 vs Austria Austria, 25 June 2006
 Ghana ** 2012 - vs United Kingdom , 8 July 2014
 Greece 2003 23 vs New Caledonia New Caledonia, 7 September 2003
 Hong Kong 2014 45 vs Japan Japan, 7 November 2017
 Hungary 2011 29 vs Czech Republic Czech Republic, May 2011
 India ** 2010 - Yet to Debut
 Italy 1950 13 vs France France, 1951
 Ireland * 1989 11 vs United States United States, 17 March 1995
 Jamaica 2004 15 vs United States United States, 14 November 2009
 Japan 2004 41 vs Lebanon Lebanon, 1998
  ** 2006 - Yet to Debut
 Kenya ** 2014 - vs Italy Italy A, 24 March 2014
 Latvia 2008 47 vs Estonia Estonia, 21 October 2007
 Lebanon 1998 9 vs Japan Japan, 1998
 Malta 2004 18 vs United Kingdom , 25 September 2004
  ** 2013 - Yet to Debut
 Mexico ** 2003 - Yet to Debut
 Moldova ** 1993 - vs France France, 1993
 Morocco 1995 48 vs Moldova Moldova, 18 October 1995
 New Caledonia ** 2003 - vs Greece Greece, 7 September 2003
 New Zealand 1907 2 vs Wales Wales, 1 January 1908
 Netherlands 2003 27 vs Scotland Scotland A, 19 July 2003
 Nigeria ** 2012 - Yet to Debut
 Niue 1986 33 vs Cook Islands Cook Islands, 1986
 Norfolk Island ** 1992 - vs Māori people New Zealand Māori, 1992
 Pakistan ** 2008 - vs United Kingdom GB Community Lions, 18 July 2009
  ** 2011 - Unknown
  ** 2009 - Yet to Debut
 Papua New Guinea 1975 10 vs England England, 6 July 1975
 Peru ** 2015 - Yet to Debut
 Philippines 2011 24 vs Thailand Thailand, 21 October 2012
 Poland ** 2015 - Yet to Debut
 Portugal ** 2005 - vs Fiji Fiji A, 8 October 2005
 Russia 1991 19 vs United States United States, 1994
 Samoa 1986 6 vs Tokelau Tokelau, 1986
  ** 2009 - Yet to Debut
 Scotland * 1996 7 vs Ireland Ireland, 13 August 1995
 Serbia 1953 16 vs Lebanon Lebanon, 19 October 2003
  ** 2013 - Yet to Debut
 Solomon Islands 1999 42 vs Australia , February 2009
 South Africa 1953 35 vs United Kingdom Great Britain, 23 August 1962
 Spain 2013 21 vs Belgium Belgium, 25 May 2014
 Sweden 2008 31 vs Norway Norway, 21 October 2010
 Thailand 2011 38 vs Philippines Philippines, 21 October 2012
 Tokelau ** 1988 - vs Samoa Western Samoa, 1986
 Tonga 1988 4 vs Samoa Western Samoa, 1986
  ** 2013 - Yet to Debut
 Turkey ** 2016 - vs Greece Greece, 18 October 2016
  ** 2008 - Unknown
 Ukraine 2007 25 vs United Kingdom , 13 July 2008
 United Arab Emirates ** 2008 - vs Lebanon Lebanon, 22 July 2008
 United States 1953 10 vs France France, 14 October 1954
 Uruguay 2015 44 vs Hungary Hungary, 4 February 2017
 Vanuatu 2011 36 vs Greece Greece, 20 October 2012
  ** 2015 - Yet to Debut
 Wales * 1908 12 vs New Zealand New Zealand, 1 January 1908
 West Indies ** 2004 - vs South Africa 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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