Canada national rugby league team
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The Canada rugby league team has been participating in international competition since 1987, and last played as a national team on April 7, 2001 when they were defeated 56-24 by the Glen Mills Bulls at Jack Pearson Oval, Glen Mills.
Canada has participated in the World Sevens (1995, 1996) and Emerging Nations World Cup (2000) competitions. However, rugby league remains a largely unknown code in Canada and the national team remains uncompetitive as a result. In fact, the word rugby is usually used without qualification in Canada and refers to rugby union.
While the Canadian Rugby Football League has folded and the game with it a new organization called Rugby League in Canada has founded with an aim to recreate the national team and the game in Canada
[edit] Results
- Canada def. Japan 28-12 (2000)
- Italy def. Canada 66-6 (15 November 2000)
- USA def. Canada 52-10 (13 November 2000)
- Japan def. Canada 14-0 (1999)
- USA def. Canada 68-0 (1999)
- USA def. Canada 32-6 (1998)
- USA def. Canada 50-10 (1997)
- France def. Canada 72-32 (1995)
- USA def. Canada 44-0 (1995)
- USA def. Canada 22-10 (1994)
- USA def. Canada 22-0 (1994)
- USA def. Canada 32-2 (1993)
- USA def. Canada 54-14 (1993)
- Canada def. USA 23-10 (1987)
OTHER REPRESENTATIVE MATCH:
- Tri-County XIII def. Maracaibo Oilers Sports Club (Venezuela) 24-16 at Montreal (1986)
(Maracaibo Oilers Sports Club were Venezuelan Rugby Union side on tour to Canada in 1986, and included a Rugby League 13-a-side match on their tour itinerary. The Tri-County XIII was a representative team made up mainly of Canadians and some Americans from the 4-team Tri-County competition that was played at the time).
