RLEF European Shield
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The European Shield is a rugby league competition. The competition is organised by the Rugby League European Federation and is designed to promote the sport of rugby league in Central Europe and Eastern Europe. The shield was contested between three countries in 2007, Germany, Serbia and the Czech Republic, but in 2008 Serbia were replaced by Italy.
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[edit] 2007
This is the first time the European Shield took place. Germany and the Czech Republic had little experience having only played a few games beforehand. Serbia were a little more experienced taking players from their domestic league, the Serbian Championship. The shield was hailed as a success in promoting rugby league in the three countries, attendances were good and the players gathered more experience.
[edit] Results
| 2007-07-07 | |||
Germany  |
6–38 |  Serbia |
Heidelberg Attendance: ??? |
| 2007-08-04 | |||
Czech Republic  |
22–44 | Germany |
Prague Attendance: ??? |
| 2007-08-18 | |||
| Serbia |
56–16 | Czech Republic |
Belgrade Attendance: ??? |
[edit] Standings
| Team | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 22 | +72 |
| Germany |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 60 | -08 |
| Czech Republic |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 100 | −62 |
[edit] 2008
In early 2008 it was announced that Italy had replaced Serbia in the European Shield. Serbia were elevated to a higher level with Russia and Lebanon after easily winning the 2007 shield and doing well in the World Cup qualifying matches. Italy are one of the newest European nations to adopt rugby league with the Veneto 9s currently the only RL tournament in the country.
[edit] Results
| 2008-06-13 | |||
Italy  |
?–? | Germany |
Padova Attendance: ??? |
| 2008-07-12 | |||
| Czech Republic |
?–? | Italy |
Prague Attendance: ??? |
| 2008-09-02 | |||
| Germany |
?–? | Czech Republic |
Frankfurt Attendance: ??? |
[edit] Standings
| Team | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 | 00 | +00 |
| Germany |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 | 00 | +00 |
| Italy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 | 00 | +00 |
[edit] 2009
No information has been revealed about the 2009 competition.
