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.

RLIF Members

RLIF World Rankings
Official Rankings as of December 2014[1]
Rank	Change	Team	Points
1		Australia	984.00
2		New Zealand	884.00
3		England	485.00
4		Samoa	316.00
5		France	215.00
6		Fiji	184.00
7		Ireland	154.00
8		Scotland	123.00
9		Wales	122.00
10		United States	119.00
11		Papua New Guinea	112.00
12		Italy	79.00
13		Serbia	49.00
14		Canada	49.00
15		Russia	45.00
16		Tonga	32.00
17		Cook Islands	31.00
18		Germany	27.00
19		Norway	22.00
20		Ukraine	21.00
21		Lebanon	19.00
22		Belgium	19.00
23		Greece	19.00
24		Malta	18.00
25		Netherlands	14.00
26		Denmark	13.00
27		Jamaica	11.00
28		Spain	9.00
29		Czech Republic	7.00
30		Sweden	7.00
31		South Africa	4.00
32		Hungary	2.00
33		Latvia	0.00
34		Morocco	0.00

Note: The rankings are of November, 2012. The list is also incomplete.

Nation	Founded	RLIF Rank	Debut Match***
American Samoa **	1988	-	vs Tonga, 1988
Argentina **	2005	-	vs Australia Police, 2009
Australia	1907	1st	vs New Zealand, 9 May 1908
Austria **	2006	-	vs Germany, 25 June 2006
Belgium **	2009	-	vs Catalonia, 25 July 2009
Canada	1987	21st	vs United States, 1987
Catalonia **	2006	-	vs Morocco, 21 June 2008
Cook Islands	1988	15th	vs Niue, 1986
Cuba**	2009	-	Yet to Debut
Czech Republic	2006	25th	vs British Students, 2006
Denmark	2009	27th	vs Norway, 22 August 2009
England *	1904	3rd	vs / Other Nationalities, 5 April 1904
Estonia **	2005	-	vs Germany, 22 July 2006
Fiji	1992	7th	vs Western Samoa, 1992
France	1934	5th	vs England, 15 April 1934
Georgia **	2004	-	vs Netherlands, 19 April 2005
Germany	2005	18th	vs Austria, 25 June 2006
Ghana **	2012	-	Yet to Debut
Greece **	2003	-	vs New Caledonia, 7 September 2003
Hungary **	2011	-	vs Czech Republic, May 2011
India **	2010	-	Yet to Debut
Italy	1950	13th	vs France, 1951
Ireland *	1989	11th	vs United States, 17 March 1995
Jamaica	2004	22nd	vs United States, 14 November 2009
Japan **	2004	-	vs Lebanon, 1998
Kazakhstan **	2006	-	Yet to Debut
Latvia	2008	26th	vs Estonia, 21 October 2007
Lebanon	1998	14th	vs Japan, 1998
Malta	2004	20th	vs British Defence Forces, 25 September 2004
Mexico**	2003	-	Yet to Debut
Moldova **	1993	-	vs France, 1993
Morocco **	1995	-	vs Moldova, 18 October 1995
New Caledonia **	2003	-	vs Greece, 7 September 2003
New Zealand	1907	2nd	vs Wales, 1 January 1908
Netherlands **	2003	-	vs Scotland A, 19 July 2003
Niue **	1986	-	vs Cook Islands, 1986
Norfolk Island **	1992	-	vs New Zealand Māori, 1992
Pakistan **	2008	-	vs GB Community Lions, 18 July 2009
Palestine **	2011	-	Unknown
Panama**	2009	-	Yet to Debut
Papua New Guinea	1975	4th	vs England, 6 July 1975
Philippines **	2011	-	vs Thailand, 21 October 2012
Portugal **	2005	-	vs Fiji A, 8 October 2005
Russia	1991	16th	vs United States, 1994
Samoa	1986	8th	vs Tokelau, 1986
Saudi Arabia **	2009	-	Unknown
Scotland *	1996	10th	vs Ireland, 13 August 1995
Serbia	1953	17th	vs Lebanon, 19 October 2003
Sierra Leone **	2013	-	Yet to Debut
Solomon Islands **	1999	-	vs NSW Police, February 2009
South Africa	1953	24th	vs Great Britain, 23 August 1962
Sweden	2008	28th	vs Norway, 21 October 2010
Thailand **	2011	-	vs Philippines, 21 October 2012
Tokelau **	1988	-	vs Western Samoa, 1986
Tonga	1988	9th	vs Western Samoa, 1986
Trinidad and Tobago **	2013	-	Yet to Debut
Tuvalu **	2008	-	Unknown
Ukraine	2007	23rd	vs British Students, 13 July 2008
United Arab Emirates **	2008	-	vs Lebanon, 22 July 2008
United States	1953	12th	vs France, 14 October 1954
Vanuatu **	2011	-	vs Greece, 20 October 2012
Wales *	1908	6th	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/reform  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.
• ** Currently unranked by RLIF but is a known national rugby league team.
• *** As Independent Nation.

See also

• List of women's national rugby league teams

References

External links

• Rugbyleagueplanet