Colombia national rugby league team

Not to be confused with Colombia national rugby union team.

The Colombian national rugby league team (Spanish: rugby league equipo nacional de Colombia), nicknamed Hermanos Colombianos (English: Colombian Brothers), represents Colombia in rugby league and made their debut at the first Latino Rugby League Sevens on 17 October 2015 against Peru[1]

Colombia
Nickname Hermanos Colombianos (English: Colombian Brothers)
Governing body -
Region -
Head coach Daniel Sarmiento
Captain Sebastian Maya Jimenez
Most caps -
Top try-scorer -
Top point-scorer -
RLIF ranking N/Ath
Colours
First international
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Biggest win
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Biggest defeat
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World Cup
Appearances - (first time in -)
Best result -

History

Official Rankings as of December 2015[2]
RankChangeTeamPoints
1 Steady  New Zealand897.00
2  Australia 719.00
3  England 655.00
4  Samoa 280.00
5  France 209.00
6 Increase  Ireland 162.00
7 Decrease  Fiji 147.00
8 Increase  Wales 132.00
9 Decrease  Scotland 121.00
10 Steady  United States 102.00
11 Increase  Serbia 72.00
12 Steady  Italy 65.00
13  Canada 62.00
14 Decrease  Papua New Guinea 60.00
15 Increase  Russia 46.00
16 Decrease  Tonga 40.00
17 Increase  Belgium 40.00
18  Malta 32.00
19 Steady  Germany 28.00
20  Lebanon 27.00
21 Increase  Spain 26.00
22 Decrease  Cook Islands 23.00
23  Ukraine 22.00
24 Steady Greece 21.00
25 Increase  Denmark 20.00
26 Decrease  Norway 19.00
27 Increase  Jamaica 16.00
28 Decrease  Netherlands 15.00
29 Decrease  Sweden 15.00
30 Steady  Czech Republic 14.00
31 Decrease  South Africa 13.00
32 Steady  Niue 4.00
33  Hungary 2.00
34  Latvia 2.00
35  Morocco 0.00

Rugby League Has yet to be played on Colombian soil but efforts are in place to bring rugby league to Central and South America through the Latin Heat Rugby League. After the Latin Heat fielded enough Colombian players to make up a Rugby league sevens team so they entered into the first ever Latino Rugby League Sevens Tournament.

Current squad

The following is the Colombian teamed named for the 2015 Latino Sevens.[3]

Diego Gil Vejerano

David Goyeneche

Miguel Henao Velez (East Campbelltown Eagles, NSW)

Juan Lara

Andres Marino Silva

Sebastian Maya Jimenez (c)

Jesse Morales

Alejandro Restrepo

Daniel Rickard (Burpengary Jets, QLD)

Andres Sarmiento Vizcaya.

Record

Below is table of the representative rugby league matches played by Colombia at test level up until 12 October 2015:

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn Win % For Aga Diff
 Peru 1 - 1 - 0% 4 12 -8
 Ecuador 1 - 1 - 0% 8 18 -10
Total 2 0 2 - 0% 12 30 -18

References

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