Colombia national rugby league 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
Team information
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
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
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 May 2017[2]
RankChangeTeamPoints
1 Same position  Australia
2  New Zealand
3  England
4  Scotland
5  Samoa
6  France
7 Rise  Ireland
8 Fall  Fiji
9 Same position  Wales
10  United States
11 Rise  Tonga
12 Fall  Serbia
13  Canada
14  Italy
15 Same position  Papua New Guinea
16  Russia
17  Jamaica
18  Belgium
19 Rise  Malta
20 Fall  Spain
21 Same position  Lebanon
22  Ukraine
23  Germany
24 Rise  Cook Islands
25 Fall  Czech Republic
26 Same position  Norway
27  Denmark
28  Greece
29  Sweden
30  Netherlands
31 Rise  Niue
32 Fall  South Africa
33 Rise  Hungary
34 Fall  Philippines
35 New entry  Thailand
36 Fall  Chile
37  Vanuatu
38 Rise  El Salvador
39 Fall  Latvia
40 Rise  Solomon Islands
41 New entry  Uruguay
42 Fall  Morocco

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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