Denmark national rugby league team

Denmark
Team information
Nickname The Lions (Løverne)
Governing body Dansk Rugby League
Region Europe
Head coach Nigel Kitching
Captain Eugene Hanrahan
Home stadium Parken Stadium
RLIF ranking 17th
Team results
First game
 Denmark 26–28 Norway 
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 22 August 2009)
Biggest win
 Denmark 122–8 Sweden 
(Gladsaxe Stadium, Copenhagen; 28 April 2012)
Biggest defeat
 Malta 24–12 Denmark 
(Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun; 9 June 2012)[1]

The Denmark national rugby league team represents Denmark in the sport of rugby league. They are official observers of members of the Rugby League European Federation. Danish rugby league stats, news, team results and other information can be seen on Denmark's RLEF Page.[2]

History

Denmark participated in rugby league in the late 2008. The national team lost their first match in 2009, 28–26 to Norway in Copenhagen.

They first won in 2011 in the Nordic Cup (Between Denmark, Norway and Sweden). In 2014, they beat Sweden and Norway to become the first team to win the Nordic Cup twice . They then became the first team to retain the Nordic Cup in 2015 after beating Sweden and Norway to win their third trophy.

The first domestic tie (actually including the Scania region of Sweden) was between København RLFK (precursor to Copenhagen RLFC) and Sweden Barbarians in 2012.

Official Rankings as of July 2018
RankChange*TeamPts%
1 Steady Australia100.0
2 Steady New Zealand72.7
3 Steady England70.4
4 Steady Tonga28.0
5 Steady Fiji25.8
6 Steady Samoa25.5
7 Steady Scotland24.5
8 Steady France18.3
9 Steady Lebanon13.9
10 Steady Papua New Guinea12.4
11 Steady Ireland10.6
12 Steady Wales8.0
13 Steady Italy7.4
14 Steady United States7.1
15 Steady Jamaica5.2
16 Increase 1 Canada5.1
17 Decrease 1 Serbia4.4
18 Steady Malta3.8
19 Increase 3 Norway2.7
20 Decrease 1 Russia2.6
21 Increase 8 Hungary2.3
22 Decrease 1 Spain2.3
23 Decrease 3 Belgium2.3
24 Increase 2 Czech Republic2.2
25 Steady Ukraine2.1
26 Decrease 3 Greece1.9
27 Decrease 3 Philippines1.9
28 Decrease 1 Netherlands1.4
29 Increase 2 Sweden1.4
30 Decrease 2 Germany1.3
31 Decrease 1 Cook Islands1.3
32 Rise 3 South Africa1.3
33 Decrease 1 Chile1.2
34 Decrease 1 Niue1.1
35 Decrease 1 Denmark0.8
36 Steady Vanuatu0.8
37 Steady El Salvador0.7
38 Steady Thailand0.7
39 Steady Argentina0.6
40 Steady Colombia0.6
41 Steady Japan0.4
42 Steady Solomon Islands0.4
43 Steady Brazil0.3
44 Steady Uruguay0.3
45 Steady Hong Kong0.2
46 Steady Bulgaria0.1
47 Steady Latvia0.1
48 Steady Morocco0.0
*Change from December 2017

Current squad

2014 Nordic Cup[3]

  • Josh Whitehead
  • Morten Dam
  • Emil Borggren
  • Martin Pedersen-Scott
  • Christoffer Ellebirke
  • Justin Eyles
  • Viiga Lima
  • Jesper Ika
  • Rich Groom
  • Andrei Ungureanu
  • Orveh Melchior
  • Neil Smith
  • Eugene Hanrahan
  • Rob King
  • Thor Thomsen
  • Silas Mubanda
  • Mark Bailey

All-time Results Record

TeamFirst PlayedPlayedWinDrawLossPoints forPoints againstLast meeting
 Norway2009420260722014
 Sweden20114301220362014
 Malta2012200224982012

Domestic Teams

All of the Danish national team are selected from either Jutland RLFC (Jylland) and Copenhagen RLFC .

Other

Since 2013, the Denmark rugby league team have promoted the Cystic Fibrosis Forening, the national cystic fibrosis association of Denmark.

See also

References

  1. ↑ RLEF: Other Internationals.
  2. ↑ Denmark's RLEF Page
  3. ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueplanet.com/rlp-nations/denmark/1861-denmark-rugby-league-secure-nordic-cup-with-win-over-sweden
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