Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation

The Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation (APRLC) is an umbrella body for nations playing the sport of rugby league football in the Southern Hemisphere.[2] The Confederation aims to act as a counterpart to the Rugby League European Federation.

Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation
AbbreviationAPRLC
Formation14 November 2010 (2010-11-14)
TypeSports organisation
HeadquartersAuckland, New Zealand
Region served
Asia, Oceania
Membership
11
Official language
English
Chairman
Sandis Tsaka[1]
Parent organization
RLIF
Websitewww.aprlc.com

History

The formation of the APRLC was agreed at the Rugby League International Federation's annual general meeting in May 2010.[3] The Federation was established with 7 founding full members.[4] The APRLC is based at the New Zealand Rugby League's Auckland headquarters and will focus much of its efforts on developing the sport in the Pacific Islands.[4] Under the new RLIF constitution agreed in 2010, the APRLC may appoint a delegate to the five-person International Federation executive.[3]

In 2011, the Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation met in a meeting in Auckland over December 5–6. At the meeting the chairman of the Fiji National Rugby League Peni Musunamasi has been elected as a director to represent the Asia Pacific region on the Rugby League International Federation which has been labelled a "significant milestone for the sport". Amongst many issues that were discussed at the two- day meeting was the application for membership of the federation from India, Philippines, Tahiti, Tokelau and American Samoa that shows the growing popularity of the sport in the region.[5][6]

Competitions

Pacific Rugby League International
Main article: Pacific Rugby League International

The Pacific Rugby League International is a series of rugby league test matches that have been played during the National Rugby League's annual representative weekend since 2013.

They consist of the Melanesian Cup, played between Papua New Guinea and Fiji, and the Polynesian Cup, between Tonga and Samoa.

Members

Full members
CountryFoundedRLIF
affiliation		APRLC
affiliation
 Australia 1907 1998 2010
 Cook Islands 1995 1998 2010
 Fiji 1992 1998 2010
 New Zealand 1907 1998 2010
 Papua New Guinea 1948 1998 2010
 Samoa 1988 1998 2010
 Tonga 1986 1998 2010

Affiliate members
CountryFounded
 Japan 1994
 Niue 1986
 Solomon Islands 2008
 Vanuatu 2011
 Chile 2015
 Brazil 2019

Pending members
CountryFounded
 American Samoa 1988
 Hong Kong 2014
 Pakistan 2011
 Philippines 2011
 Thailand 2011
 Tokelau 1986

Official APRLC Rankings

The Official Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation Rankings are calculated on each nation’s performance over the current season and are influenced by a nation’s official RLIF ranking.

Influencers of position include:

  • The result of the match i.e. win, lose or draw
  • The margin of victory (or defeat)
  • The relative strength of opposition faced
  • The date of the match – more recent matches are weighted more heavily
  • The importance of the match e.g. a World Cup match is given greater weighting than a standalone international.
  • Official RLIF World Ranking

Rankings as of December 2018[7]

RankMovementTeam
1 1 Australia
2 1 New Zealand
3 1 Tonga
4 1 Fiji
5 Samoa
6 Papua New Guinea
7 Cook Islands
8 3 Niue
9 1 Philippines
10 1 Vanuatu
11 1 Japan
12 Solomon Islands
Unranked Thailand
 American Samoa
 Tokelau

APRLC World Cup results
Team 1954 1957 1960 1968 1970 1972 1975 1977 1985-88 1989-92 1995 2000 2008 2013 2017
 AustraliaGroup Stage1st2nd1st1st2nd1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1stQ
 Cook Islands-----------Group Stage-Group Stage-
 Fiji----------Group StageGroup StageSFSFQ
 New ZealandGroup StageGroup StageGroup StageGroup StageGroup StageGroup StageGroup StageGroup Stage2ndGroup StageSF2nd1st2ndQ
 Papua New Guinea--------Group StageGroup StageGroup StageQFGroup StageGroup StageQ
 Samoa----------Group StageQFGroup StageQFQ
 Tonga----------Group StageGroup StageGroup StageGroup StageQ

See also

References
  1. "Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation elects new Chair and Vice-Chair". rlif.com.
  2. Kilgallon, Steve (2010-11-13). "PNG may be replaced by combined Pacific team". stuff.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15.
  3. Mascord, Steve (2010-05-11). "RLIF give more power to minor nations". RugbyLeague.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-20. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  4. Walter, Brad (2010-11-14). "Kangaroos to wave hoo-roo for 2012 tournament". The Age. Archived from the original on 2010-11-17.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2011-12-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.fijisun.com.fj/main_page/view.asp?id%3D65868. Retrieved 2011-12-17. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Rankings".
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