Latvia national rugby league team

The Latvia national rugby league team was established in 2008 to represent Latvia at rugby league football, and initially competed in the European Bowl, for fourth-tier developing nations. They beat Estonia in a two-game series and therefore won the inaugural tournament after Ukraine could not gain visas to travel. In 2009 they reached the second place after losing to Ukraine and defeating Estonia. In 2010 they played in the European Shield, losing to Russia and Ukraine. After a hiatus of several years, Latvia will return to international competition on May 9, 2015 for the first match of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying process, taking on Spain in a one-off knockout match to determine the final participants in the 'European C' section.

Latvia
Team information
Governing bodyLatvia Rugby League
RegionEurope
Head coachSteve Leonard (GBR)
CaptainJānis Zuments
RLIF ranking47th
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
 Estonia 38 - 54 Latvia 
(21 October 2007, Tallinn)
Biggest win
 Estonia 4 - 74 Latvia 
(8 August 2009, Tallinn)
Biggest defeat
 Ukraine 112 - 0 Latvia 
(18 September 2010, Kyiv )

All-time results record

TeamFirst PlayedPlayedWinDrawLossPoints ForPoints AgainstLast Meeting
 Estonia20074400238622009
 Ukraine2009200261522010
 Russia201010014542010
 Spain2015100112322015
TOTAL 8 4 0 4 260 300

Results

IRL World Rankings
Official Men's Rankings as of November 2019
RankChange*TeamPts%
1 2 New Zealand
2 1 Australia
3 1 England
4  Tonga
5  Fiji
6 4 Papua New Guinea
7  Samoa
8 2 France
9 1 Scotland
10 1 Lebanon
11 5 Greece
12  Ireland
13 1 Italy
14 3 Wales
15 4 Serbia
16 1 Malta
17 1 Norway
18 3 United States
19 4 Poland
20 7 Jamaica
21 1 Hungary
22 3 Czech Republic
23 5 Cook Islands
24 7 Turkey
25 1 Netherlands
26 4 Spain
27 6 Canada
28  Nigeria
29 2 Solomon Islands
30 10 Sweden
31 4 Germany
32 1 Chile
33  Ghana
34 16 Morocco
35 3 Vanuatu
36  South Africa
37 8 Russia
38  Cameroon
39 2 Ukraine
40 1 Colombia
41 4 Brazil
42  Belgium
43 4 Denmark
44 4 Bulgaria
45 4 Latvia
*Change from July 2019
OpponentPointsDateVenue
Estonia54 - 382007-10-21Tallinn
Estonia48 - 102008-06-28Tallinn
Estonia62 - 102008-08-03Riga
Ukraine6 - 402009-07-24Riga
Estonia74 - 42009-08-08Tallinn
Russia4 - 542010-07-31Riga
Ukraine0 - 1122010-09-18Kiev
Spain12 - 322015-05-09Riga

World Cup

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L D
2017Failed to qualify
Total0 Titles0/130000

2017 Rugby League World Cup Qualifier

On the 9th of May 2015, Latvia and Spain kicked off proceedings for the qualifying fixtures for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying. It was a do or die match with the winner advancing to a qualifying group stage, already containing Malta and Greece, while the other would lose their chance of qualifying for their first ever World Cup. The Latvians' home advantage had no effect as they went down to the Spaniards by 20 points, ending their chance of participating in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Notable players of Latvian descent

See also

References

  1. "Goodbye Oma, I Love You". Players' Voice. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. "Regina Meinhold". Museum of Australian Democracy. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. "Regina Meinhold: Obituary". Canberra Times. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.


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