Canada national rugby league team



















































Canada








Badge of Canada team
Team information
Nickname Wolverines
Governing body Canada Rugby League
Region Americas
Head coach Benjamin Fleming
Captain Rhys Jacks
Home stadium Lamport Stadium
RLIF ranking 16th
Uniforms

















First colours













Second colours


Team results
First international

 Canada 23–10 United States 
(1987)
Biggest win

 Canada 52–14 United States 
(2014)
Biggest defeat

England Lions 68–4 Canada 
(2012)

The Canada national rugby league team represents Canada in international rugby league football tournaments.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 1987–2000: Origins


    • 1.2 2010 onwards: Revival




  • 2 Current squad


  • 3 Competitive Record


  • 4 Results overview


    • 4.1 World Cup


    • 4.2 Colonial Cup


    • 4.3 Caribbean Carnival Cup


    • 4.4 Atlantic Cup




  • 5 Rankings


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


Further information: Rugby league in Canada


1987–2000: Origins


Rugby league was first introduced to Canada in the 1900s but was quickly outlawed by Rugby Union officials and thus became Canadian Football. It wasn't until the late 1980s that rugby league was re-introduced to Canada at an amateur level, when a short-lived 4-team domestic competition, known as the Tri-Counties Rugby League, was established. Four teams competed in its first year, three in Canada and one in the U.S., the New York-based Adirondacks club.[1]


The Canadian national team played their first game in 1987 against the USA. They then played sporadically throughout the 1990s and participated in the 1995 and '96 World Sevens and Emerging Nations World Cup in 2000. Following the 2000 Emerging Nations World Cup, the Canadian Rugby League Federation folded. As a result, the national team was disbanded and the sport remained dormant for 10 years.



2010 onwards: Revival




The briefly used "Mounties" 2010 logo


In 2010, a new governing body, Canada Rugby League, was formed. Their first comeback game was in 2010 in the War at the Shore tournament, where they played New England Immortals, a New England representative team, and the New York Knights AMNRL club team, losing both games.[2] The teams international comeback was later in the year in September in the inaugural Colonial Cup.[3] Later that year they competed in the Rugby League Atlantic Cup in Jacksonville, Florida.


Canadas first win since they were reformed came the following year in 2011 against Jamaica. They collected their second win in September, against the USA in the second game of the Colonial Cup. However, due to an earlier loss to the USA and the resulting aggregate scores ment Canada were unable to win the Cup. Canada's international season finished up with a defeat against South Africa, for a warm up game before their 2013 World Cup qualifiers campaign.


In 2014, Stuart Donlan was appointed as head coach.[4] Donlan's first game was the 2014 Colonial Cup's only fixture. He coached Canada to a famous victory which made them the Colonial Cup champions for the very first time.[5] Despite Donlan's success, Aaron Zimmerle, the head coach of the Tweed Heads Seagulls, took over the main coaching role in 2015 in their 2017 World Cup qualifying campaign.[6]


After failing to qualify for the 2017 World Cup, the Canada Rugby League Board appointed Benjamin Fleming as coach on a three-year deal. Canada Rugby League Association Vice President David Graham said "the board's decision to appoint Fleming as Head Coach was based on the hard work and passion he has shown since returning to the association last year."



Current squad


Squad selected for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifiers;[7]



  • Jason Hignell

  • Connor Hunter

  • Shaun McKenzie

  • Rick Schouten

  • Ash Calvert

  • Christian Miller

  • Jason Park

  • Josh Kelly

  • Jack Couzens

  • Kimi Vunituraga

  • Brad Austin

  • Louis Robinson

  • Wes Black

  • Joel Hulett

  • Cam Grace

  • Danny Tupou

  • Rhys Jacks

  • Eddie Bilborough

  • Antonie Blanc

  • Emil Borggren

  • Andrew Giguere

  • Michael Mastroianni

  • Quinn Ngawati

  • Jordan Drew

  • Ruairi McGoff

  • Sean McInroy

  • Joey Murphy

  • Scyler Dumas

  • Matthew Liszt

  • Andrew Porter



Competitive Record


See also: Canada national rugby league team results


Results overview



























































































Against
 Played
 Won
 Lost
 Drawn
 % Won

 France
 1 0 1 0 0%

 Italy
 1 0 1 0 0%

 Jamaica
 5 4 1 0 80%

 Japan
 2 1 1 0 50%

 United States
 22 5 17 0 23%

 South Africa
 1 0 1 0 0%

 Lebanon
 1 1 0 0 100%

 England Lionhearts
 2 0 2 0 0%

 Royal Air Force
 2 0 2 0 0%
Total 37 11 26 0 31%

The following tournaments is a list of notable international competitions that Canada has been competing in since their existence in 1987.



World Cup











































World Cup Record
Year
 Round
 Position
Pld
 Win
 Draw
 Loss

France 1954
Did not enter

Australia 1957

England 1960

Australia New Zealand 1968

England 1970

France 1972

United Nations 1975

Australia New Zealand 1977

United Nations 1985–88

United Nations 1989–92

England 1995

United Kingdom Ireland France 2000
Did not qualify

Australia 2008

England Wales 2013

Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea 2017

England 2021
TBD

United States Canada 2025
Qualified


Colonial Cup













































































Colonial Cup record
Year
 Round
 Position
 GP
 W
 L
 D

Canada 2010
 Second place 2/2 1 0 1 0

Canada United States 2011
 Second place 2/2 2 1 1 0

United States Canada 2012
 Second place 2/2 2 0 2 0

Canada United States 2013
 Second place 2/2 4 1 3 0

Canada 2014
 Champions 1/2 1 1 0
0

United States 2015
 Champions 1/2 3 2 1
0
Total 2 Titles 6/6 13 5 8
0


Caribbean Carnival Cup


  • The Caribbean Carnival Cup is annual series that has been played between Canada and Jamaica since 2011.


























































Caribbean Cup record
Year
 Round
 Position
 GP
 W
 L
 D

Canada 2011
 Champions 1/2 1 1 0
0

Canada 2012
 Champions 1/2 1 1 0
0

Canada 2013
 Champions 1/2 1 1 0
0

Canada 2014
 Champions 1/2 1 1 0
0
Total 4 Titles 4/4 4 4 0
0


Atlantic Cup




































Atlantic Cup record
Year
 Round
 Position
 GP
 W
 L
 D

United States 2009
 Not Invited

United States 2010
 Second place 2/3 2 1 1 0
Total 0 Titles 1/2 2 1 1
0


Rankings














































































































































































































































































































RLIF World Rankings

  • v

  • t

  • e




Official Rankings as of July 2018
Rank Change* Team Pts%
1
 Steady
 Australia
 100.0
2
 Steady
 New Zealand
 72.7
3
 Steady
 England
 70.4
4
 Steady
 Tonga
 28.0
5
 Steady
 Fiji
 25.8
6
 Steady
 Samoa
 25.5
7
 Steady
 Scotland
 24.5
8
 Steady
 France
 18.3
9
 Steady
 Lebanon
 13.9
10
 Steady
 Papua New Guinea
 12.4
11
 Steady
 Ireland
 10.6
12
 Steady
 Wales
 8.0
13
 Steady
 Italy
 7.4
14
 Steady
 United States
 7.1
15
 Steady
 Jamaica
 5.2
16
Increase 1
 Canada
 5.1
17
Decrease 1
 Serbia
 4.4
18
 Steady
 Malta
 3.8
19
Increase 3
 Norway
 2.7
20
Decrease 1
 Russia
 2.6
21
Increase 8
 Hungary
 2.3
22
Decrease 1
 Spain
 2.3
23
Decrease 3
 Belgium
 2.3
24
Increase 2
 Czech Republic
 2.2
25
 Steady
 Ukraine
 2.1
26
Decrease 3
 Greece
 1.9
27
Decrease 3
 Philippines
 1.9
28
Decrease 1
 Netherlands
 1.4
29
Increase 2
 Sweden
 1.4
30
Decrease 2
 Germany
 1.3
31
Decrease 1
 Cook Islands
 1.3
32
Rise 3
 South Africa
 1.3
33
Decrease 1
 Chile
 1.2
34
Decrease 1
 Niue
 1.1
35
Decrease 1
 Denmark
 0.8
36
 Steady
 Vanuatu
 0.8
37
 Steady
 El Salvador
 0.7
38
 Steady
 Thailand
 0.7
39
 Steady
 Argentina
 0.6
40
 Steady
 Colombia
 0.6
41
 Steady
 Japan
 0.4
42
 Steady
 Solomon Islands
 0.4
43
 Steady
 Brazil
 0.3
44
 Steady
 Uruguay
 0.3
45
 Steady
 Hong Kong
 0.2
46
 Steady
 Bulgaria
 0.1
47
 Steady
 Latvia
 0.1
48
 Steady
 Morocco
 0.0
*Change from December 2017


See also




  • Toronto Wolfpack

  • Rugby league in Canada



References





  1. ^ http://www.canadarugbyleague.com/history/index.php?pageid=100001


  2. ^ Lester, Jamie (5 April 2010). "Canadian team to play in AMNRL 'War at the Shore'". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-18..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ O'Neill, Matthew (16 August 2010). "Canada to host USA in inaugural Colonial Cup". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-18.


  4. ^ Stuart Donlan named head coach of Canada Wolverines


  5. ^ http://www.rugbyleagueplanet.com/rugby-league-nations/91-rugby-league-test-match-or-international-game/1853-canada-52-smack-usa-14-in-rugby-league-international


  6. ^ "Canada announces Aaron Zimmerle as head coach for Qualifiers". CRL. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-09-12.


  7. ^ "Canada announce squad for 2018 Americas Championship". rlwc2021.com. 18 October 2018.




External links


  • Canada Rugby League Website










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