Colombia national rugby league team

Not to be confused with Colombia national rugby union 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
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
Colours
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 November 2016[2]
RankChangeTeamPoints
1 Increase  Australia
2 Decrease  New Zealand
3 Steady  England
4 Increase  Scotland
5 Decrease  Samoa
6  France
7  Fiji
8  Ireland
9  Wales
10 Steady  United States
11  Serbia
12 Increase  Canada
13  Italy
14 Decrease  Tonga
15  Papua New Guinea
16 Increase  Russia
17 Decrease  Jamaica
18  Belgium
19 Steady  Spain
20  Malta
21  Lebanon
22 Increase  Ukraine
23  Germany
24  Czech Republic
25 Decrease  Cook Islands
26 Steady  Norway
27  Denmark
28  Greece
29  Sweden
30  Netherlands
31  South Africa
32 Increase  Niue
33 Decrease  Philippines
34 Steady  Chile
35  Vanuatu
36  Latvia
37  Solomon Islands
38  Hungary
39  El Salvador
40  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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