A list of men and women international rugby league matches played throughout 2019 and does not include wheelchair rugby league international matches. A † denotes a recognised, but unofficial match that did not contribute to the RLIF World Rankings.
Rankings IRL Men's World RankingsOfficial rankings as of December 2018RankChange*TeamPts%1100.002 192.143 188.55445.14529.416 226.117 124.288 120.36918.931015.7811 111.4012 110.70137.9014 16.3915 16.1516 25.98175.7618 35.5319 74.7820 14.7421 54.1422 53.89233.3924 103.2125 12.8926 22.8227 152.5628 62.4629 92.37302.18312.1432 12.0533 31.9534 71.8735 101.7936 11.6637 51.5338 91.4839 161.3140 51.2941 11.0842 41.0643 40.9044 130.7545 100.5646 30.5147 30.4748 20.2149 20.07*Change from July 2018Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT
March El Salvador men vs Nicaragua
April Ireland A men vs Norway
May European Championship C
Turkey women vs Italy
June World Cup qualification – Repechage
Oceania Cup
Group A
Group B
Fiji men vs Lebanon in Australia
Team details FB 1Marcelo MontoyaWG 2Suliasi VunivaluCE 3Isaac LumelumeCE 4Mikaele RavalawaWG 5Maika SivoFE 6Sitiveni MoceidrekeHB 7Brandon WakehamPR 8Tui KamikamicaHK 9Joe LovoduaPR 10Korbin Sims (c)SR 11Viliame KikauSR 12Taane MilneLK 13Jayson BukuyaInterchange:BE 14D'Rhys MillerBE 15Salesi Fainga'aBE 16Junior RoqicaBE 17Penioni TagituimuaCoach: Brandon Costin FB 1Anthony LayounWG 2Jayden El-JalkhCE 3Bilal MaarbaniCE 4Allan LockwoodWG 5Abbas MiskiFE 6Reece RobinsonHB 7Robbie Farah (c)PR 8Kayne KalacheHK 9Michael LichaaPR 10Tim MannahSR 11Ahmad EllazSR 12Elie El-ZakhemLK 13James RoumanosInterchange:BE 14Jacob KirazBE 15Jalal BazzazBE 16Toufic El HageBE 17Nick KassisCoach: Rick Stone Touch judges: Ricky MacFarlane (Australia) Todd Smith (Australia) Video referees: Henry Perenara (New Zealand) Beau Scott (Australia) Notes: This fixture was initially announced as Fiji vs Cook Islands, though the Cook Islands withdrew to play their already planned World Cup qualifying fixture against South Africa. Isaac Lumelume, D'Rhys Miller, Mikaele Ravalawa, Maika Sivo, Penioni Tagituimua, Brandon Wakeham (all Fiji), Jalal Bazzaz, Jayden El-Jalkh, Kayne Kalache, Jacob Kiraz, Allan Lockwood, James Roumanos, and Elie El-Zakhem (all Lebanon) made their Test debuts.
New Zealand women vs Samoa
Fiji women vs Papua New Guinea in Australia
Italy women vs Serbia
Jamaica men vs the United States
July Colombia men vs India in Australia
August Czech Republic men vs Serbia
Notes: This fixture was initially announced as Czech Republic vs Netherlands.
September Canada women tour of Serbia
Canada men tour of Serbia
Turkey women vs Greece
Turkey men vs Greece
Griffin Cup
Peru men vs Uruguay in Australia
Poland women vs Czech Rugby
Team details FB 1Robert MykietynWG 2Jacek GalewskiCE 27Mark ChurmyczCE 23Alex KowalskiWG 5Kamil OwocFE 19Jonathan TutakHB 9Nathan MichalowskiPR 8Wojtek Sieczkowski (c)HK 7Mateusz KowalewskiPR 10Stephen KolodziejSR 11Chippie KorostchukSR 13Liam SiejkaLK 12Seweryn SmolisInterchange:BE 6Jakub JastrzębowskiBE 14Emil PetitBE 15Mateusz KłosińskiBE 16Mateusz DziągCoach: Lee Addison FB 1Oldřich ChrbolkaWG 2Vojtěch MachCE 3Matěj RojtCE 4Tomáš KasíkWG 5Jakub TichýFE 6Ladislav CintlerHB 7Daniel VeselýPR 8Tomáš AdamecHK 9Filip SobotkaPR 10Jaroslav NovotnýSR 11Martin HančSR 12Pavel MejstříkLK 13Ondřej Preininger (c)Interchange:BE 14David BělohlávekBE 15Jan HovardBE 16Daniel PechalBE 17Tomáš BrejtrCoach: Ladislav Cintler Man of the Match: Chippie Korostchuk (Poland)
October MEA Championship
Turkey women vs France
Italy men vs Malta in Australia
Team details FB 1Samuel DoloresWG 2Matt TedescoCE 3Nick OkladnikovCE 4Ronny PalumboWG 5Brock PelligraFE 6Gus GarzanitiHB 7Josh NatoliPR 8John TrimboliHK 9Joey Tramontana (c)PR 10Rhys SciglitanoSR 11Alexander MylesSR 12Ryan KingLK 13Ethan NatoliInterchange:BE 14Luke HodgeBE 15Vince RipepiBE 16Anton IariaBE 17Daniel PetraliaCoach: Leo Epifania FB 1Justin RodriguesWG 2Nathan BensonCE 3Emanuel SultanaCE 4Cameron MazzelliWG 5Jye EllulFE 6Jono DallasHB 7Jarrod SammutPR 8Kyal GreeneHK 9Adam CampbellPR 10Peter CroninSR 11Kyle CasselSR 15Jake LennoxLK 13Tyler Cassel (c)Interchange:BE 14Joel BradfordBE 16Jake ScottBE 17Zach BorgBE 18Nathan FalzonCoach: Aaron McDonald
Poland men vs Sweden
Philippines men vs Italy in Australia
Team details FB 1Richie Goodwin (c)WG 2Jhun CortezCE 3Marco Dela PeñaCE 4Ned StephensonWG 5John NicodemusFE 16Gerald ReyesHB 7Ryan ClarkePR 8Rez PhillipsHK 9Luke SramaPR 10Ramon StubbsSR 11Ricky KuciaSR 12Corey Kurnoth JrLK 19Michael GreenhalghInterchange:BE 6Judd GreenhalghBE 14Odyssey LaderasBE 15Klese HaasBE 20Trent KurnothCoach: Arwin Marcus FB 1Brock PelligraWG 2Matt Tedesco (c)CE 3Nick OkladnikovCE 4Ronny PalumboWG 5Michele OloccoFE 6Marc ZaurriniHB 7Josh NatoliPR 8Matt BonannoHK 9Lachlan ScarpelliPR 10Luke HodgeSR 11Daniel De VecchisSR 12Ryan King (c)LK 13Daniel PetraliaInterchange:BE 14Simone BoscoloBE 15Rhys SciglitanoBE 16Santino BattaglioloBE 17Ethan NatoliCoach: Leo Epifania
Poland men vs Norway
England Knights men vs Jamaica
Team details FB 1Niall EvaldsWG 2Tom LinehamCE 3Harry NewmanCE 4Toby King WG 5Greg MinikinFE 6Harry SmithHB 7Danny RichardsonPR 8Rob ButlerHK 9Sam Powell (c)PR 10Oliver PartingtonSR 11Joe GreenwoodSR 12Cameron SmithLK 13Morgan SmithiesInterchange:BE 14Kruise LeemingBE 15Mikolaj OledzkiBE 16Matty EnglishBE 17Jack AshworthCoach: Paul Anderson FB 1Ashton GoldingWG 2Ben Jones-BishopCE 3Mason Caton-BrownCE 4Joe Brown (c)WG 5Greg JohnsonFE 6Jy-mel ColemanHB 7James Woodburn-HallPR 8Jon MagrinHK 9Danny ThomasPR 10Khamisi McKainSR 11Keenan TomlinsonSR 12Joel FarrellLK 13Michael LawrenceInterchange:BE 14Ross PeltierBE 15Jordan AndradeBE 16Mo AgoroBE 17Jenson MorrisCoach: Romeo Monteith Man of the Match: Greg Minikin (England A)
France men tour of Australia
Team details FB 1Ryan PapenhuyzenWG 2Campbell GrahamCE 3Brian KellyCE 4Zac LomaxWG 5Reuben GarrickFE 6Kalyn PongaHB 7Brodie CroftPR 8Corey HorsburghHK 9Reed MahoneyPR 10Thomas FleglerSR 11David Fifita (c)SR 12Angus CrichtonLK 13Victor RadleyInterchange:BE 14AJ BrimsonBE 15Nat ButcherBE 16Emre GulerBE 17Tino Fa'asuamaleauiCoach: Neil Henry FB 1Thomas LasvenesWG 2Gavin MargueriteCE 3Arthur RomanoCE 4Vincent AlbertWG 5Paul MarconFE 6Hakim MiloudiHB 7Lucas AlbertPR 8Maxime PuechHK 9Charles BouzinacPR 10Lambert BelmasSR 11Paul SéguierSR 12Jordan DezariaLK 13Romain Navarrete (c)Interchange:BE 14Mathieu JussaumeBE 15Bastien CanetBE 16Arnaud BartèsBE 17Justin SangaréCoach: Aurélien Cologni Touch judges: Todd Smith (Australia) Stephane Vincent (France)
Team details FB 1Will LousickWG 2Lachlan MunroCE 3Jackson BrienCE 4Blake Lawson WG 5Aidan RyanFE 6Josh Merritt HB 7Chad PorterPR 8Ethan McKellarHK 9Ryan GriffinPR 20Josh Starling SR 11Alex Ronayne (c)SR 12Ben MaguireLK 13Jake BettsInterchange:BE 10Brandon TagoBE 14Nick LoaderBE 15Sam DwyerBE 16Ben MarlinBE 17Jed BettsBE 18Casey BurgessBE 19Jordan PopeBE 21Mitch BurkeCoach: Tim Ryan FB 20Hakim MiloudiWG 2Gavin MargueriteCE 24Louis JouffretCE 4Vincent AlbertWG 5Paul MarconFE 3Lucas AlbertHB 21Joan GuaschPR 8Romain Navarrete (c) HK 9Matthieu KhedimiPR 10Maxime PuechSR 11Paul SéguierSR 12Arthur RomanoLK 13Jordan DezariaInterchange:BE 1Thomas LasvenesBE 15Arnaud BartèsBE 16Bastien CanetBE 17Justin SangaréBE 18Arthur MourgueBE 19Romain PusoCoach: Aurélien Cologni Man of the Match: Hakim Miloudi (France) Notes: The Western Rams represent the Central West region of New South Wales, with players selected from the Group 10 and Group 11 competitions.
Canterbury men vs Samoa
Australia women vs New Zealand
Malta men vs Turkey in Australia
Team details FB 1Jye EllulWG 2Nathan FalzonCE 3Cameron MazzelliCE 4Kyle CasselWG 5Tyson MuscatFE 6Justin RodriguesHB 7Jarrod SammutPR 8Kyal GreeneHK 9Adam CampbellPR 10Peter CroninSR 11Jake ScottSR 12Aaron GrechLK 13Tyler Cassel (c)Interchange:BE 14Joel BradfordBE 15Zach BorgBE 16Tyson FreemanBE 17Matt BorgCoach: Aaron McDonald FB 13Alper KaraborkWG 2Atilla SahineCE 9Presley Salman-CochraneCE 4Arda Dalcik (c)WG 8Errol CarterFE 6Ali Bökeyhan SürerHB 12Aydin Salman-CochranePR 15Enes ErtenHK 7Bilal YaziciPR 10Adem BaskonyaliSR 11Emre KutupSR 14Doruk ÇeliktutanLK 3Yusuf AydinInterchange:BE 1Huseyin SasmazBE 5Sergen-Ramazan Isik BE 16Kenan TarpisBE 20Yusuf DağdanaşarCoach: Scott Hartas
Great Britain Lions tour
World Cup qualifiers - European play-off tournament
Group A
Group B
November India men vs Latin America
Notes: This fixture was initially announced as India vs El Salvador, but due to a number of injuries to their squad, El Salvador was required to draft players from Latin Heat Rugby League to fulfil the fixture.
Philippines men vs Japan
England women tour of Papua New Guinea
Wales A men vs Lithuania
England A women vs Wales
Wales A men vs Malta
See also Rugby league nines at the 2019 Pacific Games 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s
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