Netherlands national rugby league team

Netherlands

Governing body	Netherlandse Rugby League Bond
Region	Europe
Head coach	Craig Fisher
Captain	Benjamin Blom
Home stadium	RKDEO Nootdorp
RLIF ranking	18th
Colours
First international
Serbia 12–24 Netherlands  (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2004)
Biggest win
Serbia 10–24 Netherlands  (Belgrade, Serbia; 2005)
Biggest defeat
Georgia 57–16 Netherlands  (Tblisi, Georgia; 2005)

The Netherlands Rugby league was formed in January 2003. The national team played its first international match in 2005.

2008 World Cup Qualifying

See Also 2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying

The Netherlands failed to progress past the preliminary stages of qualifying for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, after being defeated by Georgia and Russia in 2006. They did however manage a victory against Serbia.

Following these matches, the national team went on hiatus following a dispute between the Netherlands Federation and the RLEF. In 2009, a new board " Nederlandse Rugby League Bond (NRLB) " was appointed to run the Dutch game and re-establish relations with the RLEF. The Netherlands are expected to resume international competition in 2010 as a result. [1]

Players

• Tim Jonkers
• Jace Van Dijk
• Roy Baira
• Jason Bruygoms
• Dave Wilkins
• Wesley Koehl

See also

• Rugby league in the Netherlands

External links

• RUGBY LEAGUE NEDERLAND
• Holland footy-Year in review
• Nederland vs Czech