Canada
Badge of Canada team
Team information
NicknameWolverines
Governing bodyCanada Rugby League
RegionAmericas
Head coachAaron Zimmerle
CaptainSkyler Dumas
Home stadiumLamport Stadium
IRL ranking46th
Uniforms
First colours
Second colours
Team results
First international
 Canada 23–10 United States 
(1987)
Biggest win
 Canada 52–14 United States 
(Toronto, Ontario; 9 August 2014)
Biggest defeat
 England 68–4 Canada 
(Toronto, Ontario; 6 October 2012)

The Canada national rugby league team (French: équipe du Canada de rugby à XIII) represents Canada in international rugby league football tournaments.

History

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 was not 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 Rugby League World Sevens and Rugby League 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 team's 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.

Canada's first win since they were reformed came the following year in 2011 against Jamaica. They collected their second win in September, against the US in the second game of the Colonial Cup. However, due to an earlier loss to the US and the resulting aggregate scores, Canada was unable to win the Cup. Canada's international season finished up with a defeat against South Africa, in 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] 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

1. Andrew Giguere

2. Ethan Langs

3. Michael Mastroianni

4. Emil Borggren

5. Tony Felix

6. Ash Calvert

7. Ryley Jacks

8. Charles Curran

9. Rhys Jacks

10. Dean Parker

11. Skyler Dumas

12. Dominic Witschi

13. Antoine Blanc

14. Kyle Koivisto

15. Eric Moyer

17. James Gwatkin

18. Tyler Doran

19. Mike Gallagher

21. Travis Depasquale

22. Jordon Henry

Competitive Record

International results

Below is the head-to-head record of the Canadian national XIII side up to date as of 25 April 2021.[7][8]

Against First Played Played Won Lost Drawn  % Won last Played For Against Diff
 Bosnia and Herzegovina20191100100%2018782+76
 Chile20181100100%20186212+50
 England Lionhearts201220200%201416102–86
 Fiji201610100%20161226–14
 France199510100%19953272–40
 Italy200010100%2000666–60
 Jamaica2010953155.56%2018210174+36
 Japan1999211050%20002826+2
 Lebanon20121100100%20123618+18
 Serbia201910100%2019836–28
 South Africa201110100%20112236–14
 United States199324519020.83%2017402756–354
Total1993451430131.11%20198341324–490

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
France 2025 TBD

Colonial Cup

Colonial Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L D
Canada 2010Second place2/21010
Canada United States 2011Second place2/22110
United States Canada 2012Second place2/22020
Canada United States 2013Second place2/24130
Canada 2014Champions1/21100
United States 2015Champions1/23210
Total2 Titles6/613580

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 2011Champions1/21100
Canada 2012Champions1/21100
Canada 2013Champions1/21100
Canada 2014Champions1/21100
Total4 Titles4/44400

Atlantic Cup

Atlantic Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L D
United States 2009Not Invited
United States 2010Second place2/32110
Total0 Titles1/22110

Rankings

IRL Men's World Rankings
Official rankings as of 21 December 2023
RankChangeTeamPts %
1 Steady Australia100.00
2 Steady New Zealand91.00
3 Increase 1 England74.00
4 Decrease 1 Samoa70.00
5 Steady Tonga54.00
6 Steady Papua New Guinea50.00
7 Steady Fiji49.00
8 Increase 1 France24.00
9 Decrease 1 Lebanon24.00
10 Increase 3 Cook Islands22.00
11 Decrease 1 Serbia19.00
12 Increase 6 Netherlands17.00
13 Increase 1 Italy15.00
14 Increase 5 Malta15.00
15 Increase 1 Greece14.00
16 Decrease 4 Ireland14.00
17 Decrease 6 Wales13.00
18 Decrease 3 Jamaica10.00
19 Decrease 2 Scotland9.00
20 Increase 8 Ukraine7.00
21 Increase 6 Czech Republic7.00
22 Decrease 1 Germany6.00
23 Increase 10 Philippines6.00
24 Increase 5 Poland6.00
25 Increase 1 South Africa5.00
26 Decrease 4 Chile5.00
27 Increase 4 Kenya0.00
28 Increase 6 Norway4.00
29 Decrease 6 Nigeria4.00
30 Decrease 6 Ghana4.00
31 Decrease 6 Brazil4.00
32 Decrease 12 Turkey3.00
33 Increase 4 United States3.00
34 Increase 1 Bulgaria3.00
35 Decrease 5 Cameroon2.00
36 Increase 2 Montenegro2.00
37 Decrease 5 Spain2.00
38 Increase 6 Japan1.00
39 New entry Albania1.00
40 Decrease 4 Colombia1.00
41 Increase 6 El Salvador1.00
42 New entry North Macedonia1.00
43 Decrease 1 Morocco1.00
44 Decrease 3 Sweden0.00
45 Steady Bosnia and Herzegovina0.00
46 Decrease 3 Canada0.00
47 New entry Niue0.00
48 Decrease 9 Solomon Islands0.00
49 Decrease 1 Belgium0.00
50 Decrease 10 Hungary0.00
51 Decrease 5 Vanuatu0.00
52 Decrease 3 Argentina0.00
53 Decrease 3 Denmark0.00
54 Decrease 3 Latvia0.00
55 New entry Estonia0.00
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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 18 September 2010.
  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 18 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Stuart Donlan named head coach of Canada Wolverines". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Rugby League Planet - Canada 52 smack USA 14 in Rugby League international". www.rugbyleagueplanet.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Canada announces Aaron Zimmerle as head coach for Qualifiers". CRL. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Head to Head". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "PAST RESULTS". Canada rugby league. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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