The Colombian national rugby league team represents
Colombia in the sport of
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
.
History
The first rugby league team representing Colombia was organized by the Australian-based
Latin Heat Rugby League
The Latin Heat Rugby League is a multi-national rugby league team focused on providing people of Central and South American residency or heritage a chance to play international rugby league and also help kick-start competitions in each individual C ...
organization in 2016, with a team of Colombian expats taking part in various competitions and small-sided matches against other teams representing Latin American nations. The first Colombian rugby league team, the ''Nativos'', was established in the city of
Antofagasta
Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669.
After the Spanish American wars ...
,
Chile
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in 2017. Colombia made their international rugby league debut in the inaugural Latin American Rugby League Championships held in
Los Ángeles, Chile in November 2017, losing 36-6 to Argentina in the first
RLIF
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-sanctioned international on South American soil.
Current squad
vs
South American Championship A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
* ATP Buenos Aires, a tenni ...
[http://www.rlif.com/match_report/RLIF3550244]
*Andres Jimenez
*Leonardo Delgado
*William Martinez
*Daniel Medina
*Jessua Guillot
*Andrew Zuluaga
*John Garcia
*Juan David Espinal
*Sebastian Martinez
*Fredy Diaz
*Rafael Lopez
*Hector Linares
*Carlos Mendoza
*Nelson Parada
*David Perez
*Jesus Delgado
*Jean Villamil
*Sebastian Rodger
*Ruben Zequeda
References
{{International Rugby League
South American national rugby league teams
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National rugby league teams