The Italy women's national rugby league team represents
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
in
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 112 ...
football. Their governing body, the
Federazione Italiana Rugby League
The Federazione Italiana Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in Italy. The association was formed in 2008. They acquired full membership status of the RLEF in March 2017.https://www.rlef.eu.com/teams/8
See a ...
, was formed in 2008. They are currently ranked 8th in the
RLIF World Rankings
The IRL Men's World Rankings are the ranking system for men's national teams in the sport of rugby league football. The teams of the member nations of the International Rugby League, rugby league football's world governing body, are ranked base ...
.
Head to Head Records
Table last updated 5 June 2023.
Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points.
Roster
Squad for the 2023 International Test against , held on Saturday, 3 June in
Udine
Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...
. Tallies in the table include the match against Serbia.
Results
2022 Rugby League Women's European Championship B
2023
Upcoming Fixtures:
* During 2023 and 2024 Italy were drawn to play the following three teams in Group B of the European Qualifiers for the
2025 Women's Rugby League World Cup. Dates and hosts were selected but the venues are yet to be announced. In May 2023, following the withdrawal of France as hosts of the 2025 World Cups, the European Rugby League announced that fixtures scheduled for 2023 would be postponed.
** in Italy (originally scheduled for 2 Sep 2023)
** on 11 May 2024 in Ireland
** on 25 May 2024 in Italy
See also
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Rugby league in Italy
Rugby league is a team sport played in Italy.
History
Rugby league was established in Italy prior to the 1950s, during which they played a host of other European teams.
Jean Galia's efforts in the mid-1930s to persuade his fellow countrymen in ...
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Italy national rugby league team
The Italy national rugby league team represents Italy in rugby league football. With origins dating back to the 1950s and 1960s, the team has competed regularly in international competitions since 2008, when their current governing body, the Fede ...
References
External links
{{National sports teams of Italy
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Women's national rugby league teams