The Peru national rugby league team ( es, Rugby league equipo nacional de Peru), nicknamed ''Incas'' (English: ''Peru Incas''), represents

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History

The sport has yet to be played on Peruvian soil but efforts are in place to bring rugby league to Central and South America through the

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 ...

. The Latin Heat fielded enough Peruvian players to make up a Rugby league sevens team so they have entered into the first ever

Latino Rugby League Sevens Latino Rugby League Sevens is a Rugby league sevens tournament held annually in Cabramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It was first held in 2015. Clubs and teams The clubs that competed in the Latino Rugby League Sevens * Chile * Colombia ...

tournament. The Incas made their debut at the first ever Latino Sevens on 17 October 2015, recording their first ever victories and making it to the final. The Incas also participated in a festival of Latin American Rugby League which was held at Henson Park in June, 2016. Each nation fielded either a Nine-a-side or a Seven-a-side team, the other participating nations included

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and

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. The Incas made their International 13-a-side rugby league debut against

at Waminda Oval in Campbelltown,

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. The Incas won this match 34-30, giving them a win on debut.

Current squad

This is the current squad as of the 15th of September 2019. Peru vs Uruguay

Record

Below is table of the representative rugby league matches played by Peru at test level up until the 22nd of February, 2020. The table includes 7-a-side, 9-a-side and 13-a-side International matches. 13-a-side fixtures and results: ----

References

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