The Pakistan national rugby league team was founded in 2008 to represent Pakistan in

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football after receiving support from the British Asian Rugby Association. In 2009 the team was granted official observer status by the

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. Pakistan played their first match as a national team against the BARLA Lions in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. They went down 62-0.

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*http://www.rugbyleagueplanet.com/RLP/Nations/Pakistan.htm {{rugbyleague-team-stub