The Denmark national rugby league team represents Denmark in the sport of rugby league. They are official observers of members of the Rugby League European Federation. Danish rugby league stats, news, team results and other information can be seen on Denmark's RLEF Page.

History

Denmark participated in rugby league in the late 2008. The national team lost their first match in 2009, 28–26 to Norway in Copenhagen.

Denmark national rugby league team

They first won in 2011 in the Nordic Cup (Between Denmark, Norway and Sweden). In 2014, they beat Sweden and Norway to become the first team to win the Nordic Cup twice . They then became the first team to retain the Nordic Cup in 2015 after beating Sweden and Norway to win their third trophy.

Denmark national rugby league team

The first domestic tie (actually including the Scania region of Sweden) was between København RLFK (precursor to Copenhagen RLFC) and Sweden Barbarians in 2012.

Denmark national rugby league team

Current squad

2014 Nordic Cup

Josh Whitehead

Morten Dam

Emil Borggren

Martin Pedersen-Scott

Christoffer Ellebirke

Justin Eyles

Viiga Lima

Jesper Ika

Rich Groom

Andrei Ungureanu

Orveh Melchior

Neil Smith

Eugene Hanrahan

Rob King

Thor Thomsen

Silas Mubanda

Mark Bailey

All-time Results Record

Results

Domestic Teams

All of the Danish national team are selected from either Jutland RLFC (Jylland) and Copenhagen RLFC .

Other

Since 2013, the Denmark rugby league team have promoted the Cystic Fibrosis Forening, the national cystic fibrosis association of Denmark.

See also

Danish Rugby League Championship

Denmark Rugby League Federation

References

External links

Rugby league in Denmark

National rugby league teams

Rugby League