Generally, Tri Nations refers to a sports competition between three national representative teams.
The Rugby League Tri-Nations was a rugby league tournament involving the top three teams in the sport: Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand and is the predecessor of today's Rugby League Four Nations.
The Rugby League European Championship is a rugby league football tournament for European national teams that was first held in 1935.
The Greece national rugby league team represents Greece in rugby league. The national team has been participating in international competition since 2003, and have become an affiliate member of the Rugby League International Federation.
The Netherlands national rugby league team is the national rugby league team of The Netherlands in a sport that is virtually unknown in the Nederlands. It was formed in January 2003. The national team played its first international match in 2003 against Scotland A, where they lost 22–18.
The Estonia national rugby league team represents Estonia in the sport of rugby league football. Estonia started competing in international rugby league in 2005. They have competed in several tournaments, including the Central Europe Development Tri-Nations and the European Bowl.
Rugby league is a team sport played in Ireland on an all-Ireland basis.
Rugby league has been played in France since 1934. As with rugby union, rugby league was introduced by the English and the heartland of the game is in the south of France.
This article contains information on rugby league played in 2006. The season commenced with the World Club Challenge in England in February and concluded with the Tri-Nations Final in Australia in November.
Carinthian Matadors Rugby Football Club were a rugby union club in the Österreichischer Rugby Verband.
The Vienna Kangaroos are an Australian Football club located in Vienna, Austria, and are Austria's first Australian Football club.
The Czech Republic national rugby league team were established to broaden the skills of the rugby union team The team has competed in a number of competitions and hosted the Slavic Cup in 2006.
The Germany national rugby league team is the national rugby league team of Germany.
The European Shield is a rugby league football competition. The competition is organised by the Rugby League European Federation and is designed to promote the sport of rugby league in Central Europe and Eastern Europe. It was first officially held in 2007, though its precursor - the Central Europe Development Tri-Nations - was held the year prior.
The Rugby League European Championship C, formerly the European Bowl, is an international European rugby league football tournament organised by the Rugby League European Federation for third tier rugby league nations. It was first contested in 2008, with the proposed participating teams being Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine.
The Ukraine national rugby league team was established in 2007 to represent Ukraine at rugby league football. Ukraine is in the fourth tier developing nations along with Estonia and Latvia. The national side played their first international game as a nation playing against the Great Britain Students going down 36-18. Ukraine was originally scheduled to play in the 2008 European Bowl but withdrew at the last minute due to problems with the teams visas.
Rugby union in Estonia is a minor but growing sport.
Rugby Europe is the administrative body for rugby union in Europe. It was formed in 1999 to promote, develop, organise and administer the game of rugby in Europe under the authority of World Rugby.
The inaugural Central Europe Development Tri-Nations rugby league competition was held in 2006. This competition is organised by the Rugby League European Federation and was designed to promote the sport of rugby league in Central Europe. The competition, contested by Austria, Germany and Estonia, was won by Germany.
