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Team information | ||||||
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Nickname | The Lions (Løverne) | |||||
Governing body | Dansk Rugby League | |||||
Region | Europe | |||||
Head coach | Nigel Kitching | |||||
Captain | Eugene Hanrahan | |||||
Home stadium | Parken Stadium | |||||
IRL ranking | 53rd | |||||
Team results | ||||||
First game | ||||||
![]() ![]() (Copenhagen, Denmark; 22 August 2009) | ||||||
Biggest win | ||||||
![]() ![]() (Gladsaxe Stadium, Copenhagen; 28 April 2012) | ||||||
Biggest defeat | ||||||
![]() ![]() (Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun; 9 June 2012) [1] |
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. [2]
Denmark participated in rugby league in the late 2008. The national team lost their first match in 2009, 28–26 to Norway in Copenhagen.
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.
The first domestic tie (actually including the Scania region of Sweden) was between København RLFK (precursor to Copenhagen RLFC) and Sweden Barbarians in 2012.
Official rankings as of 21 December 2023 | |||
Rank | Change | Team | Pts % |
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 100.00 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 91.00 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 74.00 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 70.00 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 54.00 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 50.00 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 49.00 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 24.00 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 24.00 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 22.00 |
11 | ![]() | ![]() | 19.00 |
12 | ![]() | ![]() | 17.00 |
13 | ![]() | ![]() | 15.00 |
14 | ![]() | ![]() | 15.00 |
15 | ![]() | ![]() | 14.00 |
16 | ![]() | ![]() | 14.00 |
17 | ![]() | ![]() | 13.00 |
18 | ![]() | ![]() | 10.00 |
19 | ![]() | ![]() | 9.00 |
20 | ![]() | ![]() | 7.00 |
21 | ![]() | ![]() | 7.00 |
22 | ![]() | ![]() | 6.00 |
23 | ![]() | ![]() | 6.00 |
24 | ![]() | ![]() | 6.00 |
25 | ![]() | ![]() | 5.00 |
26 | ![]() | ![]() | 5.00 |
27 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
28 | ![]() | ![]() | 4.00 |
29 | ![]() | ![]() | 4.00 |
30 | ![]() | ![]() | 4.00 |
31 | ![]() | ![]() | 4.00 |
32 | ![]() | ![]() | 3.00 |
33 | ![]() | ![]() | 3.00 |
34 | ![]() | ![]() | 3.00 |
35 | ![]() | ![]() | 2.00 |
36 | ![]() | ![]() | 2.00 |
37 | ![]() | ![]() | 2.00 |
38 | ![]() | ![]() | 1.00 |
39 | ![]() | ![]() | 1.00 |
40 | ![]() | ![]() | 1.00 |
41 | ![]() | ![]() | 1.00 |
42 | ![]() | ![]() | 1.00 |
43 | ![]() | ![]() | 1.00 |
44 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
45 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
46 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
47 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
48 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
49 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
50 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
51 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
52 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
53 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
54 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
55 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.00 |
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT |
![]() | This section needs to be updated.(September 2023) |
2014 Nordic Cup [3]
Team | First Played | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | Points for | Points against | Last meeting |
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![]() | 2009 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 150 | 2017 |
![]() | 2011 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 310 | 104 | 2016 |
![]() | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 98 | 2012 |
TOTAL | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 518 | 352 |
Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Venue | Attendance |
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19 August 2017 | Denmark | 24–46 | Norway | Friendly | Copenhagen, Denmark | N/A |
7 August 2016 | Denmark | 50–18 | Sweden | Nordic Cup 2016 | Copenhagen, Denmark | N/A |
13 June 2015 | Denmark | 24-12 | Norway | Nordic Cup 2015 | Copenhagen, Denmark | N/A |
24 May 2015 | Sweden | 16–30 | Denmark | Belgrade, Serbia | N/A | |
16 August 2014 | Denmark | 44–6 | Sweden | Nordic Cup 2014 | Copenhagen, Denmark | N/A |
28 Jun 2014 | Norway | 10–16 | Denmark | Oslo, Norway | N/A | |
17 August 2013 | Denmark | 60–10 | Norway | Nordic Cup 2013 | Copenhagen, Denmark | N/A |
3 August 2013 | Sweden | 38–12 | Denmark | Stockholm, Sweden | N/A | |
29 September 2012 | Denmark | 12–74 | Malta | International Series 2012 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 313 |
4 August 2012 | Norway | 36–6 | Denmark | Nordic Cup 2012 | Oslo Norway | N/A |
9 June 2012 | Malta | 24–12 | Denmark | International Series 2012 | Hamrun, Malta | 100 |
28 April 2012 | Denmark | 122–8 | Sweden | Nordic Cup 2012 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 500 |
2 October 2011 | Denmark | 28–8 | Norway | Nordic Cup 2011 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 486 |
2 July 2011 | Sweden | 18–52 | Denmark | Gothenburg, Sweden | N/A | |
22 August 2009 | Denmark | 26–28 | Norway | Friendly | Copenhagen, Denmark | N/A |
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