The Ireland men's national rugby league team, known as the Wolfhounds, is organised by Rugby League Ireland and represents the entire isle of Ireland in international rugby league. The representative team is composed largely of players of Irish descent who compete in the Super League as well as the Australasian National Rugby League. Ireland is also represented by an Ireland A side, which is made up of players from the Irish domestic competition.
The France national rugby league team represents France in international rugby league matches. They are referred to as les Chanticleers or less commonly as les Tricolores. The team is run under the auspices of the Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII.
The Italy national rugby league team represents Italy in rugby league football. With origins dating back to the 1950s and 1960s, the team has competed regularly in international competitions since 2008, when their current governing body, the Federazione Italiana Rugby League, was formed. They are currently ranked 13th in the IRL World Rankings.
The Lebanon national rugby league team represents Lebanon in rugby league football. Nicknamed "the Cedars" after the Lebanese cedar tree, the team was formed by Lebanese Australians in 1997 and have been administered by the Lebanese Rugby League Federation since 2002.
The Serbia national rugby league team represents Serbia in the sport of rugby league football. They have competed in international competition since 2003 under the administration of the Serbian Rugby League.
The Jamaica national rugby league team represents Jamaica in international rugby league tournaments. Administered by the Jamaica Rugby League Association, the team made their full international debut at the 2009 Atlantic Cup against the United States.
The 2017 Rugby League World Cup was the fifteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup tournament and took place in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea between 27 October and 2 December 2017. The tournament featured the national teams of 14 Rugby League International Federation member countries who qualified through either standing in the previous tournament or a series of qualification play-off matches. In the final, defending champions Australia, playing in their 14th consecutive final, defeated England at Brisbane's Lang Park.
The 2017 Rugby League World Cup Middle East-Africa qualification play-off was a two-match rugby league series, with the winner qualifying for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. The matches were between South Africa and Lebanon and were played at Brakpan Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa on 25 and 31 October 2015.
Abbas Miski is a Lebanese international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Wigan Warriors in the Super League.
The 2018 Emerging Nations World Championship (ENWC) was a rugby league tournament held for Tier Two and Tier Three nations, the third edition of the Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament.
Group A of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup is one of the four groups in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, which began on 27 October and was completed on 12 November 2017. The group comprised hosts Australia as well as England and France. They were joined by the winner of the Middle East-Africa qualifier, Lebanon. The group was one of two weighted groups containing top seeded teams where the top 3 qualify for the quarter finals. Australia, England and Lebanon finished the group stage in these positions.
Anthony Layoun is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the Canterbury Cup NSW.
Bilal Maarbani is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or winger for the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles in the NSW Cup.
Adam Doueihi is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth, fullback, centre or halfback for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL).
James Elias is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer. Playing as a centre or second-row, Elias represented Lebanon at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
Elias Sukkar is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Auburn Warriors. He was selected to represent Lebanon in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
Andrew Kazzi is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who was contracted to the Wests Tigers. He played as second-row.
Jaleel Seve-Derbas is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. His position is at second-row. He was selected to represent Lebanon in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
Jason Wehbe is a Lebanese international rugby footballer who most recently played rugby league for the Hills District Bulls. He plays as a five-eighth and centre. He was selected to represent Lebanon in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
Atef Hamdan is a Lebanese multi-code international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for Wolves in the Lebanon Rugby League Championship, Beirut Phoenicians in the Lebanon Rugby Union Championship, and the Lebanon national team at international level.
