New Zealand physical disability national rugby league team

Last updated

New Zealand Physical Disability national rugby league team
Team information
Governing body RLIF
Region Asia-Pacific
Head coachRay Greaves
Team results
PDRL World Cup
Appearances1 (first time in 2021 )
Best resultRunners-up, 2021

The New Zealand physical disability national rugby league team represent New Zealand in international physical disability rugby league competitions throughout Asia-Pacific and the World. [1] At the 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship the team finished second in the Physical Disability tournament after a draw in the final against Australia. [2] In August 2018 a squad was named to take part in a best of three series against Australia as part of the 2018 Emerging Nations World Championship in Sydney. [3]

Contents

In October 2022 the team competed at the 2021 Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup where they came second in the tournament. [4]

Current squad

Squad for 2021 PDRL World Cup.

  1. Harley Roach
  2. Garry Kingi
  3. Jeremy Hendrix Harris
  4. Max Walsh
  5. Shane Culling
  6. Timothy Ragg
  7. Kent Stroobant
  8. Jed Stone
  9. Shane Ratahi
  10. Mal Davis
  11. Matthew Williams
  12. Michael Kulene
  13. Daley Manu
  14. Che Fornusek
  15. Philip Milne
  16. Roko Nailolo
  17. Matthew Slade
  18. Delta Taeauga

source: [5] [6]

Results

DateOpponentScoreTournamentVenueRefs
23 February 2018Commonwealth All Stars
4–0
 2018 Commonwealth Championship Dolphin Stadium, Brisbane [7]
24 February 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
0–6
 [7]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
0–0
 [2]
Commonwealth All Stars
0–0
 [2]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
0–0
[Note 1] 		[2]
9 October 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
16–20
 2018 ENWC Physical Disability ChampionshipWindsor Sporting Complex [8]
11 October 2018
16–10
 [8]
13 October 2018
8–14
St Marys Leagues Stadium [8]
23 October 2022 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
26–28
[Note 2] 		2021 World Cup Victoria Park, Warrington [6]
25 October 2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
34–26
 [10]
28 October 2022 Flag of England.svg England
2–50
 [11]
30 October 2022 Flag of England.svg England
10–42
 Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington [4]
2 November 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
20–18
Friendly Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland [12]

Upcoming Fixture

Notes

  1. ↑ Final drawn: Australia won championship based on group standings
  2. ↑ Wales won the match but due to a rules breach by Wales the match points were awarded to New Zealand [9]

References

  1. ↑ "NZ's physical disability rugby league team prepare for first Commonwealth Champs". Māori Television. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Commonwealth Championship: Day 2 Results". Queensland Rugby League. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand Physical Disability Representative squad announced". Archived from the original on 1 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 "PDRL World Cup: England beat New Zealand 42-10 to become world champions". BBC Sport. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "PDRL World Cup - All you need to know". rlwc2021. 21 October 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Match report: Wales PDRL 28 v 26 NZ PDRL". Wales Rugby League. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Commonwealth Championship: Day 1 Results". Queensland Rugby League. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 "Australia". Rugby League Emerging Nations World Championship. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Wales beat Australia for only the third time ever". Wales Rugby League. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "England PDRL 32 v 6 Wales PDRL". rugbyleague.wales. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "England and New Zealand reach PDRL World Cup Final 2022". Warrington Guardian. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Whutupōro Rīki Whaikaha o Aotearoa beat Australia in historic Physical Disability Rugby League match". New Zealand Rugby League. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Warriors supporting physical disability rugby league trip". Warriors.Kiwi. 22 Jul 2025. Retrieved 23 Jul 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.