Pakistan national rugby league team

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Pakistan
Team information
Region Middle East
Captain Kashif Khwaja
Team results
First international
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 0–46 GB Community Lions
England; 18 July 2009)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 0–62 BARLA Lions
Dubai, UAE; 30 November 2011)

The Pakistan national rugby league team was founded in 2008 to represent Pakistan in rugby league football after receiving support from the British Asian Rugby Association. In 2009 the team was granted official observer status by the Rugby League International Federation.

Pakistan played their first match as a national team against the BARLA Lions in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. They went down 62-0.

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