Team information | ||||||
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Nickname | Polska XIII | |||||
Governing body | Polska Rugby XIII | |||||
Region | Europe | |||||
Captain | Australasia - Chippie Korostchuk | |||||
Top try-scorer | Chippie Korostchuk 6 Tries | |||||
Top point-scorer | Ethan Niszczot 60 points | |||||
IRL ranking | 24th | |||||
Team results | ||||||
First international | ||||||
Norway 76–0 Poland (Stavanger Stadion, Stavanger; 1 September 2018) | ||||||
Biggest win | ||||||
Poland 62-6 Hong Kong (St Mary's Stadium, Sydney; 4 October 2018) | ||||||
Biggest defeat | ||||||
Norway 76-0 Poland (Stavanger Stadion, Stavanger; 1 September 2018) |
The Poland national rugby league team (Polska XIII) represent Poland in international rugby league football competitions throughout Europe and around the World. Polska XIII competed in the 2018 Emerging Nations World Championship in Sydney playing in the second tier tournament going through undefeated to win the Trophy defeating the Philippines 14–10 in the final.
This section needs to be updated.(November 2024) |
Below is table of the official representative rugby league matches played by Poland at test level up until 13 October 2018.
Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % | For | Aga | Diff |
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Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 34 | 18 | +16 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 62 | 6 | +56 |
Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 32 | 0 | +32 |
Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 58 | 6 | +52 |
Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 76 | -76 |
Philippines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 14 | 10 | +4 |
Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 16 | 50 | -34 |
Vanuatu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 44 | 4 | +40 |
Total | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75% | 260 | 170 | +90 |
Date | Opponent | Score | Tournament | Venue | Reports |
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1 Sep 2018 | Norway | 0–76 | — | Stavanger Stadion, Stavanger | ERL |
12 Nov 2022 | Norway | 22–18 | — | Ilford Rugby Club, London | ERL |
22 Nov 2022 | South Africa | 16–38 | Warsaw Airlift Cup | Southport Tigers, Queensland | ERL |
16 Sep 2023 | Czech Republic | 28–36 | — | Majkowski Wembley, Kalisz | ERL |
21 Oct 2023 | North Macedonia | 40–8 | — | Forshaw Rugby Park, Sydney | ERL |
4 Nov 2023 | Germany | 10–54 | Oder Cup | Berlin | ERL |
21 Sep 2024 | Germany | 18–58 | "Augustus The Strong" Trophy | Nowe Skalmierzyce | ERL |
19 Oct 2024 | Czech Republic | 24–34 | — | Stadion Romana Sebrleho, Lanskroune | ERL |
Official rankings as of 30 June 2024 | |||
Rank | Change | Team | Pts % |
1 | Australia | 100 | |
2 | New Zealand | 82 | |
3 | England | 80 | |
4 | Samoa | 67 | |
5 | Tonga | 49 | |
6 | 1 | Fiji | 47 |
7 | 1 | Papua New Guinea | 46 |
8 | France | 28 | |
9 | Lebanon | 22 | |
10 | Cook Islands | 20 | |
11 | Serbia | 19 | |
12 | Netherlands | 17 | |
13 | Italy | 15 | |
14 | 1 | Greece | 15 |
15 | 1 | Malta | 14 |
16 | Ireland | 14 | |
17 | Wales | 13 | |
18 | Jamaica | 10 | |
19 | Scotland | 9 | |
20 | Ukraine | 7 | |
21 | Czech Republic | 7 | |
22 | Germany | 6 | |
23 | 3 | Chile | 6 |
24 | Poland | 6 | |
25 | 3 | Norway | 6 |
26 | 1 | Kenya | 5 |
27 | 4 | Philippines | 5 |
28 | 3 | South Africa | 4 |
29 | Nigeria | 4 | |
30 | Ghana | 4 | |
31 | 2 | United States | 4 |
32 | 4 | Montenegro | 4 |
33 | 2 | Brazil | 3 |
34 | 2 | Turkey | 3 |
35 | 7 | North Macedonia | 3 |
36 | 2 | Bulgaria | 3 |
37 | 2 | Cameroon | 2 |
38 | 1 | Spain | 2 |
39 | 1 | Japan | 1 |
40 | 1 | Albania | 1 |
41 | 5 | Canada | 1 |
42 | 2 | Colombia | 1 |
43 | 2 | El Salvador | 1 |
44 | 1 | Morocco | 1 |
45 | Russia | 0 | |
46 | 2 | Sweden | 0 |
47 | 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 |
48 | 2 | Hungary | 0 |
49 | 3 | Argentina | 0 |
50 | Hong Kong | 0 | |
51 | 3 | Solomon Islands | 0 |
52 | 5 | Niue | 0 |
53 | 1 | Latvia | 0 |
54 | 1 | Denmark | 0 |
55 | 6 | Belgium | 0 |
56 | 1 | Estonia | 0 |
57 | 6 | Vanuatu | 0 |
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT |
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