Associació Catalana de Rugby Lliga

Catalan Rugby League Association
Associació Catalana de Rugby Lliga

Founded	2007
RLEF affiliation	2008–2014 (Observer)
Responsibility	Catalonia
Key people	Sergi Blàzquez (Chair)
Website	rugbylliga.cat

As of 30 June 2009

The Associació Catalana de Rugby Lliga (ACRL) (Catalan Rugby League Association) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Catalonia. The Association was formed in 2007 and since then has organized and governed the Catalan competitions.^[1]

Rugby league in the region of Northern Catalonia in Southern France come under the governance of the Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII.

History

In 2008 the first competition was held. Three teams played in the Catalan Cup: FC Barcelona, Aligots Girona and Nord-Català.^[2]

In January 2009, a rugby league coaching course was run by ACRL and taken by RFL Coach Educator Karl Harrison to improve rugby league concepts in Catalonia.^[3]

In February 2009 the first Catalan university rugby-league championship took place,^[4] with seven universities teams participating: Perpinyà, Ramon Llull, Girona, Autònoma de Barcelona, Vic, Politècnica de Catalunya and Pompeu Fabra. Universitat de Perpinyà were the winners.^[5]

The first Catalonia Championship began in April 2009, with nine teams participating: CR Tarragona, CR Valls, CR Sant Cugat, INEF Lleida, GEiEG, Poble Nou Enginyers, BUC, RC Garrotxa and Vic Crancs.^[6]

The Catalonia national rugby league team, also administered by the ACRL, played their first full international, losing to Morocco in a game played prior to the Catalans Dragons vs Warrington Wolves Super League, on June 21, 2008.^[7]

In September 2014, Observer status of the RLEF was revoked as the association had not reported any activity since 2009.^[8]

References

^ "Rugby League Europe Federation". Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
^ http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/noticia?p_idcmp=2823249 Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
^ "Rugby League Europe Federation". Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
^ "Rugby League Europe Federation". Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
^ http://www.rugbylliga.cat/textos/campionat-universitari-de-rugby-lliga-9 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
^ http://www.rugbylliga.cat/textos/i-campionat-de-catalunya-de-rugby-lliga-10 Archived 2017-07-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
^ http://www.rugbylliga.cat/noticia/rugbi-xiii-catalunya-12-marroc-62-52 Archived 2008-06-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
^ "Germany & Catalonia lose status". RLIF. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014.

External links

ACRL (in Catalan, English, and French)

Rugby League European Federation

Members

Full: England; France; Ireland; Italy; Jamaica; Lebanon; Russia; Serbia; South Africa; Ukraine; Wales

Affiliate: Cameroon; Canada; Czech Republic; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Malta; Morocco; Netherlands; Norway; Nigeria; Scotland; Spain; Turkey; United States

Observers: Albania; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Burundi; DR Congo; Denmark; El Salvador; Ethiopia; Hungary; Kenya; Latvia; Libya; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Palestine; Poland; Saudi Arabia; Sierra Leone; Slovakia; Sweden