Germany national rugby league team

Germany

Team information
Governing body	Rugby League Deutschland
Region	Europe
Head coach	Bob Doughton
Captain	Brad Billsborough
Most caps	Liam Doughton (24)
Top try-scorer	Jimmy Keinhorst (17)
Top point-scorer	Jimmy Keinhorst (98)
IRL ranking	22nd
Uniforms
First colours Second colours
Team results
First international
Germany 34–32 Austria  (Bad Reichenhall, Germany; 2006)
Biggest win
Germany 96–0 Czech Republic  (Hochspeyer, Germany; 2010)
Biggest defeat
Germany 6-90 Serbia  (Hochspeyer, Germany; 2011)

The Germany national rugby league team is the national rugby league team of Germany.

National team

The captain of the national side is Brad Billsborough. Bob Doughton is head coach. The most capped player is Liam Doughton who has 24 Caps.

As well as playing friendlies, the team currently competes in European Championship C. They also play against the Netherlands in the annual Griffin Cup. In October 2022, Germany won the 10th edition of the Griffin Cup, defeating the Netherlands 29-24.

In the Central Europe Development Tri-Nations in 2006 they won both of their matches narrowly beating Austria in Bad Reichenhall in front of over 350 people. They then beat Estonia in Tallinn to seal victory of the competition.

Coaching staff

Coaches Name	Role	Date Appointed	Date Departed	P	W	L	D	Win%
Uwe Jansen	Head coach	2006	2008	4	3	1	0	75%
Dan Stocks	Head coach	2009	?	?	?	?	?	?
Paul Szehofner	Assistant coach	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Simon Cooper	Head coach	?	2020	?	?	?	?	?
Bob Doughton	Head coach	2020	present	2	1	1	0	50%

2022 squad

Germany 2022 Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Aarre Heinrichsen – FB 2 Benedikt Esser – WG 3 Adam Ryder – CE 4 Felix Rau – CE 5 Niklas Hartwich – WG 6 Ben White – SO 7 Brad Billsborough – SH (c) 8 Jack Baskerville – PR 9 Liam Doughton – HK 10 Kilian Martin – PR 11 Eoin Bowie – SR 12 Christophe Ngondi – SR 13 Mawuli Amefia – LF		14 Sebastian Paaßen 15 Charlie Tetley 16 Dany Doukeng Kongmo Ngo 17 Malte Rohemose						Head coach Bob Doughton Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: October 2022 Source(s): International rugby league in 2022#Germany men in Netherlands

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Official rankings as of 21 December 2023
Rank	Change	Team	Pts %
1		Australia	100.00
2		New Zealand	91.00
3	1	England	74.00
4	1	Samoa	70.00
5		Tonga	54.00
6		Papua New Guinea	50.00
7		Fiji	49.00
8	1	France	24.00
9	1	Lebanon	24.00
10	3	Cook Islands	22.00
11	1	Serbia	19.00
12	6	Netherlands	17.00
13	1	Italy	15.00
14	5	Malta	15.00
15	1	Greece	14.00
16	4	Ireland	14.00
17	6	Wales	13.00
18	3	Jamaica	10.00
19	2	Scotland	9.00
20	8	Ukraine	7.00
21	6	Czech Republic	7.00
22	1	Germany	6.00
23	10	Philippines	6.00
24	5	Poland	6.00
25	1	South Africa	5.00
26	4	Chile	5.00
27	4	Kenya	0.00
28	6	Norway	4.00
29	6	Nigeria	4.00
30	6	Ghana	4.00
31	6	Brazil	4.00
32	12	Turkey	3.00
33	4	United States	3.00
34	1	Bulgaria	3.00
35	5	Cameroon	2.00
36	2	Montenegro	2.00
37	5	Spain	2.00
38	6	Japan	1.00
39		Albania	1.00
40	4	Colombia	1.00
41	6	El Salvador	1.00
42		North Macedonia	1.00
43	1	Morocco	1.00
44	3	Sweden	0.00
45		Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.00
46	3	Canada	0.00
47		Niue	0.00
48	9	Solomon Islands	0.00
49	1	Belgium	0.00
50	10	Hungary	0.00
51	5	Vanuatu	0.00
52	3	Argentina	0.00
53	3	Denmark	0.00
54	3	Latvia	0.00
55		Estonia	0.00
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

Notable players

• Jimmy Keinhorst
• Kristian Keinhorst
• Uwe Jansen
• Brad Billsborough
• Ben Dent
• Ben White

Competitive record

Overall

Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	Win %
Austria	1	1	0	0	100%
Belgium	1	0	0	1	0%
Czech Republic	5	4	0	1	80%
Estonia	1	1	0	0	100%
France	2	1	0	1	50%
Italy	5	0	1	4	0%
Italy A	1	1	0	0	100%
Malta	1	1	0	0	100%
Netherlands	9	5	0	4	55%
Norway	2	0	0	2	0%
Russia	2	0	0	2	0%
Serbia	5	1	0	4	20%
Spain	1	1	0	0	100%
Wales A	2	1	0	1	50%
England A	1	0	0	1	0%
Total	39	17	1	21	50.3%

European Championship B

Since 2007, Germany has been a participant in the European Shield, the successor to the Central Europe Tri-Nations. In the 2007 Shield, they were beaten in Heidelberg by a strong Serbia side but beat the Czech Republic in Prague, subsequently finishing second.

In the 2008 European Shield, Germany again defeated the Czech team. However, they lost to the subsequent champions Italy and again took second for the tournament.

The 2009 European Shield featured the same three sides as in 2008. The first match of the tournament saw Germany lose to the Czech Republic 30–4 in Olomouc. That game marked the first international victory for the Czech team.^[1]

In the 2010 European Shield, Germany lost to the subsequent group winners Serbia and defeated the Czech team, finishing in the second place.

European Championship B Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	Win	Draw	Loss
2006	Champions	1/3	2	2	0	0
2007	Second Place	2/3	2	1	0	1
2008	Second Place	2/3	2	1	0	1
2009	Third Place	3/3	2	0	0	2
2010	Second Place	2/3	2	1	0	1
2011	Champions	1/3	2	1	0	1
2012-13	Fourth Place	4/4	6	1	0	5
2014-15	Not invited
2018	Not invited

European Championship C

European Championship C Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	Win	Draw	Loss
2008	Not invited
2009	Not invited
2010	Not invited
2011	Not invited
2012	Not invited
2013	Not invited
2014	Not invited
2015	Not invited
2016	Not invited
2018-19	Not invited
2020	Qualified

Results

Date	Result	Competition	Venue	Attendance
October 2022	Germany def. Netherlands 29-24	Griffin Cup	Voorschoten	500
September 2020	Netherlands def. Germany 20-18	Griffin Cup	Zwolle	Not Known
October 2019	Germany def. Italy A 26-6	Friendly	Lignano Sabbiadoro	Not Known
September 2019	Netherlands def. Germany 56-18	Griffin Cup	Gnarrenburg	Not Known
August 2019	England A def. Germany 24-18	Friendly	Leigh Miners Rangers	Not Known
September 2018	Netherlands def. Germany 38-22	Griffin Cup	Rotterdam	Not Known
August 2018	Germany def. Czech Republic 24-4	World Cup Qualifier	Not known	Not Known
October 2017	Germany def. Wales A 38-34	Friendly	Not known	Not Known
August 2017	Netherlands def. Germany 30-18	Griffin Cup	Osnabrück	Not Known
October 2016	Wales A def. Germany 40-32	Friendly	Not known	Not Known
June 2015	Germany def. Netherlands 46-12	Griffin Cup	Not known	Not Known
3 May 2014	Germany def. Netherlands 70-16	Friendly	Delft, Netherlands	Not Known
10 August 2013	Russia def. Germany 30–0	Rugby League European Shield		Not Known
27 July 2013	Italy def. Germany 66–30	Rugby League European Shield	Nordstern Stadion, Karlsruhe	Not Known[2]
18 May 2013	Serbia def. Germany 46–10	Rugby League European Shield	Makiš Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia	Not Known[3]
4 May 2013	Germany def. Netherlands 28–22	Friendly International	Heidelberg, Germany	Not Known[4]
19 May 2012	Russia def. Germany 32–26	Rugby League European Shield	Heidelberg, Germany	Not Known[5]
12 May 2012	Germany def. Serbia 25–24	Rugby League European Shield	Heidelberg, Germany	Not Known[6]
23 July 2011	Germany def. Malta 36–12	Rugby League European Shield	Hochspeyer, Kaiserslautern, Germany	300 approx[7]
9 July 2011	Norway def. Germany 32–28	Rugby League European Shield	Bislett Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Not known[8]
22 April 2011	Serbia def. Germany 90–6	Friendly International	Hochspeyer, Kaiserslautern, Germany	Not known[9]
17 July 2010	Germany def. Czech Republic 96–0	Rugby League European Shield, West Division	Hochspeyer, Kaiserslautern, Germany	350 approx[10]
3 July 2010	Serbia def. Germany 40–14	Rugby League European Shield, West Division	FC Radnicki, Belgrade, Serbia	Not known[11]
18 July 2009	Italy def. Germany 42–30	Rugby League European Shield	Heurth Stadion, Cologne, Germany	Not known[12]
4 July 2009	Czech Republic def. Germany 30–4	Rugby League European Shield	Lokomotiva Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic	Not known[13]
3 August 2008	Germany def. Czech Republic 62–20	Rugby League European Shield	Karlsruhe, Germany	Not known[14]
13 June 2008	Italy def. Germany 58–26	Rugby League European Shield	Stadio Communale del Plebiscito, Padova, Italy	Not known[15]
4 August 2007	Germany def. Czech Republic 44–22	Rugby League European Shield	Slavia Prague, Prague, Czech Republic	Not known[16]
7 July 2007	Serbia def. Germany 38–6	Rugby League European Shield	Heidelberg, Germany	Not known[17]
22 July 2006	Germany def. Estonia 38–24	Rugby League European Shield	Viimsi Stadium, Tallinn	548[18]
25 June 2006	Germany def. Austria 34–32	Rugby League European Shield	Nonner Stadion, Bad Reichenhall	358[19]

See also

• Rugby league in Germany

References

• [1]

External links

• Rugby League European Federation Website
• Rugby League International Federation Website Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine