Rugby League Ireland

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Rugby League Ireland
ERL affiliation
2003 (Full member)
ResponsibilityRepublic of Ireland, Northern Ireland
HeadquartersDublin, Ireland
Key peopleJim Reynolds (Chair)
CompetitionsRLI Premiership

RLI Championship

RLI Women's Premiership
Websitehttp://www.rli.ie/
As of 30 July 2023

Rugby League Ireland (RLI) is the internationally recognised governing body for the development of

Irish Sports Council and took over the running of the Irish international team entirely in 2008 for the World Cup. Prior to 2001 RLI was known as Ireland Rugby League.[2]

In 2024, the body was downgraded to affiliate member due to noncompliance with the full membership criteria.[3][4]

Flag

Four Provinces Flag of Ireland

The Irish rugby league team draws its players from across the Island of Ireland. At the 2013

Four Provinces Flag of Ireland.[5]

National team

Main article: Ireland national rugby league team

The Ireland national rugby league team, known as the 'Wolfhounds', represents Ireland in rugby league football. The team is organised by Rugby League Ireland. The representative team is dominated by players from the Super League and sometimes includes players from the Australasian National Rugby League. Ireland is also represented by Ireland A, an amateur side which is made up of players from the domestic Irish competition.

Since Ireland began competing in international rugby league in 1995, it has participated in the

Amateur Four Nations
.

Competitions

As of 2023 the main competition is the RLI Premiership. There is also a secondary men's competition known as the RLI Championship and a women's competition going by the name of the RLI Women's premiership.

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-905540-10-5
    . Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100124152733/http://rli.ie/history
  3. ^ "International Rugby League Membership: Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Scotland reclassified". Rugby League International Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  4. ^ https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ireland-scotland-denied-2026-world-cup-qualification-shot-as-quintet-see-membership-status-dropped
  5. ^ "Rugby League Ireland". Retrieved 8 July 2019.

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