Latvia national rugby league team

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Latvia

Team information
Governing body	Latvia Rugby League
Region	Europe
Head coach	Steve Leonard (GBR)
Captain	Jānis Zuments
IRL ranking	54th
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
Estonia 38 - 54 Latvia  (21 October 2007, Tallinn)
Biggest win
Estonia 4 - 74 Latvia  (8 August 2009, Tallinn)
Biggest defeat
Ukraine 112 - 0 Latvia  (18 September 2010, Kyiv )

The Latvia national rugby league team was established in 2008 to represent Latvia at rugby league football, and initially competed in the European Bowl, for fourth-tier developing nations. They beat Estonia in a two-game series and therefore won the inaugural tournament after Ukraine could not gain visas to travel. In 2009 they reached the second place after losing to Ukraine and defeating Estonia. In 2010 they played in the European Shield, losing to Russia and Ukraine. After a hiatus of several years, Latvia will return to international competition on May 9, 2015 for the first match of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying process, taking on Spain in a one-off knockout match to determine the final participants in the 'European C' section.