Brazil national rugby league team
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| Team information | ||||||
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| Governing body | Confederação Brasileira de Rugby League | |||||
| Region | Americas | |||||
| Head coach | Manu Faalalo  | |||||
| Captain | Lucas Viñas | |||||
| Most caps | Lucas Viñas | |||||
| Top try-scorer | Lucas Viñas | |||||
| Top point-scorer | Lucas Viñas | |||||
| Team results | ||||||
| First international | ||||||
 Chile 54-8 Brazil  (Los Ángeles, Chile; 17 November 2017) | ||||||
| Biggest win | ||||||
Brazil 54-12 Colombia  (Sao Paulo, Brazil; 23 November 2018) | ||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||
| Chile 54-8 Brazil (Los Ángeles, Chile; 17 November 2017) | ||||||
| World Cup | ||||||
| Appearances | 0 (first time in -) | |||||
| Best result | - | |||||
The Brazil national rugby league team represents Brazil in the sport of rugby league. The nation made its international debut at the inaugural Latin American Rugby League Championship held in Los Ángeles, Chile in November 2017, losing to the hosts in their first international match.[1][2] The team are currently ranked 41rd, in the IRL World Rankings.
They are the current South American Champions, after the victory against Colombia and Argentina in 2018.
Current squad
This is the current squad as of the 22nd February 2020.
| Leandro Caetano – Piratas (SP) |
| Bruno Morales – Piratas (SP) |
| Douglas Parazi – Piratas (SP) |
| Fábio Lopes – Piratas (SP) |
| Rafael Leal – Urutau (PR) |
| Robson Santos – Urutau (PR) |
| Gabriel Domingues – Urutau (PR) |
| Victor Daniel Domingues – Urutau (PR) |
| Thomas Erzinger – Urutau (PR) |
| Thales Fuckner – Urutau (PR) |
| Felipe Urban – Urutau (PR) |
| Felipe Dittz – Rio Warriors (RJ) |
| Marcos Matiolli – Rio Warriors (RJ) |
| Lucas Viñas – Maringá Hawks (PR) |
| Gregory Somenzari – Maringá Hawks (PR) |
| Lucas Loureiro – Maringá Hawks (PR) |
| Zach Grundy – São Lourenço (MG) |
| Brendon Simon – São Lourenço (MG) |
| Braian Vito – São Lourenço (MG) |
| Fred Costa – São Lourenço (MG) |
| Jorge Cabral – All Golds (England) |
| Hector Hilberto – Oakey Bears (Australia) |
| Dylan Nunes – Mounties (Australia) |
| Alexandre Alves – Warringah (Australia) |
All-time results record
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Last meeting |
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 Argentina |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chile |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Colombia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Peru |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2020 |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
References
External links
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| Mixed teams | |
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