Peru national rugby league team

Not to be confused with Peru national rugby union team.
Peru national rugby league
Full name Peru national rugby league team
Colours      Red
     White
Nickname(s) Emperadores Peruanos (English: Peruvian Emperors)
Founded 31 January 2015
Key people Jaime Perez (Coach)
Jye Sommers (Captain)

The Peru national rugby league team (Spanish: Rugby league equipo nacional de Peru), nicknamed Emperadores Peruanos (English: Peruvian Emperors), represents Peru in rugby league. They made their debut at the first ever Latino Sevens on 17 October 2015, making it into the finals.[1]

History

The sport has yet to be played on Peruvian soil but efforts are in place to bring rugby league to Central and South America through the Latin Heat Rugby League. The Latin Heat fielded enough Peruvian players to make up a Rugby league sevens team so they have entered into the first ever Latino Rugby League Sevens tournament.

During the 2015 Latino Sevens Luis Guillermo Fhon became the first Peruvian to break a bone, his collar bone for his nation's colours.

Official Rankings as of November 2016[2]
RankChangeTeamPoints
1 Increase  Australia
2 Decrease  New Zealand
3 Steady  England
4 Increase  Scotland
5 Decrease  Samoa
6  France
7  Fiji
8  Ireland
9  Wales
10 Steady  United States
11  Serbia
12 Increase  Canada
13  Italy
14 Decrease  Tonga
15  Papua New Guinea
16 Increase  Russia
17 Decrease  Jamaica
18  Belgium
19 Steady  Spain
20  Malta
21  Lebanon
22 Increase  Ukraine
23  Germany
24  Czech Republic
25 Decrease  Cook Islands
26 Steady  Norway
27  Denmark
28  Greece
29  Sweden
30  Netherlands
31  South Africa
32 Increase  Niue
33 Decrease  Philippines
34 Steady  Chile
35  Vanuatu
36  Latvia
37  Solomon Islands
38  Hungary
39  El Salvador
40  Morocco

Current squad

The following is the Peruvian teamed named for the 2015 Latino Sevens.[3]

Juan Carlos Carrion

Corey Daniela

Sean Day

James Goncalves (Five Dock RSL, NSW)

Paul Grados

Luis Guillermo Fhon (Mount Annan, NSW)

Jonathan Julca

Jacob Parker (Alexandria Rovers, NSW)

Aaron Perez (Mount Annan, NSW)

Jye Sommers (Corrimal, NSW)

Jonathan Xavier (Five Dock RSL, NSW)

Record

Below is table of the representative rugby league matches played by Peru at test level up until 12 October 2015:

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn Win % For Aga Diff
 Chile 1 - 1 - 0% 10 14 -4
 Colombia 1 1 0 - 100% 12 4 8
 Ecuador 1 1 0 - 100% 28 0 28
Total 3 2 1 - 66% 50 18 32

References


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