Germany national rugby league 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.

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%

Germany 2024 Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
Martin Apostel Malte Breckwoldt Liam Doughton Dany Doukeng Benedikt Esser Henrik Hanswillemenke Florian Kähler Fabian Kramer Linus Kurz Korbinian Mayer Harry Miles Logan Mokalei Alex Nyahoe		Matiu Peel Felix Rau Martin Tormann Fabian Wikander Aaron Willmott Jakub Zwanski						Head coach Bob Doughton Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: September 2024 Source(s): [1]

Summarize Timeline Top Qs Fact Check

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	11	5	0	6	45%
Norway	2	0	0	2	0%
Poland	2	2	0	0	100%
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	43	19	1	23	44%

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.^[2]

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 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

Date	Result	Competition	Venue	Attendance
September 2024	Germany def. Poland 58-18	Augustus the Strong Trophy	Nowe Skalmierzyce	Not Known[3]
November 2023	Germany def. Poland 54-10	Oder Cup / Augustus the Strong Trophy	Berlin	Not Known[4]
October 2023	Netherlands def. Germany 44-18	Griffin Cup	Hattingen	Not Known[5]
October 2022	Germany def. Netherlands 29-24	Griffin Cup	Voorschoten	500
October 2021	Netherlands def. Germany 48-16	Griffin Cup	Düsseldorf	Not Known[6]
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
August 2016	Germany def. Netherlands 8-6	Triangular series / Griffin Cup	Rotterdam	Not Known[7]
August 2016	Belgium def. Germany 12-26	Triangular series	Dortmund	Not Known[8]
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[9]
18 May 2013	Serbia def. Germany 46–10	Rugby League European Shield	Makiš Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia	Not Known[10]
4 May 2013	Germany def. Netherlands 28–22	Friendly International	Heidelberg, Germany	Not Known[11]
19 May 2012	Russia def. Germany 32–26	Rugby League European Shield	Heidelberg, Germany	Not Known[12]
12 May 2012	Germany def. Serbia 25–24	Rugby League European Shield	Heidelberg, Germany	Not Known[13]
23 July 2011	Germany def. Malta 36–12	Rugby League European Shield	Hochspeyer, Kaiserslautern, Germany	300 approx[14]
9 July 2011	Norway def. Germany 32–28	Rugby League European Shield	Bislett Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Not known[15]
22 April 2011	Serbia def. Germany 90–6	Friendly International	Hochspeyer, Kaiserslautern, Germany	Not known[16]
17 July 2010	Germany def. Czech Republic 96–0	Rugby League European Shield, West Division	Hochspeyer, Kaiserslautern, Germany	350 approx[17]
3 July 2010	Serbia def. Germany 40–14	Rugby League European Shield, West Division	FC Radnicki, Belgrade, Serbia	Not known[18]
18 July 2009	Italy def. Germany 42–30	Rugby League European Shield	Heurth Stadion, Cologne, Germany	Not known[19]
4 July 2009	Czech Republic def. Germany 30–4	Rugby League European Shield	Lokomotiva Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic	Not known[20]
3 August 2008	Germany def. Czech Republic 62–20	Rugby League European Shield	Karlsruhe, Germany	Not known[21]
13 June 2008	Italy def. Germany 58–26	Rugby League European Shield	Stadio Communale del Plebiscito, Padova, Italy	Not known[22]
4 August 2007	Germany def. Czech Republic 44–22	Rugby League European Shield	Slavia Prague, Prague, Czech Republic	Not known[23]
7 July 2007	Serbia def. Germany 38–6	Rugby League European Shield	Heidelberg, Germany	Not known[24]
22 July 2006	Germany def. Estonia 38–24	Rugby League European Shield	Viimsi Stadium, Tallinn	548[25]
25 June 2006	Germany def. Austria 34–32	Rugby League European Shield	Nonner Stadion, Bad Reichenhall	358[26]

IRL Men's World Rankings v t e
Official rankings as of December 2025
Rank	Change	Team	Pts %
1		Australia	100
2		New Zealand	82
3		England	74
4		Samoa	56
5		Tonga	54
6		Papua New Guinea	47
7		Fiji	34
8		France	24
9		Cook Islands	24
10		Serbia	23
11		Netherlands	22
12		Ukraine	21
13		Wales	18
14		Ireland	17
15		Greece	15
16		Malta	15
17		Italy	11
18		Jamaica	9
19	1	Poland	7
20	1	Lebanon	7
21	1	Norway	7
22	3	United States	7
23		Germany	7
24		Czech Republic	6
25		Chile	6
26	1	Philippines	5
27	1	Scotland	5
28	2	South Africa	5
29	1	Canada	5
30	1	Brazil	3
31	1	Morocco	3
32	1	North Macedonia	3
33	1	Argentina	3
34	1	Montenegro	3
35	4	Ghana	2
36	5	Kenya	2
37	3	Nigeria	2
38	2	Albania	1
39	2	Turkey	1
40	2	Bulgaria	1
41	1	Cameroon	0
42	1	Japan	0
43	1	Spain	0
44	3	Colombia	0
45		Russia	0
46		El Salvador	0
47		Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
48		Hong Kong	0
49		Solomon Islands	0
50		Vanuatu	0
51		Hungary	0
52		Latvia	0
53		Denmark	0
54		Belgium	0
55		Estonia	0
56		Sweden	0
57		Niue	0
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