Morocco national rugby league team

Morocco
Nickname The Morocs
Governing body Moroc Rugby League
Region Europe
RLIF ranking 36th
Colours
First international
 Moldova 24–19 Morocco 
(18 October 1995)
Biggest win
 Morocco 58–4 Serbia 
(25 October 2003)
Biggest defeat
 Morocco 0–104 Lebanon 
(Perpignan, France; 1999)

The Morocco national rugby league team has been participating in international competition since 1995. Many players for the Moroccan team are drawn from the French competition.

Morocco has participated in the World Sevens (1995), Superleague World Nines (1996), Emerging Nations Tournament (1995, 2000) and Mediterranean Cup (since 2003) competitions. In 2009 Morocco won the RLEF Euro Med Challenge.

Morocco has been the destination of international tours in recent years, hosting Liban Espoir (a team of emerging players from the domestic Lebanese competition) in 2003 and the Australian Police Rugby League team in 2004.

For more Moroccan stats, news, team results and more visit Morocco's RLEF Page.

2009 squad

2009 Morocco Squad
Starting side Interchange Coaching staff
  • 1 Brahim Nhari - FB (Baho RLFC)
  • 2 Aissam Yousri - WG (Toulouse J.J.)
  • 3 Hassan Laaziri - CE (Cavaillon RLFC)
  • 4 Farid Nicolas - CE (Villeneuve/Lot)
  • 5 Khalid Mouzoun - WG (Montpellier RLFC)
  • 6 Younes Khattabi - FE (St Gaudens RLFC)
  • 7 Osni Kriouache - HB (St Gaudens RLFC)
  • 8 Abdessamad Rachid - PR (Lyon RLFC)
  • 9 Hocine El Boutchi - HK (Palau RLFC)
  • 10 Mohamed Djamil - PR (U.T. Catalans)
  • 11 Taouil Amar - SR (Salses RLFC)
  • 12 Ilyass Lamarti - SR (Villeneuve/Lot)
  • 13 Rachid Faresse - LF (Avignon RLFC)
  • 14 Fakir Lhoucine (Villeneuve RLFC)
  • 15 El Boutchi Hacene (Palau RLFC)
  • 16 Oulias Abdelali (Toulouse J.J.)
  • 17 Bouladas Mohamed (Montpellier RLFC)




Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Official Rankings as of November 2016[1]
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

Notable players

Results

All-Time Results

Team First Played Played Win Draw Loss Points For Points Against
Moldova Moldova 1995 1 0 0 1 19 24
 Ireland 1995 1 0 0 1 6 42
Italy Italy 1999 2 1 0 1 32 44
Lebanon Lebanon 1999 3 0 0 3 14 212
France France 1999 3 0 0 3 14 198
United States United States 2000 1 0 0 1 10 50
Japan Japan 2000 1 1 0 0 14 8
Serbia Serbia 2003 2 1 1 0 78 24
Catalonia Catalonia 2008 2 2 0 0 91 18
Belgium Belgium 2009 1 1 0 0 46 12

References

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