International rugby league in 2025

International rugby league in 2025
International rugby league in 2025
	< 2024 2026 >

A list of men, women and wheelchair international rugby league matches played throughout 2025. A † denotes a recognised, but unofficial match that did not contribute to the IRL World Rankings.

Season overview

Men

Men's international tours
Start date	Touring side	Region	Results [Matches]
25 October	Australia	England	0-0 [3]

Men's international friendlies
Date	Home team	Away team	Winners
22 February	France	Morocco	France
26 February	United States	Greece	Cancelled
28 February	United States	Greece	Greece

Men's international tournaments
Start date	Tournament	Winners
25 October 2025	World Cup qualification Northern Hemisphere playoff
October 2025	World Cup qualification Southern Hemisphere playoff
11 October 2025	European Championship D
18 October 2025	European Championship B
18 October 2025	European Championship C

Women

Women's international tours
Start date	Touring side	Region	Results [Matches]
1 March	Australia	England	1–0 [3]

Women's international friendlies
Start date	Home team	Away team	Winners
28 February	United States	Greece	United States

Women's international tournaments
Start date	Tournament	Winners

Wheelchair

Wheelchair international tours
Start date	Touring side	Region	Results [Matches]

Wheelchair international friendlies
Start date	Home team	Away team	Winners

Wheelchair international tournaments
Start date	Tournament	Winners
24 May	Celtic Cup

Rankings

The latest rankings were issued on 19 December 2024.^[1]

IRL Wheelchair World Rankings v t e
Official rankings as of December 2024
Rank	Change	Team	Pts %
1		England	100
2		France	96
3	1	Ireland	55
4	1	Australia	52
5		Wales	47
6		Scotland	38
7	1	Spain	27
8	1	United States	25
9		New Zealand	5
10	1	Italy	0
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

IRL Women's World Rankings v t e
Official rankings as of December 2024
Rank	Change	Team	Pts %
1		Australia	100
2		New Zealand	83
3		England	55
4		France	36
5		Papua New Guinea	29
6	1	Wales	24
7	3	Ireland	19
8	1	Greece	18
9	1	Canada	17
10	4	Cook Islands	17
11	13	Samoa	14
12	1	Serbia	11
13		Netherlands	11
14	2	United States	10
15	1	Tonga	10
16	10	Fiji	8
17	1	Nigeria	8
18	2	Kenya	7
19	4	Philippines	7
20	8	Brazil	6
21	2	Italy	5
22		Uganda	3
23		Jamaica	3
24	1	Ghana	2
25	4	Malta	2
26	9	Turkey	2
27		Lebanon	0
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

IRL Men's World Rankings v t e
Official rankings as of December 2024
Rank	Change	Team	Pts %
1		Australia	100
2		New Zealand	86
3		England	84
4	1	Tonga	63
5	1	Samoa	54
6	1	Papua New Guinea	53
7	1	Fiji	44
8		France	30
9	2	Serbia	23
10		Cook Islands	22
11	1	Netherlands	22
12	5	Wales	18
13	2	Malta	17
14	6	Ukraine	13
15	1	Greece	12
16	7	Lebanon	12
17	4	Italy	11
18	2	Ireland	9
19	1	Jamaica	8
20	1	Czech Republic	8
21	2	Chile	8
22	3	Scotland	7
23	4	Philippines	7
24	7	United States	7
25	1	Poland	5
26	2	South Africa	5
27	5	Germany	5
28	3	Norway	5
29	4	Brazil	4
30	4	Kenya	4
31	10	Canada	4
32		Montenegro	4
33	2	North Macedonia	3
34	15	Argentina	3
35	5	Albania	2
36		Bulgaria	2
37	7	Ghana	2
38	9	Nigeria	2
39	5	Turkey	1
40	3	Cameroon	1
41	2	Japan	1
42	4	Spain	1
43	1	Colombia	1
44	1	El Salvador	0
45		Russia	0
46	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
47	3	Hong Kong	0
48	3	Solomon Islands	0
49	8	Vanuatu	0
50		Niue	0
51	1	Latvia	0
52	2	Denmark	0
53	2	Belgium	0
54	4	Estonia	0
55	9	Sweden	0
56	12	Morocco	0
57	9	Hungary	0
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

February

France men v Morocco

22 February 2025
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)

France	34–10	Morocco
Tries: Dall'astra, Crunel, Pourchi (2), Pedragosa, Lis Goals: Dall'astra (5/6)	Report	Tries: Anas, Dermoune Goals: Lafifi (1/2)

Parc Des Sports, Avignon
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mo Drizza (France)

**Team details**
France		Position	Morocco
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Zachary Santo	1	FB	1	Kaiss Lafifi
Quentin Crunel	2	WG	2	Zakaria Hammouch
Romeo Tropis	3	CE	3	Sofiane Hemissi
Yann Doutres Pedragosa	4	CE	4	Yannis Ahcini
Baptiste Pourchi	5	WG	5	Yannis Hamri
Lenny Chachoua	6	SO	6	Hamza Bachoukh,
Mathis Dall'astra	7	SH	7	Yliass Lamarti
Alexis Lis	8	PR	8	Houcine Fakir
Mahault Beauvilliers	9	HK	9	Hakim Ed Dermoune,
Theo Fouque	10	PF	10	Naji Anas
Luc Brocas	11	SR	11	Adam Ed-Diche
Anthony Munico	12	SR	12	Mouadh Bida,
Felix Aubry	13	LF	13	Ayoub Mesyani
Marc Pena Argeles	14	IN	14	Abdelaziz Damen
Sacha Kouassi	15	IN	15	Yannis Hettat
Arthur Salles	16	IN	16	Yassine Al Gannfoufi
Mathis Frayssinous	17	IN	17	Yassin Messaoudi
Maxime Greseque		Coach		Oliver Janzac

USA men v Greece

26 February 2025
18:00 PT (UTC-08:00)

United States	C–C^[a]	Greece

Silver Bowl Park, Las Vegas

28 February 2025
15:30 PT^[b] (UTC-08:00)

United States	10–46	Greece
Tries: Gillard, Webb Goals: McCrory (1/2)	Report	Tries: Bakis, Gal, Markopoulos (2), John Mitsias (2), Tuliatu, Stratis (2) Goals: Stratis (5/8), Markopoulos (0/1)

Silver Bowl Park, Las Vegas
Referee: Cody Kuxmann (USA)

**Team details**
USA		Position	Greece
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
David Washington	1	FB	1	Tyrone Tsagalias
Jason Martin	2	WG	2	Sam Stratis
Ryan Burroughs	3	CE	3	Alexandros Aliu
Daniel Vidot	4	CE	4	Nick Mougios
Ulice Gillard	5	WG	5	John Mitsias
Ryan Bannerot	6	SO	6	Leon Bakis
Peter Lupton	7	SH	7	Eddie Markopoulos
Tevita Bryce	8	PR	8	Robert Tuliatu
Mason McCrory	9	HK	9	Kody Papa
Anson Jiang	10	PF	10	Nicholas Tuliatu
Wes Piggins	11	SR	11	Chris Slater-Raptis
Joe Eichner	12	SR	12	Nicholas Flocas
Malcolm Webb	13	LF	13	Deon Iro
Fatai Makavaha	14	IN	14	Billy Mougios
Max Dacey	15	IN	15	Myles Gal
Anthony Russo	16	IN	16	Mitchell Zampatides
Celcius Tarawhiti	17	IN	17	Theodoros Nianiakas
Sean Rutgerson		Coach		Steve Georgallis

USA women v Greece

28 February 2025
13:30 PT^[c] (UTC-08:00)

United States	46–0	Greece
Tries: Fisch (4), Black-Keels, Campbell, Sheldon, Thompson, White Goals: Oliveri (5/9)	Report

Silver Bowl Park, Las Vegas
Referee: John Ashton (England)

**Team details**
USA		Position	Greece
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Taylor White	1	FB	1	Asimina Mastoraki
Shannon Hustosky	2	WG	2	Magdelini Stavrianou
Haley Sheldon	3	CE	3	Sam Glumac
Cyndi Campbell	4	CE	4	Ourania Koutsikou
Stacia Thompson	5	WG	5	Sotiria Skouroliakou
Roybyn Oliveri	6	SO	6	Angelina Ballas
Samantha Black-Keels	7	SH	7	Sophie Kitasaneli
Narcisse Jordan	8	PR	8	Lavinia Taukamo
Nicole Fisch	9	HK	9	Meleanna Waters
Kadie Sandford	10	PF	10	Marilena Girlemi
Jeanna Beard	11	SR	11	Lisa Poulakis
Rachael Bradley	12	SR	12	Stephanie Glumac
Esther Anderson	13	LF	13	Nicola Munday
Ashley Mencke	14	IN	14	Ella Panagiotopoulos
Lucinda Darvell	15	IN	15	Effie Skouroliakou
Bee Blackman	16	IN	16	Eleni Zis
Erin Walsh	17	IN	17	Claudia Koule
Sean Rutgerson		Coach		Dennis Lowe

March

Australia women v England in the United States

1 March 2025
18:15 PST (UTC-08:00)

Australia	90–4	England
Tries: Robinson 3, Penitani, Upton 5, Mato, Kelly 2, Sergis 3, Whitfeld, Joseph Goals: Aiken 11/17	1st: 38–0 2nd: 52–4 Report	Tries: Roche Goals: Bennett 0/1

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, United States
Attendance: 45,209
Referee: Belinda Sharpe (Australia)
Touch judges: Tara Jones, Liam Moore (England)

**Team details**
Australia		Position	England
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Tamika Upton	1	FB	1	Georgie Dagger
Jakiya Whitfeld	2	WG	2	Eboni Partington
Isabelle Kelly	3	CE	3	Tamzin Renouf
Tiana Penitani	4	CE	4	Amy Hardcastle
Julia Robinson	5	WG	5	Anna Davies
Ali Brigginshaw	6	FE/SO	6	Zoe Harris
Tarryn Aiken	7	HB/SH	7	Georgia Roche
Shannon Mato	8	PR	8	Olivia Wood
Olivia Higgins	9	HK	9	Keara Bennett
Kezie Apps	10	PF	10	Shona Hoyle
Yasmin Clydsdale	11	SR	11	Hollie Dodd
Olivia Kernick	12	SR	12	Paige Travis
Simiana Taufa-Kautai	13	LK/LF	13	Jodie Cunningham
Quincy Dodd	14	IN	14	Katie Mottershead
Jessica Sergis	15	IN	15	Vicky Whitfield
Sarah Togatuki	16	IN	16	Bella Sykes
Keilee Joseph	17	IN	17	Izzy Northrop
Jess Skinner		Coach		Stuart Barrow

May

Celtic Cup (wheelchair)

24 May 2025
11:00 BST (UTC+01:00)

Wales	v	Scotland

Archers Arena, Cardiff Metropolitan University

24 May 2025
13:00 BST (UTC+01:00)

Scotland	v	Ireland

Archers Arena, Cardiff Metropolitan University

24 May 2025
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)

Wales	v	Ireland

Archers Arena, Cardiff Metropolitan University

October

Men's European Championship

Euro B

18 October 2025

Malta	v	Netherlands
	Report

Malta

25 October 2025

Netherlands	v	Serbia
	Report

Netherlands

1 November 2025

Serbia	v	Malta
	Report

Serbia

Euro C

18 October 2025

Italy	v	Ukraine
	Report

Pasian di Prato stadium, Udine

22 October 2025

Greece	v	Ukraine
	Report

Pasian di Prato stadium, Udine

25 October 2025

Italy	v	Greece
	Report

Pasian di Prato stadium, Udine

Euro D

11 October 2025

Norway	v	Czech Republic
	Report

Norway

18 October 2025

Czech Republic	v	Germany
	Report

Czech Republic

25 October 2025

Germany	v	Norway
	Report

Germany

2026 Women's World Cup, Interconfederation qualifying

Semi-finals

21 October 2025

Canada	v	Fiji
	Report

Terry Fox Stadium, Brampton, Canada

21 October 2025

Ireland	v	Nigeria
	Report

Terry Fox Stadium, Brampton, Canada

Final

26 October 2025

SF1 Winner	v	SF2 Winner
	Report

Lamport Stadium, Toronto, Canada

2026 Men's World Cup, Interconfederation qualifying

Northern Hemisphere

25 October 2025
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

France	v	Jamaica
	Source

Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi

Southern Hemisphere

October/November 2025
––:–– AEDT (UTC+11:00)

Cook Islands	v	South Africa
	Source

2025 Kangaroo tour

25 October 2025
14:30

England	v	Australia
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

1 November 2025
14:30

England	v	Australia
	Report

Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium, Liverpool

8 November 2025
14:30

England	v	Australia
	Report

Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds

Autumn matches

Dates and schedules for these tournaments are still to be confirmed, however the post season will see:

Women's Ashes

Australia vs England (3 matches; the first of these three will be played in March)

Wheelchair Ashes

Australia vs England (4 matches)

Men's Pacific Cup

Between New Zealand, Samoa, and Tonga

Men's Pacific Bowl

Between Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Cook Islands

Women's Pacific Cup

Between New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa

Notes

^ Match cancelled after cable theft left the floodlights inoperable.^[2]
^ Brought forward from 19:30 due to floodlights not being available
^ Brought forward from 17:30 due to floodlights not being available

References

^ "IRL World Rankings: December 2024". International Rugby League. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
^ "USA and Greece prepare for Friday encounters". europeanrugbyleague.com. ERL. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

[3] Match cancelled after cable theft left the floodlights inoperable.^[2]

[4] Brought forward from 19:30 due to floodlights not being available

[5] Brought forward from 17:30 due to floodlights not being available

[1] "IRL World Rankings: December 2024". International Rugby League. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2025.

[2] "USA and Greece prepare for Friday encounters". europeanrugbyleague.com. ERL. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

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