Malta national rugby league team
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| Nickname |
l-Kavallieri (The Knights) | |||||
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| Governing body | Maltese Rugby League Association | |||||
| Region | Europe | |||||
| Head coach | Anthony Micallef | |||||
| Most caps | Steven Azzopardi (6) | |||||
| RLIF ranking | 23rd | |||||
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| First game | ||||||
 Malta 78-0 British Defence Forces  (25 September 2004) | ||||||
| Biggest win | ||||||
Malta 74-12 Denmark  (29 September 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark) | ||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||
 Germany 36-12 Malta (23 July 2011, Kaiserslautern, Germany) | ||||||
| World Cup | ||||||
| Appearances | 0 | |||||
The Malta national rugby league team (nicknamed the Knights) is the national rugby league football team of Malta who debuted their first match in 2004 against the British Defence Forces, winning 78-nil.
All-time Results Record
| Team | First Played | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | Points For | Points Against | Last Meeting |
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 Norway | 2010 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 44 | 2011 |
| Germany | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 2011 |
| Denmark | 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 24 | 2012 |
 Greece | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 32 | 2014 |
 Czech Republic | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 2014 |
 Lebanon | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 2015 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 34 | 2015 |
Notable Players
Despite its size, Malta has a relatively strong national team due to the number of Maltese players that are playing overseas. Malta is able to call on the likes of Michael Vella, Ben Galea and Danny Galea, Shane Shackleton, Jarrod Sammut, and Luke Branighan, who are all playing in either the NRL or Super League and have represented Malta in the past.[1]
Squad
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Head coach
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| Official Rankings as of December 2015[2] | |||
| Rank | Change | Team | Points |
| 1 |  |  New Zealand | 897.00 |
| 2 |  Australia | 719.00 | |
| 3 |  England | 655.00 | |
| 4 |  Samoa | 280.00 | |
| 5 |  France | 209.00 | |
| 6 |  |  Ireland | 162.00 |
| 7 |  |  Fiji | 147.00 |
| 8 | |  Wales | 132.00 |
| 9 | |  Scotland | 121.00 |
| 10 | |  United States | 102.00 |
| 11 | |  Serbia | 72.00 |
| 12 | |  Italy | 65.00 |
| 13 |  Canada | 62.00 | |
| 14 | |  Papua New Guinea | 60.00 |
| 15 | |  Russia | 46.00 |
| 16 | |  Tonga | 40.00 |
| 17 | | Belgium | 40.00 |
| 18 | Malta | 32.00 | |
| 19 | | Germany | 28.00 |
| 20 | Lebanon | 27.00 | |
| 21 | |  Spain | 26.00 |
| 22 | |  Cook Islands | 23.00 |
| 23 |  Ukraine | 22.00 | |
| 24 | | Greece | 21.00 |
| 25 | | Denmark | 20.00 |
| 26 | | Norway | 19.00 |
| 27 | |  Jamaica | 16.00 |
| 28 | |  Netherlands | 15.00 |
| 29 | |  Sweden | 15.00 |
| 30 | | Czech Republic | 14.00 |
| 31 | |  South Africa | 13.00 |
| 32 | |  Niue | 4.00 |
| 33 |  Hungary | 2.00 | |
| 34 |  Latvia | 2.00 | |
| 35 |  Morocco | 0.00 | |
Malta Knights coaches
- Joe Grima 2004-06, 11- (7 matches)
- Tony Farr 2007 (1 match)
- Anthony Micallef 2009-current (3 matches)
See also
References
External links
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