Cameroon national rugby league team explained

Cameroon
Badge:Cameroon_rugby_league.png
Governing Body:Cameroon Rugby League XIII
Region:Europe
Coach:Khalil Njoya
Rlif Rank:37
First International: 4 – 8
(Lagos, Nigeria; 2 October 2019)
Largest Loss: 36 – 2
(Accra, Ghana; 28 September 2022)

The Cameroon national rugby league team, known as the Indomitable Lions, represent Cameroon in international rugby league football competition.

They made their debut in the 2019 Middle East Africa Championship in October 2019 with a 4-8 loss to Morocco[1] in Lagos, Nigeria, after travelling by bus for eight days to get there.[2]

the Cameroon team is ranked 36th in the Rugby League International Federation world rankings.[3] [2]

Background

Carol Manga (born), who grew up in Yaounde, loved association football as a child, and started playing rugby union at the age of 14, going on to play in the national team at the age of 16. He has captained both rugby sevens and rugby union teams. He moved to Australia in 2008 to play rugby, and discovered and fell in love with rugby league, where he played in Cooma, New South Wales. He took the game back to Cameroon in 2012, helping to establish the Cameroon Rugby League XIII. Ten years later in September 2022, at the age of 34, he is once again in training, with the hope of playing in and possibly captaining the national league team.[2]

2019 squad

Squad for 2019 MEA Rugby League Championship, as of 20 September 2019:[4]

Results

DateHomeResultAwayCompetitionVenueCrowd
12 October 2019bgcolor=#FFDDDD align=center4–82019 MEA Championship Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos
25 October 2019 bgcolor=#FFDDDD align=center10–4 Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos
328 September 2022bgcolor=#FFDDDD align=center36–22022 MEA ChampionshipUniversity of Ghana stadium, Legon Accra
41 October 2022bgcolor=#FFDDDD align=center0–16

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2nd MEA Rugby league Championship:Debutants Nigeria see off Ghana to set up Morocco final (audio) . Azu Emeh busybuddiesng.com . 3 October 2019 . 5 October 2019 . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417193622/https://www.busybuddiesng.com/2nd-mea-rugby-league-championship-debutants-nigeria-see-off-ghana-to-set-up-morocco-final-audio/ . dead .
  2. Web site: The last hunt of Carol Manga, rugby league's indomitable lion of Cameroon . Nick . Campton . ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 September 2022 . 5 September 2022.
  3. Web site: World Rankings . Rugby League International Federation . https://web.archive.org/web/20220905073332/https://www.intrl.sport/world-rankings/. 5 September 2022. live . 5 September 2022.
  4. Web site: Cameroon announce 22 man squad for MEA Championship . RLIF . 20 September 2019 . 21 September 2019 . 21 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190921141344/http://www.rlif.com/article/8724/cameroon-announce--man-squad-for-mea-championship . dead .