El Salvador national rugby league team should not be confused with CR El Salvador.
| El Salvador | |
| Badge Size: | 200px |
| Nickname: | El Trueno Azul |
| Governing Body: | - |
| Region: | - |
| Coach: | Fredy Salvador Arteaga Figueroa |
| Captain: | Alvaro Alarcon |
| Rlif Rank: | 43 |
| Most Caps: | Eric Orellana |
| Top Try-Scorer: | Daniel Godinez (5) |
| Top Point-Scorer: | Alvaro Alarcon, Daniel Godinez (20) |
| First International: | 58–20 (Sydney, Australia; 31 January 2015) |
| Largest Win: | 10-48 (Rochedale, Brisbane; 21 October 2018) |
| Largest Loss: | 58–20 (Sydney, Australia; 31 January 2015) |
| World Cup Apps: | 0 |
| World Cup First: | - |
| World Cup Best: | - |
The El Salvador national rugby league team (Spanish: rugby league equipo nacional de El Salvador), nicknamed El Trueno Azul (English: Blue Thunder), represents El Salvador in rugby league. They had their first international 9's tournament in 2015 in Australia along with Chile in Latin America at the Cabramatta International Nines.[1]
See also: History of rugby league.
Rugby league Has yet to be played on El Salvador soil but efforts are in place to bring rugby league to Central and South America through the Latin Heat Rugby League. In the very first full Latino team 4 Salvadorans were included.[2] After the Latin Heat fielded enough Salvadoran players to make up a Rugby league nines team they entered into the Cabramatta International Nines tournament in 2015.[1]
On 17 October 2015 The El Salvador national rugby league team debuted in the Latino Rugby League Sevens Tournament on 17 October 2015. They finished 1-1.[3]
The El Salvador national rugby league team entered the 2016 Cabramatta International Nines on 30 January with a 15-man squad. Their pool consisted of Ireland, DV Koori and Malta.[4] [5] [6]
On June 11, 2016 The Trueno Azul made their full 13-a-side debut playing latino rivals Chile at Henson Park, Sydney. El Salvador lost 58-20.
The El Salvador national team selected for the 2016 Cabramatta International Nines tournament were:
| width=11% | width=10% | width=21% | Player | width=22% | Date of birth (age) | width=8% | Caps | width=8% | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Javier Alarcon | 20 July 1995 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Australia | Eric Orellana | 3 June 1991 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| Australia | , | Michael Alarcon | 14 February 1995 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Australia | , | Michael Zamora-Rivera | 19 June 1991 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Australia | Miguel Gonzalez | 31 August 1990 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Australia | Alvaro Alarcon | 21 February 1991 | 5 | 20 | |||||||
| Australia | Fredy Artega Figueroa | 1981 3, df=yes | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| Australia | JC Mendez | 1993 1, df=yes | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| Australia | Josh Guzman | 1998 9, df=yes | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| Australia | Roque-Joel Perez Mejia | 1988 12, df=yes | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| Australia | Ronnie Rivas | 1983 6, df=yes | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| Australia | Walter Godinez | 1974 11, df=yes | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| USA | Edgar Ayala | 1992 8, df=yes | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Australia | Junior Alarcon | 1997 7, df=yes | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| Australia | Daniel Godinez | 1985 3, df=yes | 6 | 20 | |||||||
Below is table of the representative rugby league nines matches played by El Salvador up until 12 October 2015:[7]
| Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % | For | Aga | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 1 | - | 0% | 4 | 46 | -42 | ||
| 1 | - | 1 | - | 0% | 20 | 34 | -14 | ||
| 1 | - | 1 | - | 0% | 4 | 30 | -26 | ||
| 1 | - | 1 | - | 0% | 10 | 24 | -14 | ||
| 1 | - | 1 | - | 0% | 10 | 20 | -10 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 100% | 22 | 14 | 8 | ||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | 17.667% | 70 | 164 | -98 |
The following is a table of full 13-a-side test matches.
| Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % | For | Aga | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 1 | - | 0% | 20 | 58 | -38 | ||
| 1 | - | 1 | - | 0% | 46 | 10 | 36 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0% | 20 | 58 | -38 |