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Serbia national rugby league team
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| Association | Serbian Rugby League | ||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | Europe | ||||||||||||||||
| Captain |  Zoran Pešić |
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| Most caps | Jovan Vujosevic (13) | ||||||||||||||||
| RLIF ranking | 20th | ||||||||||||||||
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First international Lebanon 102 - 0 Serbia (19 October 2003) |
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Biggest win Czech Republic 28 - 36 Serbia (12 August 2006) |
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Biggest defeat France 120 - 0 Serbia (22 October 2003) |
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The Serbia national rugby league team has been participating in international competition since 2003.
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Rugby League was first played in Serbia in 1953 when it was introduced by Dragan Marsicevic, secretary of the Yugoslavian Sport Association. Two French teams toured later that year, and in 1954 the clubs Partizan and Radnicki were formed. These clubs played their first match on April 26, 1954.
In 1961 a Yugoslav Rugby League team played its only game against a French Select XIII team in Banja Luka. The French team won 13-0. The game died out over the course of the next few years.
The Serbian Rugby 13 Federation was formed on November 10, 2001. There is now a six team domestic competition comprising of RLC Dorcol, RLC Morava, RLC Borac, RLF Vojvodina, RLC Novi Sad and RLC Beli Orao.
Serbia has participated in the Mediterranean Cup competition since 2003. Serbia's most recent match was against Georgia on July 24, 2005.
Serbia won the 2006 Slavic Cup after beating the Czech Republic 36-28 in Prague.
See also 2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying
Serbia failed to qualify for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, losing to Netherlands, Russia and Georgia in 2006, to be eliminated from the qualification process.
- Greece def. Serbia 44-26 (28 October 2006)
- Serbia won 36-28 Czech Republic (12 August 2006)
- Netherlands def. Serbia 38-26 (17 June 2006)
- Russia def Serbia 44-6 (4 June 2006)
- Georgia def. Serbia 45-10 (13 May 2006)
- Georgia def. Serbia 44-12 (24 July 2005)
- Netherlands def. Serbia 26-10 (18 June 2005)
- Serbia drew with Morocco 20-20 (9 October 2004)
- France def. Serbia 18-4 (5 October 2004)
- Lebanon def. Serbia 64-6 (2 October 2004)
- Netherlands def. Serbia 24-14 (2004)
- Morroco def. Serbia 58-4 (25 October 2003)
- France def. Serbia 120-0 (22 October 2003)
- Lebanon def. Serbia 102-0 (19 October 2003)
- Scotland A def. Serbia 42-22 (13 July 2003)
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