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.
History
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. 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.
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.
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.
On 11 June 2016 The Trueno Azul made their full 13-a-side debut playing latino rivals Chile at Henson Park, Sydney. El Salvador lost 58-20.
Current squad The El Salvador national team selected for the 2016 Cabramatta International Nines tournament were:
PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsPtsAustraliaJavier Alarcon30AustraliaEric Orellana80Australia,Michael Alarcon54Australia,Michael Zamora-Rivera30AustraliaMiguel Gonzalez34AustraliaAlvaro Alarcon520AustraliaFredy Artega Figueroa56AustraliaJC Mendez50AustraliaJosh Guzman80AustraliaRoque-Joel Perez Mejia60AustraliaRonnie Rivas60AustraliaWalter Godinez80USAEdgar Ayala 30AustraliaJunior Alarcon54AustraliaDaniel Godinez620
Competitive record
Below is table of the representative rugby league nines matches played by El Salvador up until 12 October 2015:
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
IRL Rankings
See also
Chile national rugby league team Rugby league in the Americas
References
External links Official Website of the Latin Heat