Malta national rugby league team

Malta
Team information
Nickname	l-Kavallieri; (The Knights)
Governing body	Maltese Rugby League Association
Region	Europe
Head coach	Peter Cassar Aaron McDonald
Most caps	Steven Azzopardi (6)
IRL ranking	17th
Uniforms
	First colours
	First colours
Team results
	First game
	Malta 78-0 British Defence Forces ; (25 September 2004)
	Biggest win
	Malta 82–0 Japan ; (25 January 2007, Coffs Harbour, Australia)
	Biggest defeat
	Germany 36-12 Malta ; (23 July 2011, Kaiserslautern, Germany)
	World Cup
Appearances	0

The Malta national rugby league team (nicknamed the Knights) debuted their first match in 2004 against the British Defence Forces, winning 78-nil.

All-time Results Record

Team	First Played	Played	Win	Loss	Points For	Points Against	Last Meeting
Japan	2007	1	1	0	82	0	2007
Norway	2010	2	2	0	94	44	2011
Germany	2011	1	0	1	12	36	2011
Denmark	2012	2	2	0	98	24	2012
Greece	2014	1	0	1	18	32	2014
Czech Republic	2014	1	1	0	34	8	2014
Lebanon	2015	1	0	1	16	34	2015
Belgium	2015	1	1	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, Jon Magrin, Tyler Cassel, and Luke Branighan, who are all playing in either the NRL or Super League and have represented Malta in the past.^[1]

Squad

Malta Knights Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
Joel Bradford – FB – unattached Brodie Vassallo – WG – unattached Cameron Mazzelli – CE – Parramatta Eels Kyle Cassel – CE – unattached Nathan Falzon – WG – unattached Jarrod Sammut – SO – London Broncos Aiden Glanville – HB – unattached Jon Magrin – PR – Bradford Bulls Jake Attard – HK – unattached (c) Cowen Epere – PR – Penrith Panthers		Ben Stone – SR – unattached]] Tyler Cassel – SR – Manly Sea Eagles Blake Phillips – LK – unattached Dom Grima – LK – unattached Liam Grima – SR – unattached Malcolm Lungaro-Mifsud – PR – unattached Joe Paolella – HB – unattached Mark Portelli – CE – unattached Kevin Buttigieg – HK – unattached						Head coach Peter Cassar Aaron McDonald Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)

IRL Men's World Rankings v t e
Official rankings as of December 2024
Rank	Change	Team	Pts %
1		Australia	100
2		New Zealand	86
3		England	84
4	1	Tonga	63
5	1	Samoa	54
6	1	Papua New Guinea	53
7	1	Fiji	44
8		France	30
9	2	Serbia	23
10		Cook Islands	22
11	1	Netherlands	22
12	5	Wales	18
13	2	Malta	17
14	6	Ukraine	13
15	1	Greece	12
16	7	Lebanon	12
17	4	Italy	11
18	2	Ireland	9
19	1	Jamaica	8
20	1	Czech Republic	8
21	2	Chile	8
22	3	Scotland	7
23	4	Philippines	7
24	7	United States	7
25	1	Poland	5
26	2	South Africa	5
27	5	Germany	5
28	3	Norway	5
29	4	Brazil	4
30	4	Kenya	4
31	10	Canada	4
32		Montenegro	4
33	2	North Macedonia	3
34	15	Argentina	3
35	5	Albania	2
36		Bulgaria	2
37	7	Ghana	2
38	9	Nigeria	2
39	5	Turkey	1
40	3	Cameroon	1
41	2	Japan	1
42	4	Spain	1
43	1	Colombia	1
44	1	El Salvador	0
45		Russia	0
46	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
47	3	Hong Kong	0
48	3	Solomon Islands	0
49	8	Vanuatu	0
50		Niue	0
51	1	Latvia	0
52	2	Denmark	0
53	2	Belgium	0
54	4	Estonia	0
55	9	Sweden	0
56	12	Morocco	0
57	9	Hungary	0
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT