Mercury national rugby league team: Difference between revisions

Mercury
Association	RLM
Home stadium	Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury
FMRL code	MER
FMRL ranking	2
Highest FMRL ranking	1 (Apr 2013)
Lowest FMRL ranking	2 (Feb – Apr 2013, 2020 –)
First international
	Mercury 70–6 Novatainia
Biggest win
	Mercury 84–0 Zealandia
Biggest defeat
	Florian Republic 36–8 Mercury
Rugby League World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2012)
Best result	Winners

Latest revision as of 11:26, 10 July 2020

The Mercury national rugby league team is the national rugby league team of Mercury. The team is organised by Rugby League Mercury. Mercury first participated in the 2012 Rugby League World Cup, losing to Craitland in the final by a score of 28–29.

Year	Round	Opponents	Score
2012	Group stage (Group A)	Novatainia	70 – 6
		Zealandia	84 – 0
		Uantir	62 – 4
	Semi-final	Hamland	20 – 18
	Final	Craitland	28 – 29
2013	Group stage (Group B)	Zandarijn	38 – 10
		Hamland	30 – 12
		Taeland	70 – 20
	Semi-final	North Antarctica	23 – 16
	Final	Hamland	18 – 10

	Player	Age	Club	Position
1	Thomas Ware	22	Taylor Sporting Club	FB
2	Lee Parkinson	19	Mercury RLFC	RW
3	Alan Clark	25	Cook Island Cobras	RC
4	Neil Winter (c)	28	Tow Law Tigers	LC
5	Daniel Brown	21	Mercury RLFC	LW
6	Steve Evans	24	Deacon RLFC	SO
7	Michael Donelly	24	May RLFC	SH
8	Luke Hamilton	22	Mercury RLFC	PR
9	Joseph Baker	26	Tow Law Tigers	HK
10	Stanley Washington	31	Cook Island Cobras	PR
11	Anthony Mason	20	Taylor Sporting Club	SR
12	Robert Cooper (K)	23	May RLFC	SR
13	Darren Wilson	24	Mercury RLFC	LF
14	Chris Gibbons	26	Deacon RLFC	U
15	Sam Davies	19	Cook Island Cobras	RC
16	Alan Mitchell	22	Mercury RLFC	SR
17	Brian Abbott	28	Nova England Knights	PR
18	Anton Vecchio	26	Nafferton Dragons	LW
19	Barry Newman	24	Cook Island Cobras	SO
20	Simon Watts	18	Nafferton Dragons	LW
21	Jasper Ballantyne	31	May RLFC	PR
22	Max Newton	23	Tow Law Tigers	U
23	Frank Sutherland	24	Taylor Sporting Club	SH

FMRL World Cup: 3
- 2013, 2014, 2018
- 2012 – Runners-up
- 2017 – Third place
KRL Championships: 2
- 2018, 2019
- 2013 – Runners-up
Micras Games: 0
- 2018 – Runners-up
Territories Cup: 1
- 2012

Mercury has used the following flag during the entirety of its FMRL affiliation:

2012–

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 | Name =[[File:Mercury flag.png|border|25px|Mercury]] Mercury
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 | Home Stadium = [[Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena]], [[Mercury (city)|Mercury]]
 | FMRL Trigramme =MER
-| FMRL Rank =1
+| FMRL Rank =2
 | FMRL max =1 <small>(Apr 2013)</small>
-| FMRL min =2 <small>(Feb &ndash; Apr 2013)</small>
+| FMRL min =2 <small>(Feb &ndash; Apr 2013, 2020 &ndash;)</small>
 | First game = Mercury [[File:Mercury flag.png|25px|border|Mercury]] 70&ndash;6 [[File:Novatainia flag.png|25px|border|Novatainia]] [[Novatainia national rugby league team|Novatainia]]
 | Largest win = Mercury [[File:Mercury flag.png|25px|border|Mercury]] 84&ndash;0 [[File:Zealandia flag.png|25px|border|Zealandia]] [[Zealandia national rugby league team|Zealandia]]
-| Largest loss = {{team flag-rt|Florian Republic|rugby league}} 34&ndash;12 {{team flag|Mercury|Mercury}}
+| Largest loss = {{team flag-rt|Florian Republic|rugby league}} 36&ndash;8 {{team flag|Mercury|flag}} Mercury
 | World champ apps = 2 <small>(first in [[2012 Rugby League World Cup|2012]])</small>
 | World champ best = Winners
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+|{{Team flag big|Mercury|flag}}
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