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.

Chronological competitive participation

FMRL World Cup record

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

Players

Current squad

	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

Kit

Honours

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

Flag

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

2012–

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+{{Mercurian article}}
 {{Infobox national rugby league team
 | Name =[[File:Mercury flag.png|border|25px|Mercury]] Mercury
-| Badge =[[File:Mercury rugby league logo.png]]
+| Badge =[[File:Mercury rugby league logo.png|200px]]
 | Caption =
 | Nickname =
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 | FMRL Trigramme =MER
 | FMRL Rank =2
-| FMRL max =
+| FMRL max =1 <small>(Apr 2013)</small>
-| FMRL min =
+| 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 = Mercury [[File:Mercury flag.png|25px|border|Mercury]] 28&ndash;29 [[File:Craitland flag.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Craitland national rugby league team|Craitland]]
+| Largest loss = {{team flag-rt|Florian Republic|rugby league}} 36&ndash;8 {{team flag|Mercury|flag}} Mercury
-| World champ apps = 1 <small>(first in [[2012 Rugby League World Cup|2012]])</small>
+| World champ apps = 2 <small>(first in [[2012 Rugby League World Cup|2012]])</small>
-| World champ best = Runners-up
+| World champ best = Winners
 }}
 The '''Mercury national rugby league team''' is the national [[wikipedia:Rugby league|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 national rugby league team|Craitland]] in the final by a score of 28&ndash;29.
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 *[[2012 Rugby League World Cup]] (hosts)
 *[[2012 Territories Cup#Rugby League|2012 Territories Cup]]
-*''[[2013 Rugby League World Cup]]''
+*[[2013 Rugby League World Cup]]
+*[[2014 FMRL World Cup]]
+*[[2015 FMRL World Cup]]
+*[[2017 FMRL World Cup]]
+===FMRL World Cup record===
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="400px"
+!width="10%"| Year
+!width="20%"| Round
+!width="30%"| Opponents
+!width="20%"| Score
+|-
+|rowspan="5"|[[2012 Rugby League World Cup|2012]]
+|rowspan="3"|Group stage<br>([[2012 Rugby League World Cup#Group A|Group A]])
+|align="left" bgcolor="ccffcc"|[[File:Novatainia flag.png|25px|border|Novatainia]] [[Novatainia national rugby league team|Novatainia]]
+|bgcolor="ccffcc"|70 – 6
+|-bgcolor="ccffcc"
+|align="left" |[[File:Zealandia flag.png|25px|border|Zealandia]] [[Zealandia national rugby league team|Zealandia]]
+|84 – 0
+|-bgcolor="ccffcc"
+|align="left"|[[File:Uantir flag.png|25px|border|Uantir]] [[Uantir national rugby league team|Uantir]]
+|62 – 4
+|-
+|[[2012 Rugby League World Cup#Semi-finals|Semi-final]]
+|align="left" bgcolor="ccffcc"|[[File:Hamland flag.png|25px|border|Hamland]] [[Hamland national rugby league team|Hamland]]
+|bgcolor="ccffcc"|20 – 18
+|-
+|[[2012 Rugby League World Cup#Final|Final]]
+|align="left" bgcolor="ffcccc"|[[File:Craitland flag.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Craitland national rugby league team|Craitland]]
+|bgcolor="ffcccc"|28 – 29
+|-
+|rowspan="5"|[[2013 Rugby League World Cup|2013]]
+|rowspan="3"|Group stage<br>([[2013 Rugby League World Cup#Group B|Group B]])
+|align="left" bgcolor="ccffcc"|[[File:Zandarijn flag.png|25px|border|Zandarijn]] [[Zandarijn national rugby league team|Zandarijn]]
+|bgcolor="ccffcc"|38 – 10
+|-bgcolor="ccffcc"
+|align="left" |[[File:Hamland flag.png|25px|border|Hamland]] [[Hamland national rugby league team|Hamland]]
+|30 – 12
+|-bgcolor="ccffcc"
+|align="left"|[[File:Taeland flag.png|25px|border|Taeland]] [[Taeland national rugby league team|Taeland]]
+|70 – 20
+|-
+|[[2013 Rugby League World Cup#Semi-finals|Semi-final]]
+|align="left" bgcolor="ccffcc"|[[File:North antarctica flag old.png|25px|border|North Antarctica]] [[North Antarctica national rugby league team|North Antarctica]]
+|bgcolor="ccffcc"|23 – 16
+|-
+|[[2013 Rugby League World Cup#Final|Final]]
+|align="left" bgcolor="ccffcc"|[[File:Hamland flag.png|25px|border|Hamland]] [[Hamland national rugby league team|Hamland]]
+|bgcolor="ccffcc"|18 – 10
+|}
 ==Players==
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 |align=left| [[File:Mercury flag.png|border|25px|Mercury]] [[Tow Law Tigers]] || [[wikipedia:Rugby league positions#Utility|U]]
 |-
-|13
+|23
 |align=left|Frank Sutherland
 | 24
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 ==Honours==
-*'''[[Rugby League World Cup]]: 0'''
+*'''[[FMRL World Cup]]: 3'''
+**[[2013 Rugby League World Cup|2013]], [[2014 FMRL World Cup|2014]], [[2018 FMRL World Cup|2018]]
 **[[2012 Rugby League World Cup|2012]] &ndash; Runners-up
+**[[2017 FMRL World Cup|2017]] &ndash; Third place
+*'''[[KRL Championships]]: 2'''
+**[[2018 KRL Championships|2018]], [[2019 KRL Championships|2019]]
+**[[2013 Keltian Cup|2013]] &ndash; Runners-up
+*'''[[Micras Games]]: 0'''
+**[[Rugby at the 2018 Micras Games &ndash; Rugby league|2018]] &ndash; Runners-up
 *'''[[Territories Cup]]: 1'''
 **[[2012 Territories Cup#Rugby League|2012]]
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 !2012&ndash;
 |-
-|[[File:Mercury flag.png|border|Mercury]]
+|{{Team flag big|Mercury|flag}}
 |}
+{{National sports teams of Mercury}}
 [[Category:National rugby league teams]]
 [[Category:Mercury]]

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