Floria national rugby league team

Florian Republic

Nickname(s)	The Centurions
Association	Florian Republic Rugby League
Head Coach	Jack Rowley
Top try-scorer	Adam Rogers (17)
Top point-scorer	Rhys Baxter
Home stadium	Northcliff Arena City of Blackoak Stadium Red Bear Park
FMRL code	FLO
FMRL ranking	5
Highest FMRL ranking	4
Lowest FMRL ranking	10
First international
Florian Republic 20–10 Tellia
Biggest win
Hoenn 6–88  Florian Republic
Biggest defeat
Gerenia 40–6 Florian Republic

The Floria national rugby league team is the national rugby league team of the Florian Republic. The team is administered by the Florian Republic Rugby Football League. On the 20th June, it beat Tellia 20-10 in its first ever match. Since then the Centurions regularly competed in international competition such as the ARL Championships and FMRL World Cup. In 2017, they contested the Williams Shield against Etourney. The team will compete at the 2018 FMRL Four Nations due to winning hosting rights.

History

First matches

In 2017, the Florian Republic came into existence and early in its history rugby league became extremely popular as the sport rapidly became popular among the working class people in the country, whilst rugby union suffered due to lack of interest from upper-class citizens. Several amateur clubs were formed before 12 of them became fully professional, leading to the formation of the Florian Super League, later on, most of the remaining clubs would become professional and join the semi-professional leagues below the Super League. Only three days after the formation of the country, the national team would play its first international against Tellia.

Failure to qualify for the 2017 FMRL World Cup

After formation, the Florian Republic entered qualification for the 2017 FMRL World Cup, which was held in Vyktory. There were high expectations for the team to qualify as group winners however then teams qualifying campaign was a disaster. Playing Gerenia in their competitive debut, a poor performance lead to a 30-12 defeat. A week later, the team traveled to Lamantia and drew 24-24 in a tight game. It got even worse for the team as they were embarrassingly hammered by Gerenia 40-6 leading to huge riots after the game and the eventual sacking of James Noble, the manager at the time. A week later, Jack Rowley a hugely successful manager at a domestic level was appointed and the appointment paid off as the team thrashed Lamantia 40-0 at home in their final qualifying match. With a chance of reaching the repechage round of the qualifiers still possible, hopes of reaching the repechage rounds were thwarted after results did not go their way in the last game of the qualifying group, thus the team did not qualify for the main tournament.

2018-present

The team started off 2018 with a test match against Mercury national rugby league team. In a close encounter, the team lost 36-24 in a thrilling game. It was also the teams first defeat since their embarrassment during the 2017 FMRL World Cup qualification tournament. A few days, The team shocked the rugby league world a few days after they beat the World Champions, Senya 22-18 in a packed Northcliff Arena. To prepare for the 2018 ARL Championships, the team toured Keltia playing the likes of Tellia,Nova English Korea and old foes, Mercury. The team received a huge shock when in the semi-finals of the competition, after an ill-disciplined and poor display was beaten by Craitland and therefore crashed out of the tournament. The Florian Republic competed at the rugby league tournament at the 2018 Micras Games and won the tournament famously beating huge rivals Mercury in the group stage and final. After the Micras Games success, the team competed in the 2018 FMRL Four Nations for the first time. The team made a brilliant start to the tournament beating World no. 1 Mercury 24–10 before a shock 32–24 loss to Birgeshir. After the defeat, this lead to the team having to beat hosts and title holders Senya if they wanted to progress to the final as all teams were tied on 2 points. The team reached the final in what is seen as the greatest win the team has ever done. In front of a very packed and hostile Senyan crowd at the ĴetsStad, The Florian Republic inflicted a huge 46-6 win over the hosts and title winners dumping them out of the tournament in humiliating fashion. After the game, the team finished top of the group stage and will face old rivals Mercury in the grand final.

Kit

Kit manufacturer

Year	Kit Manufacturer
2017-2018	EV2
2018-	Hummel

Media coverage

FBC Sport have the rights to screen all international games. They show every game the Florian Republic competes in such as the FMRL World Cup, as well as all the Four Nations, and Williams Shield games.

Coaching staff

Head coach	Jack Rowley
Assistant coach	Luke Hayes
Assistant coach	Blake Slater
First team coach	Reece Rogers
Team manager	Louis Henderson
Fitness coach	Tom Farrar
Media Manager	Hunter Warner
Physiotherapist	Rhys Mills

Managerial history

Appointed	Dismissed	Manager	P	W	D	L	Win %
17th June 2017	13th August 2017	James Noble	4	1	1	2	25%
14th August 2017	Present	Jack Rowley	21	16	0	5	76%

Players

Squad for 2018

	Player	Age	Club	Position
1	Dylan Austin	21	Northcliff Vikings	Fullback
2	Adam Rogers	22	Northsilver Panthers	Right Winger
3	Rhys Baxter (K) (C)	21	Stonehall Rhinos	Left Centre
4	Leo Bell	24	Northcliff Vikings	Right Centre
5	Nicholas Foster	26	Northsilver Panthers	Left Winger
6	Andrew Watkins	23	Stonehall Rhinos	Stand-off
7	Kyrie Shepard	22	Meadowedge Warriors	Scrum Half
8	Darnell Griffen	20	Havenbarrow Wolves	Prop
9	Jesus Skinner	21	Havenbarrow Wolves	Hooker
10	Scott Matthews	22	Northcliff Vikings	Prop
11	Sean Powell	23	Stonehall Rhinos	Second Row
12	Kayden Fox	22	Meadowedge Warriors	Second Row
13	Jenson Cole	24	Havenbarrow Wolves	Loose Forward
14	Sam Lee	22	Stonehall Rhinos	Sub
15	Cameron Bromwich	24	Southern Storm	Sub
16	Riley Bates	22	Northcliff Tigers	Sub
17	Taylor Cox	20	Northcliff Vikings	Sub
18	Issac Hopkins	20	Northsilver Panthers	Sub
19	Zac Smith	22	Northcliff Tigers	Sub
20	Liam Gale	21	Northcliff Tigers	Sub
21	Ethan Cooke	22	Northsilver Panthers	Sub
22	Joel Reynolds	20	Havenbarrow Wolves	Sub
23	Bradley Croft		Southern Storm	Sub
24	Sean Hamilton		Northcliff Tigers	Sub

Competitive record

Chronological competitive participation

• 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualification
• 2017 Williams Shield
• 2018 FMRL Four Nations
• 2018 FMRL World Cup

World Cup record

World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld
2017	Did not qualify
2018	Group B

FMRL Four Nations

Four Nations Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld
2018	Final	TBC

ARL Championship record

ARL Championships Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld
2018	Semi-Finals	3rd	2

Micras Games

Micras Games Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld
2018	Final	1st	5

Upcoming Fixtures

Date	Match type	Venue	Opposition

Florian Republic 'A'

Upcoming fixtures for the national 'A' team.

Date	Match type	Venue	Opposition
				27/10/2018	Test Match	1st June Stadium, Viten	Freeland

Rivalries

Supporters of the Floria national rugby league team consider Mercury as their main rivals. However, matches against Craitland and Senya have had heated affairs in the past.

Culture

Fans

Rugby league is the national sport of the Florian Republic and the sport is treated almost like a religion. Fans are loud and aggressive and on match days the fans are very vocal and the majority of them stand for long periods of the game. Flares are regularly set off and the majority wave the national flag. The atmosphere is intimidating and fans of the opposition are advised to travel and watch the match under high security.

The Bas Tanec (War Dance)

A Bas Tanec is a traditional dance of the people of the Florian Republic and the Florian Republic national rugby league team perform the dance before their international matches.

Honours

• Williams Shield: 1
  • 2017
• ARL Championships: 0
  • 2018 – Third place
• Micras Games: 1
  • 2018:

Flag

The Florian Republic has used the following flags during its FMRL affiliation:

2017	2017–