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==Players==
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''Squad for upcoming match against [[Senya national rugby league team|Senya]].''
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Revision as of 08:09, 22 May 2018

Florian Republic 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
First international
Florian Republic Florian Republic 20–10 Tellia Tellia
Biggest win
Hoenn Hoenn 6–88 Florian Republic Florian Republic
Biggest defeat
Gerenia Gerenia 40–6 Florian Republic 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 travelled 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 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.

Identity

Kit

Florian Republic RL Kit 2018 (1).png Florian Republic RL Kit Alt 2018 (1).png

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 11 10 0 1 90%

Players

Squad for 2018

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

Competitive record

Chronological competitive participation

World Cup record

World Cup Record
Year Round Position Pld
Vyktory 2017 Did not qualify
Senya 2018 To be determined

FMRL Four Nations

Four Nations Record
Year Round Position Pld

ARL Championship record

ARL Championships Record
Year Round Position Pld
2018 Quarter Finals TBC

Minor tournaments

Upcoming Fixtures

Date Match type Venue Opposition
2018 ARL Championships Semi Final TBC Craitland Craitland

Florian Republic 'A'

Upcoming fixtures for the national 'A' team.

Date Match type Venue Opposition
TBC Test match TBC New Sussex New Sussex

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

Flag

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

2017 2017–
Florian Republic Florian Republic