Cameroon national rugby league team

Cameroon
Team information
Governing body	Cameroon Rugby League XIII
Region	Europe
Head coach	Khalil Njoya
IRL ranking	37th
Team results
	First international
	Cameroon 4 – 8 Morocco ; (Lagos, Nigeria; 2 October 2019)
	Biggest defeat
	Nigeria 36 – 2 Cameroon ; (Accra, Ghana; 28 September 2022)

The Cameroon national rugby league team, known as the Indomitable Lions,^[a] represent Cameroon in international rugby league football competition.

They made their debut in the 2019 Middle East Africa Championship in October 2019 with a 4-8 loss to Morocco^[2] in Lagos, Nigeria, after travelling by bus for eight days to get there.^[1]

As of September 2022^[update] the Cameroon team is ranked 36th in the Rugby League International Federation world rankings.^[3]^[1]

Most recent squad

Squad for 2019 MEA Rugby League Championship, as of 20 September 2019:^[4]

Armel Damdja
Bidjana Jean Claude
Nguele Hermand
Hamadou Moussa
Nanga Yannick Olama
Patrick Eugene Nkouak
Lamere Mfochive Oudi
Yannick Noah Simon
Tientcheu Nguekam Manuel
Moutcheu Jangue Raphael
Yohan C. Kwedi
Kallasi Nguiagueu Arnaud
Embella Mouhamed
Christian T. Pegou
Bekolo Elie
Watio Franck
Fabrice Yepmo Joufang
Fosso Ledoux
Arnaud Ndjeng
Akoa Akoa Jean Marc
Ngoufack Geordane
Kuate Talom Steve

Competitive record

Results

Win Draw Loss

	Date	Home	Result	Away	Competition	Venue
1	2 October 2019	Cameroon	4–8	Morocco	2019 MEA Championship	Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos
2	5 October 2019	Ghana	10–4	Cameroon	2019 MEA Championship	Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos
3	28 September 2022	Nigeria	36–2	Cameroon	2022 MEA Championship	University of Ghana stadium, Legon Accra
4	1 October 2022	Cameroon	0–16	Kenya	2022 MEA Championship	University of Ghana stadium, Legon Accra

IRL Rankings

IRL Men's World Rankings v t e
Official rankings as of 30 June 2024
Rank	Change	Team	Pts %
1		Australia	100
2		New Zealand	82
3		England	80
4		Samoa	67
5		Tonga	49
6	1	Fiji	47
7	1	Papua New Guinea	46
8		France	28
9		Lebanon	22
10		Cook Islands	20
11		Serbia	19
12		Netherlands	17
13		Italy	15
14	1	Greece	15
15	1	Malta	14
16		Ireland	14
17		Wales	13
18		Jamaica	10
19		Scotland	9
20		Ukraine	7
21		Czech Republic	7
22		Germany	6
23	3	Chile	6
24		Poland	6
25	3	Norway	6
26	1	Kenya	5
27	4	Philippines	5
28	3	South Africa	4
29		Nigeria	4
30		Ghana	4
31	2	United States	4
32	4	Montenegro	4
33	2	Brazil	3
34	2	Turkey	3
35	7	North Macedonia	3
36	2	Bulgaria	3
37	2	Cameroon	2
38	1	Spain	2
39	1	Japan	1
40	1	Albania	1
41	5	Canada	1
42	2	Colombia	1
43	2	El Salvador	1
44	1	Morocco	1
45		Russia	0
46	2	Sweden	0
47	2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
48	2	Hungary	0
49	3	Argentina	0
50		Hong Kong	0
51	3	Solomon Islands	0
52	5	Niue	0
53	1	Latvia	0
54	1	Denmark	0
55	6	Belgium	0
56	1	Estonia	0
57	6	Vanuatu	0
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

Notes

^ Most of the national sporting teams in Cameroon go by this name, including the Cameroon national football team.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Campton, Nick (5 September 2022). "The last hunt of Carol Manga, rugby league's indomitable lion of Cameroon". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "2nd MEA Rugby league Championship:Debutants Nigeria see off Ghana to set up Morocco final (audio)". Azu Emeh busybuddiesng.com. 3 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^ "World Rankings". Rugby League International Federation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "Cameroon announce 22 man squad for MEA Championship". RLIF. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[2] Most of the national sporting teams in Cameroon go by this name, including the Cameroon national football team.^[1]

[abc2022-1] Campton, Nick (5 September 2022). "The last hunt of Carol Manga, rugby league's indomitable lion of Cameroon". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[3] "2nd MEA Rugby league Championship:Debutants Nigeria see off Ghana to set up Morocco final (audio)". Azu Emeh busybuddiesng.com. 3 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[4] "World Rankings". Rugby League International Federation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[5] "Cameroon announce 22 man squad for MEA Championship". RLIF. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

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