El Salvador national rugby league team


The El Salvador national rugby league team, nicknamed El Trueno Azul, represents El Salvador in rugby league. They had their first international 9's tournament in 2015 in Australia along with Chile in Latin America at the Cabramatta International Nines.

History

Has yet to be played on El Salvador soil but efforts are in place to bring rugby league to Central and South America through the Latin Heat Rugby League. In the very first full Latino team 4 Salvadorans were included. After the Latin Heat fielded enough Salvadoran players to make up a Rugby league nines team they entered into the Cabramatta International Nines tournament in 2015.
On October 17, 2015 The El Salvador national rugby league team competed in the first ever Latino Rugby League Sevens Tournament on 17 October 2015. They finished with one win and one loss.
The El Salvador national rugby league team entered the 2016 Cabramatta International Nines on the 30th of January with a 15-man squad. Their pool consisted of Ireland, DV Koori and Malta.
On June 11, 2016 The Trueno Azul made their full 13-a-side debut playing latino rivals Chile at Henson Park, Sydney. El Salvador lost 58 - 20.

Current squad

The El Salvador national team squad selected for the 2016 Cabramatta International Nines tournament.
PlayerDate of birth CapsPts
AustraliaJavier Alarcon30
AustraliaEric Orellana80
Australia,Michael Alarcon54
Australia,Michael Zamora-Rivera30
AustraliaMiguel Gonzalez34
AustraliaAlvaro Alarcon520
AustraliaFredy Artega Figueroa56
AustraliaJC Mendez50
AustraliaJosh Guzman80
AustraliaRoque-Joel Perez Mejia60
AustraliaRonnie Rivas60
AustraliaWalter Godinez80
USAEdgar Ayala30
AustraliaJunior Alarcon54
AustraliaDaniel Godinez620

Record

Below is table of the representative rugby league nines matches played by El Salvador up until 12 October 2015:
OpponentPlayedWonLostDrawnWin %ForAgaDiff
1-1-0%446-42
1-1-0%2034-14
1-1-0%430-26
1-1-0%1024-14
1-1-0%1020-10
110-100%22148
Total514-17.667%70164-98

The following is a table of full 13-a-side test matches.
OpponentPlayedWonLostDrawnWin %ForAgaDiff
1-1-0%2058-38
1-1-0%461036
Total101-0%2058-38