Asia-Pacific Rugby League

The formation of the APRLC was agreed at the Rugby League International Federation's annual general meeting in May 2010.[3] The Federation was established with 7 founding full members.[4] The APRLC is based at the New Zealand Rugby League's Auckland headquarters and will focus much of its efforts on developing the sport in the Pacific Islands.[4] Under the new RLIF constitution agreed in 2010, the APRLC may appoint a delegate to the five-person International Federation executive.[3]

In 2011, the Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation met in a meeting in Auckland over December 5–6. At the meeting the chairman of the Fiji National Rugby League Peni Musunamasi has been elected as a director to represent the Asia Pacific region on the Rugby League International Federation which has been labelled a "significant milestone for the sport". Amongst many issues that were discussed at the two- day meeting was the application for membership of the federation from India, Philippines, Tahiti, Tokelau and American Samoa that shows the growing popularity of the sport in the region.[5][6]

The Official Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation Rankings are calculated on each nation’s performance over the current season and are influenced by a nation’s official RLIF ranking.

Influencers of position include:

• The result of the match i.e. win, lose or draw
• The margin of victory (or defeat)
• The relative strength of opposition faced
• The date of the match – more recent matches are weighted more heavily
• The importance of the match e.g. a World Cup match is given greater weighting than a standalone international.
• Official RLIF World Ranking

Rankings as of December 2018[7]

Rank	Movement	Team
1	1	Australia
2	1	New Zealand
3	1	Tonga
4	1	Fiji
5		Samoa
6		Papua New Guinea
7		Cook Islands
8	3	Niue
9	1	Philippines
10	1	Vanuatu
11	1	Japan
12		Solomon Islands
Unranked		Thailand
		American Samoa
		Tokelau

• International Rugby League
• European Rugby League

• Official website