A list of men and women international rugby league matches played throughout 2018 and does not include wheelchair rugby league international matches. A † denotes a recognised, but unofficial match that did not contribute to the IRL World Rankings.
February Hungary vs Philippines
Team details FB 1Nathan FarkasWG 2Josh WarnerCE 3Josh InstitorisCE 4Brent VargaWG 5Liam HodgeFE 6Aaron FarkasHB 7Lachlyn MulfordPR 8Joel SaaghyHK 9Stuart Flanagan (c)PR 10James KovácSR 11Daniel IvanSR 12Paul McKewinLK 13Jared Farkas (c)Interchange:BE 14Stephen KovacsBE 15Norbert CsapkaiBE 16Jayden BrucknerBE 17Dennis BateCoach: Jonathan Wilson FB 1Trent SwansonWG 2Jhun CortezCE 3Rupert ZappiaCE 4Ned StephensonWG 5John NicodemusFE 6Odyssey LaderasHB 7Paul Sheedy (c)PR 8Rez Phillips (c)HK 9James MarcusPR 10Ryan JonesSR 11Joseph MallionSR 12Will GroomsLK 13Steven BernstromInterchange:BE 14Kenny KennedyBE 15Jeremy GroomsBE 16Elvis JensenBE 17Ramon StubbsCoach: Arwin Marcus Man of the Match: Stuart Flanagan (Hungary)https://www.facebook.com/magyarbullshungarianrugbyleagueaustralia/posts/1180401822096202
Malta vs Hungary
Team details FB 1Justin RodriguesWG 2Nathan BensonCE 3Tyson MuscatCE 4Nathan FalzonWG 5Jake ScottFE 6Aiden GlanvilleHB 7Jono DallasPR 8Kyal GreeneHK 9Jake Attard (c)PR 10Jake LennoxSR 11Blake PhillipsSR 12Aaron GrechLK 13Adam CampbellInterchange:BE 14Brodie VassalloBE 15Zac CamilleriBE 16Zach BorgBE 17Joshua CaruanaCoach: Peter Cassar Aaron McDonald FB 1Josh WarnerWG 2Jayden BrucknerCE 3Brent VargaCE 4Matiu FukofukaWG 5Andras EgleszFE 6Aaron FarkasHB 7Ali AllouchePR 8Jake KamireHK 9Nathan FarkasPR 10Joseph TothSR 11Daniel IvanSR 12Sione FukofukaLK 13Jared Farkas (c)Interchange:BE 14Matthew StoneBE 16Stephen KovacsBE 17Tevita LokoBE 21Joel SaaghyCoach: Jonathan Wilson Touch judges: Mitchell Robinson (Australia) Jack Gerrie (Australia)
April Burundi vs DR Congo
June Japan vs Hong Kong
Team details FB 1Itaru MatsuoWG 2Junpei MarunoCE 3John Koji AkibaCE 5Dai FujitakaWG 4Matthew Yuki MochizukiFE 6Kenta KarinoHB 7Kenshin TsutsuiPR 14Tomohiro SetoguchiHK 9Taou SuganoPR 10Hiroshi FukasawaSR 11Nikola PavešićSR 12Yuta ObaLK 13Lachlan Grieve (c)Interchange:BE 8Gorka Gerediaga EtxaburuBE 15Yoshihisa OgataBE 17Akihito KashiwabaBE 19Tsunaki TanakaCoach: Amane Konishi FB 3Tommy WongWG 2Benoit MouclierCE 15Hogan ToomalataiCE 4Ghislain BaleyteWG 16Alvin ChanFE 20Jason FairleighHB 1Gus SpencePR 23Ben RyanHK 7Ringo Lung (c)PR 22Jack NielsenSR 10Richard LindsaySR 12Jason YipLK 6Alex ShvetsInterchange:BE 11Udo WongBE 13Craig McMurrichBE 14Allan NewsomeBE 18Toby LeiCoach: Jason Fairleigh Man of the Match: Hogan Toomalatai (Hong Kong)
Touch judges: Garth Mitchell (New Zealand) Geoff Yorston (Japan) Notes: Paul Wani became the first Papua New Guinean to referee an international match since Graham Ainui in 1991.
Euro C
Melanesian Cup
Team details FB 1Justin OlamWG 2Junior RauCE 3Thompson TetehCE 4Willie MinogaWG 5Richard PandiaFE 6Lachlan LamHB 7Watson BoasPR 8Stanton AlbertHK 9James Segeyaro (c)PR 10Luke PageSR 11Rhyse MartinSR 12Nixon PuttLK 13Rod GriffinInterchange:BE 14Kurt BaptisteBE 15Rhadley BrawaBE 16Ase BoasBE 17Enock MakiCoach: Michael Marum FB 1Kevin Naiqama (c)WG 2Suliasi VunivaluCE 3Akuila UateCE 4Tyrone PhillipsWG 5Marcelo MontoyaFE 6Henry RaiwaluiHB 7Jarryd HaynePR 8Kane EvansHK 9Joe LovoduaPR 13Eloni VunakeceSR 11King VuniyayawaSR 12Salesi Junior Fainga'aLK 10Tui KamikamicaInterchange:BE 14Pio SeciBE 15Sitiveni MoceidrekeBE 16Pio SokobalavuBE 17Junior RoqicaCoach: Matt Adamson Man of the Match: James Segeyaro (Papua New Guinea)
Touch judges: Kasey Badger (Australia) Michael Wise (Australia) Video referees: Henry Perenara (New Zealand) Bryan Norrie (Australia) Notes: Rhadley Brawa, Junior Rau (both Papua New Guinea), King Vuniyayawa, and Pio Sokobalavu (both Fiji) made their Test debuts.
Polynesian Cup
Team details FB 1William Hopoate (c)WG 2Daniel TupouCE 3Konrad HurrellCE 4Michael JenningsWG 5Robert JenningsFE 6Tuimoala LoloheaHB 7Ata HinganoPR 8Andrew FifitaHK 9Siliva HaviliPR 10Addin Fonua-BlakeSR 11Manu Ma'uSR 12Sio Siua TaukeiahoLK 13Jason Taumalolo (c)Interchange:BE 14Sione KatoaBE 15Joe OfahengaueBE 16Peni TerepoBE 17Tevita TatolaCoach: Kristian Woolf FB 1Anthony Milford (c)WG 2Christian CrichtonCE 3Joseph Leilua (c)CE 4Tim LafaiWG 5Jorge TaufuaFE 6Tyrone MayHB 7Mason LinoPR 8James GavetHK 17Joseph PauloPR 10Sam KasianoSR 11Michael Chee-KamSR 12Isaiah Papali'iLK 13Bunty AfoaInterchange:BE 9Pita GodinetBE 14Dunamis LuiBE 15Josh AloiaiBE 16Ligi SaoCoach: Matt Parish Touch judges: Chris Butler (Australia) Chris Sutton (Australia) Video referees: Luke Patten (Australia) Ben Cummins (Australia) Notes: Robert Jennings, Tevita Tatola (both Tonga), Josh Aloiai, Michael Chee-Kam, Christian Crichton, Tyrone May, Isaiah Papali'i, and Ligi Sao (all Samoa) made their Test debuts, while Jorge Taufua made his debut for Samoa having previously represented Tonga.
England vs New Zealand in United States
Team details FB 1Stefan RatchfordWG 2Jermaine McGillvaryCE 3John BatemanCE 4Mark PercivalWG 5Ryan HallFE 6Jonny LomaxHB 7Gareth WiddopPR 8Chris HillHK 9James RobyPR 10James GrahamSR 11Sam BurgessSR 12Elliott WhiteheadLK 13Sean O'Loughlin (c)Interchange:BE 14Jake ConnorBE 15Tom BurgessBE 16Thomas MakinsonBE 17Scott TaylorCoach: Wayne Bennett FB 1Dallin Watene-ZelezniakWG 2Jamayne IsaakoCE 3Esan MarstersCE 4Peta HikuWG 5Ken MaumaloFE 6Te Maire MartinHB 7Kodi NikorimaPR 8Jared Waerea-HargreavesHK 9Issac LukePR 10Nelson Asofa-SolomonaSR 15Raymond Faitala-MarinerSR 12Joseph TapineLK 13Martin TaupauInterchange:BE 11James Fisher-HarrisBE 14Slade GriffinBE 16Herman Ese'eseBE 17Leeson Ah MauCoach: Michael Maguire Man of the Match: Elliott Whitehead (England)
Touch judges: Chris Kendall (England) Chris McMillan (New Zealand) Video referee: Jared Maxwell (Australia) Notes: Newly appointed New Zealand coach Michael Maguire opted not to name a captain for this Test match. Issac Luke took de facto control of the role. Jake Connor, Thomas Makinson (both England), Slade Griffin, and Jamayne Isaako (both New Zealand) made their Test debuts, while Leeson Ah Mau, Herman Ese'ese, Raymond Faitala-Mariner, Esan Marsters, Ken Maumalo made their debuts for New Zealand having previously represented another nation (Samoa in all cases, except Cook Islands for Marsters). This match set the highest attendance for a standalone rugby league match played in the United States, eclipsing the 12,349 that attended the 1987 State of Origin exhibition match at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach and the ≈12,000-12,500 that attended the 2008 pre-season trial between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Leeds Rhinos at Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville. An international between the United States and Canada at Baltimore Memorial Stadium in 1995, which acted as a curtain raiser for a CFL match between the Baltimore Stallions and Toronto Argonauts, posted a crowd of 27,853.
South Africa vs Malta
Team details FB 1Tyler ThomasWG 2Darren O'DonovanCE 3Byron HutchinsonCE 4Will Smith JrWG 5Juan BenadieFE 6Bevan De Vries (c)HB 7Jason KingPR 8Joel TubbsHK 9Marcelle Viljoen (c)PR 10Ashley BullSR 11Wicus BoshoffSR 12Seth BuckleyLK 13Jean-Charl SmithInterchange:BE 14Johan LouwBE 15Halvor HarrisBE 16Chelsea Michael AdamsBE 17Devyn SmithCoach:Jon Wilson FB 1Nathan BensonWG 2Joshua CreganCE 23Joshua MartinCE 4Cameron MazzelliWG 5Jake ScottFE 6Dylan WilsonHB 7Jono DallasPR 8Kyal GreeneHK 9Adam CampbellPR 10Dean Zammit (c)SR 11Jake LennoxSR 12Tyler CasselLK 13Jesse CroninInterchange:BE 3Tyson MuscatBE 15Zach BorgBE 16Matthew MizziBE 17Peter CroninCo-coaches: Peter Cassar Aaron McDonald Touch judges: Tom Cambourne (Australia) Lyndsay Packer (Australia)
Euro C
Hungary vs Ireland
Team details FB 1Luke BroughWG 15Istvan KruppCE 16Geza GoletzCE 18Mark CzifraWG 5Stephen NemethFE 6Temuujin UranchimegHB 7Lachlyn Mulford (c)PR 8Jozsef SurmanHK 9Dane WeatherillPR 10Joel SaaghySR 11Simon KalafuszSR 12Gyula NikolettiLK 13Stephen KovacsInterchange:BE 2Dani LiptakBE 3Dominik FilipBE 14Lenard GrimmBE 17Zsolt LukacsCoach: Jonathan Wilson FB 1Casey Dunne (c)WG 2John RhatiganCE 3Alan McMahonCE 4Andrew CoadeWG 5Conor LoughreyFE 6Matthew CoadeHB 7Phil MorrisonPR 8Gareth GillHK 9Conor PhillipsPR 10Chris HallSR 11Roy StanleySR 12Collie RyanLK 13Wayne KellyInterchange:BE 14Ryan GuilfoyleBE 15Richie McHughBE 16Darragh MageeBE 17Sam BoydCoach: Carl De Chenu
July Czech Republic vs Hungary
Team details FB 1Patrik KoliskaWG 2Oldřich ChrbolkaCE 3Antonín Berk JnrCE 4Jaroslav BžochWG 5Filip ŠpačekFE 6Tomáš Řičica (c)HB 7Jakub HudrlíkPR 8Tomáš AdamecHK 9Ladislav CintlerPR 10Pavel MejstříkSR 11Lukáš KrištofSR 12Jan HeiningerLK 13Ondřej PreiningerInterchange:BE 15Kamil HavelBE 16Roman PavelekBE 17Pavel MikeskaBE 20Jan ZámrskýCoach: Ladislav Cintler FB 1Temuujin UranchimegWG 2Dominik FilipCE 3Botond KovacsCE 4Istvan KruppWG 5Dani LiptakFE 17Joel SaaghyHB 7Lachlyn MolfordPR 8Jozsef SurmanHK 9Jayden BrucknerPR 10Geza GoletzSR 11Stephen KovacsSR 12Gyula NikolettiLK 13Mark CzifraInterchange:BE 14Gyula HerpaiBE 15Bálint MézesBE 16Stephen NemethBE 18Zsolt Lukacs (c)Coach: Jonathan Wilson Notes: Bartek Sierota became the first Pole to referee an international match.
August Euro C
September Norway vs Poland
Griffin Cup
Euro C
Euro C
Euro C
Sweden vs Netherlands
Hungary vs Poland
Team details FB 1Gergely Nagy (c)WG 2Paul MozarCE 3Cruize TurayCE 4Josh WarnerWG 5Istvan KruppFE 6Andras EgleszHB 7Benjamin BronzonPR 8Joel SaaghyHK 9Dane Weatherill (c)PR 10Mark CzifraSR 11Simon KalafuszSR 12Jayson GerecsLK 13Lenard GrimmInterchange:BE 14Stephen KovacsBE 15Gyula NikolettiBE 16Shane StevensBE 17Zsolt LukacsCoach: Jonathan Wilson FB 1Robert MykietynWG 2Michal MaslankaCE 3Simon MaslankaCE 4Jamie SzczerbanikWG 5Jacob WilliamsFE 6Alex Kowalski (c)HB 7Nathan MichalowskiPR 8Mikey BryanHK 9Arek WertsakPR 10Mark ChurmyczSR 11Norbert BalacinskiSR 12Jordan OwenLK 13Todd MoseleyInterchange:BE 14Lochlan SramaBE 15Tynan ForsterBE 16Brayden TyburskiBE 17James UsherCoach: Lee Addison
October Emerging Nations
Papua New Guinea vs Australian PM's XIII (women)
Euro B
Serbia vs France
Italy vs South Africa
Team details FB 1Samuel DoloresWG 2Dallas GrecoCE 3Nick OkladnikovCE 4Josh MantellatoWG 5Brock PelligraFE 6Daniel PetraliaHB 7Terry CampesePR 8Brenden Santi (c)HK 9Vinnie RipepiPR 10John TrimboliSR 11Dominic BiondiSR 12Gioele CelerinoLK 13Rhys SciglitanoInterchange:BE 15Simone BoscoloBE 16Matt BonannoBE 18Anthony CurcioBE 19Nick SerafinoCoach: Leo Epifania FB 1Tyler ThomasWG 2Darren O'DonovanCE 3Byron HutchinsonCE 4Will SmithWG 5Juan BenadieFE 6Coby ThomasHB 7Kam CryerPR 8Joel TubbsHK 9Hugo De VilliersPR 10Zach van LoggerenbergSR 11Shane GillhamSR 12Seth BuckleyLK 13Marcelle Viljoen (c)Interchange:BE 14Andre JoubertBE 15Erasmus van ZylBE 16Gary BautzBE 17Tjaart van der WaltCoach:
New Zealand vs Australia
Women
Team details FB 1Apii Nicholls-PualauWG 2Karley Te KawaCE 3Honey Hireme (c)CE 4Maitua FeterikaWG 5Langi VeainuFE 6Raecene McGregorHB 7Kimiora NatiPR 8Ngatokotoru ArakuaHK 9Nita MaynardPR 10Aieshaleigh SmalleySR 11Onjeurlina LeiatauaSR 12Teuila Fotu-MoalaLK 13Laura Mariu (c)Interchange:BE 14Georgia HaleBE 15Annetta NuuausalaBE 16Sui Tauaua-PauaraisaBE 17Amber KaniCoach: Kelvin Wright FB 1Chelsea BakerWG 2Julia RobinsonCE 3Hannah SouthwellCE 4Isabelle KellyWG 5Karina BrownFE 6Ali Brigginshaw (c)HB 7Zahara TemaraPR 8Heather BallingerHK 9Brittany BreayleyPR 10Elianna WaltonSR 11Kezie AppsSR 17Tazmin GrayLK 13Simaima TaufaInterchange:BE 12Holli WheelerBE 14Keeley DavisBE 15Steph HancockBE 16Annette BranderCoach: Brad Donald Man of the Match: Heather Ballinger (Australia)
Touch judges: Joseph Green (New Zealand) Rochelle Tamarua (New Zealand) Video referees: Jared Maxwell (Australia) Luke Patten (Australia)
Men