welshmagpie Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Just talking about a fella who played a few games for my amateur side this season who was from Zimbabwe, got me thinking that there must be a whole load of overseas nationals playing a matter rugby league in the UK which I think is a fantastic thing. Anyone else got nations they'd like to add to the list. I know the amateur team in Cardiff have (or formerly had) a lad from Latvia who I once played union with as well as a Pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oiseau Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Mark Kheirallah, the Toulouse FB & kicker is actually Egyptian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie44 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 We have a Spaniard, Nigerian, Hong Kongese and a Norwiegan (sort of, grew up there) at York Lomimotive. http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/yorklokomotives/news/heritage-world-addition-1586655.html (The Russian isn't really Russian) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunchers Dad Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I'm assuming we discount home nations? I played with Aussies ( one was a mad aborigine ), Kiwis of course! PNG lads, just as mad as the Aborigine ). Coached a Fijian, Kenyan, South African; and against Latvian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian and Poles. It's amazing some of the migrants who love our game when they play it, and end up YouTubeing information to understand it better. Hopefully they will be missionaries if they go home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshmagpie Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 I'm assuming we discount home nations? I played with Aussies ( one was a mad aborigine ), Kiwis of course! PNG lads, just as mad as the Aborigine ). Coached a Fijian, Kenyan, South African; and against Latvian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian and Poles. It's amazing some of the migrants who love our game when they play it, and end up YouTubeing information to understand it better. Hopefully they will be missionaries if they go home? The great thing is is that the majority of those nations have RL being played in them to varying extents. These guys will only add knowledge and enthusiasm if/when they go back home to help out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendOfTexEvans Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Swedish players at Sherwood Wolfhunt. http://www.rugby-league.com/article/38311/midlands-finals-round-up Great idea for a thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionelHurst Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I agree a damn good thread. Well done. What a great way to bring back the Other Nationalities name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Swedish players at Sherwood Wolfhunt. http://www.rugby-league.com/article/38311/midlands-finals-round-up Great idea for a thread! I know Fabian well. A real rugby league nut. "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim from Oz Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I played junior rugby league in the South Sydney area in the 1970s and my maternal grandparents were Greek … does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I played junior rugby league in the South Sydney area in the 1970s and my maternal grandparents were Greek … does that count? No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvy wg Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 French of Spanish and Portuguese heritage are all over the Perpignan area. Would not be too hard to find someone of Lebanese or Armenian heritage down there either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrywebbisgod Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 A lad from Eritrea plays in my sons team. Thank you for your valuable contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I played junior rugby league in the South Sydney area in the 1970s and my maternal grandparents were Greek … does that count? It doesn't crete a problem for me kos it's in the spirit of the thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I once played in a team with an American, an Australian, two Jamaicans, an Italian, three Irishmen, two of whom were my brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastLondonMike Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Down in east London we have (and have had) Lithuanians, Romanians, Latvians, Italians, Indians, an American, Aussies, NZer's, Tongans, French and Polish.. and probably a few i've forgotten. Newham Dockers - Champions 2013. Rugby League For East London. 100% Cockney Rugby League!Twitter: @NewhamDockersRL - Get following! www.newhamdockers.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Two Belgians at Stainland Stags last season "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhopper Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I am not sure about this season but Kings Lynn Knights were probably over 50% Eastern Europeans two years ago. I think there were issues because of the hours and poor shift pattern these guys worked but they certainly did not take a backward step when playing. I think they were primarily from one of the Baltic states and there were enough in the squad to make a national 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshmagpie Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 I am not sure about this season but Kings Lynn Knights were probably over 50% Eastern Europeans two years ago. I think there were issues because of the hours and poor shift pattern these guys worked but they certainly did not take a backward step when playing. I think they were primarily from one of the Baltic states and there were enough in the squad to make a national 13 That rings a bell. Wasn't there a Kings Lynn poster on here who often spoke highly about this blokes? I'm sure they were Lithuanian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Room Lizard Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Two Belgians at Stainland Stags last season 1 Belgian ,Iliass Laachiri, who I believe will play at Keighley U23 next season. 1 German-Croat, Matej Beslic who will stay in the UK for another year studying, but think will be at Siddal, as he had a fallout with somebody we know very well. In fact think everybody has fallen out with him at some stage!! The other lad was Fionn O´Donnell from the Aberdeen area who came down to Halifax to study for a year like the others. I think Global Rugby League Academy, run by former Siddal player Luke Garnett, will be looking after another 2 Scots from Aberdeen who will study/play Rugby League in Halifax, according to the Facebook site. https://www.facebook.com/globalrugbyleagueacademy/?fref=ts I am sure that a a couple of the Dutch guys played at Essex Eels a few years back- Sure Yanto knows who they were. Max Schöngen from Germany played for Oxford Brookes a few years back. A couple of Czechs, Spanish and Serbs have played at Eastmoor Dragons I think in the recent past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Several Danes playing at my old club (Copenhagen RLFC). Also, Irish, English, Ugandan and Romanian. "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I once played in a team with an American, an Australian, two Jamaicans, an Italian, three Irishmen, two of whom were my brothers. Don't tell me let me guess which were your brothers..... Was one a Jamaican and the other an Italian? Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Don't tell me let me guess which were your brothers..... Was one a Jamaican and the other an Italian? I send in the perfect grubber but you fumble it over the try line. Anyway, try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I send in the perfect grubber but you fumble it over the try line. Anyway, try again. Okay... Are they the Yank and the Eyetie? Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Warrior Dragon Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 It is interesting that the original post mentions a Zimbabwean. When I first watched RL in the 1960s, Wigan had Billy Boston on one wing, but a slightly built, jinky running Rhodesian on the other, Trevor Lake. His semi-final try at Knowsley Road against Swinton, that sent Wigan to their cup final against Hunslet, was a joy to behold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Okay... Are they the Yank and the Eyetie? You are Jim Davidson and I claim my ten bob note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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