Morocco national rugby league team

Morocco

Nickname	The Morocs
Governing body	Moroc Rugby League
Region	Europe
RLIF ranking	35th
Colours
First international
Moldova 24–19 Morocco (18 October 1995)
Biggest win
Morocco 58–4 Serbia (25 October 2003)
Biggest defeat
Morocco 0–104 Lebanon (Perpignan, France; 1999)

The Morocco national rugby league team has been participating in international competition since 1995. Many players for the Moroccan team are drawn from the French competition.

Morocco has participated in the World Sevens (1995), Superleague World Nines (1996), Emerging Nations Tournament (1995, 2000) and Mediterranean Cup (since 2003) competitions. In 2009 Morocco won the RLEF Euro Med Challenge.

Morocco has been the destination of international tours in recent years, hosting Liban Espoir (a team of emerging players from the domestic Lebanese competition) in 2003 and the Australian Police Rugby League team in 2004.

For more Moroccan stats, news, team results and more visit Morocco's RLEF Page.

2009 squad

2009 Morocco Squad
Starting side						Interchange		Coaching staff
1 Brahim Nhari - FB (Baho RLFC) 2 Aissam Yousri - WG (Toulouse J.J.) 3 Hassan Laaziri - CE (Cavaillon RLFC) 4 Farid Nicolas - CE (Villeneuve/Lot) 5 Khalid Mouzoun - WG (Montpellier RLFC) 6 Younes Khattabi - FE (St Gaudens RLFC) 7 Osni Kriouache - HB (St Gaudens RLFC) 8 Abdessamad Rachid - PR (Lyon RLFC) 9 Hocine El Boutchi - HK (Palau RLFC) 10 Mohamed Djamil - PR (U.T. Catalans) 11 Taouil Amar - SR (Salses RLFC) 12 Ilyass Lamarti - SR (Villeneuve/Lot) 13 Rachid Faresse - LF (Avignon RLFC)						14 Fakir Lhoucine (Villeneuve RLFC) 15 El Boutchi Hacene (Palau RLFC) 16 Oulias Abdelali (Toulouse J.J.) 17 Bouladas Mohamed (Montpellier RLFC)		Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain

RLIF World Rankings
Official Rankings as of December 2015
Rank	Change	Team	Points
1		New Zealand	897.00
2		Australia	719.00
3		England	655.00
4		Samoa	280.00
5		France	209.00
6		Ireland	162.00
7		Fiji	147.00
8		Wales	132.00
9		Scotland	121.00
10		United States	102.00
11		Serbia	72.00
12		Italy	65.00
13		Canada	62.00
14		Papua New Guinea	60.00
15		Russia	46.00
16		Tonga	40.00
17		Belgium	40.00
18		Malta	32.00
19		Germany	28.00
20		Lebanon	27.00
21		Spain	26.00
22		Cook Islands	23.00
23		Ukraine	22.00
24		Greece	21.00
25		Denmark	20.00
26		Norway	19.00
27		Jamaica	16.00
28		Netherlands	15.00
29		Sweden	15.00
30		Czech Republic	14.00
31		South Africa	13.00
32		Niue	4.00
33		Hungary	2.00
34		Latvia	2.00
35		Morocco	0.00

Notable players

• Jamal Fakir
• Younes Khattabi

Results

• Lebanon def. Morocco 72–4 (28 June 2011)
• Morocco def. Belgium 46–12 (15 August 2009)
• Morocco def. Catalonia 29–6 (4 July 2009)
• Morocco def. Italy 32–10 (6 June 2009)
• Morocco def. Catalonia 62–12 (21 June 2008)
• Morocco drew with Serbia 20–20 (9 October 2004)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 48–14 (5 October 2004)
• France def. Morocco 46–6 (2 October 2004)
• Morocco def. Serbia 58–4 (25 October 2003)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 60–0 (22 October 2003)
• France def. Morocco 72–0 (19 October 2003)
• Morocco def. Japan 14–8 (15 November 2000)
• USA def. Morocco 50–10 (2000)
• France def. Morocco 80–8 (11 November 1999)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 104–0 (1999)
• Italy def. Morocco 34–0 (1999)
• Ireland def. Morocco 42–6 (20 October 1995)
• Moldova def. Morocco 24–19 (18 October 1995)

All-Time Results

Team	First Played	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	Points For	Points Against
Moldova	1995	1	0	0	1	19	24
Ireland	1995	1	0	0	1	6	42
Italy	1999	2	1	0	1	32	44
Lebanon	1999	3	0	0	3	14	212
France	1999	3	0	0	3	14	198
United States	2000	1	0	0	1	10	50
Japan	2000	1	1	0	0	14	8
Serbia	2003	2	1	1	0	78	24
Catalonia	2008	2	2	0	0	91	18
Belgium	2009	1	1	0	0	46	12