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International rugby league in 2024

A list of men, women and wheelchair senior international rugby league matches played throughout 2024.

A † denotes a match that did not contribute to the IRL World Rankings - i.e. not a senior international match (SIM) as designated by the International Rugby League (IRL).

Season overview

Men

Women

Wheelchair

Rankings

The following were the rankings at the beginning of the season.

January

Wales wheelchair v Army

Ghana women v Nigeria

February

United States wheelchair v Wales


North Macedonia men v Chile in Australia

Montenegro men v Serbia

North Macedonia men v Malta in Australia

Japan men v Thailand in Australia

March

United States men v Canada

April

2026 Women's World Cup, Europe qualifying

May

Uganda women v Kenya


Greece men v Norway

June

Celtic Cup (wheelchair)



France v England double header


Both matches part of a triple-header with the Championship match between Toulouse Olympique and Featherstone Rovers. The match was criticised for poor attendance, poor production, lack of advertisement before the game, lack of coverage, and being curtain raiser to a second tier club match.

September

Netherlands men v Scotland

2026 Women's World Cup, Middle East-Africa qualifying

Nigeria qualified for the 2025 World Series.

Netherlands men v Ireland

Germany men v Poland

Italy men v Malta

Serbia men v Netherlands

October

France men v Lebanon

A two-match tour to France by was announced in early September 2024 with two tests to be played in Pamiers and Albi on 13 and 19 October respectively. The test series was cancelled five days later. The French Rugby League Federation initially stated that the series had been cancelled due to the NRL not released any Lebanese players. However the International Rugby League later denied this saying the cancellation was due to three key players in the Lebanon team being injured and organisers being concerned about ticket sales with star players absent.

Japan men v Hong Kong

Wales men v Jamaica

2024 Pacific Championships

Men's Pacific Cup

Men's Pacific Bowl

Women's Pacific Cup

Women's Pacific Bowl

Czech men v Ukraine

Canada men v Jamaica

Czech men v Poland

2026 Men's World Cup, Europe qualifying

Semi-finals

Third place playoff

Final

England wheelchair v France

Philippines men v Malta in Australia

England men vs Samoa


Scotland men v Ireland in England

November

New Zealand wheelchair v Australia


England women v Wales

Match played as the first part of a double-header with the second men's match between England and Samoa.

2026 Women's World Cup, Americas qualifying

The curtain raiser was intended to be a second semi-final featuring Brazil. However, a late withdrawal saw them replaced by the USA Pioneers and the draw redone. As the Pioneers are illegible for the World Cup they were consigned to the third place play-off, with both their games being classed as a friendly and not part of the tournament.

Curtain raiser

Third place play-off

Spain wheelchair v England in France

France wheelchair v Ireland

France wheelchair v England

South American Championship

The South American championship was a three-way tournament between , and on a round-robin basis. Each team won one and lost match but Chile were declared the tournament winners on points difference.



December

Philippines men v Hong Kong

South Africa men v the United States


Albania men v Greece

Notes

References