Serbia women's national rugby league team

The Serbia women's national rugby league team is organised by the Serbian Rugby League and represents Serbia in international rugby league.

Serbia
Team information
Governing bodySerbian Rugby League
RegionEurope
Head coachSlobodan Manak
Most capsNika Bajić, Tamara Bošnjak & Marija Maslaković (10 each)
Top try-scorerKarolina Blizanac, Natalija Simic, Jelena Stoiljković & Katarina Veljanovsku (2 each)
Top point-scorerKarolina Blizanac, Natalija Simic, Jelena Stoiljković & Katarina Veljanovsku (8 each)
Home stadiumMakiš Stadium, Belgrade
IRL ranking11th
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
 Italy 26–0 Serbia
(22 June 2019)
Biggest win
Serbia 24–16 Turkey 
(22 November 2022)
Biggest defeat
Serbia 0–116 France 
(18 March 2023)

Serbia first played full international Test Matches in 2019. Their inaugural match was against Italy in Italy in June 2019.[1][2] Serbia then hosted a two Test Match tour by Canada in September 2019.[3][4]

Serbia participated in the 2022 Women's Rugby League European Championship (B Division).

Ahead of the 2026 Women's Rugby League World Cup, Serbia was drawn in Group B of the European Qualifiers. Serbia lost both qualifying matches.

Head to head records

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Opponent FM MR M W D L Win% PF PA Share
  Italy 2019 2023 2 0 0 2 0.00% 14 60 18.92%
  Canada 2019 2019 2 0 0 2 0.00% 10 60 14.29%
  Greece 2022 2024 3 0 0 3 0.00% 8 68 10.53%
  Turkey 2022 2022 1 1 0 0 100.00% 24 16 60.00%
  France 2023 2024 2 0 0 2 0.00% 0 174 0.00%
Totals 2019 2024 10 1 0 9 10.00% 56 378 12.90%

Notes:

  • Table last updated 23 Jun 2024.
  • Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points.

Current squad

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The following players where named in a squad to play in the Group B European World Cup Qualifying matches in May and June 2024. Figures in the table include both qualifying matches (against Greece and France).[5][6]

Olivera Mišković and Karolina Blizanac were included in the squad of 19 for the match against France but were omitted from the 17 that played. Five players that were in the team for the match against Greece, were omitted from the 19 selected for the match against France: Jelena Stoiljković, Lea Milošević, Cleopatra Carreno, Jovana Fridl, and Dunja Stojiljkovic.

Player Position Club Debut Matches Tries Goals Points
Tamara Bošnjak Fullback   Red Star 2019 10 0 3 6
Teodora Micic Wing, Centre   Red Star 2023 5 0 0 0
Sanja Starcevic Centre, Second-row   Red Star 2022 7 1 0 4
Marija Stojšić Centre   Red Star 2024 2 0 0 0
Anastasija Karanović Wing, Centre   RLC Partisan 1953 2022 6 1 0 4
Ljiljana Bajić Stand-off   Red Star 2019 8 0 0 0
Katarina Veljanovsku Scrum-half, Wing   Red Star 2022 7 2 0 8
Natalija Simic Prop, Second-row   Red Star 2020 6 2 0 8
Nataša Kovačević Hooker, Stand-off   Red Star 2019 8 0 0 0
Teodora Marin Prop   Red Star 2022 6 0 0 0
Mihaela Markicevic Second-row   Unknown 2024 1 0 0 0
Anna Liuter Second-row, Prop   Dorćol Spiders 2023 3 0 0 0
Marija Maslaković Lock, Prop   Red Star 2019 10 1 0 4
Marija Simovic interchange   Red Star 2022 5 0 0 0
Milica Cvijetanovic interchange   RLC Partisan 1953 2024 1 0 0 0
Nika Bajić interchange   Red Star 2019 10 0 0 0
Uma Cengaj interchange   Red Star 2023 4 0 0 0
Olivera Mišković interchange   FK Arsenal Tivat 2024 2 0 0 0
Karolina Blizanac Hooker   Red Star 2019 8 2 0 8
Jelena Stoiljković Wing   Red Star 2019 9 2 0 8
Lea Milošević Scrum-half   Wentworthville 2024 1 0 0 0
Cleopatra Carreno Loose forward   Camden Rams 2024 1 0 0 0
Jovana Fridl interchange   Red Star 2019 7 0 0 0
Dunja Stojiljkovic interchange   Red Star 2024 1 0 0 0

Results

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Full internationals

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Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Video Reports
22 Jun 2019   Italy 0 - 26 Test Match   Lignano, Italy [1][2][7]
14 Sep 2019   Canada 6 - 34 2 Test Series   SC inge, Belgrade [3][8]
21 Sep 2019   Canada 4 - 26   Makiš Stadium, Belgrade [4][9][10]
2 Oct 2022   Greece
0 – 28
2022 European Championship B   Gorytsa Park Field, Aspropyrgos [11][12]
25 Nov 2022   Turkey
24 – 16
2022 European Championship B   FC Bask Arena, Belgrade [13]
18 Mar 2023   France
0 – 116
Test Match   Parc Des Sports, Avignon [14] [15][16]
3 Jun 2023   Italy
14 – 34
Test Match   Pasian Di Prato Stadium, Udine [17]
11 Nov 2023   Greece
4 – 8
Balkan Cup   FC Pusta Reka, Bojnik [18]
18 May 2024   Greece
4 – 32
WC Qualifier (Euro Group B)   Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens [19] [20]
22 Jun 2024   France
0 – 58
  Stadium FC Srem Jakovo, Belgrade [21] [22][23]


Past squads

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The following players were selected to represent Serbia in the three Test Matches of 2019.[1][2][3][4]

Player Italy
Only Test
Canada
1st Test
Canada
2nd Test
Caps Tries Goals Pts
Ana Marija Škiljo Centre 1 0
Anastasija Karanović positions 1 0
Dragana Žeželj interchange interchange 2 0
Dragica Kovačević Second-row Second-row 2 0
Isidora Savković Five-eighth Halfback Centre 3 0
Ivana Artinović interchange 1 0
Ivana Djordjevic interchange interchange 2 0
Jelena Lazić interchange 1 0
Jelena Stoiljković Halfback Five-eighth Five-eighth 3 1 4
Jovana Fridl Second-row 1 0
Karolina Blizanac Hooker Hooker Hooker 3 0
Katarina Perović Wing 1 0
Ljiljana Bajić Wing interchange 2 0
Maja Baošić Lock Lock 2 1 1 6
Marija Bajić Wing 1 0
Marija Maslaković Prop Prop Prop 3 0
Marija Milosavljević Fullback Fullback Fullback 3 0
Marija Zlatković Wing 1 0
Milica Krasić interchange Centre Wing 3 0
Nataša Kovačević interchange 1 0
Nika Bajić Second-row Second-row Prop 3 0
Olivera Mišković interchange interchange 2 0
Sara Trifković interchange 1 0
Tamara Bošnjak Centre Centre Centre 3 0
Vanja Pešić Lock 1 0
Željana Mitrović Prop Prop Second-row 3 0
Zorica Kostić Wing Halfback 2 0

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c James, Honor (26 Jun 2019). "Italy's women win 1st Test as Serbia make their bow". Total Rugby League. Retrieved 17 Apr 2021.
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  4. ^ a b c "Srbija - Kanada 4-26 (4-8)". Ragbi Liga Serbia. 21 Sep 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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