German Rugby League Association
German Rugby League Association was an umbrella organization for the rugby league called the 13th variant of rugby, which has also been played in Germany since 2004 . The association was dissolved in March 2015.
He played the official international matches of the national team . In addition, four clubs in southern Germany (RFC Heidelberg, RFC Karlsruhe, RL Stusta Munich, RFC Bad Reichenhall) and one in Austria (RFC Salzburg) took part in a competition called Alpine League (with teams of nine). The first international encounters at the time were two games in 2005. At the end of July the German thirteen lost 13:18 against a Scottish student selection and at the beginning of August they lost their first unofficial international match against the Netherlands at 28:34.
Since June 2015 the NRL Germany eV (National Rugby League Germany) is the new conforming association of the RLEF (Rugby League European Federation).