The Cameroon national rugby league team, known as the Indomitable Lions, represent
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
in international
rugby league
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football competition.
They made their debut in the
2019 Middle East Africa Championship
The 2019 Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship was the second MEA Rugby League Championship, held in October 2019 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria. The competition saw the international debut of Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria, w ...
in October 2019 with a 4-8 loss to
Morocco
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in
Lagos
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, Nigeria, after travelling by bus for eight days to get there.
the Cameroon team is ranked 40th in the
Rugby League International Federation
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world rankings.
Most recent squad
Squad for
2019 MEA Rugby League Championship
The 2019 Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship was the second MEA Rugby League Championship, held in October 2019 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria. The competition saw the international debut of Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria, w ...
, as of 20 September 2019:
*Armel Damdja
*Bidjana Jean Claude
*Nguele Hermand
*Hamadou Moussa
*Nanga Yannick Olama
*Patrick Eugene Nkouak
*Lamere Mfochive Oudi
*Yannick Noah Simon
*Tientcheu Nguekam Manuel
*Moutcheu Jangue Raphael
*Yohan C. Kwedi
*Kallasi Nguiagueu Arnaud
*Embella Mouhamed
*Christian T. Pegou
*Bekolo Elie
*Watio Franck
*Fabrice Yepmo Joufang
*Fosso Ledoux
*Arnaud Ndjeng
*Akoa Akoa Jean Marc
*Ngoufack Geordane
*Kuate Talom Steve
Competitive record
Results
IRL Rankings
Notes
References
{{MEA Rugby League Championship
National rugby league teams
National sports teams of Cameroon