History
Rugby league was first introduced to Greece in 2006, with an international match in Athens. Greece played Serbia and Greece won 44-32.
The initial attempt to find a Greek RL Federation, started by Colin Mylonas, in 2003.
In 2012, a new independent initiative, appeared in Athens. It was started by Tasos Pantazidis, the founder of Promitheas RL.
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