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This list shows each country which has a union affiliated to World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby union. It also shows the number of registered clubs playing in each country, official referees and the number of registered players broken down by gender and age group. In 2023, the total number of registered players increased ...
The 2016 World Rugby Year in Review reported 8.5 million players, of which 3.2 million were registered union players and 1.9 million were registered club players; 22% of all players were female. [ 211 ]
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. [1] One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand.
World Rugby's largest members, ranked by number of ... World Rugby cites rugby union's ... In December 2023 a group of 295 former rugby players sued World Rugby, ...
The World Rugby Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body. There are separate men's and women's rankings. The teams of World Rugby's member nations are ranked based on their game results, with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
These are men's player records in international rugby, [1] updated at the conclusion of the Autumn internationals window each year. To view men's international team records, see International rugby union team records. To view records of the men's Rugby World Cup, see Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup.
Ireland and Georgia contesting a line-out in the 2007 Rugby World Cup – several numbers on the Irish forwards can be clearly seen.. The standard modern rugby union numbering schemes have the starting players numbered from 1 to 15, and the replacements numbered 16 onwards.
The British and Irish Lions. England Ireland Scotland Wales Established in 1950, East Africa conducted seven tours between 1954 and 1982 and played against incoming international, representative and club touring sides including twice against the British Lions; perhaps the only example of representative (as opposed to invitational) multinational teams playing against each other.