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- There are 21 World Rugby members and 6 World Rugby associates: Algeria (2021) Botswana (1994) Burkina Faso (2020) Burundi (2021) Cameroon (1999) DR Congo (2022*) Egypt (2022*)
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World Rugby is an international federation and a global movement comprising of 133 national member Unions affiliated through six regional associations (Asia Rugby, Rugby Africa, Rugby Europe, Oceania Rugby, Rugby Americas North and Sudamérica Rugby).
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World Rugby is an international federation and a global...
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Sep 7, 2023 · Here are all the international sides competing at the Rugby World Cup this year. The Rugby World Cup is finally upon us, with the event in France kicking off 8 September, and finishing up on 28 October. It’s go time! And we know the Rugby World Cup Fixtures, as well as the Rugby World Cup Pools.
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The following is a list of international rugby union teams: National teams – band classification. Starting in 2008, in addition to the existing tier system, the IRB introduced a four-band system of classification in which unions are classified based on "their development status and record on the international stage". The new structure is: [1]
Each member country must also be a member of one of the six regional unions into which the world is divided: Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania. [6] World Rugby was founded as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) in 1886 by Scotland, Wales and Ireland, with England joining in 1890. [7] .
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.
World Rugby is an international federation and a global movement comprising more than 500 million fans and eight million players within 132 national member federations affiliated through six regional associations.
Membership and Growth. There are currently 132 members of World Rugby – 114 full members and 18 associate members – from six different regional associations in Asia Rugby, Rugby Africa, Rugby Europe, Oceania Rugby, Rugby Americas North and Sudamérica Rugby.
