Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union/Notability criteria

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WP:ATHLETE
guideline, which states that athletes that have 'competed at the fully professional level of a sport' are generally notable.

List of notable fully professional leagues since 1995

Men's competitions

Transnational competitions

Domestic competitions

Women's competitions

  • (none)

Non-notable professional competitions

The following professional leagues are currently not considered notable by the WikiProject:

Transnational competitions

Domestic competitions

Women's competitions

National sides

Men's

High performance unions[1]

  •  Argentina (1910–present)
  •  Australia (1899–present)
  • British and Irish Lions
    (1888–present)
  •  Canada (1932–present)
  •  England (1871–present)
  •  Fiji (1924–present)
  •  France (1906–present)
  •  Georgia (at Rugby World Cups in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 and from 2016–present)
  •  Ireland (1875–present)
  •  Italy (1929–present)
  •  Japan (1932–present)
  •  Namibia (at Rugby World Cups in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 and from 2016–present)
  •  New Zealand (1903–present)
  •  Romania (1919–present)
  •  Samoa (1924–present)
  •  Scotland (1871–present)
  •  South Africa (1891–present)
  •  Tonga (1924–present)
  •  
    United States
    (1912–present)
  •  Uruguay (at Rugby World Cups in 1999, 2003 and 2015 and from 2016–present)
  •  Wales (1881–present)

Other Rugby World Cup participants

Women's

No tier ranking exists so based upon appearances at the world cup as for men's third tier teams

Women's Rugby World Cup semi-finalists

References

  1. ^ World Rugby (2017). "Current High Performance Investment Unions". High Performance Playbook 2016–2020 (PDF). World Rugby. p. 8.
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