wikiproject Rugby Union/Notability Criteria
This page is part of the WikiProject on Rugby union and provides a list of known fully professional leagues, and tier one and tier two nations.
 | This is an essay on notability. It contains the advice and/or opinions of one or more WikiProjects on how notability may be interpreted within their area of interest. This information is not a formal Wiki policy or guideline, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. |
As such it can be used as an aide in considering the 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
- Anglo-Welsh Cup
- European Rugby Champions Cup
- European Rugby Challenge Cup
- Super Rugby
- United Rugby Championship
Domestic competitions
Australia - Australian Rugby Championship (2007) and National Rugby Championship (2014–2019)
England - English Premiership and RFU Championship (2009–)
France - Top 14 and Pro D2
Japan - Japan Rugby League One (formerly Top League)
New Zealand - Bunnings NPC (previously National Provincial Championship, Air New Zealand Cup, ITM Cup and Mitre 10 Cup)
South Africa - Currie Cup Premier Divison
Women's competitions
- (none)
Non-notable professional competitions
The following professional leagues are currently not considered notable by the WikiProject:
Transnational competitions
- European Rugby Continental Shield
- Global Rapid Rugby (2018–2020)
- Major League Rugby
- Rugby Europe Super Cup
- Súper Liga Americana de Rugby
Domestic competitions
- France - Championnat Fédéral Nationale
Italy - Top10- Japan - Top Challenge League (until 2021)
Portugal - Campeonato Português de Rugby
Romania - SuperLiga
Russia - Russian Rugby Championship- South Africa - Currie Cup First Division, Vodacom Cup (1998–2015) and Rugby Challenge
Spain - División de Honor de Rugby
Women's competitions
National sides
Men's
High performance unions
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
Ivory Coast (1995)- Portugal (2007)
- Spain (1999)
- Russia (2011 and 2019)
Zimbabwe (1987 and 1991)
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
- Australia (2010)
- Canada (1998, 2002, 2006, 2014)
- England (1991, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017)
- France (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017)
- Ireland (2014)
- New Zealand (1991, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017)
- United States (1991, 1994, 1998, 2017)
- Wales (1994)
References
This article uses material from the Wikipedia English article Notability criteria, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.