Wikipedia: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. 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.

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

 * Super Rugby Aupiki
 * Super W

Men's
====High performance unions ====
 * (1910–present)
 * (1899–present)
 * British and Irish Lions flag.svg British and Irish Lions (1888–present)
 * (1932–present)
 * (1871–present)
 * (1924–present)
 * (1906–present)
 * (at Rugby World Cups in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 and from 2016–present)
 * (1875–present)
 * (1929–present)
 * (1932–present)
 * (at Rugby World Cups in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 and from 2016–present)
 * (1903–present)
 * (1919–present)
 * (1924–present)
 * (1871–present)
 * (1891–present)
 * (1924–present)
 * (1912–present)
 * (at Rugby World Cups in 1999, 2003 and 2015 and from 2016–present)
 * (1881–present)

Other Rugby World Cup participants

 * (1995)
 * (2007)
 * (1999)
 * (2011 and 2019)
 * (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

 * (2010)
 * (1998, 2002, 2006, 2014)
 * (1991, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017)
 * (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017)
 * (2014)
 * (1991, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017)
 * (1991, 1994, 1998, 2017)
 * (1994)