List of International Rugby League members

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The International Rugby League (IRL) was founded in its current form in 1998, consisting of 10 full members.[ citation needed ] The federation currently consists of 35 members (19 full and 16 affiliate), and 24 observer members.

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Members

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NationGoverning bodyFull member since
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Australian Rugby League Commission 1998
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Cook Islands Rugby League 1998
Flag of England.svg  England Rugby Football League 1998
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Fiji National Rugby League 1998
Flag of France.svg  France French Rugby League Federation 1998
Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland Rugby League Ireland 2011
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Federazione Italiana Rugby League 2017 [1]
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Jamaica Rugby League Association 2013 [2]
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Lebanese Rugby League Federation 2012 [3]
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand New Zealand Rugby League 1998
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League 1998
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Association of Rugby League Clubs 2013 [2]
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Rugby League Samoa 1998
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Scotland Rugby League 2011
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Serbian Rugby League 2012 [3]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa South African Rugby League 1998
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga Tonga National Rugby League [lower-alpha 1] [4] 1998
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Ukrainian Federation of Rugby League 2013 [2]
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Wales Rugby League 2010
  1. The TNRL was confirmed as having been expelled from the organization in April 2021.

Affiliate

NationGoverning bodyAffiliate member since
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Confederação Brasileira de Rugby League  [ pt ]2019 [5]
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Cameroon Rugby League XIII 2021 [6]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Canada Rugby League 2013
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Federacion de Rugby Futbol League 13 2018 [7]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Czech Rugby League Association 2011
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Nationaler Rugby League Deutschland 2017 [8]
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Rugby League Federation Ghana 2020 [9]
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Greek Rugby League Association 2018 [10]
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Malta Rugby League 2013
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Fédération Marocaine de Rugby League 2021 [6]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Nederlandse Rugby League Bond 2017 [11]
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Nigeria Rugby League 2020 [9]
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Rugby League Norge 2011
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Asociación Española de Rugby League 2015 [12]
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Turkish Rugby League Association 2018 [13]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States USA Rugby League 2015

Kenya Kenya Rugby league Federation. 2022

Observers

NationGoverning bodyObserver since
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Albanian Rugby League 2018 [14]
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Argentina Rugby League
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Belgium Rugby League Association 2013
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Asocijacija Ragbi 13 Bosnia-Hercegovina 2018 [15]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Bulgarian Rugby League Federation 2017 [16]
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Burundi Rugby League 2016 [17]
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Colombia Rugby League XIII
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo DR Congo Rugby League XIII 2015
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Denmark Rugby League Federation 2011
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador El Salvador Rugby League 2021
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Ethiopian Rugby League Association 2014 [18]
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Georgia Rugby League
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Hungarian Rugby League Federation 2013
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Japanese Rugby League Association 2021
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Latvia Rugby League 2008
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya Libya Rugby League Association 2019
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Mexican Rugby Federation 2018
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Montenegro Rugby League 2021
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Macedonian Rugby League 2023 [19]
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Palestine Rugby League 2014 [20]
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Philippines National Rugby League 2021
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Polska Rugby XIII 2017
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Rugby League Association 2013
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Rugby League Federation
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Slovakia Rugby League 2023 [19]
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Rugby League Federation 2011
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Sweden Rugby League 2011
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Rugby League
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Vanuatu Rugby League


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  2. 1 2 3 "Rugby League's international body RLIF has welcomed Russia, Ukraine and Jamaica to full membership". SBS. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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