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

Members

Full

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

Affiliate

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

Kenya Kenya Rugby league Federation. 2022

Observers

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


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Italy Promoted to Full Member Status of RLIF". RLIF. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  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.
  3. 1 2 "Lebanon & Serbia promoted to full members of RLIF". NRL.com. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ↑ https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_Media_Release_6929.pdf
  5. ↑ "Brazil Rugby League to be recognised by the Rugby League International Federation". RLIF. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  6. 1 2 "International Rugby League upgrades two members and welcomes one new member". IRL. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Chile are the latest nation to gain Affiliate Member status with the Asia Pacific Rugby League". RLIF.com. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "Germany restores its affiliate membership". RLEF. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Nigeria and Ghana Approved as Affiliate Members International Rugby League". IRL. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Greece Rugby League Association admitted to RLEF". RLEF. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "Dutch upgraded following RLEF congress in Belgrade". RLEF. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  12. ↑ "Spain becomes twentieth RLEF member". RLEF. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "Turkey accorded affiliate member status of Rugby League European Federation". RLEF. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  14. ↑ "Albania granted observer status". RLEF. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  15. ↑ "Bosnia Herzegovina awarded observer status". RLEF. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  16. ↑ "Bulgarian Rugby League Federation comes on board". RLEF. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  17. ↑ "Burundi joins RLEF". RLEF. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  18. ↑ "Ethiopia recognised as an observer". RLEF. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  19. 1 2 "North Macedonia and Slovakia are the latest nations to be awarded International Rugby League observer status". intrl.sport. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  20. ↑ "Palestine Rugby League gain RLEF observer status". RLEF. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
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