The previous post mentioned that the IRB had said that women’s rugby is played in about 80 countries.
This is a slight underestimate. In fact women’s rugby is played at international level in 111 countries – with several more on the verge of joining them. The map below shows the true global spread of the game:
Compared to other women’s team sports, only women’s soccer is played at international level in more countries.
The list… Andorra, Arabian Gulf (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates), Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Is, Chile, China, Columbia, Cook Is, Croatia, Czech Rep, Denmark, Egypt, England, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Afruca, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, St Vincent, Sweden, Switzerland, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Wales, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Think Mexican women played the Nacra sevens in 2011.
Sorry – you are right, though it was a very disappointing tournament for them. Comes of trying to do this too quickly!
Arabian Gulf RU doesn’t exist anymore. Partially replaced by UAE Rugby Association :
women sevens also played in Quatar : http://www.doharfc.com/ladies-info and Kuwait http://q8scorpions.com/ but no national teams for now
Yes – I was not quite sure how to represent the former Arabiab Gulf nations – hence the “Did not play”. All definitely have club teams, if not yet national teams.
Qatar and Kuwait are included on the map – buy they are a bit too small to show up)
Please get in touch with me regarding women’s rugby in Central America. joshmacy@gmail.com