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<blockquote data-quote="Brigantine" data-source="post: 1050668" data-attributes="member: 73940"><p>Following up on the "First time entrants" thing... Firstly a correction: Burundi (102), Iran (93) and Laos (93) are new on the rankings, but <strong>NOT new</strong> WR members - they've been around a while, just without enough games against other full members to have a ranking.</p><p></p><p>Overall, World Rugby has been slowly growing in the last 5 years, and avoided the usual trickle of suspensions / expulsions / disbandments. We'll see if it lasts post-COVID.</p><p>TBH it's still not as much progress as I would have expected.</p><p></p><p><strong>There are currently</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">108 full members - all in the rankings<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Of which 78 were competing in would-be RWC qualifying competitions, and 14 more may or may not have entered a competition that wasn't held because of COVID</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>1 former member in the rankings: Tahiti (100) - maybe because the French RU took over representing them?</em></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>1 suspended member still in the rankings (for now): Greece (108) since 2014</em></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>2 suspended (associate?) members not in the rankings (Mauritania since 2013, Armenia since 2014)</em></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">18 associate members (not in the rankings)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">approx 30 further members of the continental rugby associations<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Also used to be 2 former World Rugby members (Arabian Gulf disbanded in 2010 and Iran joined in it's place, Cambodia expelled in 2016)</em></span></li> </ul></li> </ul><p><strong>Recent new full members / new on the rankings: </strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">(108 full members up from 105, and 110 in the rankings up from 103 in 2016)</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2019 / 2021 Algeria (90)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2018 / 2021 Burkina Faso (91)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">-------- / 2021 Iran (93=)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">-------- / 2021 Laos (93=)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">--------/ 2021 Burundi (102)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2017 / 2018 Ghana (85) <- upgraded from an associate member</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">------- / 2018 Costa Rica (97)</li> </ul><p><strong>Recent new associate members: </strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">(up from 13 to 18)</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2020 Panama</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2020 Turkey</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2020 Jordan</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2020 Nepal</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2020 Qatar</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2018 Lebanon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><s>to 2017 Ghana</s> <- upgraded to full member</li> </ul><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/World_Rugby_member_unions_and_associates.svg/800px-World_Rugby_member_unions_and_associates.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Dark green: WR Full members - Light Green: WR associate members</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brigantine, post: 1050668, member: 73940"] Following up on the "First time entrants" thing... Firstly a correction: Burundi (102), Iran (93) and Laos (93) are new on the rankings, but [B]NOT new[/B] WR members - they've been around a while, just without enough games against other full members to have a ranking. Overall, World Rugby has been slowly growing in the last 5 years, and avoided the usual trickle of suspensions / expulsions / disbandments. We'll see if it lasts post-COVID. TBH it's still not as much progress as I would have expected. [B]There are currently[/B] [LIST] [*]108 full members - all in the rankings [LIST] [*]Of which 78 were competing in would-be RWC qualifying competitions, and 14 more may or may not have entered a competition that wasn't held because of COVID [/LIST] [*][SIZE=3][I]1 former member in the rankings: Tahiti (100) - maybe because the French RU took over representing them?[/I][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][I]1 suspended member still in the rankings (for now): Greece (108) since 2014[/I][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][I]2 suspended (associate?) members not in the rankings (Mauritania since 2013, Armenia since 2014)[/I][/SIZE] [*]18 associate members (not in the rankings) [*]approx 30 further members of the continental rugby associations [LIST] [*][SIZE=3][I]Also used to be 2 former World Rugby members (Arabian Gulf disbanded in 2010 and Iran joined in it's place, Cambodia expelled in 2016)[/I][/SIZE] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Recent new full members / new on the rankings: [/B] [SIZE=2](108 full members up from 105, and 110 in the rankings up from 103 in 2016)[/SIZE] [LIST] [*]2019 / 2021 Algeria (90) [*]2018 / 2021 Burkina Faso (91) [*]-------- / 2021 Iran (93=) [*]-------- / 2021 Laos (93=) [*]--------/ 2021 Burundi (102) [*]2017 / 2018 Ghana (85) <- upgraded from an associate member [*]------- / 2018 Costa Rica (97) [/LIST] [B]Recent new associate members: [/B] [SIZE=2](up from 13 to 18)[/SIZE] [LIST] [*]2020 Panama [*]2020 Turkey [*]2020 Jordan [*]2020 Nepal [*]2020 Qatar [*]2018 Lebanon [*][S]to 2017 Ghana[/S] <- upgraded to full member [/LIST] [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/World_Rugby_member_unions_and_associates.svg/800px-World_Rugby_member_unions_and_associates.svg.png[/IMG] Dark green: WR Full members - Light Green: WR associate members [/QUOTE]
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