Much more then Australian Rugby League players
Rugby Players
In 2013, there were around 51,000 registered adult rugby players in Australia. Not all of these people actively play and this is only the adults who are registered. There are about 302,000 registered kids.
Australian Rugby Shield was created in 2000.
Australian Rugby Championship was created in 2006.
15 players in a rugby team
Rugby Players' Association was created in 1998.
for rugby league it is 13 players and for rugby union it is 15 players
Rugby league
There are 122,598 registered rugby union players in japan.
Rugby League has 13 players on each team. Rugby Union has 15 players on each team. There is a recognised game of seven-a-side in Rugby Union.
The Wallabies are the Australian Rugby Union team. The Australian Rugby League team is called the Kangaroos.