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Top 25 Professional rugby leagues worldwide

RevenueBase identified 190 professional rugby leagues worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 5,959 professional contacts across them, including 1,103 with verified work emails. The United Kingdom is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers professional rugby leagues worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for professional rugby leagues follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
190Companies
5,959Contacts tracked
1,103Verified emails
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The 25 largest professional rugby leagues worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 190 professional rugby leagues worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to professional rugby leagues: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceMoore Park, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500677 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The National Rugby League (NRL) is the world’s premier rugby league competition run by the Australian Rugby League Commission.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceDublin 4, IrelandHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200212 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceSalford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200189 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1861, we’re the oldest rugby union club in the Premiership, steeped in history.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Strong evidenceMaroubra, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200188 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The South Sydney Rabbitohs were founded over 115 years ago and currently hold a record high 21 National Rugby League (NRL) premierships.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Strong evidenceCork, IrelandHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200186 contacts →

Strong evidence

“A professional sports organisation with a men's squad that competes in the United Rugby Championship & the Champions Cup and a women's squad that competes in the Interprovincial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Strong evidenceMilton, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200185 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Queensland Rugby League (QRL) is the governing body for Queensland’s most popular game, rugby league, and the state's favourite elite team, the QLD Maroons.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Strong evidenceToulon, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200138 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Le Rugby Club Toulonnais est une équipe sportive professionnelle.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Strong evidenceBrookvale, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200134 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league Club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Strong evidenceKogarah, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200125 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The St George Illawarra Dragons are a professional rugby league club who compete in the National Rugby League competition.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Strong evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200124 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body for Rugby League in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Strong evidenceWigan, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200117 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Wigan Warriors are a professional Rugby League club based in the North West of England, who play in the Betfred Super League.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceSt. Helens, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000112 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-50110 contacts →

Partial evidence

“La Ligue nationale de rugby (LNR) a été crée le 24 juillet 1998.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Strong evidenceGlasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200110 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Based at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Warriors are one of Scotland's two professional rugby clubs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Strong evidenceRailway Estate, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200104 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Based in one of Northern Australia’s economic hot spots, the North Queensland Toyota Cowboys enjoy the largest footprint in the National Rugby League and are only one of a few…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Strong evidenceNew Lambton, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20094 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in Newcastle, New South Wales.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Partial evidenceRomans Sur Isere, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20091 contacts →

Partial evidence

“L’Union Sportive Romanaise et Péageoise et le ROC La Voulte Valence se sont rassemblés pour créer le VALENCE ROMANS DROME RUGBY.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Indirect evidenceAgen, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20090 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Strong evidenceHuddersfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20072 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Huddersfield Giants – the birthplace of rugby league and one of the world’s first rugby league teams, are a professional rugby league club playing in the Super League competition…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Indirect evidenceKingston Upon Hull, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50071 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Strong evidenceBrisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20069 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Debuting on the national stage in 2023, the Dolphins built on more than 75 years on history in grass roots rugby league and the Brisbane community to quickly become one of the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Strong evidenceBradford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20067 contacts →

Strong evidence

“A globally recognised brand, Bradford Bulls is a professional Rugby League club in Bradford, West Yorkshire and a founder member of the Rugby Football League (RFL).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Strong evidenceMont-de-marsan, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20066 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Un club, une identité Le Stade Montois Rugby Professionnel Le Stade Montois respire le Rugby et se nourrit d’une culture ovale ancestrale ancrée dans la terre et dans son histoire.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Strong evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5058 contacts →

Strong evidence

“New Zealand Rugby League is a not-for-profit national sports organisation charged with the growth, development and delivery of the game of rugby league in New Zealand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5057 contacts →

Partial evidence

“La Ligue Île-de-France de Rugby a pour objet d'encourager et de développer la pratique du jeu de rugby (rugby à XV, rugby à 7, rugby à 5, rugby santé, rugby adapté et toutes…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Professional rugby leagues worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
18.5%Verified-email coverage
31.4Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
3.2%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
78
11-50
52
51-200
48
201-500
6
501-1,000
5

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among professional rugby leagues, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for professional rugby leagues are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “professional rugby leagues”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names professional rugby leagues), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among professional rugby leagues, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,103 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Professional rugby leagues by location

3 lists · largest first

Every Professional rugby leagues list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names professional rugby leagues, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many professional rugby leagues are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 190 professional rugby leagues worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

National Rugby League, headquartered in Moore Park, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most professional rugby leagues?

The United Kingdom leads with 56 companies, followed by France (32) and Australia (31). Every professional rugby leagues list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most professional rugby leagues?

London leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Paris (3) and Sydney (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,103 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 190 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.