List of National Rugby Unions - www.rugbyfootballhistory.com

The dates shown below are typically for the existing National unions but in some cases earlier attempts to form a national union occured and some of these are also included in the list.
ENG
SCO
Flag Country Year Union Name (Link to Union website) Notes
  ENGLAND 1871 (England) Rugby Football Union (RFU)  
  SCOTLAND 1873 Scottish Rugby Union  
    1874 Southern (Australian) Rugby Union  (later New South Wales Rugby Union) 
IRE
WAL
  IRELAND 1879 Irish Rugby Football Union  (a merger of two Irish unions both formed in 1874)
  WALES 1880 Welsh Rugby Union  
    1883 Northern (Australian) Rugby Union  (later Queensland Rugby Union) 
    1889 South African Rugby Board  
NZL
ARG
GER
FJI
  NEW ZEALAND 1892 New Zealand Rugby Football Union  
  ARGENTINA 1899 Argentinian Rugby Union  
  GERMANY 1900 German Rugby Union  
  FIJI 1913 Fijian Rugby Union  
FRA
KEN
ESP
TGA
  FRANCE 1919 French Rugby Federation  
  KENYA 1923 Kenya Rugby Union  
  SPAIN 1923 Spanish Rugby Federation  
  TONGA 1923 Tongan Rugby Football Union  
SAM
CZE
JPN
POR
  SAMOA 1924 Samoan Rugby Football Union  
  CZECH REPUBLIC 1926 Czech Rugby Union  
  JAPAN 1926 Japanese Rugby Football Union  
  PORTUGAL 1926 Portugal Rugby Union  
ITA
TRI
ROM
NED
  ITALY 1928 Italian Rugby Federation  
  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1928 Trinidad and Tobago  
  ROMANIA 1931 Romanian Rugby Federation  
  NETHERLANDS 1932 Netherlands Rugby Union  
SWE
BEL
CHI
RUS
  SWEDEN 1932 Sweden Rugby Union  
  BELGIUM 1934 Belgium Rugby Union  
  CHILE 1935 Chile Rugby Union  
  RUSSIA 1936 Russia Rugby Union  
THA
KOR
JAM
SIN
  THAILAND 1938 Thailand Rugby Union  
  KOREA 1945 Korea Rugby Union  
  JAMAICA 1946 Jamaica Rugby Union  
  SINGAPORE 1948 Singapore Rugby Union  
AUS
DEN
URU
NIU
  AUSTRALIA 1949 Australian Rugby Union  
  DENMARK 1950 Denmark Rugby Union  
  URUGUAY 1951 Uruguay Rugby Union  
  NIUE ISLANDS 1952 Niue Rugby Union  
HKG
UGA
GEO
CIV
  HONG KONG 1953 Hong Kong Rugby Union  
  UGANDA 1955 Uganda Rugby Union  
  GEORGIA 1961 Georgian Rugby Union  
  IVORY COAST 1961 Cote d'Ivoire Rugby Federation  
CAN
SUI
LUX
USA
  CANADA 1965 Rugby Canada (founded as Canadian Rugby Union) The original Rugby Union of Canada was founded in September, 1929, and lasted until the outbreak of the War in 1939. It was not revived until 1965 as the Canadian Rugby Union.
  SWITZERLAND 1972 Switzerland Rugby Union  
  LUXEMBOURG 1974 Luxembourg Rugby Union  
  USA 1975 USA Rugby  (founded as United States of America Rugby Football Union)
ZIM
NOR
AER
COK
  ZIMBABWE 1980 Zimbabwe Rugby Union Formally 1895 Rhodesia Rugby Football Union 
  NORWAY 1982 Norway Rugby Union  
  ARABIAN GULF 1984 Arabian Gulf Rugby Union  
  COOK ISLANDS 1989 Cook Islands Rugby Union  
HUN
NAM
BIH
RSA
  HUNGARY 1990 Hungary Rugby Union  
  NAMIBIA 1990 Namibian Rugby Union  
  BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 1992 Bosnia and Herzegovin  
  SOUTH AFRICA 1992 South African Rugby Football Union  (a merger of the white South African Rugby Board and the non-racial South African Rugby Union)
MON
GUM
SVG
  MONACO 1996 Monaco Rugby Union  
  GUAM 1997 Guam Rugby Union  
  ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 1998 St Vincent and the Grenadines  
         
ASM
AND
ARM
AUT
  AMERICAN SAMOA      
  ANDORRA   Andorra  
  ARMENIA   Armenia  
  AUSTRIA   Austria  
AZE
BHS
BRB
BER
  AZERBAIJAN      
  BAHAMAS      
  BARBADOS      
  BERMUDA      
BWA
BRA
VGB
BUL
  BOTSWANA      
  BRAZIL      
  BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS      
  BULGARIA      
BUR
KHM
CAM
CAY
  BURUNDI      
  CAMBODIA      
  CAMEROON      
  CAYMAN      
CHN
TPE
COL
CRO
  CHINA      
  CHINESE TAIPEI      
  COLOMBIA      
  CROATIA      
FIN
GHA
GUY
IND
  FINLAND      
  GHANA      
  GUYANA      
  INDIA      
IDN
ISR
KAZ
KGS
  INDONESIA      
  ISRAEL      
  KAZAKHSTAN      
  KYRGYZSTAN      
LAO
LAT
LTU
MAD
  LAO      
  LATVIA      
  LITHUANIA      
  MADAGASCAR      
MAS
MLI
MLT
MRT
  MALAYSIA      
  MALI      
  MALTA      
  MAURITANIA      
MUS
MEX
MDA
MNG
  MAURITIUS      
  MEXICO      
  MOLDOVA      
  MONGOLIA      
MAR
NGA
PAK
PNG
  MOROCCO      
  NIGERIA      
  PAKISTAN      
  PAPUA NEW GUINEA      
PAR
PER
PHL
POL
  PARAGUAY      
  PERU      
  PHILIPPINES      
  POLAND      
RWA
SEN
SRB
SVN
  RWANDA      
  SENEGAL      
  SERBIA      
  SLOVENIA      
SOL
SRI
LCA
SWZ
  SOLOMON ISLANDS      
  SRI LANKA      
  ST. LUCIA      
  SWAZILAND      
PYF
TZA
TOG
TUN
  TAHITI      
  TANZANIA      
  TOGO      
  TUNISIA      
UKR
UZB
VAN
VEN
  UKRAINE      
  UZBEKISTAN      
  VANUATU      
  VENEZUELA      
ZAM
  ZAMBIA