The number of people participating in Rugby League in England increased slightly in 2022 over the previous year. In 2022, approximately 54,700 people participated in rugby league in England. More information about sports in England can be found in the
Number of people participating in rugby league in England from 2016 to 2022
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Other statistics that may interest you Rugby in the United Kingdom (UK)
Governing bodies
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- Basic Statistic Rugby Football Union (RFU) income breakdown England (UK) 2014-2021
- Premium Statistic Rugby Football Union (RFU) expenditure breakdown in England 2013-2021
- Basic Statistic Wales: annual turnover of the Welsh Rugby Union from 2014-2021, by source
- Premium Statistic Operating costs of the Welsh Rugby Union in Wales from 2014 to 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Ireland: total annual income of the Irish Rugby Football Union 2012/2013 to 2020/21
- Premium Statistic Ireland: expenses of the Irish Rugby Football Union from 2012/13 to 2020/21
- Premium Statistic Expenses of the Irish Rugby Football Union in Ireland from 2013/2014 to 2020/2021
- Premium Statistic Scotland: turnover breakdown of the Scottish Rugby Union from 2016 to 2019, by source
Funding
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- Premium Statistic UK: Sport England's public funding for the Rugby Football Union 2013-2017
- Premium Statistic UK: Sport England's public funding for the Rugby Football League 2013-2017
- Premium Statistic UK: Sport England's public funding for British Wheelchair Rugby 2013-2017
- Premium Statistic Public funding for Paralympic wheelchair rugby in the UK, by location of games
- Premium Statistic Ireland: Sport Ireland high performance sport investments in the IRFU 2013-2020
Employment
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- Premium Statistic Wales: monthly average number of staff of the Welsh Rugby Union 2014-2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Scotland: average monthly number of employees of the SRU 2013-2019, by category
- Premium Statistic Wales: group and company staff costs of Welsh Rugby Union in 2014-2019, by type
- Premium Statistic Ireland: expenses for administration and overheads of the IRFU 2013-2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Scotland: employment costs of the Scottish Rugby Union from 2013-2019, by type
- Premium Statistic Scotland: number of match officials appointments of the Scottish Rugby Union 2020
- Premium Statistic Scotland: number of Level 1 trained referees in the SRU in 2018, by gender
- Premium Statistic Scotland: number of match officials of the Scottish Rugby Union 2019, by district
Participation
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- Premium Statistic Rugby union participation in England 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Rugby League participation in England 2016-2022
- Basic Statistic Children participating in rugby in England 2018-2021
- Premium Statistic Participants in the Irish Rugby Football Union in Ireland 2016/2017, by player type
- Premium Statistic Sport England: number of people reached through Sportivate rugby union projects 2017
- Premium Statistic Number of Six Nations Championship participations 1883-2017, by country
- Premium Statistic Scotland: number of attendees of matches of the Scottish Rugby Union 2018, by game
Injuries
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- Premium Statistic RFU: total number of match injury incidents in England from 2003 to 2021
- Premium Statistic RFU: total number of training injury incidents in England from 2003 to 2021
- Premium Statistic RFU: incident rates of the most common match injuries recorded by the RFU 2021
- Premium Statistic RFU: incident rates of the most common training injuries recorded 2020/2021
- Premium Statistic RFU: shares of new & recurrent match injuries per 1,000 hours in England 2018
- Premium Statistic RFU: shares of new & recurrent training injuries per 1,000 hours in England 2018
Anti-doping
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- Premium Statistic Number of anti-doping tests in rugby in England 2017, by method
- Premium Statistic RFU: number of anti-doping tests in England 2014-2017, by league
- Premium Statistic Number of blood sample based anti-doping tests in rugby in England 2010-2018
- Premium Statistic Number of urine based anti-doping tests in rugby in England in 2010-2018
- Premium Statistic Number of urine based illicit drug tests in rugby in England 2010-2017
- Premium Statistic Number of hair based illicit drug tests in rugby in England 2010-2017
- Premium Statistic Ireland: number of anti doping tests in the IRFU in 2019/2020, by team
- Premium Statistic Number of Scottish Rugby Union anti doping tests in Scotland 2018/2019, by category
Rugby World Cup
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- Premium Statistic Rugby Football Union (RFU): Rugby World Cup 2015 revenue in England 2011-2016
- Premium Statistic Rugby World Cup: GDP contribution to hosts for selected years from 2003 to 2015
- Premium Statistic England: number of tickets being sold for the World Rugby Cup in 2015, by location
- Premium Statistic Rugby World Cup: attendance for selected years from 2003 to 2015
- Premium Statistic Rugby World Cup: capacity utilization for selected years from 2003 to 2015
- Premium Statistic Impact of the Rugby World Cup on online sharing activity in the UK in 2015
Further related statistics
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- Baseball and softball participation England 2016-2020
- Orienteering participation England 2016-2022
- Volleyball participation in England 2016-2022
- Winter sports participation England 2016-2022
- Surfing, board surfing, body boarding, kite surfing participation England 2015-2021
- Baseball and softball participation England 2006-2016
- Fencing participation England 2006-2016
- Rowing participation England 2010-2016
- Tennis participation in England 2007-2016
- Karate participation England 2006-2016
- Ten pin bowling participation England 2015-2019
- GB: number of horses in eventing discipline in British Equestrian Federation 2006-20
- Number of regular participants per activity group in England 2016-2021
- Basketball participation England 2006-2016
- Gymnastics and trampolining participation England 2006-2016
- Expenditure on sports Vietnam 2018, by category
- Wales: share of people who play darts monthly 2017-2019
- Austria: distribution of how often people exercise or play sport 2013-2017
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- Baseball and softball participation England 2006-2016
- Fencing participation England 2006-2016
- Rowing participation England 2010-2016
- Tennis participation in England 2007-2016
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- Ten pin bowling participation England 2015-2019
- GB: number of horses in eventing discipline in British Equestrian Federation 2006-20
- Number of regular participants per activity group in England 2016-2021
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Sport England. (April 20, 2023). Number of people participating in rugby league in England from 2016 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 10, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/899302/rugby-league-participation-uk/
Sport England. "Number of people participating in rugby league in England from 2016 to 2022." Chart. April 20, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 10, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/899302/rugby-league-participation-uk/
Sport England. (2023). Number of people participating in rugby league in England from 2016 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 10, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/899302/rugby-league-participation-uk/
Sport England. "Number of People Participating in Rugby League in England from 2016 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/899302/rugby-league-participation-uk/
Sport England, Number of people participating in rugby league in England from 2016 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/899302/rugby-league-participation-uk/ (last visited December 10, 2023)
Number of people participating in rugby league in England from 2016 to 2022 [Graph], Sport England, April 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/899302/rugby-league-participation-uk/