There are 28 Provincial teams. 14 play in first division whilst the rest play in the Heartland competition. The first division is semi-professional whilst the Heartland championship is amateur
There are 5 Super franchises that compete in the Super Championship.
There are reportedly 520 club teams throughout New Zealand which is purely amateur and our grass roots Rugby.
There are 6 women's team at the domestic level.
There are also the All Blacks and New Zealand Maori as well as the New Zealand Heartland XV and other various New Zealand XV that don't play on a regular basis.
NRL (National Rugby League) is a rugby league code game were RL teams vs in Australia and NZ.
How many rugby teams is there the whole world?
The first New Zealand representative rugby team to tour beyond Australia were called "The Natives back in 1888
These two teams have never met in a match to decide on a winner of the Rugby World Cup
The NZ rugby league team are called the Kiwis
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There are 20 teams competing in the 2011 rugby world cup.
There are 13 players on the pitch in each rugby league side, as opposed to 15 in rugby union teams. The difference is in the forwards. Rugby union teams have 8, but rugby league teams survive with only 6.
20 teams this year!!
There are many sports websites that report on rugby teams. You can check Walesonline and BBC Sports for news specific to the Wales rugby teams of your interest.
There is no single Dublin rugby team. There are many rugby teams in Dublin.
None. a National team is one that covers all teams in one country