Girls Playing Rugby

1990 - Russia takes up Rugby League. Russia goes on to appear in the 2000 World Cup and to enter club sides in the Challenge Cup.
1990 - Blood-bin introduced into Rugby League.
1990 - The ban on French Rugby League using ‘rugby’ in its name is lifted. It changes its name back to Rugby à Treize.
1991 - Australia defeat England 12–6 at Twickenham, London, in the second Rugby Union World Cup, held in the British Isles and France.