The sport has growing more popular in Australia, France, Great Britain, and New Zealand.
These countries regularly compete in the Women's Rugby League World Cup which has been in operation since 2000.
Following the advent of the Australian Rugby League Commission in 2012, the duties of the AWRL were absorbed by the ARLC and NRL.
At international level the Great Britain women's national rugby league team represented the whole of Great Britain; however in 2006 the RFL announced that after the 2007 All Golds Tour the Great Britain team would no longer compete on a regular basis, favouring national teams for the home nations of England, Scotland, and Wales.
The NZRL Women's National Tournament is a competition for female rugby league teams.
Delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the most recent World Cup included eight teams and was held in November 2022 in England.
This annual competition began in 1999 as an Interstate Challenge with selections based on the players' state of residence.
In 2023, the National Rugby League extended what had usually been a single annual match to a two-match series.
[53] The top tier of rugby league in Great Britain is the RFL Women's Super League which operates a promotion and relegation system with the RFL Women's Championship below it.