. 5   mill ion ▁players , ▁of ▁which ▁ 3 . 2   mill ion ▁were ▁registered ▁union ▁players ▁and ▁ 1 . 9   mill ion ▁were ▁registered ▁club ▁players ; ▁ 2 2 % ▁of ▁all ▁players ▁were ▁female . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁c apped ▁international ▁player ▁from ▁the ▁tier ▁ 1 ▁nations ▁is ▁former ▁New ▁Zealand ▁opens ide ▁fl ank er ▁and ▁captain ▁Rich ie ▁McC aw ▁who ▁has ▁played ▁in ▁ 1 4 8 ▁international s . ▁While ▁the ▁top ▁scoring ▁tier ▁ 1 ▁international ▁player ▁is ▁New ▁Zealand ' s ▁Dan ▁Carter , ▁who ▁has ▁am ass ed ▁ 1 4 4 2 ▁points ▁during ▁his ▁career . ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Lith u ania ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁second ▁tier ▁rugby ▁nation , ▁broke ▁the ▁record ▁of ▁consecutive ▁international ▁wins ▁for ▁second ▁tier ▁rugby ▁nations . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁All ▁Black s ▁of ▁New ▁Zealand ▁set ▁the ▁new ▁record ▁ 1 8 ▁consecutive ▁test ▁wins ▁among ▁tier ▁ 1 ▁rugby ▁nations , ▁better ing ▁their ▁previous ▁consecutive ▁run ▁of ▁ 1 7 . ▁This ▁record ▁was ▁equ alled ▁by ▁England ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁with ▁a ▁win ▁over ▁Scotland ▁at ▁T wick en ham . ▁The ▁highest ▁scoring ▁international ▁match ▁between ▁two ▁recogn ised ▁un ions ▁was ▁Hong ▁Kong ' s ▁ 1 6 4 – 1 3 ▁victory ▁over ▁Singapore ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁While