Regarding whether people should seek accreditation before starting, I would say no.
If someone tries to start the game in Finland, how interested would teh RLIF be? The answer is not very. The RLEF might encourage, but most attempts to start the game amount to nothing.
Consider the steps in starting the game.
1. Someone thinks it would be good to have rugby league in their country. Should they seek accrediation then?
2. Someone meets up with a rugby league enthusiast - should they seek accreditation before continusing to socialise
3. They introduce some friends to the game - time for accrediation?
4. They have a training session. Time?
5. They form a team and are ready to play
In reality, official recognition happens around stage 4 and 5, which is as early as it can be.
The first step is just gathering a group of rugby league enthusiasts together in one place before even getting a training session going.
The main purpose of accreditation is for the authorities ensure that there are not many different governing bodies, so the interest can be consolidated in one structure. However, while people are at an early stage, there is no assurance it will come to anything and there is not reason for the RLEF to put their eggs in that basket.
