"Pro Rugby is really just another layer, and it was that layer that was always needed between club rugby and international rugby," said the league's director of rugby, Stephen Lewis.
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Rugby fans will get matches from SANZAAR (including Super Rugby, The Rugby Championship, the Lions Series, Mitre10 Cup, Currie Cup, Bledisloe Cup and other international matches), the HSBC World Rugby Sevens series, and 18 regular-season matches in the inaugural season of Major League Rugby, the new American professional rugby union league.
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"This is the Vatican of rugby in the United States," said Matt McCarthy, who runs Rugby Wrap Up, a rugby website.
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An important step for Global Rapid Rugby was securing the approval of World Rugby, the international ruling body for rugby union.
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I played rugby because I wanted to play rugby and I liked rugby, but I'm not sure it started out that way.
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Actually Day didn't know anything about rugby so they might not have been rugby songs, but the men definitely had rugby player builds.
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Rugby WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Some of Australia's most celebrated players and coaches can trace their rugby roots to the Randwick Rugby Club in Sydney.
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Rugby: Women will receive Olympic medals in rugby for the first time ever when the rugby sevens bronze and gold medal matches are decided.
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First announced last November, PRO Rugby is the first American competition sanctioned by both USA Rugby and World Rugby, the sport's global and domestic governing bodies.
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I had more confidence playing rugby in England with a professional rugby team.
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Traditional rugby was founded at the private Rugby School in England in 1845.
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In Texas, the Land of Football, It's Rugby to the Rescue Why rugby?
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According to figures supplied by U.S.A. Rugby — the national governing body for rugby union, rugby league's cousin — the number of youth participants doubled between 2000 and 249.
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In March, World Rugby said that 25 percent of rugby players globally were female.
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Meanwhile, England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) has suspended all rugby activity until April 14.
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Sports were a chance to come together, too — especially rugby matches at Rugby Park.
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That conversation started my second life in rugby — not playing but writing about rugby.
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Spark said the secured rights will also include the Women's Rugby World Cup 2021, the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018, and World Rugby U20 Championships 2018 and 2019.
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RUGBY & CRICKET – HUNDREDS OF MATCHES FROM INTERNATIONAL RUGBY AND CRICKET: ESPN+ will serve rugby and cricket fans in the U.S. with more of their beloved sports, throughout the year.
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Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Rugby Africa and the Tunisia Rugby Union have apologized to Zimbabwe's rugby team after they slept on a Tunisian street to protest against their hotel accommodation.
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The first, a particularly exciting variation of rugby called rugby sevens, enjoyed a spectacular run.
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England's rugby team competes against South Africa in Saturday's Rugby World Cup final in Japan.
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Rugby diplomacy In 1994, black South Africans -- reeling from decades of apartheid -- largely hated rugby.
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Forwards : Tommaso Fattori (Rugby Roma Olimpic), S. Bonfante (CUS Torino Rugby), G. Zoffoli (Rugby Roma Olimpic), A. Albonico (CUS Torino Rugby), Vincenzo Bertolotto (CUS Torino Rugby), G. Visentin (Amatori Rugby Milan), I. Aloisio (Amatori Rugby Milan), A. Re-Garbagnati (Amatori Rugby Milan). Backs : M. Campagna (c) (Amatori Rugby Milan), G. Piana (CUS Torino Rugby), R. Maffioli (Amatori Rugby Milan), F. Vinci III (Rugby Roma Olimpic), G. Rizzoli (Rugby Bologna 1928), A. Cazzini (Amatori Rugby Milan), R. Centinari (Amatori Rugby Milan). Substitutes : O. Maestri (Amatori Rugby Milan), E. Sgorbati (Amatori Rugby Milan), Vigliana (CUS Torino Rugby), Ardissone (CUS Torino Rugby), Pinardi (CUS Torino Rugby). Manager : Michel Boucheron.
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The club plays currently in Slovak league, including Rugby Klub Bratislava, Rugby Club Piestany, Trnava Rugby Club, Zilina Rugby Club, and Kosice Rugby Club.
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The club plays currently in Slovak league, including Rugby Klub Bratislava, Rugby Club Slovan Bratislava, Trnava Rugby Club, Zilina Rugby Club, and Kosice Rugby Club.
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The 2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield is a rugby union competition, organised by European Professional Club Rugby, Rugby Europe and the Federazione Italiana Rugby, for entry into the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
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The governing body for World Rugby lifted rugby union's ban on professional rugby following the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Since that time, as other nations have professionalized rugby within their countries, USA Rugby has struggled to transition to a sustainable professional rugby club competition.
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Category:Australian rugby union players Category:Australian rugby league players Category:Australia national rugby league team players Category:Dual-code rugby internationals Category:Australia international rugby union players Category:Queensland rugby league team players Category:1880 births Category:1947 deaths Doug Sr.
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NORFC created the Louisiana High School rugby program, with clubs such as the Jesuit Blue Jay Rugby Club, Brother Martin Crusader Rugby Club, Barbarians Rugby Club, Bayou Hurricanes Rugby Club, and St. Paul's High Rugby Club.
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Tag Rugby also varies in that kicking the ball is not allowed. Similar to Tag Rugby, American Flag Rugby, (AFR), is a mixed gender, non-contact imitation of rugby union designed for American children entering grades K-9. Both American Flag Rugby and Mini Rugby differ to Tag Rugby in that they introduce more advanced elements of rugby union as the participants age. Other less formal variants include beach rugby and snow rugby.
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Andy Marinos is a former rugby footballer who played rugby league and rugby union professionally and represented Wales at rugby union.
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Jack Nowell, England rugby player. Luke Cowan- Dickie, England rugby player. Henry Slade, England rugby player. Bundee Aki, Ireland rugby player.
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Following the 1895 split in rugby football, the two forms rugby league and rugby union differed in administration only. Soon the rules of rugby league were modified, resulting in two distinctly different forms of rugby. 100 years later, rugby union joined rugby league and most other forms of football as an openly professional sport. The Olympic form of rugby is known as Rugby Sevens.
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Rugby union in South Africa is centrally administered by the South African Rugby Union, which consists of fourteen provincial unions – the Blue Bulls Rugby Union, the Boland Rugby Union, the Border Rugby Football Union, the Eastern Province Rugby Union, the Free State Rugby Union, the Golden Lions Rugby Union, the Griffons Rugby Union, the Griqualand West Rugby Union, the KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Union, the Leopards Rugby Union, the Mpumalanga Rugby Union, the South Western Districts Rugby Football Union, the Valke Rugby Union and the Western Province Rugby Football Union. Each of these unions administers a senior professional rugby team that participates in the domestic Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge (previously Vodacom Cup) competitions. In addition, these unions are responsible for amateur club rugby in their region. Clubs participate in provincial leagues organised by the unions; university sides also participate in the annual Varsity Cup competition, while non- university sides participate in the annual Gold Cup.
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Rugby is played in Cardiff in both rugby league and rugby union forms.
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Variants of rugby union have been codified for reduced-sized teams (i.e. rugby sevens, rugby tens), for youth training (i.e. mini rugby) for play in non-field environments (i.e. beach rugby and snow rugby) and for teams with disabilities (i.e.
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Rugby union turned professional one hundred years later in 1995, following the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. The respective world governing bodies are World Rugby (rugby union) and the Rugby League International Federation (rugby league). Rugby football was one of many versions of football played at English public schools in the 19th century. Although rugby league initially used rugby union rules, they are now wholly separate sports, with Rugby league being much more similar to Gridiron football.
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The team sports rugby league and rugby union have shared origins and thus many similarities. Initially, following the 1895 split in rugby football, rugby league and rugby union differed in administration only. Soon, however, the rules of rugby league were modified, resulting in two distinctly different forms of rugby. After 100 years, in 1995 rugby union joined rugby league and most other forms of football as an openly professional sport.
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The COBRA RUGBY CLUB is a prominent rugby club in Malaysia under the Selangor Rugby Union and Malaysia Rugby Union. Over the years COBRA has produced many outstanding rugby players at the national and state level. Members of COBRA are also active and well represented in the Malaysian Rugby Union, Selangor Rugby Union and the Malaysian Rugby Referees' Society. It was originally known as the Combined Old Boys Rugby Association (COBRA).
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Wheelchair rugby Atlanta Paralympics (1).jpg Wheelchair rugby Atlanta Paralympics (2).jpg Wheelchair rugby Atlanta Paralympics (3).jpg Wheelchair rugby Atlanta Paralympics (4).
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The French Rugby Federation is the governing body affiliated with World Rugby, with a regional section for New Caledonia. The Tuvalu Rugby Union is not yet affiliated with World Rugby. The French Rugby Federation is the governing body affiliated with World Rugby, with a regional section for Wallis and Futuna. The Nauru Rugby Union applied for World Rugby affiliation in 2015.
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Irvine Rugby Football Club is a Rugby Football club in the Scottish Rugby Union, that now plays its rugby in the . They are based in Irvine, Scotland and play their Rugby at Marress.
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Football teams Teresina include Flamengo-PI, River-PI, Tiradentes and Piauí-PI. Rugby teams include Teresina Rugby Club, Lions Rugby Club, Rugby Titans Clash.
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The schools Director of Rugby is former Gloucester Rugby and England Rugby player Olly Morgan.
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Nell joined Major League Rugby side Rugby ATL for the 2020 Major League Rugby season.
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Despite his previous involvement in rugby league, and the animosity between rugby union and rugby league, George Marsden was one of the founding members of the rugby union club Fylde Rugby Club in 1919.
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Gabriel Farley is a rugby league and rugby union player who plays for the Austin Gilgronis in Major League Rugby (MLR). He represented the United States Rugby League Team at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup and the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. He also played for USA Rugby U'20's All-Americans at the 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. Primarily playing as a Centre, Fullback and Wing in both codes of rugby.
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Mirco Bergamasco (born 23 February 1983) is an Italian rugby union and rugby league footballer. Bergamasco has played both rugby league and rugby union, and is a dual-code rugby international, having played for both the Italy national rugby union team and the Italy national rugby league team. He primarily plays at centre or wing. He played in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups as well as the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
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In 2008, USA Rugby returned women's rugby post-season tournament play to a Friday-Saturday format, and BYU women's rugby began playing under USA Rugby Collegiate Tournaments after a successful petition that granted Women's Cougar rugby club a waiver to participate in USA College rugby.
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Enjoyment in the playing and training of rugby: Lekker rugby speel en oefen. [S.l.]: South African Rugby Board. ~.1953. Danie Craven on rugby. Wellington [N.
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Rugby Union of Russia () is the governing body for rugby union in Russia. It was founded in 1936 originally as the Rugby Union of the Soviet Union. The Rugby Union of Russia became affiliated to World Rugby (previously known as the International Rugby Football Board, and still later as the International Rugby Board) in 1990.
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It was formed by the governing bodies of rugby league in Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League), Tonga (Tonga National Rugby League), Samoa (Rugby League Samoa), Fiji (Fiji National Rugby League) and the Cook Islands (Cook Islands Rugby League Association) in December 2009 and affiliated to the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF).
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Green and Gold Rugby is a website "for passionate followers of Australian rugby." It is an Australian Rugby Union website that covers the Wallabies, Super Rugby, Australian club and schoolboy rugby. The contributors are volunteers.
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The Canada national rugby union team () represents Canada in men's international rugby union and it is governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and white. Canada is classified by World Rugby as a tier two rugby nation. Canada competes in competitions such as the Americas Rugby Championship and the Rugby World Cup. Canada has been playing international rugby since their 1932 debut against Japan.
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Polish Rugby Union (Polish: Polski Związek Rugby), abbreviated to PZR, is the only legal Polish representative of Polish rugby union and rugby sevens for both men and women's rugby and all age groups. Poland does have an amateur rugby league national team, however there are no teams playing this form of rugby in Poland and therefore there is no governing body for rugby league.
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Olney has for many years been a rugby town, with its rugby team dating to 1877. Called Olney Rugby Football Club, it has four regular senior teams. They also cater for Colts rugby, women's rugby, girls' rugby and mini rugby. The club holds many social events for the town, one of these being a Rugby 7s tournament, with teams attending from all over the country.
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Taylor Howden is a New Zealand born United States international rugby league and rugby union player for the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby (MLR). He previously played for the NOLA Gold in Major League Rugby. He previously played for the Ohio Aviators in PRO Rugby and the Chicago Stockyarders of the Midwest Rugby League. His position is at in rugby league and flyhalf in rugby union.
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Rugby cards will usually feature one or more Rugby football players or another rugby-related theme.
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Also, there is a rugby football code called rugby league, which is distinct from rugby union.
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Abu Dhabi Harlequins is a rugby union and rugby league team based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. They currently play in the Gulf Top 6 in rugby union, and the Emirates Rugby League competition in rugby league.
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The Odisha Men's Rugby Union Team represents Odisha in rugby union. The Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA), in association with India Rugby Football Union is the governing body for Odisha Men's Rugby Union Team. Odisha is currently one of the best rugby football teams in India.
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Jaco Booysen is a South African former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played representative rugby league (RL) for South Africa in rugby league at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup and 2000 Rugby League World Cup.
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Preview Rugby Redefined. 2012. Turkey has yet to play in the qualifying stages for the Rugby World Cup finals. Rugby union in Turkey is administered by the Turkish Rugby Federation (Türkiye Ragbi Federasyonu). The federation is affiliated to Rugby Europe (formerly FIRA-AER),Turkey Rugby Europe.
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The Dutch Rugby Union () is the governing body for rugby union in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1932 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Football Board, in 1988 known as the International Rugby Board and now as World Rugby. Netherlands Men's Rugby are ranked 25th (on October 12th, 2019) in the world according to World Rugby.
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The Iran national rugby union team () is a sporting side that represents Iran in rugby union and is controlled by the I.R. Iran Rugby Federation. The I.R. Iran Rugby Federation is a member of World Rugby and the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU). The team currently competes in Division 3 (West) of the Asian Rugby Championship.
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Lenca Rugby Club is a Honduran rugby club based in La Esperanza, Honduras and a founding member of the Honduran Rugby Federation. Lenca Rugby (La Esperanza Rugby Football Club) is a rugby club based in La Esperanza, Intibuca, Honduras. It is affiliated to the Federacion Hondurena de Rugby. The club currently fields a 15s and 7s senior team.
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Mini rugby is known in Wales as "dragon rugby", and Australia as "walla rugby". In Ireland the under-7s version of mini rugby is a touch or tag game with no set pieces known as "leprechaun rugby".
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On completion of mod league, players make a move to full international rugby league laws. Tag rugby, touch rugby and rugby league nines are also widely used to introduce young children to the sport of rugby league.
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SA Rugby magazine is a monthly South African Rugby Union magazine that covers Springboks, international, Super Rugby, Currie Cup, Varsity Cup, regional, provincial, club and schools rugby.
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John Sidney Smith (1860 - unknown) was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales.
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Jean-Emmanuel Cassin is a French rugby footballer who plays rugby union for Oyonnax Rugby and represented his country at rugby league in the 2000 World Cup.
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The Rugby Football Union's version of rugby became as known as rugby union after its governing body.
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Steve Diamond is a rugby union coach currently Director of Rugby at Premiership Rugby club Sale Sharks.
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The Devonport Rugby Club is a Rugby Union team competing in the Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide League.
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Belgium in qualifiers for the 2007 Rugby World Cup The Germany national rugby union team (German: Deutsche Rugby union Nationalmannschaft) represents Germany in men's international competitions. currently plays at the second level of European rugby but is yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. The national team first played in 1927, with rugby union in Germany being administered by the German Rugby Federation (Deutscher Rugby-Verband). Germany competes in the Trophy Division, the second tier of the Rugby Europe International Championships, the senior men's rugby tournament for European nations below the Six Nations.
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Rugby Africa, is the administrative body for rugby union within the continent of Africa under the authority of World Rugby, which is the world governing body of rugby union. , Rugby Africa has 37 member nations and runs several rugby tournaments for national teams, including the Africa Cup which is the main 15-a-side competition for African national teams. Rugby Africa was founded in 1986 as the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) to promote, develop, organise and administer the game of rugby in Africa. It was renamed Rugby Africa in December 2014.
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The New Orleans Rugby Football Club is currently a member of the True South Rugby Union, Division II. New Orleans Rugby competes against other TSRFU teams such as: Birmingham Rugby Football Club, Memphis Blues Rugby Club, Knoxville Rugby Football Club, Chattanooga Rugby Football Club, Baton Rouge Rugby Football Club and Nashville Rugby Football Club. NORFC won the USA Rugby South Division II Deep South Pool in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. In 2011, NORFC fielded a 2nd XV in the DIII competition. This team won the Deep South Pool and advanced to the South Finals.
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The Wisconsin Rugby Club, the 1998 and 2013 USA Rugby Division II National Champions, and the Wisconsin Women's Rugby Football Club are the state's only Division I women's rugby team. All Madison rugby teams play within the Wisconsin Rugby Football Union — the Midwest Rugby Union and USA Rugby. The Madison Curling Club was founded in 1921. Team Spatola of the Madison Curling Club won the 2014 Women's US National Championship.
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He changed rugby football codes from rugby union to rugby league, and became an integral part of the successful Wigan team of the 1990s. He changed rugby football codes from rugby league to rugby union after rugby union became professional, he played in England, winning championships with London Wasps and Newcastle Falcons. A centre or wing, he was known as a powerful runner, much larger than most wings in rugby union.
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John Sydney Millar "Rugby chief Millar awarded a CBE" (born 23 May 1934) is a former rugby union prop from Northern Ireland who played international rugby for Ireland and the British Lions. After retiring from playing rugby he became a rugby coach and later a rugby administrator. He became chairman of the Irish Rugby Union in 1995, and from 2003 until 2007 was the chairman of the International Rugby Board.
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Maurizio Zaffiri (born 12 January 1978 in L'Aquila) is an Italian rugby union flanker. He started playing with L'Aquila Rugby. He later moved to Gran Parma Rugby and then to Rugby Calvisano. He currently plays for L'Aquila Rugby.
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Togolese Rugby Federation () is the governing body for rugby union in Togo. It is a member of the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) and the International Rugby Board.
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The Berliner Rugby Club is a German rugby union club from Berlin, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga.
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Cochrane played rugby union for the South Sydney rugby union side before switching codes to play Rugby League.
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Rugby Europe is the administrative body for rugby union in Europe. It was formed in 1999 to promote, develop, organise and administer the game of rugby in Europe under the authority of World Rugby (the world governing body of rugby union). The predecessor to Rugby Europe was the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA) which was established in 1934 to administer rugby union in Europe outside the authority of the International Rugby Football Board (as World Rugby was then called), and quickly came to spread outside the continent. FIRA agreed to come under the auspices of World Rugby in the 1990s and appended 'Association Européenne de Rugby' to its name in a return to being a European body.
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The Australian Rugby Championship only lasted the one season. From 2014, a new national championship was begun. The National Rugby Championship, run by Rugby Australia, has become the highest tier of rugby competition in Australia sitting below Super Rugby.
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Rugby League World is a dedicated rugby league magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. Other rugby league titles published by League Publications Ltd include the weekly newspaper Rugby Leaguer & League Express and the annual Gillette Rugby League Yearbook.
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United Arab Emirates Rugby Federation, or UAE Rugby, is the governing body for rugby union in the United Arab Emirates. It was founded in 2009 and organises and oversees local rugby, including the annual Dubai Sevens and Dubai Women's Sevens, as well as all UAE national rugby teams. UAE Rugby became affiliated to World Rugby (then known as IRB) in 2012.
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Retrieved 4 April 2015. of South Africa was described as a historical event for Ghana Rugby as it was the first time in 11 years that coaches were trained on both Level 1World Rugby. "Level 1 Coaching - Introducing Rugby” . Retrieved 4 April 2015. and Level 2World Rugby. "Level 2 - Developing Rugby Skills” , Retrieved 4 April 2015. for rugby union and SevensWorld Rugby.
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In 2009 major law changes were implemented with the aim of making union simpler and more open. Rugby league historian Tony Collins has written that since turning professional in the mid-1990s, rugby union has increasingly borrowed techniques and tactics from rugby league. Rugby union has more laws than rugby league"Laws of the Game: Rugby Union 2007." International Rugby Board, Dublin, 2007.
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The Danish Rugby Union (DRU) () is the governing body for rugby union in Denmark. Rugby began being played in Denmark in 1931 but it was not until 1950 that the DRU was established. In 1971 the DRU joined FIRA - Association of European Rugby followed by the Skandinavisk Rugby Union in 1974 before finally joining the International Rugby Board (now World Rugby) in 1988.
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The Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union, or Rugby PNG is the governing body for rugby union in Papua New Guinea. It was established in 1962 and was affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1993. Rugby PNG is a full member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), which is the regional governing body for rugby in Oceania.
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Steeden is the official ball supplier of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, National Rugby League (NRL), Rugby League State of Origin, Australia Rugby League, New South Wales Rugby League, Queensland Rugby League, New Zealand Rugby League, Australian Touch Association, The Betfred Super League, Betfred Championship and the Betfred League 1 and many more national governing bodies around the globe.
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Rugby 2004 is the 2003 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series. The game was developed by HB Studios, published by EA Sports, and released in 2003. The game is a follow-up to 2000's Rugby 2001, and is succeeded by Rugby 2005, Rugby 06 and Rugby 08. Rugby 2004 features over 60 teams, over 1500 players and over 65 stadiums.
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The Ireland women's national rugby sevens team participates in international competitions such as the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Rugby Europe Women's Sevens and Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics. Unlike the Ireland women's national rugby union team, the sevens team is a professional team with players contracted to the Irish Rugby Football Union.
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The Hikurangi Rugby Club withdrew from the North Auckland rugby union competition in 1928, helping to establish rugby league in Northland.Our History Hikurangi Rugby Club The Northland rugby league team first played in 1929. Marist Old Boys defeated the Otago Rugby League's Christian Brothers 17-10 to win the Gore Cup.
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England 2010, the Women's Rugby World Cup. Lest We Forget: Rugby and the First World War. Brave Blossoms: The History of Rugby in Japan. Permanent exhibitions include: The 1871 Room, Amateurs and Professionals, Wartime Rugby, 6-Nations Gallery, Rugby World Cup and What Kind of Rugby Player Are You Interactive Gallery.
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The Professional Rugby Organization, known as PRO Rugby, was an American professional rugby union competition. PRO began play in April 2016 with five teams and ceased operations by January 2017. The competition was sanctioned by USA Rugby and by World Rugby. This was the first professional rugby competition in North America.
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The Spanish Rugby Federation () is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Spain. The Spanish Rugby Federation was founded in 1923, and joined the International Rugby Football Board, later known as the International Rugby Board and now as World Rugby, in 1988. It is located in Madrid.
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The governing body for rugby league in Samoa is the Rugby League Samoa. They are members of the Rugby League International Federation and the Pacific Islands Rugby League Federation.
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Hawaii Youth Rugby was founded as a non-profit organization in 2004 to build rugby programs for boys and girls and increase participation in rugby. It became a State Based Rugby Organization (SBRO) under the USA Rugby umbrella in 2009.
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The 2014 Rugby Championship was also known, for sponsorship reasons, as The Castle Lager Rugby Championship in South Africa, The Investec Rugby Championship in New Zealand, The Castrol Edge Rugby Championship in Australia and The Personal Rugby Championship in Argentina.
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The Los Angeles Rugby Club, founded in 1958, is a premier First Division amateur rugby team that competes in the Southern California Rugby Football Union (SCRFU) that reports to USA Rugby—the national governing body for the United States Rugby Union.
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Lolani Koko is a Samoan former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played representative rugby union for Samoa and representative rugby league for Western Samoa, including at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
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In Rugby league, the Brooklyn Kings represent Brooklyn in the semi professional USA Rugby League competition. In Rugby union, Rugby United New York joined Major League Rugby in 2019. They play their home games at MCU Park in Coney Island. Brooklyn Rugby Football Club is a men's team competing in Division III of the Metropolitan Rugby Football Union and Brooklyn Women's Rugby Football Club is a women's team in Division II of the same union.
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The Washington and Jefferson Rugby Club was founded in 2004, and fields both men's and women's teams. It is a member of USA Rugby, the Midwest Rugby Union, and the Allegheny Rugby Union. The club competes in the Allegheny Rugby Union Collegiate Division 3 against teams such as Juniata Rugby Football Club, Carnegie Mellon Rugby Football Club and Geneva Rugby Football Club. The club also competes in an unofficial Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship every spring.
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Va'aiga Lealuga Tuigamala (born 4 September 1969), sometimes known as Inga Tuigamala, is a former professional rugby union and rugby league player. Born in Samoa, he represented New Zealand in rugby union, winning 19 caps, and later Samoa in both rugby league (two caps) and rugby union (23 caps). He played in one rugby league and two rugby union World Cups. Tuigamala began his career in rugby union, and played provincially for Auckland.
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The Hamburger Rugby Club (HRC) is a German rugby union club from Hamburg, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga.
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Edgar Wrigley was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.
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The community of Downpatrick also features two Rugby Clubs. These clubs are Ballynahinch Rugby Football and Dromorer Rugby Football.
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The club plays the most common version of rugby, called rugby union but often just referred to as rugby. Although the club plays by rugby union rules, they also play by the rules of the International Rugby Board (IRB) for those under 19 years of age. In the summer of 2011, the Trojan Rugby Football Club took part in another version of rugby called rugby sevens. This variation of rugby is faster paced, with the same size fields but fewer people, and shorter half lengths.
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André Ruiz (born 30 March 1947) is a French rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union, including in the four Rugby League World Cups.
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Manningham converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, consequently, he was both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Manningham.
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Gray changed rugby football codes from rugby union to rugby league when he transferred to Huddersfield RLFC in 1937-38, and also played for the Other Nationalities rugby league team.
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In early November 2015, PRO Rugby launched its Facebook page and scheduled an announcement for November 9, 2015."Pro Rugby Announcement Coming Next Week", Goff Rugby Report, November 4, 2015. On November 9, 2015, PRO Rugby made an official announcement outlining its plans and a framework for the competition. USA Rugby affirmed that it sanctioned and supported the PRO Rugby competition."PRO Rugby Launches First Professional League in North America" , USA Rugby, November 9, 2015. PRO Rugby announced its first team, Sacramento, on November 18, 2015."It's official: Sacramento will get team in nation's first pro rugby league", Sacramento Business Journal, November 18, 2015. PRO Rugby announced its second team, San Francisco, on November 19, 2015."PRO Rugby Officially Announces San Francisco", This Is American Rugby, November 19, 2015.
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Portuguese Women’s Rugby Super Cup (Union/Sevens) The Supertaça de Portugal de Rugby Feminino (English: Portuguese Women’s Rugby Super Cup) is a Portuguese national rugby union (rugby Sevens since 2012/13), organized by the Portuguese Rugby Federation, and disputed by the winners of national championship and Portuguese cup. Start in 2004/05.
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Turner founded his own rugby consultancy business "Paul Turner Rugby" Paul Turner Rugby in April 2012 and worked as a rugby consultant on the grassroots rugby programme "Inside Welsh Rugby".IWRTV People In 2014, he rebranded the company as "Paul Turner Sport",Paul Turner Sport offering additional services to complement his coaching.
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Slovak Rugby Union is the official organization in Slovakia, to promote and organize the rugby. Based in Bratislava, competitions are settled all around the country, divided by two types: rugby 7s and rugby XV. There are ten clubs in Slovakia, including Rugby Klub Bratislava, Trnava, Rugby Union Club Piešťany, Bardejov or Košice.
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The Northern Territory Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in the Northern Territory of Australia. It controls the Darwin Rugby League, Darwin Junior Rugby League and the Centralia Australian Rugby Football League. Northern Territory is an affiliated state of the overall Australian governing body the Australian Rugby League.
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Twickenham was the proposed location for the rugby union game In 1895, most rugby clubs in the North of England broke away from the governing body of Rugby football, the Rugby Football Union, and formed a rival body, the Northern Rugby Football Union (later renamed the Rugby Football League) over the issue of payments to players. This "Great Schism" led to the creation of two forms of Rugby football - rugby union governed by the Rugby Football Union and rugby league overseen by the Rugby Football League. 100 years later in August 1995, the International Rugby Board announced that rugby union was to be an "open" game, ending the prohibition of payments to players. In January 1996, an announcement was made that Bath RFC, at that time the dominant club side in English rugby union, and Wigan RLFC, similarly the country's dominant rugby league side, would meet in a two-game, cross-code challenge series that would see both clubs playing to each other's set of laws.
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Pakisonasi Afu (born 7 September 1990) is a professional rugby footballer who has represented Tonga in rugby league and Tonga A in rugby union. He is contracted to Austin Elite Rugby to play Major League Rugby in the United States. Afu previously played rugby league in the NSW Cup for New Zealand Warriors and Wyong Roos as a prop. His usual position in rugby union is centre.
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Marika Koroibete (born 26 July 1992) is a dual-code international rugby league and rugby union footballer. He has been capped for Australia's national rugby union team, and plays as a winger for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby. Koroibete previously played rugby league for the Melbourne Storm and Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League, and was a member of the Fiji national rugby league team.
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Andrew David Farrell, (born 30 May 1975) is coach of the Irish national rugby team and a former English rugby union coach and former rugby league and rugby union player. He is the head coach for Ireland following the 2019 Rugby World Cup. He is the father of England rugby union player Owen Farrell. A dual-code international, Farrell was a goal-kicking in rugby league.
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The Colombia national rugby sevens team participates in the annual Sudamérica Rugby Sevens tournament. Their best finish was in the 2015 tournament, where they finished fourth. The team is governed by the Colombian Rugby Federation. Colombia has not yet qualified for any major global rugby sevens competitions, such as the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the World Rugby Sevens Series, nor Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics.
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USA Rugby is the member union of the United States within World Rugby. USA Rugby is responsible for overseeing rugby union domestically and training the various national teams that they put on the pitch. Rugby started to grow in the United States in the 1960s. The United States of America Rugby Football Union formed in 1975, and joined World Rugby (then known as IRFB) in 1987.
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Madigan played rugby union for Randwick Rugby Club (14 first-grade matches, two tries, 1950) and Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club (1951, 1957 and 1963). Outside Australia, he played Harlequins Rugby (1953) in London and Westchester Rugby Club (1960–1962) in New York. In 1960, he represented the United States Eastern Rugby Union against Quebec Province in Montreal.Columbia Rugby Club Will Tackle Westchester in Year's Last Match.
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The Mexico national rugby league team represents Mexico in the sport of rugby league. The team is operated by the Mexico Rugby League and sanctioned by the Rugby League International Federation to represent Mexico at international level in the sport of rugby league.
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The Moldovan Rugby Federation (FRM) () is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Moldova. It was found in 1967 and became affiliated to Rugby Europe and World Rugby (Then known as the International Rugby Board) in 1992 and 1994 respectively.
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Minnesota Collegiate Rugby consists of teams playing in the Division I-A (Big 10), Great Midwest Rugby Conference, and the Northern Lights Collegiate Rugby Conference - which consists of teams competing in USA Rugby Division 2 and the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO).
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Currently there are rugby women's rugby teams in Klaipėda, Marijampolė and Vilnius. Another two are in the building. Rugby sevens is the dominant variant. Although Lithuania's women are yet to play test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2005.
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Cathal Marsh is an Irish rugby union player for Rugby United New York (RUNY) in Major League Rugby (MLR). His preferred position is fly-half. He previously played for Leinster Rugby.
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Albert Mortimer Jenkin (14 September 1872 – 3 July 1961) was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea, county rugby for Glamorgan and international rugby for Wales.
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Leon Williamson is a New Zealand former rugby league referee. An international referee, Williamson also controlled Auckland Rugby League, New Zealand Rugby League, Rugby Football League Championship and Toyota Cup matches.
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Tim Boys (b. in Oamaru, New Zealand) is a New Zealand Rugby Union player that plays provincial rugby for Southland, and is in the Super Rugby team the Crusaders (rugby union).
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Palmer Rugby is an American rugby team based in Davenport, Iowa. The team plays in the Midwest Rugby Premiership and is the official rugby team of the Palmer College of Chiropractic.
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Phil Houston is a former New Zealand rugby league referee. An international referee, Houston has also controlled Auckland Rugby League, New Zealand Rugby League, Australian Rugby League and Super League matches.
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The governing body of rugby union in Singapore is the Singapore Rugby Union (SRU), which was founded in 1966. It joined the International Rugby Football Board (now World Rugby) in 1988.
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Rugby Northeast is a Division II conference in college rugby within the United States and is administered by USA Rugby.
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UB rugby won four championships of the NYSRC Upstate Division 1 Tournament.Buffalo Rugby, Empire Rugby Conference. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
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Maccabi Rugby Football Club is an amateur rugby union club that plays in the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union.
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The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for the sport in England. Previously, before the emergence of Wales Rugby League, Scotland Rugby League and Rugby League Ireland the RFL had control over the whole United Kingdom. The RFL are affiliated with the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) and the Rugby League European Federation (RLEF). The Community Board is made up of representatives of the RFL, BARLA, Combined Services, English Schools Rugby League and Student Rugby League.
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The Chile national rugby sevens team represents Chile in international rugby sevens tournaments. Chile's rugby sevens team has played at the USA Sevens on the World Rugby Sevens Series, at the Rugby World Cup Sevens, and at the Pan American Games since rugby sevens was added in 2011. The Chile national under-20 rugby union team has played in the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. Chile finished second in 2008, and third in 2009 and 2013.
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The King's College London Rugby Football Club (also referred to as KCLRFC and King's Rugby) represents King's College London in rugby union competitions, notably BUCS and the University of London Union's Gutteridge Cup. King's Rugby Football Club is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world and traditionally one of the leading London University rugby clubs. King's College rugby team was part of the King's College Hospital rugby team that was a founding member of the RFU.
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Rugby (known as EA Sports Rugby, and as Rugby 2001 in the European PC version; often mislabeled as Rugby 2002) is the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series. The game was developed by Creative Assembly and published by EA Sports. The game is EA Sports' first rugby union game on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2, and is succeeded by Rugby 2004. Rugby features over 20 teams, over 500 players and over 20 stadiums.
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Rugby Israel () is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Israel. It was founded as the Israel Rugby Union in 1971, and joined the International Rugby Board in 1988.Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby, Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p68 For political reasons, it is also part of FIRA-AER, the European rugby body, rather than the Asian Rugby Football Union. The Israel national rugby union team play in the European Nations Cup.
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Malaysian Rugby, formerly known as Malaysian Rugby Union (Malay: Kesatuan Ragbi Malaysia) is the governing body for rugby union in Malaysia. It was founded in 1921 and joined the International Rugby Football Board, later known as the International Rugby Board and now as World Rugby, in 1988. They organize the annual Malaysia Sevens tournament.
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The Colonial Coast Rugby Conference is a New England-based college rugby conference founded in 2012. The conference provides a pathway to a USA Rugby National Championship for Division II college rugby programs. In addition, the conference provides a pathway for women's rugby to compete in the National Small College Rugby Organization national championships.
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The Asociación Española de Rugby League (Spanish Rugby League Association) was formed and admitted to the Rugby League European Federation in 2013. L'Associació Catalana de Rugby Lliga, formed in 2008, is the governing body for rugby league in Catalonia. Catalonia is an unranked member of the Rugby League European Federation with Official observer status.
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Leeds Rugby Limited is the 'Worlds First Dual Rugby Partnership', between the main Rugby league and Rugby Union sides in the city of Leeds, these being the Leeds Rhinos (Rugby League) and Leeds Tykes (Rugby Union). Both teams played at the Headingley Carnegie Stadium until Leeds Tykes moves out ahead of the 2020–21 season.
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In response to the Queensland Rugby Union's efforts, four separate organizations amalgamated to form the Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Ltd in 2009. The four organizations were the Sunshine Coast and District Rugby Union, the Sunshine Coast and District Junior Rugby Union, Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Referees Association and Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Schools Association.
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The Mayotte Rugby Committee (French: Comité de Rugby de Mayotte, —or officially: Comité Territorial de Rugby de Mayotte) is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within Mayotte. The organisation was previously Ligue Régionale de Rugby de Mayotte, but was upgraded to committee status in 2008. It is affiliated with the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR), which is the regional governing body for rugby union in Africa, but it is not affiliated with the World Rugby in its own right.
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Edmond "Eddie" Paea (born 8 February 1988) is a dual-code rugby international rugby footballer for Tonga. Beginning his professional career playing rugby league with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League, Paea made his debut for the Tongan rugby league team at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, before changing to rugby union and representing the Tongan rugby union team. Eddie currently plays for his junior team, the Mascot Juniors RLFC in the A Grade South Sydney Junior Rugby League competition which Eddie returned to in 2019.
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Olney has for many years been a rugby town with its rugby team dating back from 1877, called Olney Rugby Football Club, which has four regular senior teams. They also cater for Colts rugby, women's rugby and mini rugby. The club holds many social events for the town, one of these being a Rugby 7's tournament, with competitors coming from all over the country. Olney's Rugby is of a high standard in amateur rugby, winning the Lewis Shield in 2007, the Southern Counties North League in 2008 and the Bucks County Cup in 2010.
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Ryan Burroughs (born August 26, 1991) is an American professional rugby football player who has played primarily rugby league he has represented the United States National Rugby League team in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, as well as the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9’s. He last played rugby league for Barrow Raiders. He left the club to sign for rugby union’s Major League Rugby side Old Glory DC. Primarily playing on the , he can also play as or . Burroughs is a United States national rugby league team representative.
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UNC Rugby was established in 1969, and hosted the national championship in 1982. UNCRFC belongs to the Eastern Rockies Rugby Football Union, the West Rugby Football Union and USA Rugby, Division II.
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Lane Cove Rugby shares an alliance with London club, Belsize Park Rugby Football Club. Belsize Park Rugby Football club was one of the founding clubs of the Rugby Football Union in 1871.
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The Uzbekistan national rugby union team is a member of World Rugby and has yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament. The Rugby Federation in Uzbekistan was established in 2001.
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Matsushima joined Australian Super Rugby side the prior to the 2015 Super Rugby season. He joined Australian Super Rugby side the on a short-term deal for the 2016 Super Rugby season.
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In Gozo one can also find a rugby club. The Gozo Rugby Club opened it doors in 2011 and nowadays, compete in the Malta Rugby Football Union and Malta Rugby League competition.
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Manningham converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Manningham.
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The Botswana Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Botswana. It is a member of the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) and a member of the International Rugby Board.
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In the mid twentieth century, rugby union continued to be a purely amateur sport, unlike American football and the breakaway rugby league. Rugby league didn't make much headway in the USA, for the simple reason that many rugby players who wished to go professional could go into the NFL instead where there was better pay. The expansion of rugby league was frequently at the expense of rugby union elsewhere. An early attempt to introduce rugby league was in 1939, when the Californian Rugby Football Union wrote to the governing body of rugby league, the Rugby Football League, to tell them they wanted to switch from rugby union and affiliate to the RFL.
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The region is represented in rugby union by the East Coast Rugby Football Union and the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union.
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Peter Steven Swanson (26 December 1946 – November 2003) was a rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented in rugby union.
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The governing body is the Indonesian Rugby Football Union which is a member of World Rugby, and Asian Rugby Football Union.
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Tom "Angry" William Cross was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.
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Rugby ATL is a professional rugby union team in Major League Rugby (MLR) from Atlanta, Georgia, that began play in 2020.
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He was also a rugby union forward for Bristol Rugby Football Club and played county rugby for both Somerset and Gloucestershire.
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Davies played international rugby league for the Wales national rugby league team, and played at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.
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The Cook Islands Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the Cook Islands. It was founded in 1989 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1995. The Cook Islands Rugby Union are also members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance.
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Andrea Burk (born April 7, 1982) is a Canadian rugby footballer. She represented in rugby union at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup and in rugby league at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup. She made her debut in their 2009 tour of .
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Rugby union in Mexico is a minor but growing sport. Rugby union has a stronger following in Mexico with French communities. The Mexican Rugby Federation () is the body directing rugby union in Mexico. It has the responsibility of organising and developing rugby in the country.
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The Uganda Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Uganda. It was established in 1959 and is responsible for organising local competitions and the Rugby Cranes national representative team. The URU is a member of both World Rugby and Rugby Africa.
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John Kurtis Weaver (born March 8, 1979) is a Rugby union match official for World Rugby and USA Rugby competitions. He has refereed men's and women's international matches for World Rugby and professional and top-level club matches and National Championships for USA Rugby.
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The 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 19th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000.
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Andrew Walker (born 22 November 1973) is an indigenous Australian rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union - a dual code international. Walker was the first dual code international to represent his country at rugby league before representing rugby union.
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Tevita Vaikona (born 18 August 1974) is a Tongan professional rugby league and rugby union footballer, a winger who played rugby league and picked up many honours before switching codes to rugby union. In 2002, Vaikona was voted best rugby league winger in the world.
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The Carolina Geographic Rugby Union is the Local Area Union (LAU) for rugby union teams playing in North Carolina and South Carolina. Youth rugby in North Carolina is governed by the North Carolina State Rugby Organization of USARugby, the North Carolina Youth Rugby Union.
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Coenraad Lodewyk Breytenbach (born 10 November 1970) is a South African former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He represented South Africa at rugby league in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup and Russia in rugby union.
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Dicky Ralph (21 January 1908 – 5 October 1989) was a Welsh international rugby fly-half who played rugby union for Newport and rugby league with Leeds and Batley. He won six caps for Wales at rugby union, and also represented Wales at rugby league.
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The Venezuelan Rugby Federation ( (FVR)) is the governing body of rugby union in Venezuela. It was founded in 1992. It is a member of World Rugby since 1998 and Sudamérica Rugby. The Venezuelan Rugby Federation was recognised by the Venezuelan Ministry of Sport in 2005.
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The Odisha Women's Rugby Union Team represents Odisha in rugby union. The Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA), in association with India Rugby Football Union is the governing body for Odisha Women's Rugby Union Team. Odisha's women's team is currently the best rugby football team in India as they have nearly won every competition they haves played.
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Aude is the land of rugby league (rugby à XIII) with the teams of Limoux, Carcassonne and Lézignan among the elite. Puig Aubert (1925–1994) was a famous rugby league player who played with AS Carcassonne. There are numerous amateur rugby league clubs dotted all over the area. Rugby union (rugby à XV) is also played in Aude.
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Bay of Plenty Rugby League is the local sporting body responsible for the administration of Rugby league in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. Following the restructuring of the New Zealand Rugby League they are part of the Upper Central Zone along with Waikato Rugby League, Coastline Rugby League and Gisborne Tairawhiti Rugby League.
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The Texas Christian University Rugby Football Club plays in Division 1 of college rugby in the Southwest conference against other in-state rivals. TCU rugby plays its home games at the TCU Rugby Pitch, located at 3400 W. Berry St. TCU rugby has been led since 2008 by head coach Ben Cole, a USA Rugby certified coach.
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Rugby union is a developing sport in Edmond as well as in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Edmond boasts two rugby clubs: The Edmond Rugby Club (aka "The Storm")Moriak, Meredith. News OK. Rugby gives Edmond athlete healthier goals. www.edmondrugbyclub.com Official Website of the Edmond Rugby Club and the University of Central Oklahoma Rugby Football Club.
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Dr. Edward Vernon Pegge (5 June 1864 − 21 March 1915) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Neath Rugby Football Club, international rugby for Wales and later became a vice-president of the Welsh Rugby Union. Pegge had an eccentric personality that made him a stand-out character of early Welsh rugby.
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Tuaalagi Lepupa is a Samoan rugby football international who has represented Samoa in both rugby league and rugby sevens, most notably at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Lepupa plays as a or .
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The Macau national rugby union team represents Macau in international rugby union. Macau are a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB), and have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament.
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Catalonia national rugby league team in 2009 The Catalonia national rugby league team represents Catalonia in the sport of rugby league football, running under the auspices of the Associació Catalana de Rugby Lliga.
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The next time was in 1971 to Valley Sports Rugby, or simply VS Rugby, then in 2000 to Rugby United, and again for the most recent time to Rugby Town F.C. in 2005.
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The Manly-Warringah District Junior Rugby League (MWDJRL) and North Sydney District Junior Rugby League (NSDJRL) is an amateur rugby league competition for senior and junior rugby league clubs in Sydney's Northern Suburbs.
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The Sunshine Coast Rugby Union is the local rugby union competition on Australia's Sunshine Coast. Through Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Limited it serves as the governing body for rugby on the Sunshine Coast.
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Stuart Hooper (born 18 November 1981) is the current Director of Rugby and former rugby union player, at Bath Rugby. He last played for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership in April 2016.
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World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rugby competitions, such as the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the World Under 20 Championship, and the Pacific Nations Cup. World Rugby's headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland.
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Scott Newlands Scott Newlands (born 1985) is a former Scottish professional rugby player, currently coaching the French ProD2 team Valence Romans Drome Rugby. He comes from Kelso and has previously played rugby professionally at US Carcassonne, Oyonnax Rugby, Edinburgh Rugby and at amateur level for Kelso RFC and Heriot's Rugby Club. Newlands has also played for Scotland's national rugby sevens team, as well as for Scotland A in the Churchill Cup.
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During his tenure as President, the Scottish Rugby Union had a conflict with the English Rugby Union. The Scottish Rugby Union together with the Welsh Rugby Union and the Irish Rugby Football Union founded the International Rugby Board, now World Rugby to oversee the game. The English Union refused to join. Young was reported in The Sporting Life thus: > The attitude of the latter country [England] was, he considered, most > unsportsmanlike.
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The Wisconsin Women's Rugby Football Club (WWRFC) is an amateur Division II women's rugby team in Madison, Wisconsin. The WWRFC plays competitively in the Wisconsin Rugby Football Union, a subsidiary of the Midwest Rugby Football Union and the USA Rugby. The team is a tax-exempt non-profit organization as a member of Madison United Rugby. The team holds all practices and home matches at the Wisconsin Rugby Sports Complex.
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As with the Americas Rugby Championship, the new Americas Rugby Challenge saw all competing countries playing against each other. The first edition of the competition was a Four Nations tournament with Rugby Americas North and Sudamérica Rugby both having two representatives each. World Rugby announces ARCh teams and logo The host nation of Colombia were joined by Sudamérica Rugby rivals Paraguay. Guyana and Mexico represented Rugby Americas North.
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Rugby is also popular in French Polynesia, specifically Rugby union.
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Rhinos Rugby Oudenaarde is a Belgian rugby club in Oudenaarde.
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Rugby Pack is a French rugby programme for beIN Sports.
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Josh Matavesi, Fiji rugby player. Sam Matavesi, Fiji rugby player.
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Tenta also played rugby union for the LSU Rugby Club.
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Espoo Rugby Club is a Finnish rugby club in Espoo.
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Ulster Rugby represents the province in the European Rugby Champions.
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Helsinki Rugby Club is a Finnish rugby club in Helsinki.
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The British Asian Rugby Association (BARA) is a rugby governing body, encompassing both rugby union and rugby league, for British players of Asian descent. It was spearheaded by Ikram Butt, a former England rugby league and Pakistan rugby union international. There is a BARA team that takes part in various tournaments, such as the All India and South Asian rugby union championships, which they won in 2005. The team also provides a number of players to the Pakistan national rugby union team.
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He practices yoga, plays tennis and is keen on scuba diving and skiing. Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, a huge fan of rugby, sponsors the Olympus Rugby Club (Kharkiv). Olympus is one of the leading rugby clubs of Ukraine and a talent factory for the national rugby team. This club is a fifteen-time rugby union champion of Ukraine, ten-time rugby sevens champion of Ukraine, nine-time winner of rugby union cup of Ukraine and seven-time winner of rugby sevens cup of Ukraine.
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The history of rugby league in Georgia began in 1991 when a Georgian player was recruited by a Russian rugby league club. In 1993 a rural Georgian rugby union club team defected to the Russian Rugby League. The club and all of its players were banned from playing rugby union in the future. Despite these previous endeavours rugby league was effectively unknown in Georgia until late 2004 when a French-based rugby enthusiast Paata Tsintsadze established the Georgian National Rugby League Federation (GNRLF).
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The New Caledonia Rugby Committee (French: Comité de Rugby de Nouvelle Calédonie, —or officially: Comité Régional de Rugby de Nouvelle Calédonie) is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within New Caledonia. It is a full member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), which is the governing body for rugby union in Oceania, but it is not affiliated with the International Rugby Board (IRB) in its own right.
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Youth playing Flag Rugby at the Conrose Park in Halifax The Nova Scotia Rugby Union (ORU) also known as Rugby Nova Scotia is the provincial governing body for the sport of rugby union in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and a Provincial Union of Rugby Canada. Rugby Nova Scotia governs various levels of rugby (Mini-Rugby, Under-12, Under-14, Under-16, Under-18, Senior, Masters, Non-contact). You can find a list of clubs in Nova Scotia here.
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Corpus Christi Rugby Football Club (CCRFC) is a member of the Texas Rugby Union, an affiliate of the Western Rugby Union, as well as USA Rugby. The CCRFC formed in 1973 as the Corpus Christi Islanders. That year, the first Texas Rugby Union Championships was held in Corpus Christi. The Crabs play in the TRU Division III South along with McAllen Rugby Football Club, Alamo City Rugby Football Club, Galveston Rugby Football Club, University of Houston RFC, and St. Thomas University RFC.
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The Belgian Rugby Federation (FBRB – Fédération Belge de Rugby in French and Belgische Rugby Bond in Dutch) is the governing body for rugby union in Belgium. It was founded in 1931 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1988. The Belgian Federation of Rugby (FBRB) is responsible for organizing and developing rugby union in Belgium. It includes the provincial districts, clubs, managers, players, coaches, educators and officials, to contribute to the practice and development of rugby in all communities in Belgium.
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In 1922 the Brisbane Rugby Football League (Brisbane Rugby Football League, later Brisbane Rugby League) was formed out of dissatisfaction with the way the Queensland Rugby League ran the game. Those involved took particular exception to the salary being earned by Harry Sunderland as secretary of the Queensland Rugby League. The Brisbane Rugby League took control of the local competition. Competing in the Brisbane Rugby League competition that year were Brothers, Carltons, Coorparoo, University, Valley and Past Grammars. Although the Queensland Rugby League attempted to regain control of the Brisbane Rugby League competition in 1923 and 1924, the Brisbane Rugby League remained steadfast and the dispute simmered into the next decade.
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The governing body is the Venezuelan Rugby Federation, which was founded in 1992. It is affiliated to World Rugby and Sudamérica Rugby.
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Enele Taufa (born 24 September 1984) is a Tongan rugby footballer who has represented Tonga at both rugby league and rugby union.
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Alexander Douglas McLean Jr. (15 December 1912 – 1961) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player, a dual-code rugby international.
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Metallurg is a Russian rugby club from Kemerovo Oblast. They participate in the Professional Rugby League, the top division of Russian rugby.
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South American Women's Rugby Sevens Championship is an annual rugby sevens tournament organized by Sudamérica Rugby. It has been contested since 2004.
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The city of Rugby is served by Ely Elementary School and Rugby High School. Little Flower Catholic School is also in Rugby.
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His brother Jake Caulfield was also a professional rugby union player for Bath Rugby and Ulster Rugby before injury curtailed his career.
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"Why Americans Call Soccer 'Soccer'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 5 April 2018. Both rugby union and rugby league are generally known as rugby.
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The first national rugby union was the Rugby Football Union, founded in England in 1871. This was followed over the next decade by the home nations of Scottish Football Union (1873, later SRU), Irish Rugby Football Union (1879) and Welsh Rugby Union (1881). The French Federation (1919) and most recent addition to the 6 Nations Italy (1928). In the southern hemisphere the traditional rugby powers of South Africa and New Zealand formed their Unions before the end of the 19th century. The white South African Rugby Board merged with the non-racial South African Rugby Union in 1992 following the fall of apartheid. In Australia the third traditional southern rugby power, the Southern Rugby Union (later the New South Wales Rugby Union) and the Northern Rugby Union (later the Queensland Rugby Union) were formed in 1874 and 1883 respectively, before eventually helping form the Australian Rugby Union, now known as Rugby Australia, in 1949.
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The Kyrgyzstan national rugby union team represents Kyrgyzstan in international rugby union. Although the nation is a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB) it has not played in a Rugby World Cup tournament.
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The Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League are the governing body for rugby league in Papua New Guinea. They have been members of the Rugby League International Federation and Pacific Islands Rugby League Federation.
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The union became a member of the International Rugby Football Board, later known as the International Rugby Board and now as World Rugby, after being invited to the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987.
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Stan Cowan was the son of the rugby union, and rugby league footballer for Hull F.C.; James "Jim"/"Jimmy" Cowan, and the older brother of the rugby union and rugby league footballer; Ronnie Cowan.
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Ron Cowan is the son of the rugby union and rugby league footballer for Hull F.C.; James "Jim"/"Jimmy" Cowan, and the younger brother of the rugby union, and rugby league footballer; Stan Cowan.
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Colombia participated in the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, a qualifying tournament for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, but failed to qualify."Sudamérica Rugby Sevens To Open 2018", Americas Rugby News, December 8, 2017.
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Harold "Circus" Owen Hayward (1883–1970) was a New Zealand rugby football player who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league. His brother, Morgan, also represented New Zealand in rugby league.
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Emosi 'Moose' Koloto is a New Zealand former rugby league and rugby union footballer. He represented the New Zealand national rugby league team 5 times during 1991. Koloto played his rugby league as a .
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Etonia Nabuli (born 24 August 1988) is a Fijian-born Australian professional rugby footballer who plays rugby union for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. He previously played rugby league for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League as a , also representing Fiji.
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Volney Rouse (born December 6, 1983) is an American rugby union player. Rouse plays his club rugby for San Francisco Golden Gate Rugby Club, and also played for the San Francisco Rush in 2016."Latest PRO Rugby Roster Update", This Is American Rugby, April 13, 2016.
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Rugby union is a growing sport in Slovenia which is governed by Rugby Zveza Slovenije (Rugby Union of Slovenia). The Slovenia national rugby union team is currently ranked 43rd by World Rugby. There are also many active local clubs, including RAK Olimpija, RFC Bezigrad and RK Ljubljana.
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When Heckmondwike converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code for the 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Don Jowett would have been approximately 30 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Heckmondwike.
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James Augustus "Gus" Merry (c. 1888 – 14 December 1943) was a Welsh international rugby hooker who played rugby union for Pill Harriers and rugby league with Hull F.C. He won two caps for Wales at rugby union and later represented the Wales rugby league team in 1913.
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Former logo of Rugby Parma F.C. Crociati Parma Rugby F.C. are an Italian rugby union club. They are based in Parma in Emilia-Romagna. They were founded in 2010 by the merger of Rugby Parma F.C. (Overmach Parma) and F.C. Rugby Noceto and disbanded in 2014.
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The Australian Rugby League Commission is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Australia and also conducts all representative rugby league, including the national team and the annual State of Origin series. The Australian Rugby League's major club competition is the National Rugby League.
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The Rugby Federation of Armenia (; ) is the governing body for rugby union in Armenia. It was founded in 2000 and joined FIRA-AER (now Rugby Europe) as an associate member in 2002. Rugby Europe suspended the Rugby Federation of Armenia in November 2014 due to inactivity.
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Glen Fisiiahi is a rugby league and rugby union footballer of Tongan and Niue descent. He previously played rugby league professionally for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League where he played as a and and has represented the Tonga international rugby league team.
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The Russian Rugby Championship, officially known as the Liga Stavok - Russian Rugby Championship for sponsorship reasons (), is Russia's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The Russian Rugby Championship is run by Russian Rugby Union and is contested by 10 teams as of the 2019-2020 season.
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The Wellington Rugby League Team (also known as the Wellington Orcas) are a rugby league team that represents the Wellington Rugby League in New Zealand Rugby League competitions. They currently compete in the National Competition.
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The United States Rugby Players Association, also referred to as the USRPA, is the union of professional Major League Rugby players. United States Rugby Players Association is a member of International Rugby Players Association (IRPA).
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His entrance music during Boston games is "Trapped in the Closet" by R. Kelly. Flegmann also plays rugby union with the 2016 USA Rugby National Champions Mystic River Rugby Club in the American Rugby Premiership.
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rugby Association (KPRA, formerly North-West Frontier Province Rugby Association) is the governing body overseeing rugby in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is a member of the Pakistan Rugby Union.
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Fraser Anderson (born 20 April 1984) is a former professional rugby footballer who played rugby union for the Kobelco Steelers. Anderson previously played rugby league in the National Rugby League for Brisbane and Cronulla- Sutherland.
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The Royal Moroccan Rugby Federation () is the governing body for rugby union in Morocco. It is affiliated with the International Rugby Board and is responsible for the Moroccan national team and the Moroccan Rugby Championship.
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Why Rugby League? at Crusaders Rugby League website In 1922, the Northern Union also changed its name to the Rugby Football League and thus over time the sport itself became known as "rugby league" football.
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The Kazakhstan Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Kazakhstan. It is a member of the International Rugby Board. The Union organises the Kazakhstan national rugby union team, known as the Nomads.
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Eden Rugby Club (formally known as Eden Rugby Football Club) is a rugby union club based in Auckland, New Zealand. The club was established in 1922 and is affiliated with the Auckland Rugby Football Union.
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The club's current home is the rugby pitch at Waterford's Hellyer Memorial Park. Players and coaches have gone on to represent the Niagara Rugby Union, Rugby Ontario, and at the national level with Rugby Canada.
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His elder son Struan Douglas is a Scottish Rugby League international and his younger son Nigel Douglas played rugby for Scottish School boys, premier rugby for Dundee HSRFP and district rugby for North and Midlands.
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Senghenydd Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club affiliated to the Welsh Rugby Union who have played in the town since 1898.
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The Coastline rugby league team are New Zealand rugby league team that represents the Coastline Rugby League. They have been nicknamed the Mariners.
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Some tournaments prefer to play rugby league nines (rugby league with nine players on each side) to distinguish it from rugby union sevens.
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Since 2014, following the International Rugby Board becoming World Rugby, the award has been titled the World Rugby Junior Player of the Year.
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Rob Valentine is the younger brother of the rugby union, and rugby league footballer; Dave Valentine, and the rugby union footballer; Alec Valentine.
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Douglas Leslie Rollerson (14 May 1953 – 3 May 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player, and rugby union executive.
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Rugby union in Moldova is a popular sport. The governing body in Moldova is the Moldovan Rugby Federation (Federatia de Rugby din Moldovei).
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The Moldova national rugby union team represents Moldova in international rugby union matches. They have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.
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Marist St Pats (MSP) are a rugby union club who play in Wellington Rugby Football Union's premier club rugby grade The Jubilee Cup.
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Imperia-Dynamo Penza is a Russian rugby club from Penza. They participate in the Professional Rugby League, the top division of Russian rugby.
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The Namibia national rugby sevens team has played in various rugby sevens tournaments, including the Commonwealth Games and the World Rugby Sevens Series.
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Iain Wood is a New Zealand rugby footballer who played rugby union for North Harbour and rugby league for the Gold Coast Seagulls.
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Martin Aloysius Cunningham (1903-1979), was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL)- Australia's major rugby league competition.
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John Mudgeway was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented South Africa at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
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Karl Donald Ifwersen (1893–1967) was a New Zealand rugby football player who represented New Zealand in both rugby league and rugby union.
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NSW took responsibility for rugby union in Australia until the formation of the Australian Rugby Union, now known as Rugby Australia, in 1949.
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Turangawaewae won the minor premiership and the championship in the Waikato Rugby League competition, defeating Taniwharau Rugby League 20–15 in the grand final.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.190 The Piako Warriors defeated the Tokoroa Pacific Sharks 34–20 in the Bay of Plenty Rugby League grand final.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.191 Piako featured Hare Te Rangi. The Waitara Bears won the Taranaki Rugby League competition 16–14 over the defending champions, the Western Suburbs Tigers.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.196 The Bears featured Blair Nickson while the Tigers included Willie Talau. Kia Ora, coached by Peter Sixtus, defeated Otaki 14–4 in the Manawatu Rugby League grand final.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.
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Burnage Rugby Club play in National 3 and are based near Parrs Wood Entertainment Complex. Manchester Rugby Club was founded as Manchester Football Club in 1860, eleven years before the formation of the Rugby Football Union. The club is one of the oldest rugby union clubs in the world, along with Blackheath Rugby Club and Liverpool St Helens F.C.. The club's ground is at Grove Park in Cheadle Hulme.Manchester Rugby Club See main article: Manchester Rugby Club Broughton Park Rugby Union F.C. is one of the oldest rugby union clubs in England and was established in 1882, just one year after the Lancashire County Rugby Union was founded and eleven years after the formation of the national Rugby Football Union.
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In more recent times there has been a resurgence in Saint Kentigern old boys playing at Super Rugby level. TJ Faiane, Sione Mafileo, Matt Duffie, Dalton Papalii, Sam Nock, Blake Gibson, Finlay Christie, and Tanielu Tele’a are Saint Kentigern old boys in the current Blues (Super Rugby) squad. Other former St. Kentigern old boys who play in the Super Rugby competition are: Etene Nanai- Seturo - Chiefs (rugby union), Tiaan Tauakipulu - New South Wales Waratahs, Ere Enari - Crusaders (rugby union), Braydon Ennor - Crusaders (rugby union), Pari Pari Parkinson - Highlanders (rugby union), Tevita Mafileo - Hurricanes (rugby union) and Scott Scrafton - Hurricanes (rugby union). In addition, there are few old collegians who play in the Premiership Rugby in England and some in the Top 14 (french rugby competition).
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Receiving his first appointments as a member of Ohio Rugby Referees Society in 2009, Weaver was named to the USA Rugby National Panel in 2011, the Elite Panel in 2014, and the Pro Panel in 2016. His first international appointment came in a Test match (rugby union) between Jamaica national rugby union team and Bahamas national rugby union team in 2012. Weaver became a World Rugby referee in 2015, receiving multiple appointments to the Africa Cup, Americas Rugby Championship, World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, and World Rugby Nations Cup 2017, in addition to Assistant Referee appointments. He was one of the first contracted referees for the inaugural PRO Rugby season \- the first professional Rugby union competition in the United States.
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In 2009 the club announced its intention to play rugby union in addition to rugby league from the 2010 season onwards, fielding their junior side in rugby league still and thereby partially reversing the club's 1991 switch from rugby union to rugby league. The decision to return to rugby union was primarily due to the desire of the Lokomotiv club to compete in the Russian rugby union sevens championship following the IOC's October 2009 decision to readmit rugby union as an Olympic sport in its seven-a-side format and the unwillingness of the Rugby Union of Russia to admit the Lokomotiv club to play in its rugby union sevens competition without also committing to the full 15-a-side version of rugby union.
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Rugby Club Sitges is a Spanish rugby team based in Sitges.
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Durango Rugby Taldea is a Spanish rugby team based in Durango.
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Quimic Equip Rugby is a Spanish rugby team based in Barcelona.
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Unión Rugby Almería is a Spanish rugby team based in Almería.
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Rugby union can be referred to as union, football or rugby.
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Rugby Union Donau Wien is an Austrian rugby club in Vienna.
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Barcelona Enginyers Rugby is a Spanish rugby team based in Barcelona.
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Alfreton's rugby club (Amber Valley Rugby Club) is based at Somercotes.
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Alfa Rugby Bydgoszcz is a Polish rugby club based in Bydgoszcz.
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Skra Warszawa Rugby is a Polish rugby club based in Warsaw.
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He began playing rugby for the Winchester RFC mini rugby sides.
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The Réunion Rugby Committee (French: Comité de Rugby de la Réunion, —or officially: Comité Territorial de Rugby de la Réunion) is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within Réunion. The organisation was previously Ligue Régionale de Rugby de la Réunion, but was upgraded to committee status in 2008. It is affiliated with the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR), which is the regional governing body for rugby union in Africa, but it is not affiliated with the International Rugby Board (IRB) in its own right.
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Rugby tens, also known as ten-a-side and Xs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of ten players, typically five forwards and five backs. Matches are much shorter, usually played as two ten-minute halves. Unlike the other two major rugby union variants - sevens and beach rugby - which were invented in major rugby nations, rugby tens was developed in Malaysia, a nation that has never qualified for the Rugby World Cup.Bath, p 71 The rules (law variations) are similar to rugby sevens and are published on the World Rugby website.
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At state level, the game is administered by local governing bodies under the control of the ARLC. The state bodies include the New South Wales Rugby League and Queensland Rugby League, as well as Northern Territory Rugby League, South Australian Rugby League, Tasmanian Rugby League, Victorian Rugby League and Western Australia Rugby League which have Affiliate state status. New South Wales has a second governing body, the New South Wales Country Rugby League (NSWCRL) to govern the sport outside the Sydney metropolitan area. In spite of its name, NSWCRL also governs rugby league in the Australian Capital Territory.
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Play Missoula Sports Directory: Rugby, Retrieved January 8, 2016USA Rugby-Missoula Maggots. USA Rugby Stats: Missoula Maggots, Retrieved January 8, 2016 The Maggots are traditionally a Rugby Union style team when they are in competition as the popularity of Rugby Sevens is much newer to Rugby overall. The Maggots also play against other Division I, Division II, and Division III men's and collegiate rugby clubs throughout the Pacific Northwest, United States, and Canada when not committed to Montana Rugby Union play. The Maggots are known to tour much more than other rugby clubs in the United States.
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Rugby Québec is the popular name of the Fédération de Rugby du Québec (formerly the Québec Rugby Union) which is the provincial governing body for the sport of rugby union in the Canadian province of Québec. The Fédération de Rugby du Québec is affiliated with the Canadian Rugby Union. The Fédération de Rugby du Québec origins are hard to trace for two reasons. First, rugby union in Canada converged with and then later split from the game of Canadian football, often with rugby football unions representing both games, thus making an exact history hard to establish.
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The Webb Ellis Rugby Football Museum The Webb Ellis Rugby Football Museum is a rugby football museum in the town centre of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, near Rugby School. It takes its name from William Webb Ellis who is credited with inventing the game of Rugby football. The museum, (previously known as the James Gilbert Rugby Football Museum) opened in the 1980, and is housed in the building where the shoe and boot maker James Gilbert, (nephew of William Gilbert), first made rugby balls in 1842. On its premises (see image) it is identified as The Rugby Museum.
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The Tonga National Rugby League (TNRL) was the governing body for rugby league in Tonga. It is based in the capital Nuku'alofa. The TNRL was founded in 1949 and has been a member of the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) since 1974. Along with the governing bodies of Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League), Tonga (Tonga National Rugby League), Samoa (Rugby League Samoa), and the Cook Islands (Cook Islands Rugby League Association), they founded the Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation in December 2009.
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SuperSport Rugby is the channel which focuses mainly on rugby. It shows all national team rugby matches live, as well as all Super Rugby fixtures, the Currie Cup, Varsity Rugby and certain top high school and club matches. Most matches have commentary in both English and Afrikaans, with a growing number also featuring a Xhosa feed.Xhosa rugby commentary not kicked into touch, The Sowetan, 23 July 2014 As the world's largest broadcaster of live rugby, SuperSport's commentators read like a "who's who" of South African rugby greats.
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The history of rugby league in Georgia began in 1991 when a Georgian player was recruited by a Russian rugby league club. In 1993 a rural Georgian rugby union club team defected to the Russian Rugby League; the club and all of its players were banned from playing rugby union for life. In 2004 Paata Tsintsadze established rugby league in Georgia, with the backing of the Rugby League European Federation. In June 2004 the Georgia Rugby League (GRL) was incorporated, and recognised by the State Sports Ministry.
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This timeline lists the foundation dates of the national governing bodies for rugby union--known as rugby unions or federations. The first union was the Rugby Football Union (RFU) that was founded in 1871 to govern rugby union within England. It was founded following the first ever rugby union international, played between England and Scotland in 1871. The Scottish Football Union (later renamed the Scottish Rugby Union) was then founded in 1873, the Irish Rugby Football Union in 1879 and the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881.
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Rugby league is a popular sport in Lebanon. The Lebanese Rugby League Federation is based in Safra in Lebanon. They are Full Members of the Rugby League European Federation and also Full Members of the Rugby League International Federation. The Lebanon national rugby league team qualified and played in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, and nearly qualified for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, but were narrowly beaten by Samoa in their final game.
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Niue Rugby Logo Niue Rugby Football Union is the governing body for rugby union in Niue. It was founded in 1952, and became affiliated to the World Rugby (formerly the IRB) in 1999. The Niue Rugby Football Union is a member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), and was also a member of the former Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance and was eligible to supply players to the Pacific Islanders team.
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The Scotland national rugby union team represents Scotland in men's international rugby union is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The team takes part in the annual Six Nations Championship and participates in the Rugby World Cup, which takes place every four years. , Scotland are 9th in the World Rugby Rankings. The Scottish rugby team dates back to 1871, when they beat England in the first international rugby union match at Raeburn Place.
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Edward "Ed" Fry (1879–1968) was an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer. He was one of the founding players of rugby league in Australia at the time of the rebel code's breakaway from rugby union. He played for New South Wales in the very first rugby match run by the newly created 'New South Wales Rugby Football League' which had just split away from the established New South Wales Rugby Football Union.
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The French Guiana Rugby Committee (French: Comité de Rugby de Guyane, —or officially: Comité Territorial de Rugby de Guyane) is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within French Guiana. It is not affiliated with the International Rugby Board (IRB) in its own right. As an overseas department of France, French Guiana can participate in international competition, but not for the Rugby World Cup.
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Webb Ellis A rugby ball is an elongated ellipsoidal ball used in rugby football. Its measurements and weight are specified by World Rugby and the Rugby League International Federation, the governing bodies for both codes, rugby union and rugby league respectively. The rugby ball has an oval shape, four panels and a weight of about 400 gr. It is often confused with some balls of similar dimensions used in American, Canadian and Australian football.
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Rugby union is governed by the Samoa Rugby Union who are also members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance. Samoa were awarded 'second tier' status by the International Rugby Board which entitles them to funding from the IRB. The Samoa Rugby Union was founded in 1924, as the "Apia Rugby Union", and affiliated to the NZRFU in the same year.Jones, p10 As the Western Samoa Rugby Football Union, it joined the IRB in 1988.
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Barba played for CUS Roma Rugby (1982/83), Petrarca Rugby (1983/84-1984/85), where he won 2 Italian Championships, CUS Roma Rugby (1985/86-1989/90), Amatori Rugby Milano (1990/91-1992/93), winning the Italian Championship for 2 titles, in 1990/91 and 1992/93, CUS Roma Rugby (1993/94), Rugby Roma Olimpic (1994/95) and S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927 (1997/98-1998/99). He left competition aged 35 years old.
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Rugby union has more detailed rules than rugby league and has changed less since the 1895 schism. Rugby league historian Tony Collins has written that since rugby union turned professional in the mid-1990s, it has increasingly borrowed techniques and tactics from rugby league. The inherent similarities between rugby league and rugby union have at times led to experimental hybrid games being played that use a mix of the two sports' rules.
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Mini rugby, also known as New Image Rugby, is a form of rugby union designed to introduce the sport to children. It uses a smaller ball and pitch than standard rugby, and has eight to ten players a side. Invented in England in 1970, mini rugby was soon taken up by both the English Rugby Football Union (RFU) and the Welsh Rugby Union. The original game had four backs, and five forwards.
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The Belgium national rugby union team () (German: Belgische Rugby- Nationalmannschaft) represents Belgium in men's international rugby union competitions, nicknamed Diables Noirs / Zwarte Duivels (Black Devils). Although Belgium are currently 27th in World Rugby rankings, they are yet to participate in a Rugby World Cup and currently compete in the first division of the European Nations Cup, which they have been playing in since 2017. Rugby union in Belgium is administered by the Belgian Rugby Federation.
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All three competitions feature professional and amateur teams from England as well as teams from abroad. Touch Rugby is administered by Rugby Football League through a product known as Play Touch Rugby League. Try Tag Rugby are the RFL's official Tag Rugby League partners, running leagues in London, Yorkshire and the Thames Valley. Wheelchair rugby league was first introduced to England in 2005.
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Brinley "Bryn" Williams (3 April 1895 – 5 January 1987)Brinley Williams rugby union player profile Scrum.com was a Welsh dual-code international rugby wing who played rugby union for Llanelli and rugby league with Batley. At rugby union he won three caps for Wales, and at rugby league he won two caps for Wales, and one cap for Other Nationalities.
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The McLean family were an Australian rugby clan who between them played 77 Tests for the Australian national rugby union team and a number of Tests for the Australian national rugby league team. The main grandstand at Ballymore, the home of the Queensland Rugby Union, is named the McLean Stand in honour of the family's contribution to Queensland rugby and Australian rugby.
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Mateaki Fonnama'atonga Mafi, also known by the nickname of "Matti", is a Tongan dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer, and sprinter. He played representative rugby union (RU) for rugby league and representative rugby league (RL) for Tonga, most notably at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, and participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics as a 200m sprinter.
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Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union Football Club Inc. is a Rugby Union club in Tasmania. Established in 1964, the club is a member of the Tasmanian Rugby Union and Tasmanian Rugby Union Juniors, affiliated with the Australian Rugby Union and plays in the Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide League. The club's home ground is at North Warrane Oval in the City of Clarence.
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The Vanuatu Rugby Football Union, or VRFU, is the governing body for rugby union in Vanuatu. It was established in the 1960s, but only became fully affiliated to the International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1999. The Vanuatu Rugby Football Union is a full member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), which is the regional governing body for rugby union in Oceania.
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As is the case of the Americas Rugby Championship, the new Americas Rugby Challenge saw all countries playing against each other. The first edition of the competition was a Four Nations tournament with Rugby Americas North and Sudamérica Rugby both having two representatives each. World Rugby announces ARCh teams and logo The host nation, Colombia, was joined by Sudamérica Rugby rivals Paraguay.
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The Professional Rugby Organization, known as PRO Rugby, was a USA Rugby sanctioned American professional rugby union competition that played in 2016. This was the first professional rugby competition in North America."USA to launch six-team rugby union competition in 2016", Fox Sports, November 9, 2015. PRO played only the 2016 season, before it ceased operations as of January 2017.
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Following the success of the Rugby World Cup, in 2004, the Victorian Rugby Union made a bid for a Super Rugby rugby union franchise. The bid had support from backers including the Victorian Government. However it was rejected by the Australian Rugby Union for a team in Perth which became the Western Force.Lost opportunity for Melbourne and rugby union from theage.com.
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Rugby Australia, known as the Australian Rugby Union until 2017, is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. It was officially constituted in 1949 and is a member of World Rugby, the sport's international governing body. Rugby Australia has eight member unions, representing each state and territory. It also manages Australia's national rugby union teams, including the Wallabies and the Wallaroos.
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Rugby union is played professionally (Major League Rugby), recreationally and in colleges, though it is not governed by the NCAA (see college rugby). An estimated 1.2 million people in the United States play rugby."Pro League Looks to Kick-Start American Rugby", The New York Times, Emma Stoney, April 25, 2016. The U.S. national team has competed at the Rugby World Cup.
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The Los Angeles area has had several amateur clubs. It is home to the Santa Monica Rugby Club, which competes in the Pacific Rugby Premiership and is a member of USA Rugby. The Los Angeles Rugby Club is the second oldest club in the Southern California Rugby Football Union. The Club was founded in 1958 as the Universities Rugby Club.
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Gordon then switched to rugby league in 1975 and joined the Maritime club in the Auckland Rugby League.1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p. 66 He made the New Zealand national rugby league team after only 14 rugby league matches. He played in thirteen test matches for the Kiwis, including at the 1975 World Cup.
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The Cook Islands is a tier-three rugby union playing nation. They began playing international rugby union in the early 1990s, and have yet to make the Rugby World Cup. The Cook Islands Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the Cook Islands. It was founded in 1989, and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1995.
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Rugby union in the United States is the fastest growing sport in the nation. Rugby union at the youth, high school, college, amateur club, professional, and international levels is governed by USA Rugby. There are over 125,000 players registered with USA Rugby as of 2016. Over 2,500 rugby clubs exist around the country, including those of whom are part of college rugby.
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Condamine has a rugby union team which compete in the Darling Downs Rugby Union competition, against such teams as the University of Southern Queensland Rugby Union Club, Toowoomba Rangers Rugby Union Club, Toowoomba City Rugby Club, Roma Echidnas, the Condamine Cods, the Dalby Wheatmen, the Goondiwindi Emus, the Warwick Water Rats and the University of Queensland Rugby Union Club (Gatton Campus).
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The Falcons Rugby Union was founded in 1947 as the Eastern Transvaal Rugby Football Union. After the 1995 World Cup, rugby was declared a professional sport in South Africa, after which the Eastern Transvaal Rugby Football Union merged with the Vaal Triangle Rugby Union to form the Gauteng Falcons Rugby Union. It is one of only fourteen Provincial Unions in the country.
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In early November 2015, PRO Rugby launched its Facebook page and scheduled an announcement for November 9, 2015."Pro Rugby Announcement Coming Next Week", Goff Rugby Report, November 4, 2015. On November 9, 2015, PRO Rugby made an official announcement outlining its plans and a framework for the competition. USA Rugby affirmed that it sanctioned and supported the PRO Rugby competition.
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Solomone Kata (born 3 December 1994) is a professional rugby union footballer who plays for the ACT Brumbies in Super Rugby. He previously played rugby league for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League, and has played rugby league for Tonga and New Zealand at international level.
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Hamburg Rugby Union (Hamburger Rugby Verband (HHRV)) is the head organization of the rugby teams in and around Hamburg. The HHRV is the professional association in the Hamburg sports federation as well as the national association of the governing body of rugby union in Germany (Deutschen Rugby- Verband (DRV)).
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Brown has offered men's rugby at Brown as a club sport since 1960."University Rugby Recognition—Success at Brown", Rugby Today, Allyn Freeman, February 27, 2015. Brown plays in the Ivy Rugby Conference against its traditional Ivy League rivals. Brown men's rugby is led by Head Coach David Laflamme.
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The Qatar National Rugby Union Team represents Qatar in international rugby union. Qatar is a full member of Asia Rugby and has made application for World Rugby membership. Qatar made its Asian 5 Nations debut in 2011. The team has yet to play in a Rugby World Cup.
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Matt Saunders is a rugby union player for the Philippines national rugby union team. His rugby union position is at outside center and is the top try scorer in the Philippines. Saunders is a former professional rugby league footballer with Sydney Roosters and rugby union footballer for Kubota Spears.
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Allan Glen Bateman (born 6 March 1965) is a Welsh former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He is a dual-code rugby international centre who represented the British and Irish Lions at rugby union, and Great Britain at rugby league.
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Charlotte Rugby Club, nicknamed the "Old Originals", are a rugby union team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They currently play in USA Rugby Division II, and are members of the USA Rugby South. They play home games at Skillbeck Athletic Grounds. Charlotte Rugby Club was founded in 1971.
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Nathan Rocyn-Jones (17 July 1902 - 26 January 1984) was a Welsh international rugby union full back who played club rugby for Newport Rugby Football Club and represented Cambridge. He won a single cap for Wales and after retiring from playing rugby became President of the Welsh Rugby Union.
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Naismith played rugby at McGill University. Swedish football was a code whose rules were a mix of Association and Rugby football rules. Rugby lends its name to wheelchair rugby, a full- contact sport which contains elements of rugby such as crossing a try line with the ball to score.
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Segers then played professional rugby league. He played in the American National Rugby League and won two caps for United States national rugby league team against Wales national rugby league team in 1995. From there, he moved to New Zealand to play for the Richmond Rovers rugby league team.
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A club match at Towson University in 2005. Rugby union played anywhere is governed by World Rugby, formerly known as the International Rugby Board, which is based in Dublin, Ireland. It is the governing and law-making body for rugby globally. World Rugby has over 100 member unions.
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Jacksonville Rugby Football Club (Jacksonville RFC) are a men's rugby union team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They are members of the Florida Rugby Union, the organizational body for rugby in the state of Florida, and currently play in USA Rugby Division II. The club was founded in 1972.
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He left New Zealand in 1970 and switched codes from rugby union to rugby league, but he was reinstated back into rugby union while in Australia. However, he later changed codes again to play rugby league.
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The Turkish Rugby Federation () is the governing body for rugby union in Turkey. It was founded in 2011, and became affiliated to Rugby Europe in 2012. Turkey became an associate member of World Rugby in 2020.
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Marista Rugby Club is a rugby union and field hockey club based in Mendoza, Argentina. The rugby union team is member of the Unión de Rugby de Cuyo and currently plays in Torneo del Oeste league.
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Known as the Victorian Rugby Union until late 2017, the governing body for rugby union in the state of Victoria is now Rugby Victoria. Victoria is a founding member of the national governing body, Rugby Australia.
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Julie Taylor (born 30 January 1970) is a Scottish rugby Union player. She played in the 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup and the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup. She played her club rugby for Edinburgh Academicals.
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Mal Sampson was the older brother of the rugby league footballer, and coach David Sampson, and uncle of the sprinter Denise Ramsden, rugby league footballer Dean Sampson, and rugby union and rugby league footballer Paul Sampson.
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Nittawela Rugby Stadium is a purpose-built rugby union stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is one of Sri Lanka's most famous rugby venues.
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In 1990 O'Neil was appointed onto the New Zealand Rugby League board of directors.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1990 New Zealand Rugby League, 1990.
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Ghana Rugby ended 2017 on a high note when was promoted from the Rugby Africa Regional Challenge to the 2018 Rugby Africa Bronze Cup.
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His brother Ryan Cross is a notable rugby league/rugby union player, and his father Paul played rugby league in the 1966 Grand Final.
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The Sunbury United Rugby League Club is a rugby league team based in Sunbury, Victoria, Australia. They play in the Victorian Rugby League competition.
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The Rugby Football Union Midland Division is a rugby union governing body for the English Midlands and is part of the Rugby Football Union.
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Smith played junior club rugby for Lindfield Rugby Club and then St Ives Rugby Union Club, representing Gordon District in the annual State Championships.
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The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1983 was an Argentine rugby competition in which Buenos Aires defeated Unión de Rugby de Cuyo for the championship.
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Fraser played rugby union for the Petone Rugby Club.John Haynes From All Blacks to All Golds: Rugby League's Pioneers, Christchurch, Ryan and Haynes, 1996.
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Pakuranga United Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in Auckland, New Zealand. The club is affiliated with the Auckland Rugby Football Union.
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The clubs rugby union department, Berliner SV 92 Rugby, played in the 2. Rugby-Bundesliga in 2008–09, finishing ninth out of ten teams.
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Hugo Torres (born Córdoba, 24 April 1962Argentina 1987 Rugby World Cup squad at World Rugby) is a former Argentinian rugby union player and coach.
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The Murri Rugby League Team is a representative side for Indigenous rugby league players that play in the annual Queensland Murri Rugby League Carnival.
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Scott Wisemantel (2016). Scott Wisemantel born in 1970, is an Australian rugby union coach, and former player of both rugby union and rugby league.
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The Victorian Rugby League governs rugby league in Victoria. Victoria is an Affiliated State of the overall Australian governing body the Australian Rugby League.
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Bangalore Rugby Football Club (B.R.F.C) is a rugby union club based in Bangalore. They currently participate in the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament.
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The Albay Vulcans are a Philippine rugby union and rugby league team based in Legazpi. They play in the Philippines National Rugby League Championship.
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Salesi Finau (born 5 May 1973) is a Tongan former rugby footballer. He represented Tonga in both the rugby league and rugby union sides.
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Bob Sloman changed rugby football codes from rugby union to rugby league when he transferred from Plymouth Albion R.F.C. to Oldham during August 1921.
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Thomson played rugby for Oxford University.The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. He later played rugby for London Scottish.
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Club rugby included Ontario Premiership rugby for Balmy Beach and the Meraloma Rugby club Premier Division for the Canadian Direct British Columbia's Premiership League.
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Although both rugby codes are forms of football, in many places, it could cause confusion as "football" is understood to mean association football, gridiron football, Gaelic football or Australian rules football depending on the country (or indeed region of the country). In much of the rugby union- playing world, the sport of rugby league is infrequently played and rugby union is commonly known simply as "rugby"; in countries where both codes are played, there is a need to distinguish between the codes of rugby. In the United Kingdom, rugby union or rugby league fans rarely refer to their sport as "football" as in most cases this would refer to association football. Across the United Kingdom, rugby union is usually referred to simply as 'rugby' but in the North of England, the word 'rugby' could refer to either sport, but usually means "rugby league".
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Philip John Larder MBE (born 20 March 1945), is an English rugby league and rugby union coach, and former player in both codes. He coached England and Great Britain national teams in rugby league, and in rugby union he was defence coach of England, and the British and Irish Lions. He coached World Cup finals with England against Australia in both codes - losing the 1995 rugby league final, before winning the 2003 final in rugby union. Previously a physical education teacher and national coaching director of the Rugby Football League, Larder was one of the first defence coaches in professional rugby union, and is considered a pioneer in applying rugby league expertise to the defensive side of rugby union.
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Weaver founded non- profit Rugby Ohio in 2007, an organisation focused on developing youth through rugby in The Buckeye State. Rugby Ohio helped support the growth of youth rugby to 50 boys high school teams, 16 girls high school teams, and 11 youth teams in setting a precedent and model structure for growing youth rugby in the United States. In 2011 Weaver was hired as Youth & High School director at USA Rugby, developing 45 functioning State Rugby Organizations and launching the award-winning Rookie Rugby program, as well as Try on Rugby. He developed coaching and refereeing education for the youth levels, and helped systemize the competition structure around the country for high school rugby.
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Tag-rugby belt Tag rugby, or flag rugby, is a non-contact team game in which each player wears a belt that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches. The mode of play is based on rugby league with many similarities to touch football, although tag rugby is often deemed as a closer simulation of the full contact codes of rugby than touch. Attacking players attempt to dodge, evade and pass a rugby ball while defenders attempt to prevent them scoring by "tagging" – pulling a velcro attached tag from the ball carrier, rather than a full contact tackle. Tag rugby is used in development and training by both rugby league and rugby union communities.
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Dave Sampson is the father of the rugby league footballer Dean Sampson, younger brother of the rugby league footballer Malcolm Sampson, and uncle of the sprinter Denise Ramsden, and rugby union and rugby league footballer Paul Sampson.
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Leo Cullen (born 9 January 1978) is an Irish rugby coach and former professional rugby union player. He played at lock for Leinster Rugby and Ireland. He was appointed coach of Leinster rugby on 19 August 2015.
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Rugby Park hosted one minor pool game during the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup, Wales verses Canada. In the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Rugby Park hosted three pool play games (Romania-Scotland, Georgia-Scotland and Argentina-Romania).
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The EMRFU has four sub-counties, each responsible for a particular geographical area. The sub-counties are the East Northants Rugby Union, Bedfordshire County Rugby Football Union, Northampton & District Rugby Alliance and the Huntingdonshire & Peterborough Rugby Union.
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Like many other minor rugby nations, the game tend to be centred on the capital, Kyiv. It is quite frequent for rugby in Ukraine to be played using a mixture of rugby union and rugby league rules.
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Rugby league in Asia is currently dominated by Lebanon. The Lebanon national rugby league team and Russia national rugby league team are so far the only Asian teams to have competed in the Rugby League World Cup.
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The Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union was a football league created on September 22, 1910. It joined the Manitoba Rugby Football Union and the Alberta Rugby Football Union to form the Western Canada Rugby Football Union in 1911.
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The Georgetown University Rugby Football Club is the intercollegiate men's rugby union team that represents Georgetown University in the USA Rugby league. They have twice reached the USA Rugby National Tournament Final Four, in 2005 and 2009.
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Garrett Bender plays rugby for the United States rugby sevens national team.
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Thorn represented the RAF at Rugby and played for Blackheath Rugby Club.
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Unione Rugby Capitolina is an Italian rugby union club, based in Rome.
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The Vanuatu national rugby sevens team is Vanuatu's representative in rugby sevens.
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Rugby sevens is now the preferred rugby format in Wallis and Futuna.
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Perham played rugby league and rugby union at Rotorua Boys' High School.
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Polis Egaleo Rugby (City Egaleo) is a Greek rugby club in Egaleo.
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Yizre'el Rugby Club is an Israeli amateur rugby club based in Yizre'el.
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Club Alcobendas Rugby is a Spanish rugby team based in Alcobendas, Spain.
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Uribealdea Rugby Kirol Elkartea is a Spanish rugby team based in Mungia.
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Fénix Club de Rugby is a Spanish rugby team based in Zaragoza.
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The Czechoslovakia national rugby union team (sevens) represented Czechoslovakia at sevens rugby.
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Tom Banks (born 18 June 1994) is an Australian professional rugby player who currently plays for the in the Super Rugby. He has represented Australia in international rugby. Banks started his Super Rugby career with the Queensland Reds in 2015. He has played in the National Rugby Championship for and the .
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Frédéric "Freddie" Banquet is a French former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for France at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup and 2000 Rugby League World Cup, and at club level in France and England.
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Rugby sevens and full rugby union are played in Bahrain, with the Bahrainis having their own national sevens team. Bahrain's Rugby Football Club was first founded in 1970, as a branch of the local British Club. It has its own rugby league.History. Bahrain Rugby Football Club, retrieved on 15 June 2012.
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Retrieved May 2, 2010. LSU Rugby became a member of the Texas Rugby Union in 1996. LSU Rugby competed at the 1998 Western Rugby Collegiate Championships, led by Head Coach Steve Triche."RUGBY PLAYERS GET DOWN AND DIRTY", Lawrence Journal-World, Chris Koger, April 5, 1998. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
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Canada A is a national representative rugby union team of Rugby Canada. Previously called Canada Selects, the team is the second-tier side to the Canada national rugby union team. Canada A competes in tournaments such as the Americas Rugby Championship and World Rugby Pacific Challenge against other national 'A' teams.
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Rugby union is a minor, but growing, sport in Denmark. The Danish Rugby Union dates back to 1950, and joined the IRB in 1988.Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p66(Danish)Rugby i Danmark (DRU) They joined the Scandinavian Rugby Union in 1974.
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In December 2016, the Algerian Rugby Federation in collaboration with Rugby Africa will organize the first edition of a Maghreb Tri-nations grouping Algeria, Tunisia national rugby union team and the Morocco national rugby union team. World Rugby has validated it, and the event will take place at Oran, Algeria.
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Chad Erskine (born 8 January 1980 in Pietermaritzburg) is an American former rugby union scrum-half. He was a member of the United States national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He is currently a Rugby Color Commentator and Analysts for PRO Rugby.
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The Scotland Rugby League is the governing body for rugby league football in Scotland. It administers the Scotland national rugby league teams. The Scotland Division of the Rugby League Conference serves as the domestic competition. It was founded with five teams in 1997 and was administered by Scotland Rugby League.
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Malaysian Super Six Schools Rugby is an annual rugby union league that is held to crown the best school rugby team in Malaysia. The league were invitational, with all the six schools had a sterling record in the various schools rugby competitions. It were the richest rugby competitions in Malaysia.
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In August 2020, Moffett launched a new version of rugby called 'Rugby Rules'. The rules of Rugby Rules were written mainly by Moffett, with assistance from rugby union player Enrique Rodriguez. It follows his frequent criticism of modern rugby, both the rules of the game and the structure of professional competitions.
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USA Rugby also operates a college sevens national championship, the USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships. Outstanding college rugby players are recognized as All-Americans by USA Rugby. Qualified All-Americans can represent the United States in international tournaments by playing on the United States national under-20 rugby union team.
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1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.146 Hugh McGahan won the New Zealand Rugby League's Player of the Year award.1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.4 George Rainey was elected NZRL Chairman, replacing Ron McGregor.
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Oceania Rugby, previously known as the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), is the regional governing body for rugby union in Oceania. It was founded in 2000 to represent the interests of Oceania rugby within World Rugby, the international governing body. It presently encompasses fourteen full members and two associate members.
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The Georgian Rugby Union (GRU) (Georgian: საქართველოს რაგბის კავშირი) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the nation of Georgia. Founded in 1964, it was part of the Rugby Union of the Soviet Union until 1991, with the Independent Georgian Rugby Union being established on May 27, 1991. It organizes the Georgia Championship, Georgia Cup, the Georgia national rugby union team and the Georgia XV national rugby union team. It became affiliated to World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Football Board, in 1992.
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The Portland Rugby Football Club (PRFC) is a US rugby union club established in Portland, Oregon in 1961 and is a non-profit organization. PRFC is a member of USA Rugby and competes in the Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union. Portland Rugby won the 2011 PNRFU Championship and placed 9th nationally at the USA Rugby Men's Division II Sweet 16s in Chula Vista, CA. In its 50 years of existence, the PRFC has promoted the sport of rugby through competition as well as fundraising and charitable contributions. Portland Rugby has participated in 3 international tours.
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Richard Webster (born 9 July 1967) is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached rugby union in the 2010s. In 1993 he toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions rugby union team and at the time played club rugby for Swansea RFC. In 1995 he switched to rugby league to play for Salford Reds, and appeared in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. In 1996 he returned to union and signed for Bath Rugby.
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The Georgia national rugby league team represented Georgia in international rugby league tournaments. The national squad was entirely from Georgian-based rugby union players. Despite there having been no domestic rugby league the team attracted relatively large crowds for international matches, in the range of 10,000 spectators. However, they were expelled from the 2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifiers for forfeiting a game in Russia, due to their players playing rugby union at the time and subsequently stopped playing the game and were expelled from the Rugby League International Federation and Rugby League European Federation.
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Hipwell played club rugby for Terenure College RFC and provincial rugby for Leinster Rugby. He made his full debut for the Ireland national rugby union team in 1962 playing against the England national rugby union team at Twickenham Stadium. He played for Ireland for ten years with his final international cap coming against the France national rugby union team at Lansdowne Road. He was used as the first official replacement used by Ireland in international rugby in 1969 after substitutions were permitted by the International Rugby Football Board.
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Australia has four codes of football, rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules football, and Association football. Generally, rugby league is called football in New South Wales and Queensland, while rugby union is called either rugby or union throughout. Both rugby league and rugby union are often collectively referred to as rugby in other states where Australian rules football is called football. Australian rules football is commonly referred to as "Aussie Rules" throughout Australia, but may also in Victoria and South Australia be loosely called "footy" outside the context of the Australian Football League.
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SANZAAR (South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina Rugby; previously known as SANZAR) is the body which oversees Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship competitions in Rugby Union. SANZAAR meets annually and is composed of the CEOs from its member unions. It was formed as SANZAR in 1996 as a joint venture of the South African Rugby Union, the New Zealand Rugby Union and the Australian Rugby Union. From the 2016 season, its name was changed to SANZAAR following the inclusion of the Argentine Rugby Union as a full member of the organisation.
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Miami Rugby competes in the USA Rugby South against clubs from Florida, as well as touring African, Argentine, British, French, German, Uruguayan, and West Indies Clubs. Miami Rugby has also toured the Americas. Miami Rugby players come from all over the globe. Players from Miami Rugby have captained the United States Eagles and represented the Eastern Rugby Union, USA Rugby-South as well as Florida on select side (all-star) teams. Miami Rugby players and “Old Boys” also lend coaching assistance to local universities such as University of Miami and Florida International University.
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While there, he helped create a partnership between Touch Rugby Ecuador and Ecuador Rugby XIII. Touch Rugby Ecuador is an organisation (mainly made up of expats from Rugby nations living in Quito, Ecuador) that plays social games of Touch Rugby every Saturday at Carolina Park. The basic idea behind combining the two organisations was that Rugby is quite small in Ecuador, and working together would encourage native Ecuadorians to try both forms of rugby. Later, Brown met with Fenrir Rodriguez, who was interested in helping start the Ecuador Rugby XIII.
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The Colombian Rugby Federation (Federacion Colombiana de Rugby or FCR in Spanish) is the governing body for rugby union in Colombia. The FCR is a member of World Rugby, the governing body for rugby globally, and a member of CONSUR, the governing body for rugby in South America. The FCR also oversees the Colombia national rugby union team, which participates in the annual South American Rugby Championship. The national team has been ranked as high as 34 in 2017 and as low as 85 in 2006.. Retrieved 17 July, 2017.
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The national governing body for rugby union in Belgium is the Belgian Rugby Federation (FBRB - Fédération Belge de Rugby in French and Belgische Rugby Bond in Dutch) which is headquartered in Brussels. The Belgian Rugby Federation was formed in 1931, and joined the IRFB in 1988.Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p63 Rugby union is governed by two regional bodies that answer to FBRB, the national governing body. Most of the clubs in the northern region of Belgium are governed by the Vlaamse Rugby Bond (VRB).
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The 2012 Rugby Championship was the inaugural annual rugby union series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Argentina. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as The Castle Rugby Championship in South Africa, The Investec Rugby Championship in New Zealand, The Castrol Edge Rugby Championship in Australia and The Personal Rugby Championship in Argentina. The 2012 Rugby Championship kicked off on 18 August with New Zealand defeating Australia and finished on 6 October. Each team played the other twice on a home and away basis.
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The formation of the team was made possible by the co-operation of eight existing rugby clubs Rugby Viadana 54%, Colorno 15%, Gran Parma Rugby 10%, Rugby Parma 10%, Noceto 5%, Reggio Emilia 2%, Modena 2% and Mantova 2%. Gran Parma, Rugby Viadana and Colorno have merged as a result of the formation of Aironi to form GranDucato Rugby Parma. Rugby Parma and Noceto have merged to form Crociati (Crusaders) Rugby Parma. These mergers were essential as the Super 10 (now Top12) division would have attracted far less sponsorship.
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James Grant (born 22 May 1964) is an Australian rugby footballer who played international rugby union and played rugby league professionally in England and Australia.
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Bangladesh Rugby has especially raised under Current General Secretary Mr Mousum Ali. Beside, Bangladesh Rugby has specially step up after introducing a Rugby Development Team.
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Federazione Italiana Rugby League (FIRL) is the governing body for rugby league in Italy and has "associate member" status with the Rugby League European Federation.
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Rugby league is a team sport in Russia. The Russian Association of Rugby League Clubs (ARLK) is the governing body of rugby league in Russia.
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The Rugby Football Union Northern Division is the rugby union governing body for the North of England and is part of the Rugby Football Union.
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The Rugby Football Union South West Division is a rugby union governing body for South West England and is part of the Rugby Football Union.
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The San Marino national rugby union team represents San Marino in international rugby union. San Marino are a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB).
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The Rugby club Châteaurenard is a French rugby union based in Châteaurenard. It's playing in the Fédérale 1, the third level of French rugby union.
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Herbert "Bert" Avery (1895–1966) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand.
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Nico Serfontein is a South African rugby football coach and former rugby league footballer who represented South Africa at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
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Dan Power (born 1983) is an Australian-born American former rugby union player for the United States national rugby union team and current Rugby commentator.
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Isaac "Zak" Fe'aunati (born 23 July 1973) is a former rugby union player for Bath Rugby in Premiership Rugby. Fe'aunati's played as a number eight.
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The Pasadena Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Pasadena, California. PRFC competes in the Southern California Rugby Football Union's Division I.
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Rouen Normandie Rugby is a French rugby union club from Rouen, currently playing in the second level of the country's professional rugby system, Pro D2.
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The Chad national rugby union team represents the nation in rugby union. Rugby is a minor sport in the country but is becoming increasingly popular.
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Hohepa Joe Rātima (birth unknown) is a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand.
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The West Coast rugby league team are New Zealand rugby league team that represents the West Coast Rugby League. They have been nicknamed the Chargers.
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Rugby is popular both in men and women categories in Odisha. The Odisha Rugby Football Association is the state's administrating body for rugby football in Odisha. The Odisha women's rugby union team and Odisha women's rugby sevens team have been dominating since the past decade having won nearly all competitions at national levels. On the other hand, Odisha rugby union team and Odisha rugby sevens team have also made odisha proud with their performance at national levels.
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Warwick has a rugby union team which compete in the Darling Downs Rugby Union competition, against such teams as the University of Southern Queensland Rugby Union Club, Toowoomba Rangers Rugby Union Club, Toowoomba City Rugby Club, Roma Echidnas, the Condamine Cods, the Dalby Wheatmen, the Goondiwindi Emus, the Warwick Water Rats and the University of Queensland Rugby Union Club (Gatton Campus). The Warwick Cowboys, coached by one-time champion NRL coach Phil Economidis, play in the Toowoomba Rugby League.
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The South African Rugby Board was the rugby union governing body of white South Africans between 1889 and 1992. The governing of white and coloured rugby union was handled separately during South Africa under Apartheid. On 23 March 1992 the non- racial South African Rugby Union and the South African Rugby Board were merged to form the South African Rugby Football Union. The unified body changed its name in 2005 to the current South African Rugby Union.
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FNQ Rugby, formerly the Cairns and District Rugby Union (CDRU), is the umbrella organisation for Rugby Union in Cairns and Far North Queensland. They are an affiliated sub-union of the Queensland Rugby Union and ultimately the Australian Rugby Union and are run by 11 member clubs spread across the region from Innisfail to the South, Port Douglas and surrounds to the North and west to the Tablelands. FNQ Rugby runs senior men’s, women’s and junior rugby competitions.
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The Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) was formed in 1899 as the "River Plate Rugby Union", 26 years after the first rugby match had been played. It was affiliated to the English Rugby Football Union until 1932.Encyclopedia of Rugby Football by J.R. Jones (Robert Hale, London, 1966 ) The union is a member of World Rugby with two seats and three votes on that body's Executive Council. The UAR is one of the oldest rugby unions in the world.
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The South African Rugby Board was the rugby union governing body of white South Africans between 1889 and 1992. The governing of white and coloured rugby union was handled separately during South Africa under Apartheid. On the 23 March 1992 the non-racial South African Rugby Union and the South African Rugby Board were merged to form the South African Rugby Football Union. The unified body changed its name in 2005 to the current South African Rugby Union.
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Lesley Paea 'I'muli Vainikolo (born 4 May 1979) is a former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer. A dual code international, he has played for the New Zealand Kiwis in rugby league and England in rugby union. He began his career playing rugby league in Australia for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League and later in England for the Bradford Bulls of Super League. He then moved to English rugby union club Gloucester.
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Jean-Marie Bonal (born Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne, 31 May 1943) is a French former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played rugby union as a wing. He is the brother of French rugby league former international Élie Bonal and of former rugby union player Patrick Bonal, as well the uncle of the former rugby union players Sébastien Viars and Jean-François Viars. He played rugby union for Stade Toulousain.
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When Tyldesley converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Thursday 29 August 1895, John Berry was 28 years of age. Consequently, he was both a rugby union, and rugby league footballer for Tyldesley.
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When Bramley converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 2 June 1896, Harry Bradshaw would have been 28 years of age. Consequently, he was both a rugby union and rugby league footballer.
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Tom Wright (born 21 July 1997) is an Australian rugby union player currently signed to the Brumbies in Super Rugby. He previously played rugby league for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League as a .
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The side played four matches before its dissolution. The most successful "successor" rugby team has been that of Georgia, which competed in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
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The Brazil national rugby sevens team competes at international level. Rugby sevens has grown in Brazil among rugby players. The country has competitive male and female squads. The sport in governed in Brazil by the Brazilian Rugby Confederation.
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Oregan Hoskins is a rugby administrator who served as president of the South African Rugby Union from 2006 to 2016, and as vice-president of World Rugby (formerly known as the International Rugby Board) from 2012 to 2016.
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The 2018 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship is an international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams in Asia. The winners in Asia Rugby U19 Championship secured a berth at the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.
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William Buckley Roderick (17 January 1862 – 1 February 1908) was a Welsh solicitor, international rugby union forward and later a Vice-Consular for Spain. Roderick played club rugby for Llanelli Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales.
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When Halifax converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Fred Firth would have been approximately 25. Consequently, he was both a rugby union, and rugby league footballer for Halifax.
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The 2019 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship is an international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams in Asia. The winners in Asia Rugby U19 Championship secured a berth at the 2020 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.
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William Barron Norton (28 April 1862 – 17 December 1898) was a Welsh international rugby union three-quarter who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales. He was awarded six caps for Wales.
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Jarrod Saffy (born 24 October 1984) is a rugby union player. He played rugby league for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL before switching to rugby with the Melbourne Rebels for the 2011 Super Rugby season.
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The Montenegrin Rugby Union () is the governing body for rugby union in Montenegro. It was founded in 2013, and became affiliated to Rugby Europe in 2014.Montenegrin Rugby UnionMontenegro new member of the European football federation. Mondo, 2014.
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The Rugby Football League (RFL) was the governing body for rugby league in the British Isles until the founding of Rugby League Ireland, Scotland Rugby League, Wales Rugby League, and in 1988, 1994, and 1995 respectively. Currently, the RFL has full control over Rugby League in England only with the other organisations operating within their respective home nation. However, the RFL has some powers over the two professional clubs in Wales, the North Wales Crusaders and West Wales Raiders as the RFL are the sole governors of the professional league system. All four bodies are affiliated with the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) and the Rugby League European Federation (RLEF), and government their own national teams with the RFL, Wales Rugby League, and Scotland Rugby League jointly operating the Great Britain national rugby league team.
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The European Rugby Continental Shield (formerly the European Rugby Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition) was a rugby union competition, organised by European Professional Club Rugby, Rugby Europe and the Federazione Italiana Rugby, for entry into the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The Qualifying Competition was first announced in April 2014, at the same time as the announcement of the creation of the European Rugby Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competitions. The tournament features teams from tier 2 countries, such as Spain, Germany, Belgium, Romania, Georgia, Russia and Portugal, as well as select Italian Eccellenza clubs. In 2016–17, the qualification competition also became a European Rugby competition in its own right, the third tier European Rugby Continental Shield, with both successful play-off teams meeting in a final as a part of European Rugby Finals weekend.
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Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) is the governing body for rugby union in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1952 and became affiliated to World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) in 1988.Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) pp 67, 68 It organises and oversees local rugby, including the annual Hong Kong Sevens tournament and the HKRU Premierships.
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The Portuguese Rugby Federation () is the governing body for rugby union in Portugal. It was founded in 1926 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1988. The Portuguese Rugby Federation organises the main rugby union championship of Portugal, the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby, and oversees the country's national teams—men's and women's, age-grade teams, and sevens teams for both men and women.
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Ruiz originally played rugby union and in 1968 played in two test matches for the France national rugby union team. He then switched to rugby league and represented the France national rugby league team, making his debut at the 1970 Rugby League World Cup. He went on to play in 19 internationals for France, including in the 1972, 1975 and 1977 Rugby League World Cups.
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MacLellan signed with the Ohio Aviators of PRO Rugby in the spring of 2016,"Initial PRO Rugby Rosters Announced", This Is American Rugby, Derek Sagehorn, March 15, 2016. and was described as an emerging young player to watch."Breaking Down The PRO Rugby Rosters: San Diego and Ohio", This Is American Rugby, March 16, 2016. MacLellan played two years with the U.S. under-20 national rugby team.
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The United States national team participated in the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup. Rugby in the U.S. received a significant boost in 2009 when the International Olympic Committee voted to reinstate rugby into the Summer Olympics beginning in 2016. Professional competition of rugby union began in 2016 (PRO Rugby), and the currently-sanctioned top-level professional league, Major League Rugby began play in 2018.
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During the 1990s, rugby union became officially professional on a global level. In early November 2015, a new professional rugby organization, named PRO Rugby, launched its Facebook page and scheduled an announcement for November 9, 2015."Pro Rugby Announcement Coming Next Week", Goff Rugby Report, November 4, 2015. On November 9, 2015, PRO Rugby made an official announcement outlining its plans and a framework for the competition.
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In 1895, there was a schism within the game of rugby in neighbouring England which saw the sport of rugby divided. Rugby union remained amateur and rugby league permitted payments to players. However, no such split took place in Scotland where the clubs continued to play rugby union. 14 Scottish players would cross over and play rugby league in England before amateurism was abandoned.
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The Potomac Athletic Club Rugby team has a youth rugby organization based in Silver Spring. Established in 2005, PAC Youth Rugby has tag rugby for ages 5 to 15, girls and boys and also offer introduction to tackle rugby for U13 and U15 players. In addition to introducing numerous young athletes to the sport of rugby, PAC has also won Maryland state championships across the age groups.
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The Cibi () is a Fijian meke of Bauan origin and war dance, generally performed before or after a battle. It came to prominence in the rugby field in 1939 when it was performed by the Fiji national rugby union team before the match. It is also known as TeivovoFiji RUgby Union>>Rugby House Fijian Rugby Union Team Performing the Cibi before a 2007 Rugby World Cup game.
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College rugby, more specifically rugby union, is played throughout universities in the United States of America. Men's college rugby is governed by USA Rugby, and does not fall under the auspices of the NCAA with the exception of 21 NCAA women's programs. Women's Rugby has been classified as an NCAA Emerging Sport since 2002. College rugby is the fastest growing college sport in the USA.
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The Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation, or SIRUF, is the governing body for rugby union in Solomon Islands. It was established in the 1960s, but only became fully affiliated to the International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1999. The Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation is a full member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), which is the regional governing body for rugby in Oceania.
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The Finnish Rugby Federation (SRL) () is recognised as the national governing body for rugby in Finland. It is a member of several organisations, including World Rugby and Rugby Europe. The SRL was founded in 1968 and has as its members Finnish rugby clubs and the Finland Rugby Referees Association. SRL's mission is to develop the sport in Finland and support the local clubs in their activities.
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Christopher Weselek (born 27 July 1981 in Essen)Christopher Weselek profile at scrum.com accessed: 4 March 2010 is a rugby coach and retired German international rugby union player, having last played for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He is currently one of the successful rugby coaches in Germany. He plays rugby since 1991,Christopher Weselek profile at totalrugby.
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An early Canadian football game between the Hamilton Tigers and an unknown Ottawa team, 1910. Note the lack of helmets. Confusingly, in Canada, Canadian football has also frequently been referred to as "rugby football",Rugby football in Encyclopedia Canadiana, p110. and a number of national and provincial bodies were called "Rugby Football Unions" or "Rugby Unions", such as the Ontario Rugby Football Union, Quebec Rugby Football Union.
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For example, in the Encyclopedia Canadiana, the entry Rugby Football begins "the Canadian development of rugby union or "English rugger" introduced into Canada in the third quarter of the nineteenth century.", but admits later that "the Canadian game is a radical departure from rugby union". Canadian football is in fact a descendant of the rugby code."Rugby Union and Rugby League" in Encyclopedia Canadiana, p113.
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Cheltenham compete with larger single gender schools. The first inter-school rugby football match was played between Rugby School and Cheltenham College, Cheltenham beating Rugby; and the "Cheltenham Rules" were adopted by the Rugby Football Union in 1887. Cheltenham's rugby XV was undefeated in the 2008 and 2017 season. Eddie Butler, former Welsh, Babarian and British Lions International Rugby player, taught French at the school.
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The Hungarian Rugby Union () is the governing body for rugby union in Hungary. It was founded in 1990 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1992. It organises the three leagues, the Extraliga, the NB I and II, for what concerns rugby union. A few rugby 7s tournaments with also National 7s league and University Rugby 7s, and the various national teams.
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Joel Bennett Ringer (born 2 November 1996) is a Welsh professional rugby union player. Ringer currently plays rugby union for RGC 1404 after joining from Rugby Club Vannes in May 2018. He is the son of former Wales dual-code rugby international player Paul Ringer, and brother of former Welsh Rugby Union and Dragons (rugby union) player Jamie Ringer. He is a tighthead prop.
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Taroona Rugby Club is a Rugby Union club in Tasmania. Established in 1947, the club is a member of the Tasmanian Rugby Union and Tasmanian Rugby Union Juniors, affiliated the Australian Rugby Union, and plays in the Tasmanian Statewide League. The club's home ground is at Rugby Park in Cornelian Bay, Tasmania. Known as the Penguins or Blues, the club colours are blue, white and red.
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Rugby union is a growing team sport in Spain. As of 2019, there were 37,241 registered rugby union players in Spain, playing for 332 clubs in various divisions. The sport's governing body in Spain, the Spanish Rugby Federation (Spanish: Federación Española de Rugby), was founded in 1923. It joined the International Rugby Board in 1988,Bath p74 and is also a member of Rugby Europe.
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The Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) is a representative organisation in Australia. It represents players contracted to play for a Club in the Australian Rugby League Commission, National Rugby League Competition, National Youth Competition, New South Wales Rugby League State Cup Competition, Queensland Rugby League State Cup Competition and Elite Women's competition.. Formerly the Rugby League Professionals Association, the company changed its name in 2009.
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Zac Mizell (born September 1, 1988) is an American rugby union player for the Austin Elite in Major League Rugby, he previously played for the Ohio Aviators in PRO Rugby. His position is at fullback. He played amateur rugby for Dallas Harlequins and has represented the United States in rugby sevens. He signed with the Ohio Aviators for the inaugural PRO Rugby season in 2016.
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The Englishman Mr. Walter Irvine founded the "Unión Mexicana de Rugby A.C." (UMR) in 1973 to organise and develop rugby union in Mexico. The UMR was the body directing Mexican rugby union for thirty years. The Federación Mexicana de Rugby was founded in October 2003. In November 2003 the FMR was made an associate member of the International Rugby Board, now known as World Rugby.
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Rhodes Knights Rugby League is an amateur Greek Rugby league club from Rhodes, Greece. Knights compete in the Greek Rugby League Association's 2017 Championship, which are currently in first place. They competed and were declared undefeated champions of 2014 and 2015 Hellenic Rugby League Federation's 1st Championship Division and 2016 Greek Rugby League Association's Championship. They are 2015 Greek Rugby League Challenge Cup holders.
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Though teams were scheduled to have coaches by the end of 2015,"Video & Notes From The PRO Rugby Sacramento Press Conference", This Is American Rugby, November 18, 2015. the uncertainty caused by the open position for head coach of the U.S. national rugby team led to PRO Rugby announcements being put on hold."PRO Rugby headed to San Diego", Americas Rugby News, December 28, 2015.
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In 2014, after seven previous appearances, the women's rugby club won the USA Rugby Women's Collegiate Division II National Championship. The university offered scholarships to athletes in the UMW women's rugby program during 2015-2016 academic year."Mary Washington Offers Rugby Scholarships", Jackie Finlan, Goff Rugby Report, February 10, 2015. Like the crew teams, the rugby programs currently fall under the varsity athletics umbrella as well.
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World Rugby League is based in Greece (where the playing of rugby league is illegal) and purports to be a rugby league governing body. The Global Association of International Sports Federations-recognised International Rugby League is the official governing body of the world game. It was formed in 2016 after a dispute between the then Rugby League International Federation and the Hellenic Federation of Rugby League organisation.
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Sudamérica Rugby (previously known as Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (abbreviated CONSUR) between 1988 and 2015),Consur se transforma on Rugby Full, 5 Jan 2015Sudamérica Rugby has a new logo, Americas Rugby News, 17 Nov 2015 is the governing body for rugby union within South America and most of Central America. It was created on 14 October 1989 in Montevideo on the initiative of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, counting with a total of 16 unions. The confederation currently has nine full World Rugby member nations, with one associate member, and is responsible for running various rugby tournaments within South America, especially the South American Rugby Championship.
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In 1953 the friction between the Queensland Rugby League and Brisbane Rugby League ended, with the Brisbane Rugby League being replaced by the Brisbane division of the Queensland Rugby League. Former Brisbane Rugby League chairman and Queensland Rugby League secretary Ron McAullife eventually secured the use of Lang Park as a permanent home for rugby league in Queensland. Teams that joined the Brisbane Rugby League competition around this time were South Coast (1952–1953), Wynnum-Manly (1951) and Redcliffe (1960). A record crowd at Lang Park of 19,824 saw Northern Suburbs defeat Fortitude Valley in the Brisbane Rugby League grand final in September 1961.
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The Tahiti Rugby Union () is the governing body for rugby union in Tahiti. It was founded in 1989 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1994. It is also a full member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), which is the governing body for rugby union in Oceania.
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Byrnes played rugby at Newington College (1987–99). He played club rugby for Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union in Sydney. Byrnes played for Leinster Rugby in the Celtic League and Heineken Cup for two seasons from 2005. Byrnes played for Sydney Fleet in the inaugural season of the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007.
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Heather Margaret Fisher (born 13 June 1984) is an English rugby union and rugby sevens player. She represented at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was also named in the squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. Fisher made her international rugby debut in 2009 after a stint in bobsledding.
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Mason Pedersen (born 18 September 1996) is an American professional rugby union player. He plays as a prop for Austin Gilgronis in Major League Rugby (MLR). "Americas Rugby News Austin Elite Squad" "USA Rugby: Mason Pedersen" He previously played at Prop for the San Diego Breakers in the short-lived PRO Rugby.
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William David Phillips (16 August 1855 – 15 October 1918) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales. He won five caps for Wales and would later become a central figure in the early history of the Welsh Rugby Union.
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Basque rugby player Anne Fernandez de Corres Del Rio (born 30 May 1998 Vitoria) is a Spanish rugby player. She played with the Spanish national team. She played at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2016 Rugby Europe Women's Championship, and 2018 Rugby Europe Women's Championship. She has played for Gaztedi and Cisneros.
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Las Vegas HSBC Invitational Rugby Tournament official website. The Icelandic Rugby Team plays its first official rugby 7s tournament Saturday 1 Juni 2013 in Riga at the FIRA-AER Rugby 7s.FIRA-AER official website. It has participated in the FIRA-AER Rugby 7s at Ricani near Pragues on Saturday 28 juni 2014.
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William "Billy" Thomas Wynyard (13 September 1882 – 21 August 1932)The New Zealand Rugby Register 1870-2015 (2016) by The New Zealand Rugby Museum, Palmerston North was a New Zealand rugby football player who was part of the professional rugby league 1907–08 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain.
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Leonard Watkins (7 December 1859 - 7 February 1901)Leonard Watkins player profile Scrum.com was a Welsh international rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales. He won just a single game for Wales when he was selected for the first Welsh rugby international.
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Cardenales Rugby Club, or simply Cardenales, is a rugby union and field hockey club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Founded in 1944 as a rugby club, Cardenales co-founded the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán. One of the oldest rugby clubs in Tucumán, Cardenales won the Torneo del Noroeste 4 times.
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Laloa Milford is a Samoan former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He most recently played rugby union for the Santa Monica Rugby Club. He was hired as the head coach for the University of Southern California Rugby Club in August, 2015. He represented Samoa.
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Papanui won the Canterbury Rugby League's Massetti Cup. The Canterbury Rugby League experimented with a "sin bin" until the New Zealand Rugby League instructed them to return to International rules. The sin bin is now a permanent feature of the rugby league rules. The Rugby League finally sold Monica Park during the season.
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The popularity of the South Africa national rugby union team and South Africa national rugby sevens team in the country further hinders the development of rugby league as potential players are groomed to play in the national and provincial Rugby union teams and the national Rugby sevens team from a young age.
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In 2003, a second Asian competition called the Asian Rugby Series was formed. The Asian Rugby Series ran alongside the Rugby Championship to help determine divisional allocations for the Asian Rugby Championship. With more teams competing, a third division was added to the Rugby Championship in 2004. The dual competitions ran until 2007.
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Kyle Johan Winter (born September 20, 1974) is an American former rugby union player. He played senior level Division I rugby with the Mystic River Rugby Club in the American Rugby Premiership and has represented Indonesia on the national level. He also played rugby league with the Boston Thirteens in the USARL.
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Andrew Everingham (born 29 January 1987) is an Australian professional rugby footballer currently playing rugby union for the Fukuoka Sanix Blues in the Japanese Second Division Rugby. He previously played rugby league in the National Rugby League as a three-quarter back for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and also played for the Philippines.
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Of these 102 players, 54 have played international rugby, including 36 for the United States national rugby union team."Pro League Looks to Kick-Start American Rugby", New York Times, Emma Stoney, April 25, 2016. About 30 players were picked from Pacific Rugby Premiership teams and 15 from Midwest Rugby Premiership teams.
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RL Record Keeper's Club Michael "Mike" John Coulman (born 6 May 1944) is an English former rugby football footballer, and coach. He played at the highest levels in both rugby union and rugby league - a dual-code rugby international.
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The Eastern Tornadoes were a New Zealand rugby league franchise that competed in the New Zealand Rugby League's Bartercard Cup and Auckland Rugby League's Super 12 competitions. They were formed to represent the rugby league clubs of East Auckland.
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In 2012 the Rugby teams moved into the newly formed Colonial Coast Rugby Conference, where the men compete nationally at the USA Rugby Division II level, and the woman compete in the National Small College Rugby Organization (Division III).
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Rugby in Mexico comprises 800 players and twenty clubs.Clubs où l'on pratique le rugby , sur mexrugby.com Rugby in Mexico is purely amateur, lacking structure and funding. There is no rugby culture and even a regional or local solid foundation.
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John "Jere" Blake (1875 – 15 February 1933) was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales.Welsh Rugby Union player profiles He was part of the 1900 Wales Triple Crown winning team.
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The 2012 Pacific Rugby Cup was the seventh edition of the Pacific Rugby Cup competition. The tournament featured national 'A' teams from the three Pacific rugby unions as well as Super Rugby development teams from Australia and New Zealand.
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The 2011 Pacific Rugby Cup was the sixth edition of the Pacific Rugby Cup competition. The tournament featured national 'A' teams from the three Pacific rugby unions as well as Super Rugby development teams from Australia and New Zealand.
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Mathieu Raynal (born 9 August 1981) is a professional rugby union referee who represents the French Rugby Federation. He officiates at the highest level in the Top 14, European club rugby, and is on the World Rugby referee panel.
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Rugby Club Balkan Mosquito, (Serbian: Рагби клуб Балкански комарац) is a rugby union team from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a member of the Rugby Union of Serbia. Clubs Rugby Serbia The team wears a black and green strip.
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When Huddersfield converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Jack Dyson would have been 28. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Huddersfield.
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Dallas RFC is an American rugby team based in Dallas. The flagship team plays in the Red River Conference of the USA Rugby Division I, with additional teams playing in USA Rugby Division II and USA Rugby Division III.
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Rae has played for the England national rugby sevens team. He has also represented the England national under-18 rugby union team, the England national under-19 rugby union team and the England national under-20 rugby union team.
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St. Bernard's College has offered many sports as extra-curricular activities. It currently offers Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Hockey, Mountain Biking, Rowing, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby 7s, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Touch Rugby, Volleyball and Waterpolo.
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William Douglas (2 July 1863 – 24 September 1943) was a Welsh rugby union back who played club rugby for Canton RFC , Cardiff and international rugby for Wales. Douglas was also a rugby referee, and officiated over four international matches.
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The Spain national rugby league team represents Spain in the sport of rugby league football, running under the auspices of the Asociación Española de Rugby League.
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2020 will be the Sunwolves (the team from Japan) last year in Super Rugby competition. In 2017, the Australian Rugby Union was rebranded to Rugby Australia.
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Neville Wyatt Black (25 April 1925 – 24 January 2016) was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player who represented New Zealand in rugby union.
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The France national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 side of the France national rugby union team in the sport of rugby union.
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Ivor Morgan (15 August 1884 – 10 December 1943) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Glamorgan.
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The Germany national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of the Germany national rugby union team in the sport of rugby union.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling the shortened 2020 Super Rugby season, the Western Force returned to Super Rugby to participate in Super Rugby AU.
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In September 2015, SRU join the project of the World Rugby "Get into rugby", prior to becoming an associate member of World Rugby in May 2016.
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The Sindh Rugby Association (SRA) is the governing body overseeing rugby in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is a member of the Pakistan Rugby Union.
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The Italy national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of the Italy national rugby union team in the sport of rugby union.
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The Georgia national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of the Georgia national rugby union team in the sport of rugby union.
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William James Mitchell (28 November 1890 – 2 June 1959) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.
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The Scotland national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of the Scotland national rugby union team in the sport of rugby union.
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The England national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of the England national rugby union team in the sport of rugby union.
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The 1990–91 rugby union Scottish Inter-District Championship McEwans Rugby Record 90-91. contribution Bill McMurtrie. 1990. Ian McLauchlan Associates. Edinburgh.McEwans Rugby Record 91-92.
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Petar Bucan (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Бућан) is a Serbian rugby union player who currently plays for Rugby Club Partizan. and for Serbia national rugby union team.
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John Risman is the son of the rugby league footballer Gus Risman, and the younger brother of the rugby union, and rugby league footballer Bev Risman.
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Alex Rokobaro is a former professional rugby player who played for the Fijian national rugby team,the Stade Français Paris, the Melbourne Rebels and Rugby Calvisano.
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Rugby Club Locomotive Tbilisi is a Georgian semi-professional rugby union club from Tbilisi, who plays in the Georgia Championship, the first division of Georgian rugby.
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Rugby Club Kochebi Bolnisi is a Georgian semi-professional rugby union club from Bolnisi, who plays in the Georgia Championship, the first division of Georgian rugby.
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Percy Williams (birth unknown – death unknown) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand.
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The Catalan Rugby League Championship () is the rugby league competition for clubs in Catalonia, promoted by the Catalan Rugby League Association (ACRL) and played since 2009.
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The Southland rugby league team are New Zealand rugby league team that represents the Southland Rugby League. In the past they have been nicknamed the Rams.
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She attended Leeds Metropolitan University. Alongside rugby, Vicky is a successful personal trainer and rugby coach. Fleetwood was selected for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.
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Cilfynydd Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Cilfynydd in Pontypridd, Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union.
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University of Scranton Norsemen Rugby Football Club is a collegiate rugby union team at the University of Scranton. It competes in the Mid Atlantic Rugby Conference.
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He is currently the Rugby Development Officer (RDO) for the Papatoetoe Rugby Football Club and occasionally plays for the La Salle Collegians old boys rugby team.
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A dual-code rugby international is a rugby footballer who has played at the senior international level in both codes of rugby, 13-a-side rugby league and 15-a-side rugby union. Rugby league started as a breakaway version of rugby in Northern England in 1895 and in New Zealand and Australia in 1908, and consequently a number of early top-class rugby league players had been star players in the rugby union code. Accordingly, a high proportion of Australia and New Zealand's dual-code rugby internationals played in rugby league's formative years in those countries. From 1910 to 1995, dual-code internationals were infrequent and with the single exception of Karl Ifwersen, the player had always first appeared as a union international before shifting to league, due to strict bans applied by administrators in rugby union, which remained amateur, to those players who crossed to the professional code.
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Rugby in Venezuela is an amateur sport and rugby players receive no remuneration.
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World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union.
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Ellon Rugby Football Club are a rugby union side based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire.
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Kirkcaldy Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club from Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
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Les Gaillards Paris Rugby Club is a French rugby club based in Paris.
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The Rugby Football Union are the governing body for rugby union in England.
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The Cheltenham Rugby Festival rugby league nines event has also been held there.
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Tasman Rugby Boadilla is a Spanish rugby team based in Boadilla del Monte.
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Old Town Shamrocks Porvoo Rugby Club, is a Finnish rugby club in Porvoo.
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The Fairfax Eagles rugby league team plays in the American National Rugby League.
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Burnaby Lake Rugby Club is a rugby club based in Burnaby, British Columbia.
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Rugby Football Club Arsenal Tivat is a Montenegrin rugby club based in Tivat.
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Amatori Parma Rugby is a historical Italian rugby union team founded in 1971.
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Rugby Europe suspended the Rugby Federation of Armenia due to inactivity in 2014.
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The Uruguayan Rugby Union () is the governing body for rugby union in Uruguay.
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The Croatian Rugby Federation () is the governing body for rugby union in Croatia.
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Rugby Town Football Club was an English football club based in Rugby, Warwickshire.
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The Korea Rugby Union (KRU) is the rugby governing body in South Korea.
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In 2014, Rugby Europe suspended the Rugby Federation of Armenia due to inactivity.
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Jack Dawson was an Australian first-grade rugby league and rugby union footballer.
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Aloysius' rugby team won the Scottish Rugby U16 Schools' Cup Final in 2016.
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The Calgary Rugby Union is the administrative body for rugby union in Calgary.
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Rugby Club L'Hospitalet is a Spanish rugby team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.
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The Moldova women's national rugby sevens team represents Moldova in women's rugby sevens.
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The Murray Cup is now the oldest knockout rugby competition in World Rugby.
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The Saints Rugby School is a Swiss rugby union team based in Zug and is the junior team of Rugby Club Zug It was formed in March 2006 and is now one of the top junior rugby teams in Switzerland.
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The Arizona Rugby Union (ARU) is the Local Area Union (LAU) for rugby union teams in Arizona. ARU is part of the Southern California Rugby Football Union (SCRFU), which is one of several Geographical Unions (GUs) that comprise USA Rugby.
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Laetitia Salles (born 29 October 1982) is a French female rugby union player. She represented at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was named in the squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.
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Clubname Parkside Hawks Fullname Parkside Hawks Founded 2009 Sport Rugby league League Rugby League Conference Ground South Leeds Stadium Parkside Hawks was a rugby league team based in Hunslet, Leeds. They played in the Yorkshire division of the Rugby League Conference.
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The Copa del Rey de Rugby (previously known as Campeonato de España de Rugby) is the national rugby cup. The competition was founded in 1926 and, currently is the second most important competition after the División de Honor de Rugby.
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Phillip Thiel (born October 29, 1984) is an American rugby union player who currently coaches Atlanta Old White rugby football Club and played for Life University Men's Senior Rugby Club in the American Rugby Premiership as a hooker and prop.
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The tournament is operated by SANZAAR and known for sponsorship reasons as The Castle Rugby Championship in South Africa, The Investec Rugby Championship in New Zealand, The Castrol Edge Rugby Championship in Australia and The Personal Rugby Championship in Argentina.
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Puhipi James Rukutai (1877 – 11 January 1940) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) and coached New Zealand. The Auckland Rugby League's minor premiership, the Rukutai Shield, is named after him.
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The Moldova national rugby union team, nicknamed Haiducii, are a Rugby Europe national team that play in the Conference 2 North competition and are administered by the Moldovan Rugby Federation. They are yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.
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Ubuntu Rugby is a rugby team based in Lisbon, Portugal. As of the 2012/13 season, they play in the Second Division of the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby (National Championship). The club is the official rugby team of the Academia Ubuntu.
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When Wigan converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Thursday 29 August 1895, Ned Bullough would have been 28 years of age. Subsequently, he was not both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Wigan.
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When Seaton converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code for the 1898–99 season, Tom Fletcher would have been 24 years of age. Consequently, he was both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Seaton.
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Rugby Club Los Matreros, simply known as Los Matreros, is an Argentine rugby union and field hockey club sited in Morón, Greater Buenos Aires. The rugby union team is also member of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires (URBA).
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Christelle Le Duff (born 21 November 1982) is a French female rugby union player. She represented at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was a member of France's 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens squad.
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The tournament is operated by SANZAAR and known for sponsorship reasons as The Castle Rugby Championship in South Africa, The Investec Rugby Championship in New Zealand, The Mitsubishi Estate Rugby Championship in Australia, and The Personal Rugby Championship in Argentina.
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The Hawaii Rugby Union is the local governing body for rugby union teams in the state of Hawaii. Rugby Hawaii Inc. is a non-profit organization and an associate union (AU) under the umbrella of the national organization, USA Rugby..
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After the formation of the Netherlands national rugby league team, the town formed a rugby league club called the Nootdorp Panthers. They are the first domestic rugby league club in the country that play in the Dutch Rugby League Competition.
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In 2013 Australian sports magazine Inside Rugby named its four Australian Invincibles – a rugby union equivalent of rugby league's Immortals. David Campese was named alongside Col Windon, Ken Catchpole, and Mark Ella as the first Invincibles of Australian rugby union.
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Victor Moses Yates (15 June 1939 – 31 August 2008) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby union. His brother, John, represented New Zealand in rugby league while his father, Moses, represented North Auckland in rugby union.
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When Broughton Rangers converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on 2 June 1896, Arthur Royle would have been aged 34. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Broughton Rangers.
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When Bradford FC converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Jack Toothill would have been approximately 29. Consequently, he was both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford FC.
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When Bradford F.C. converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, James Wright would have been 32. Consequently, he could have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford F.C.
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When Bradford F.C. converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Herbert Ward would have been approximately 22. Subsequently, he was both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford F.C.
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John Mantle (13 March 1942 – 18 November 2018)John Mantle: Dual code rugby international dies aged 76 was a Welsh dual-code international rugby player. He was capped for Wales at rugby union, and Great Britain and Wales in rugby league.
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When Leeds converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August, Henry Fowler would have likely been in his thirties. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Leeds.
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When Barrow converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code in April 1897, George Hughes would have been 27 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Barrow.
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When Manningham converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Edgar Holmes would have been approximately 32. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Manningham.
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John Arthur Jones (1857-20 January 1919)Arthur Jones player profile Scrum.com was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales. He was awarded a single cap for Wales.
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The Chile national rugby league team represents Chile in rugby league. The team is operated by Futbol a 13 Chile and sanctioned by the Rugby League International Federation to represent Chile at international level in the sport of rugby league.
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When Wakefield Trinity converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Thomas Bennett would have been 43. Subsequently, he didn't become both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Wakefield Trinity.
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The Turks & Caicos Islands national rugby union team represents the Turks and Caicos Islands in rugby union. Although not an official member of World Rugby; they have been competing in the NACRA Rugby Championship since 2013 and are affiliated with NACRA.
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The Malaysia Valke is a professional rugby union team based in Kuala Lumpur that competes in Global Rapid Rugby. The team was formed in 2019 as a joint venture between Malaysia Rugby and the Falcons Rugby Union of South Africa.
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Darren Kevin Junee (born 2 July 1969) is an Australian former rugby union and rugby league footballer. He was an Australian rugby union representative and had a first grade rugby league career with the Sydney Roosters in the NSWRFL competition.
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Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.98 Howell joined the Hutt Valley Hawks for the 1995 season, scoring 136 points that year.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.
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David Fraisse, also known by the nickname of "Frezzy", is a French rugby union coach and former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played representative rugby league for France at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
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The Rugby Union of Serbia () is the governing body for rugby union in Serbia. It was founded in 1954 and joined Rugby Europe (formerly FIRA-AER) in 1964. It has been a member of World Rugby (formerly the IRB) since 1988.
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Samuel James Goldsworthy (11 February 1855 – 28 September 1889) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club. When Goldsworthy died in 1889 he was the first Wales rugby union international to die.
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France became a member in 1978 and a further eighty members joined from 1987 to 1999. The International Rugby Board is now known as World Rugby and oversees the administration of the sport. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cups.
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Palemia Sialesa Lilomaiava (born in Lepea, on 23 March 1960Samoa 1991 Rugby World Cup squad at World Rugby) is a Samoan rugby union player. He plays as a prop. He is a relative of the fellow rugby union player Robert Lilomaiava.
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During the Africa Rugby Summit in Morocco, Ghana Rugby Football union(GRFU), of which Mensah is the President, also received an outstanding award from the continental rugby body for Best Communication strategy as part of the 2019 rugby Africa awards night held in Marrakech-Morocco. Rugby Africa recognised Ghana Rugby and Herbert Mensah for employing social media and the mass media in general to develop, advance and make the professional game of rugby popular in Ghana and Africa at large.
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Kristina Sue (born 13 March 1987) is a New Zealand rugby union, rugby league and touch rugby player. She has represented New Zealand in all forms of rugby at a national level and is considered a quadruple rugby international. She has played at the 2007 and 2011 Touch Football World Cup's, at the 2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup and recently at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. Sue made her debut for the Black Ferns in 2016 against Australia.
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The USA Sevens is the largest annual rugby sevens tournament in North America. UWS also owns and operates the annual Collegiate Rugby Championship, a college rugby sevens tournament held every June at Talen Energy Stadium located outside of Philadelphia. Prusmack also started Scrumdown in 1975, a magazine about rugby in the United States, which was later renamed Rugby Mag, and whose publication continues online as "Rugby Today"."The 40th anniversary of US rugby's publication", Rugby Today, Allyn Freeman, May 6, 2015.
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The Wallis and Futuna Rugby Committee (French: Comité de Rugby Wallis et Futuna, —or officially: Comité Territorial de Rugby Wallis et Futuna) is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within Wallis and Futuna. It is an associate member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), which is the regional governing body for Oceania, but it is not affiliated with the International Rugby Board (IRB) in its own right.
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The Fiji national rugby league team, nicknamed the Bati (pronounced ), has been participating in international rugby league football since 1992. The team is controlled by the governing body for rugby league in Fiji, Fiji National Rugby League (FNRL), which is currently a member of the Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation (APRLC). Fiji have thrice reached the semi-finals of the Rugby League World Cup, in 2008, 2013 and 2017, and are currently ranked 5th in the Rugby League International Federation's World Rankings.
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The World Rugby Museum re-opened in early February 2018 in the South Stand of Twickenham Stadium formerly opened as ‘The Museum of Rugby’ in 1996. It became the World Rugby Museum in 2007. Its collection comprises over 37,000 pieces of rugby memorabilia, boots, balls, jerseys, programmes, match-tickets, books and assorted paraphernalia. It is not to be confused with the World Rugby Hall of Fame, sponsored by the sport's international governing body of World Rugby and physically located in Rugby.
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Rugby union in Japan is governed by the Japan Rugby Football Union. The Japan Rugby Football Union was officially formed on 30 November 1926,Jones, p69 and became a full member of World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Football Board) in 1987, just before the 1987 Rugby World Cup. The JRFU also received a seat on the body's Executive Council at that time. Richards, p212Bath p69 It is also a founding member of the Asian Rugby Football Union.
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Kevon Williams (born June 7, 1991) is an American rugby player who plays for the United States national rugby sevens team on the World Rugby Sevens Series. Williams is originally from Houston, Texas. He attended college at the New Mexico Highlands. He also played American football as a wide receiver with the New Mexico Highlands until 2012."2014 RUGBY TODAY AWARDS - COLLEGE 7S POY", Rugby Today, Pat Clifton, January 7, 2015. He picked up rugby in 2013. His strong rugby play with New Mexico earned him the 2014 College Sevens Player of the Year award by Rugby Today magazine, in large part due to his play at the 2014 NSCRO national championship."2014 RUGBY TODAY AWARDS - COLLEGE 7S POY", Rugby Today, Pat Clifton, January 7, 2015.
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The Rugby Football League were the governing body for rugby league in the UK. They were formed as the Northern Rugby Union in 1895. In 1907, the Welsh Northern Union was formed in Wrexham, but the Northern Union refused it affiliation as they wanted the body located in the South of Wales, which is the heartland of Welsh rugby union, and the WNU soon folded. In 1926, the newly renamed RFL formed a Welsh commission in an attempt to convert rugby union clubs to rugby league. The Wales Rugby League was formed in 1995 and recognised at that time as the governing body of rugby league in Wales by the Rugby Football League, the British Amateur Rugby League Association and the Welsh Sports Council.
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"Buffalo Joins Rugby East", This Is American Rugby, April 30, 2014. UB Rugby joined the East Conference because they wanted to improve and play the highest competition possible."Buffalo, Navy Win", Goff Rugby Report, Alex Goff, August 31, 2014. The East Conference includes some of the best college rugby teams in the country, such as Army, Penn State, and Kutztown."Buffalo Joins Rugby East", This Is American Rugby, April 30, 2014. UB is led by Head Coach Mike Hodgins. The University at Buffalo Rugby Football Club competes in Division 1 of the New York State Rugby Conference. In the fall of 2007 the UBRFC started a Division 3 team playing in the Excelsior West Division of the New York State Rugby Conference.
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Italy competes in the Six Nations Championship and Rugby World Cup, and is classified as a tier one nation by World Rugby (formerly the International Rugby Board).
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Rugby is played in Gibraltar under the auspices of the (English) Rugby Football Union, by both local teams such as Gibraltar Barbarians Rugby Club, and armed forces.
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Leo Faaeteete (born 10 May 1987) is a Samoa rugby union footballer. A fullback, he is currently playing for Steaua Bucureşti Rugby in the Romanian Rugby Championship.
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The governing body for rugby league in Georgia was the Georgian Rugby League Federation. It was founded in 2004 by former France rugby union player, Paata Tsintsadze.
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He attended Rugby School from 1892 to 1894.Michell, A.T., Rugby School Register: Volume III: From May 1874 to May 1904, A.J. Lawrence, (Rugby), 1944, p.189.
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Andrew John Evans (born ) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby and the in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is lock.
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Trailfinders Sports Ground is a rugby ground in West Ealing, London, England, which is the home of Ealing Trailfinders rugby union and London Broncos rugby league club.
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Ernest Melville Rowlands (21 September 1864 - 7 April 1940) was a Welsh international rugby union player who played rugby for Lampeter University and international rugby for Wales.
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The Azad Balochistan Rugby Association (BRA) is the governing body overseeing rugby in the Balochistan province of India. It is a member of the Indian Rugby Union.
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The Islamabad Rugby Association (IRA) is the governing body overseeing rugby in the Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. It is a member of the Pakistan Rugby Union.
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The Tonga women's national rugby league team, also known as the Tonga, represents Tonga in Women's rugby league. They are administered by the Tonga National Rugby League.
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South Africa was not permitted by the International Rugby Board to compete in the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup, nor in the following 1991 Rugby World Cup.
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Super Rugby player of the year is an accolade awarded annually. Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Albert "Abbie" Shadbolt (birth unknown – death unknown) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand.
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Konstantinos Kritsikis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κριτσίκης) is a Greek rugby union player, currently playing for Panathinaikos Rugby. He is also member of the Greece national rugby union team.
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Hawea Karepa Mataira (3 December 1910 – 15 November 1979) was a dual-code rugby football player who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.
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Rugby Town Hall is a municipal building on Evreux Way in the town centre of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. The building is the headquarters of Rugby Borough Council.
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Belmont Shore Rugby Club is an American rugby union team named after the Belmont Shore neighborhood of Long Beach, California, which has a tradition of amateur rugby.
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Svetlana Khokhlova (born 24 February 1971) is a Khazak rugby player. She participated at the 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup, and the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup.
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The Women's Rugby League Conference is a rugby league competition for female teams in Britain. It began in 2008. The men's equivalent is the Rugby League Conference.
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The Nigeria Rugby League Association were first founded in 2018 by former professional rugby league footballer, Ade Adebisi who is the Vice President and General Manager and chairman Abiodun Olawale-Cole. Nigeria Rugby League were granted observer membership of the Rugby League European Federation, replacing the old inactive and defunct Nigerian Rugby League governing body.
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The Gibraltar national cricket team won the European Cricket Championship Division Two in 2000 and 2002. Rugby union is fairly popular and one of the fastest-growing team sports. Gibraltar Rugby Football Union applied for membership of Europe's governing body for rugby. Gibraltar is believed to be the birthplace of the rugby variant Tag Rugby.
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George Herbert Gould (18 April 1870 – 19 December 1913) was a Welsh international rugby union centre who played club rugby for Newport Rugby Football Club and won three caps for Wales. Gould is best known within the sport of rugby as the brother of Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, one of the first superstars of Welsh rugby.
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Bailey was inducted as a New Zealand Rugby League "Legend of League" in 1995 and is an Auckland Rugby League Immortal.Legends of League New Zealand Rugby LeagueStacey Jones, Auckland Rugby League Immortal est1995.co.nz, 21 September 2003 In 2007 he was named in the New Zealand Rugby League Team of the Century at centre.
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The Mali national rugby union team represents Mali in international rugby union. Mali are a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB), and have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup. The Mali national rugby team played their first ever international against Benin in 2003, winning the match. They also defeated Senegal that season.
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The NSW Rugby Union hosted an international sevens tournament at Concord Oval in Sydney from 1986 to 1988, as part of Australia's Bicentennial celebrations. The Australian Rugby Football Union, later the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) and now known as Rugby Australia, continued the event for a further year in 1989.Sydney 1986–. Rugby 7.
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Roughly one quarter of college rugby programs offer financial aid to their players. Outstanding college rugby players are recognized as All-Americans.USA Rugby, College Qualified All-Americans can represent the United States in international tournaments by playing on the United States national under-20 rugby union team or the All Americans rugby union team.
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The Cumbria Rugby Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Cumbria in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Cumbria, and administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in the county. It also administers the Cumbria rugby representative teams.
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Teggin played his club rugby for Broughton Rangers, and played county rugby for Lancashire. At the time Broughton Rangers played rugby union, but in 1895 they ceded from the Rugby Football Union, that governed the sport in England, and helped found the Northern Union. This eventually developed into the separate sport of rugby league.
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The scissor crossings remained in use until the railway was electrified in the 1960s. In 1899 a second station, , was opened in Rugby. To distinguish it from the other station, the present station became known as Rugby Midland. Rugby Central closed in 1969, and Rugby Midland reverted to being called just Rugby in 1970.
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Tom Bristow (born 16 August 1991) is an English rugby union loosehead prop who plays for Hong Kong Rugby Union. He represented Hong Kong Rugby Union at international level in November 2019. He made his test debut against Belgium national rugby union team and Spain national rugby union team in the Europe test matches.
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The stadium hosted its first rugby international game when a crowd of over 4,000 saw the Ireland A national rugby union team defeat their Argentinian counterparts in November 2009. The first club rugby game was held in August 2012 as 2011–12 Heineken Cup winners Leinster Rugby beat Gloucester Rugby in a pre season friendly.
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Ben Alexander (born 13 November 1984) is an Australian Rugby Union and Finska player. He plays first-tier, professional rugby for the Greater Sydney Rams in the Australian domestic National Rugby Championship competition and for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby competition. Alexander has also played for the Australian national rugby union team, the Wallabies.
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The Jordan Rugby Committee is a non-profit organisation with the sole responsibility of developing the sport of rugby in Jordan. It is funded by the Jordan Olympic Committee and is an associate member of World Rugby. Jordan Rugby became an associate member of Asia Rugby in 2008 and then a full member in 2016.
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The development of a domestic professional rugby competition is seen as a key step in the growth of rugby in the United States."Soldier On: What next for American rugby?", ESPN Scrum, November 3, 2014. USA Rugby CEO Nigel Melville predicted in 2012 that professional rugby would come to the United States by 2015.
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The Spanish Rugby League Association (, AERL) also known as España Rugby League, is the governing body of rugby league in Spain. The body was officially founded in 2013 and has held affiliate-level membership of the Rugby League European Federation since 2015, making the national team eligible to qualify for the Rugby League World Cup.
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It is also a full member of Oceania Rugby, which is the governing body for rugby union in Oceania. Up to 2003, Tahiti played in international rugby sevens (Pacific Games) and XV-a-side, in the qualifying rounds for the Rugby World Cup. In 2006, there were fourteen clubs in the national championship and two divisions. There were also sevens competitions, women's rugby, and under-18 rugby competitions as well.
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The German Rugby Federation ( or DRV) is the governing body for rugby union in Germany. It organizes the German national team and the three league divisions: the Rugby-Bundesliga, the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga and the Rugby-Regionalliga. It was founded on November 4, 1900, in Kassel, and is the oldest national rugby union in continental Europe. After the Second World War, the DRV was restored on May 14, 1950.
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Rugby Americas North, abbreviated as RAN, is the governing body for rugby union in the North American continental region. Rugby Americas North operates under the authority of World Rugby, and is one of six regional unions represented within it. Prior to 2016, the organisation was known as NACRA – the North America Caribbean Rugby Association. The preceding body before 2001 was NAWIRA – the North America and West Indies Rugby Association.
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USA Rugby affirmed that it sanctioned and supported the PRO Rugby competition."PRO Rugby Launches First Professional League in North America", USA Rugby, November 9, 2015. Despite a 2016 PRO Rugby season being held, issues occurred during the offseason, and a second season never occurred. PRO Rugby folded the San Francisco Rush in December 2016, citing a lack of a suitable venue, and on lack of support from the local media.
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Mark Brooke-Cowden (born 12 June 1963) is a New Zealand former rugby union and rugby league footballer. In rugby union he played as a flanker. In rugby union, he won 3 caps for the All Blacks between 1986 and 1987 and was a member of the victorious New Zealand squad at the 1987 Rugby World Cup. He then switched to rugby league, and played professionally in England.
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Wales is represented by four regional teams that also take part in the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The Welsh national rugby union team takes part in the annual Six Nations Championship and the Rugby World Cup. The country's sevens national team won the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens, and is one of the 15 "core teams" in the annual World Rugby Sevens Series.
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For duration of World War II the ban on rugby league players was temporarily lifted by the RFU. Many played in the eight rugby "Internationals" between England and Scotland which were played by Armed Services teams. The authorities also allowed the playing of two "Rugby League vs. Rugby Union" fixtures as fundraisers for the war effort (both matches were won by the rugby league teams playing rugby union).
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A Canterbury representative from the Addington club,1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.133 Faimalo also represented the New Zealand national rugby league team between 1988 and 1991, playing in five test matches. Faimalo spent 1989 with the Balmain Tigers as part of the New Zealand Rugby League's "Rookie Scheme".Lion Red 1989 Rugby League Annual New Zealand Rugby League, p.
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Hugh Pyle (born 21 September 1988 in Sydney) is a rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is lock. He previously represented the Rebels in Super Rugby making his franchise debut in Round 3 of the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Chiefs. At the conclusion of the 2014 Super Rugby season he departed Australia to take up a lucrative opportunity with major French rugby club (Stade français Paris rugby).
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The Martinique Rugby Committee (French: Comité de Rugby de la Martinique, —or officially: Comité Territorial de Rugby de la Martinique) is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within Martinique. It is affiliated with NACRA, which is the regional governing body for North America and the Caribbean, but it is not affiliated with the World Rugby in its own right.
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He also won four rugby league caps for Wales, scoring three tries. He played rugby union as a fullback, wing or centre for Bridgend, Cardiff, the Celtic Warriors, Toulouse, Cardiff Blues, and Wales. In 2010 he changed rugby football codes from rugby union to rugby league when he transferred from Cardiff Blues the Crusaders in the Super League, and for Wales. He retired from rugby in October 2011.
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The Germany national rugby union team is the national team of the third-tier rugby union-playing nation Germany. They first played in 1927 and have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. Rugby union in Germany is administered by the Deutscher Rugby-Verband. The German National Team regularly compete in the European Nations Cup, the senior men's rugby tournament for European nations below the Six Nations.
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Hobart Lions Rugby Club (Officially Hobart Hutchin's Old Boys Rugby Union Club) is a Rugby Union club in Tasmania. Established in 1983, the club is a member of the Tasmanian Rugby Union, is affiliated with the Australian Rugby Union, and plays in the Tasmanian Statewide Premiership League. The club splits its home games between Rugby Park and the WMO]. Known as the Lions, the club colours are grey, yellow and Magenta.
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Rugby has been an active Saskatchewan sport as early as 1927, with the Saskwanis Rugby Team being inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame as the Western Canadian Rugby Champions. Saskatchewan Prairie Fire is one of the Rugby Canada Super League teams. It plays its home matches at the Regina Rugby Club in Regina. As it represents the entire Saskatchewan Rugby Union, its roster consists of players from across Saskatchewan.
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165 Defending champions Tamatea retained the Hawke's Bay Rugby League title with a 60-12 win in the grand final over the Taradale Eagles.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1993, New Zealand Rugby League, 1993. p.176 Kia Ora, coached by Peter Sixtus, won the Manawatu Rugby League championship by defeating Tainui 38-22 in the grand final.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1993, New Zealand Rugby League, 1993. p.
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The Missoula All Maggots RFC or the Missoula Maggots are an amateur Rugby football club based out of Missoula Montana. The Maggots were established in 1976 by former University of Montana rugby club players recently graduated from the University of Montana in Missoula.Missoula Maggots The Maggots play competitive Rugby Union and Rugby Sevens versions of Rugby within the Montana Rugby Union which is affiliated with USA Rugby.Play Missoula Website.
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The Murray Park Rugby Stadium has hosted USA Rugby's national high school championships.National rugby tourney in Murray this weekend. The Deseret News, May 18, 2007 The Highland Rugby club, one of the most nationally successful high school rugby programs, is based there. Utah Rugby Football Union, an affiliate of the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union, sanctions most semi-professional, adult, collegiate, and high school clubs that use the field.
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The Ontario Rugby Union (ORU) also known as Rugby Ontario is the provincial governing body for the sport of rugby union in the Canadian province of Ontario and a Provincial Union of Rugby Canada. Rugby Ontario governs various levels of rugby (Under-7, Under-9, Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, Under-19, Senior, Masters, Non-contact). You can find a list of clubs in Ontario here.
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The Alamo City Rugby Football Club (informally Alamo City RFC or Alamo City Rugby) is an American rugby union club that is based in San Antonio, Texas. Alamo City RFC plays in the Texas Rugby Union Men's Division 2 league. Home matches are held at the Bowie Field rugby pitches located inside Brooks Park in southeast San Antonio, TX. The nickname for Alamo City Rugby is "The Defenders".
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Scarborough Pirates ARLFC was the name of an amateur rugby league team which competed in the Rugby League Conference Yorkshire Premier and British Amateur Rugby League Association winter leagues. The club was based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. In a joint initiative with Breakaway Sports Tours, the Rugby Football League and Scarborough Borough Council, the club established a rugby league nines tournament known as the Scarborough Rugby League Festival.
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The Continental Club Rugby League is an annual European rugby union competition organised by the Russian Rugby Federation (RRF). It is the third- tier competition for European clubs behind the European Rugby Challenge Cup and the European Rugby Champions Cup. This competition was created in 2019 after the European Rugby Continental Shield folded just six seasons upon its formation as the qualifying competition for the entry of tier two country teams outside the Premiership Rugby, Top 14 and the Pro14 into the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The Continental Club Rugby League is planned to be contested between 8 teams; 4 of the best teams from Russia's Rugby Premier League, 3 of the best teams from Romania's SuperLiga and the champions of Germany's Rugby-Bundesliga with the option to expand the current number of teams next season.
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Graeme Ormiston is a professional rugby union referee who represents the Scottish Rugby Union.
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The Groninger Student Rugby Club (G.S.R.C.) is a Dutch rugby union club from Groningen.
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There were also sevens competitions, women's rugby, and under-18 rugby competitions as well.
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The 2027 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the eleventh Rugby World Cup.
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I'Magnifici Firenze are an Italian rugby league team in the Italia Rugby Football League.
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The Germany national rugby league team is the national rugby league team of Germany.
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Gladiators Roma are an Italian rugby league team in the Italia Rugby Football League.
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The headquarters for the Tasmanian Rugby Union are at Rugby Park, Cornelian Bay, Tasmania.
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Hollie Davidson is a professional rugby union referee who represents the Scottish Rugby Union.
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The Ghana national rugby league team represents Ghana in the sport of rugby league.
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Rugby is played in Guernsey under the auspices of the (English) Rugby Football Union.
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The Colombian national rugby league team represents Colombia in the sport of rugby league.
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Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing.
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Club de Rugby La Vila is a Spanish rugby team based in Villajoyosa, Spain.
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Keith Allen is a professional rugby union referee who represents the Scottish Rugby Union.
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Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing.
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Finlay Brown is a professional rugby union referee who represents the Scottish Rugby Union.
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Michael Todd is a professional rugby union referee who represents the Scottish Rugby Union.
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The Canada national rugby league team represents Canada in international rugby league football tournaments.
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Ross Mabon is a professional rugby union referee who represents the Scottish Rugby Union.
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Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing.
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Air New Zealand Rugby League Annual 1977 New Zealand Rugby League, 1977. p.18.
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The Uzbekistan national rugby union sevens team is Uzbekistan's national rugby union sevens team.
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David Sutherland is a professional rugby union referee who represents the Scottish Rugby Union.
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The Iran women's national rugby union sevens team represents Iran in women's rugby sevens.
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Serge Marsolan is a former French rugby league international after debuting in rugby union.
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The Venezuela national rugby union sevens team is Venezuela's representative team in rugby sevens.
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Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing.
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Touch rugby being played at the 2012 Bedford River Festival. Touch rugby refers to games derived from rugby football in which players do not tackle each other but instead touch their opponents using their hands on any part of the body, clothing, or the ball. A formal, competitive variety, known as Touch, developed from rugby league and now exists as a sport in its own right. In addition, touch rugby games are played as training activities for rugby league and rugby union; as safer variants of rugby, particularly in schools and junior clubs, and as an informal social sport.
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The Washington, D.C. area is home to numerous rugby union teams, including men's, women's, college and high school. Prominent club teams include the Potomac Athletic Club, Washington Rugby Football Club, and the Maryland Exiles. These two clubs merged in 2014 as the Potomac Exiles Rugby Club The Maryland Terrapins rugby team plays in the Atlantic Coast Rugby League against its traditional ACC rivals. At the high school level, Gonzaga fields one of the strongest programs in the country, and Pride rugby (formerly Hyde rugby) gained national attention as the first rugby program at a predominantly African-American school.
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Lindenwood rugby began with the announcement in January 2011 the additions of men's and women's rugby to begin competition in the 2011-12 academic year. Lindenwood rugby was launched as one of the few varsity college rugby programs in the United States, and the program also provided scholarship funding for its student athletes. The university launched its rugby program, in part due to the growth of high school rugby throughout the country, Lindenwood's recognition of rugby's potential, and Lindenwood's realization that a strong rugby program could increase admissions. Ron Laszewski was selected as the first head coach of the Lions rugby team.
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The Chile national rugby union team (Spanish: Selección nacional de rugby de Chile) represents Chile in men's international rugby union competitions, nicknamed Los Cóndores, plays in red jerseys and blue shorts, and it's organised by the Chilean Rugby Federation (Federación de Rugby de Chile). As of 2019, Chile has not qualified for a Rugby World Cup. Chile was the second South American nation after Argentina to play international rugby union, playing their first international test against Argentina in 1936 in Santiago. Chile is one of the founding members of CONSUR, now known as Sudamérica Rugby, in 1989, alongside Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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She also drew on her study to write lighter fare, a series of books on jokes starting in 1987 with Rugby jokes, Son of rugby jokes and Hands up for rugby jokes' (1988), Rugby jokes in the office (1989), Rugby jokes score again and Even more rugby jokes (1990), and More rugby jokes (1992). She had no interest in rugby but instead treated the subject with the same dedication she had to other forms of folklore she studied with due academic rigour. She also wrote one romantic novel, Wentworth Hall, published in 1974. O'Beirne Ranelagh died in London on 5 April 1996.
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The Georgia national rugby union team (Georgian: საქართველოს მორაგბეთა ეროვნული ნაკრები) represents Georgia in men's international rugby union nicknamed The Lelos, it's administered by the Georgian Rugby Union. The team takes part in the annual Rugby Europe Championship (previously named European Nations Cup) and participates in the Rugby World Cup, which takes place every four years. Georgia is currently considered a second-tier rugby union nation and is one of the world's fastest-growing rugby nations. The Lelos participate in the Rugby Europe Championship, winning the tournament in 2001, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 seasons.
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The 2018 Americas Rugby Challenge or ARCh 2018 was the inaugural edition of the Americas Rugby Challenge, a men's rugby union international tournament for tier 2 teams in North and South America. The inaugural edition was confirmed in August 2018, to be played at the Estadio Cincuentenario in Medellín, Colombia from August 24 to September 01.Historic Americas Rugby Challenge Confirmed for August and September, from americasrugbynews.com The competition brings together Rugby Americas North (RAN) and Sudamérica Rugby, following the example of the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC). The Americas Rugby Challenge is officially the ‘B’ competition for the ARC.
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The legal name of the body running the competition is Celtic Rugby DAC, a private company limited by shares based in Ireland. The organisation is responsible for running and operating the Guinness PRO14 Rugby Championship and is currently owned equally by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) and the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) may become a shareholder subject to it meeting certain conditions. The board of Celtic Rugby DAC is made up of representatives from the IRFU, SRU, WRU, ProRugby Wales, the FIR and the South African Rugby Union.
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Sport England is the governing body responsible for distributing funds and providing strategic guidance for sporting activity in England. England rugby union team during their victory parade after winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup Rugby union originated in Rugby School, Warwickshire in the early 19th century. The England rugby union team won the 2003 Rugby World Cup, with Jonny Wilkinson scoring the winning drop goal in the last minute of extra time against Australia. England was one of the host nations of the competition in the 1991 Rugby World Cup and also hosted the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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Wales Rugby League is the national governing body for rugby league football in Wales. In 1907 The Welsh Northern Rugby Football Union was formed in Wrexham, but the English Northern Rugby Football Union refused it affiliation as they wanted the body located in the south of Wales and the Welsh body soon folded. In 1926 the English body, now called the Rugby Football League (RFL) formed a Welsh commission in an attempt to convert rugby union clubs to rugby league. The Wales Rugby League achieved governing body status in 2005 and employed its first professional chairman, Mark Rowley, in 2006.
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The Tampa Bay Krewe, or Krewe Rugby, are a rugby union team based in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. They are members of the Florida Rugby Union, the organizational body for rugby union in Florida, and Division II side in USA Rugby, plus a youth side and a social side. Krewe Rugby was founded in 1991 by ten Tampa Bay area professionals who had previously been members of different novice to semi-professional level rugby union teams. The Krewe plays other Division- II Rugby Clubs from cities across Florida, including Jacksonville, Orlando, Naples, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami.
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The Tunisian Rugby Federation () is the governing body for rugby union in Tunisia. It was founded in 1970 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1988.
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The Norwegian Rugby Union () is the governing body for rugby union in Norway. It was founded in 1982 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1993.
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Yacine Dekkiche is a French rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He represented France at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.
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The Paraguayan Rugby Union () is the governing body for rugby union in Paraguay. It was founded in 1970 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1989.
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He has appeared as a guest on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound radio programme to comment on international rugby games. He has also coached rugby at Heriot's Rugby Club.
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Céline Allainmat (born 7 August 1982) is a French female rugby union player. She represented at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.
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The 1996 Canada rugby union tour of Australia was a series of rugby union matches played during June 1996 in Australia by the Canada national rugby union team.
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Laugharne Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Laugharne, West Wales. They presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Four West League.
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The governing body is the Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union. Bangladesh Rugby Federation is Member of National Sports Council, Member of Bangladesh Olympic Association and Regional Association Asia Rugby.
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As a rugby player, he plays either as a lock or a flanker, and last played Super Rugby for the Southern Kings in the 2013 Super Rugby season.
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The Swedish Rugby Union () is the governing body for rugby union in Sweden. It was founded in 1932 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1988.
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Rugby union in the Netherlands is a minor but growing sport.. The sport is governed by the Dutch Rugby Union, which organizes the Netherlands national rugby union team.
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Tuihalamaka began playing rugby union for the San Diego Breakers in 2016. Tuihalamaka continued his rugby career with the San Diego Legion, of Major League Rugby, in 2018.
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Stade Poitevin Rugby is a French semi-professional rugby union team based in Poitiers. They currently play in Fédérale 3, the fifth division of the French rugby pyramid.
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The union also administers all club rugby within the region, including the Gallaher Shield and other senior club rugby. As well, the union is responsible for school rugby.
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The Vancouver Rugby Union (VRU) is the administrative body for rugby union in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The VRU currently consists of 11 local rugby clubs and Seattle.
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Teqüe Rugby Club is a rugby union and field hockey club from the city of Mendoza, Argentina. The rugby team currently plays in the regionalised Torneo del Oeste.
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Griffith 'Giotto' Griffiths (15 September 1864 - 22 July 1938) was a Welsh international rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales.
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Albert Fear (25 August 1907 – 26 July 2000) was a Welsh rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Abertillery RFC and Newport and international rugby for Wales.
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James Bridie (19 September 1857 – third ¼ 1893) was a Scottish-born rugby union Centre who played club rugby union for Cardiff, and Newport and county rugby for Monmouthshire.
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The FATA Rugby Association (FATARA) is the governing body overseeing rugby in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. It is a member of the Pakistan Rugby Union.
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Brett Mather (born 3 January 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays provincial rugby for Otago, and is in the Super Rugby team the Highlanders.
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Teunis Nieuwoudt (born 3 December 1991) is a South African rugby union player for Rugby United New York in Major League Rugby. His regular position is loosehead prop.
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Glen Black is a New Zealand former rugby league referee. An international referee, Black has also controlled Canterbury Rugby League, New Zealand Rugby League and Super League matches.
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Chicago Blaze Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Lemont, Illinois. The Blaze's first side competes in the Midwest Rugby Football Union's Division II class.
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William Walter Devine (c. 1893 - 28 December 1956) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand.
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Other transnational club competitions include the European Rugby Champions Cup, the Pro14 in Europe and South Africa, and Super Rugby and Global Rapid Rugby in the Southern Hemisphere.
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James 'Jim' Webb (15 January 1863 - 8 February 1913) was an English-born international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport and international rugby for Wales.
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Cross took up a role within the Scottish Rugby Union and he continued promoting Scottish rugby, becoming President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the 1882-83 season.
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The Andorran Rugby Federation () is the governing body for rugby union in Andorra. It was founded in 1986 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1991.
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Theodorus Daniel Maree (born ) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby and the in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is scrum- half.
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Peter Deakin (18 October 1953 – 1 February 2003) was a rugby league and rugby union administrator. He also had a short career as a professional rugby league player.
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O'Hare started playing rugby with Leeds Carnegie. He was with the Yorkshire club from 1997-99. He then switched codes to play rugby league. O'Hare joined Glasgow Warriors in 2005, switching code back from rugby league, to play rugby union once again.
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When Bradford FC converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Laurie Hickson would have been approximately 33. Consequently, he could have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford FC.
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The 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the fifth edition of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (formerly the IRB Women's Sevens World Series), an annual series of tournaments organised by World Rugby for women's national teams in rugby sevens.
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When Bradford converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Thursday 29 August 1895, Fred Bonsor would have been approximately 33 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford.
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When Oldham converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 2 June 1896, Abel Ashworth would have been 31 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Oldham.
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The Honorable Henry Arnold Lawrence (17 March 1848 – 18 April 1902)Henry Lawrence player profile Scrum.com was a rugby union forward who played club rugby for Richmond F.C. and international rugby for England. He was the third captain of the England rugby team.
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When Batley converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Thursday 29 August 1895, Harry Bedford would have been approximately 29 years of age. Subsequently, he was not both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Batley.
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When Bramley converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 2 June 1896, Bobby Whiteley would have been approximately 25 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bramley.
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When Lancaster converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code for the 1901–02 season, John Pinch would have been approximately 31 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Lancaster.
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Christian Tyrer (born 19 December 1973) is a professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s. He played club level rugby league (RL) for Widnes Vikings and Keighley Cougars, as a , and club level rugby union (RU) for Bath.
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When Wakefield Trinity converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Harper Hamshaw would have been 31 years of age. Subsequently, he didn't become both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Wakefield Trinity.
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When Wakefield Trinity converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Arthur Hayley would have been 41 years of age. Subsequently, he didn't become both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Wakefield Trinity.
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Luján Rugby Club is an Argentine rugby union and field hockey club based in the city of Luján, Buenos Aires Province. The rugby team currently plays in Primera C, the 4th. division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system.
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The Hawke's Bay rugby league team are a New Zealand rugby league team that represents the Hawke's Bay Rugby League in New Zealand Rugby League competitions. They are nicknamed the Unicorns. They competed in the Lion Red Cup between 1994 and 1996.
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When Wakefield Trinity converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Paul Booth would have been 30 years of age. Subsequently, he didn't become both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Wakefield Trinity.
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Halifax Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Halifax, West Yorkshire. The club currently runs three senior men's teams (1xv, 2ndxv & Vets) along with 2 Women's rugby union teams (1xv & Development) and a Mixed Ability rugby team.
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Tom Dobson (1871 – 4 July 1937)Tom Dobson player profile Scrum.com was a Scottish-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales. His brother George Dobson was also a rugby player who represented Cardiff and Wales.
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In 2007, Lau'ese narrowly missed out on the Samoan national squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup and later played second division rugby in Wales and France. In 2009, Lau'ese was lured back to Invercargill by Rugby Southland and the Excelsior Rugby Club.
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The African Leopards are an African rugby union representative team, organised by the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR). The side will play an important role in promoting rugby in Africa. The Leopards are the first ever Pan-African representative rugby union team.
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When Bradford FC converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Edgar Wilkinson would have been approximately 32. Consequently, he could have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford FC.
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When Bradford FC converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Joseph Richards would have been in his twenties. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford FC.
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Rugby union was a moderately popular sport in Yugoslavia. Although rugby union in Croatia was the main centre for the sport in Yugoslavia, there was still quite a bit of rugby played in Slovenia. The Rugby Championship of Yugoslavia ran from 1957-1991.
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Thomas Marriott Barlow (December 1864 – 27 January 1942) was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales. An all round sportsman, Barlow also played cricket for Glamorgan and South Wales.
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When Wakefield Trinity converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Herbert Fallas would have likely been in his thirties. Subsequently, he didn't become both a rugby union, and rugby league footballer for Wakefield Trinity.
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When Bradford FC converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Rawson Robertshaw would have been approximately 34. Consequently, he could have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford FC.
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In 2006 he also made his representative rugby debut for the NSW Waratahs. In 2007 he played for the Perth Spirit and Sydney Fleet in the Australian Rugby Championship. He was a 1st grade rugby player for the Southern Districts Rugby Club.
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When Bradford F.C. converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Arthur Briggs would have been approximately 27. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford F.C.
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When Bradford F.C. converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Charles Emmott would have been approximately 26. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford F.C.
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When Halifax converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Thursday 29 August 1895, Walter Jesse Jackson would have been approximately 25 years of age. Consequently, he became both a rugby union, and rugby league footballer for Halifax.
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When Oldham converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Thursday 29 August 1895, David Gwynn would have been approximately 34 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union, and rugby league footballer for Oldham.
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When Swinton converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 2 June 1896, Charlie Horley would have been approximately 36 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Swinton.
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The Denmark national rugby league team represents Denmark in the sport of rugby league. They are official observers of members of the Rugby League European Federation. Danish rugby league stats, news, team results and other information can be seen on Denmark's RLEF Page.
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Sara Cox (born 1990/91) is an English rugby union referee and former rugby union footballer. In 2016, she became the world's first professional female rugby union referee, and in 2018 she became the first female to referee a Premiership Rugby Cup match.
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Argentina officially joined The Rugby Championship following a meeting in Buenos Aires on November 23, 2011. They became a full member of SANZAAR, the body which operates Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship competitions in rugby union, from the start of 2016.
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The Nauru national rugby union team is the national team of the third tier rugby union playing nation of Nauru. The team made its full international debut in the 2019 Oceania Cup. Rugby union in Nauru is administered by the Nauru Rugby Union.
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Rebecca Mahoney ( Hull, born 25 August 1983) is a former rugby union footballer and referee. She represented New Zealand and Wellington Rugby Football Union. She was a member of the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squads.
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Trish Hina (born 3 May 1977) is a female rugby union player. She plays for and Auckland. She has also represented New Zealand in rugby league, touch rugby and softball. Hina was a member of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squad.
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When Wakefield Trinity converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Harry Hayley would have been 35 years of age. Subsequently, he didn't become both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Wakefield Trinity.
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The Cook Islands Rugby Union was founded in 1948, and affiliated to the IRFB in 1995.Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p65 The Cook Islands Rugby Union are also members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance.
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The governing body is the Rugby Federation of Armenia. It was founded in 2000 and joined the FIRA-AER (now Rugby Europe) as an associate member in 2002. Rugby Europe suspended the Rugby Federation of Armenia in November 2014 due to inactivity.
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Tony Paskins (5 December 1927 – 15 August 2019) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and English Rugby Football League (RFL) competitions as well as playing rugby union for the Randwick club in Sydney.
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When Swinton converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 2 June 1896, Tom Banks would have been approximately 37 years of age. Consequently, he was not both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Swinton.
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Thomas Haigh Judson ( (c)1857 – 4 September 1908) was an English-born international rugby union player who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales.Wales Rugby Union player profiles Judson would later become a member of the first London Welsh team.
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When Dewsbury converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on 3 September 1898, William Stadden would have been approximately 37 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Dewsbury.
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When Salford converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on 2 June 1896, Tom Kent would have been approximately 31 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Salford.
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John Thomas "Towser" Barnett (19 January 1881 – 2 October 1918) was a pioneer Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who won an Olympic gold medal for rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was one of Australia's early dual-code rugby internationals.
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Norman Henry Fender (2 September 1910 – 24 October 1983) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby footballer who played rugby union for Cardiff as a flanker and rugby league with York. He won six caps for Wales at rugby union, and also represented Wales at rugby league. In 1932/33 he toured Australasia with Great Britain.
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Luxembourg Rugby Federation () is the governing body for rugby union in Luxembourg. It was founded in 1974 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1991. Luxembourg Rugby team plays its matches at the Stade Josy Barthel in Luxembourg-City. Luxembourg are ranked 59th (on October 12th, 2019) in the world according to the International Rugby Board.
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Despite these fine rugby achievements it appears that Iles had not forgotten his rugby league background. He was part of an effort to establish rugby league in the Tauranga area in 1922. The Tauranga Rugby League was started and they looked to play rugby league teams from other areas. The league was officially formed in March, 1922.
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Alexander Monro (born September 6, 1981) is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He previously played for the Edinburgh Gunners, Waterloo R.F.C. and Colorno Rugby Club in Italy. He currently plays club rugby for Castaway Wanderers and plays with the Ontario Blues in the Canadian Rugby Championship. He is also a member of the Canadian national rugby team.
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David "Dai" Edwards (21 March 1896 – 24 August 1960)Dai Edwardsrugby union player profile Scrum.com was an international rugby forward who played rugby union for Glynneath and rugby league with Rochdale Hornets. He won a single cap for Wales under the rugby union code and then represented his country at rugby league in two matches between 1923 and 1925.
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Ivor Phillips (birth unknown) is a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for St Ives RFC (Hunts & Peterborough County Rugby Union), or St Ives RFC (Cornwall), and club level rugby league (RL) for Warrington (Heritage № 618), and Swinton, as a , i.e. number 3 or 4.
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Bob Gould (1863 – 29 December 1931) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 11 caps for Wales and captained them for one match. Gould is best known within the sport of rugby as the brother of Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, one of the first superstars of Welsh rugby.
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The African Rugby Under-19 Cup is an annual rugby union competition that features teams from Africa, organised by Rugby Africa. The tournament began in 2007 with Uganda as the host, which saw Namibia winning the title. The tournament champion qualifies to the next year´s World Rugby Under 20 Trophy organised by the World Rugby.
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Later these provinces would go on to form their own unions: Unión de Rugby de Salta in 1951, Unión Jujeña de Rugby in 1966 and Unión Santiagueña de Rugby in 1968. After that the Unión de Rugby del Norte became simply known as the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán and only dealt with clubs from Tucumán Province.
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Rugby union is one of the most popular sports in Georgia. Rugby is especially popular in the south of the country where the game is more popular than association football. The popularity of rugby union largely took off after the Georgia Rugby Union's inception into the IRB. This has seen rugby union become a major spectator sport.
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Rugby in Mainz dates back to 1997, when a rugby department was formed in the 1. FC Vorwärts Orient Mainz. Two years later, in 1999, this rugby department formed the current RC Mainz.Rugby in Mainz RCM website, accessed: 8 April 2010 The club competed at the third tier of German club rugby at the time, the Rugby-Regionalliga.
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The Canadian Rugby Championship (CRC) () was a Canadian amateur rugby union competition, partially funded by the World Rugby. It was the highest level of men's domestic rugby in Canada. Four representative teams from regions across Canada competed for the MacTier Cup. The CRC was started in 2009 by Rugby Canada and was held annually from August to September.
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The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body for rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. The New South Wales Country Rugby League (NSWCRL) is the governing body for rugby league in areas of New South Wales outside the Sydney metropolitan area and for the Australian Capital Territory.
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The Berkshire Rugby Football Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Berkshire in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Berkshire, and administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in the county. It also administers the Berkshire county rugby representative teams.
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The 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 17th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. This season, the series expanded from nine to ten events.
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The Edmonton Gold are a Canadian rugby union team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The team plays in the Rugby Canada Super League and draws most of its players from the Edmonton Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL. The Gold play their home games at Ellerslie Rugby Park in Edmonton.
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The Burundi national rugby union team represents Burundi in international rugby union. The nation are a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB) and have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament. The Burundi national rugby team played their first international in 2003 - losing to Uganda. They participate annually in the CAR Castel Beer Trophy.
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The Mauritania national rugby union team represents Mauritania in international rugby union. Mauritania are a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB), and have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament. The Mauritania national rugby team played their first ever international against Ghana in 2003, with Ghana winning the game 29 points to 8.
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Headingley rugby ground The rugby ground sits to the southern side of the complex. Historically a rugby league ground it now also hosts some rugby union. It is home to Leeds Rhinos rugby league team. The ground consists of three stands and an open terrace at one end, one stand is completely seated, and two mixed.
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Papua New Guinea is a tier three rugby union playing nation. They began playing international rugby union in 1966 and have yet to make the Rugby World Cup. Teams from Papua New Guinea have competed in the Commonwealth games. Although Papua New Guinea has a rugby union tradition, rugby league is far more popular and is the national sport.
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The Staffordshire Rugby Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Staffordshire in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Staffordshire, and administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in the county. It also administers the Staffordshire county rugby representative teams.
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The Chad national rugby union team represents Chad in international rugby union. Chad is not a member of World Rugby (IRB) but is a member of the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR). It has yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament. This team competes in the north section of the CAR Castel Beer Trophy.
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Sherri Sparling (born 19 March 1969) is a Canadian former rugby union player. A long serving captain of the Canada women's national rugby union team, she also participated at the 1998 Women’s Rugby World Cup and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was an honorable mention for the list of the ten greatest North American rugby players.
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The Oxfordshire Rugby Football Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Oxfordshire in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Oxfordshire, and administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in the county. It also administers the Oxfordshire county rugby representative teams.
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The Tuvalu Rugby Union, or TRU, is the governing body for rugby union in Tuvalu. It was established in 2007 and is a full member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), which is the regional governing body for rugby in Oceania. Tuvalu participates in the Rugby Sevens competitions at the Pacific Games and the Oceania Sevens Championship.
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Coffey and Wood The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League . p.417. Johnson played for the Canterbury Cardinals side that played in the Lion Red Cup between 1994 and 1996.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.110Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.
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Namibia Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Namibia. It was formed in March 1990, the same month that it joined the International Rugby Board. Namibia are a competent rugby playing nation, and not to be taken lightly. They consistently qualify for the Rugby World Cup having played in the finals every time since 1999.
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In addition to representing Victoria and the Victorian Rugby Union sides, the Rebels sought to build player pathways for South Australian rugby players. They developed a Memorandum of Understanding with the South Australian Rugby Union in 2011, with Brighton Rugby Club lock Andrew Brown being selected to play in the Rebels reserve side against Sydney Rugby Union representative side.
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Rugby Union is played in the Isle of Man under the auspices of the Manx Rugby Football Union which is affiliated to the (English) Rugby Football Union. The Isle of Man is politically neither part of the UK nor of England,Isle of Man Government website but Manx rugby has a relationship with English rugby for practical reasons.
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The 2019 Asia Rugby Championship is the fifth annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia shall compete in the 2019 series. The Asia Rugby Championship in 2019 does not include Japan who is hosting the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments.
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The Hertfordshire Rugby Football Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Hertfordshire in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Hertfordshire, and administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in the county. It also administers the Hertfordshire county rugby representative teams.
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Rugby ball (manufactured by Webb Ellis) Rugby union uses an oval ball (a prolate spheroid). This makes a difference in the variety and style of kicking. Rugby union is capable of producing a diverse range of kicking styles. The ball used in rugby union, usually referred to as a rugby ball, is a prolate spheroid essentially elliptical in profile.
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The Kent Rugby Football Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Kent in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Kent, and administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in the county. It also administers the Kent county rugby representative teams.
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The Atlanta Rhinos Rugby league team played their 2014 USA Rugby League fixtures at the Atlanta Silverbacks Park. The Atlanta Renegades Rugby Football Club, a Rugby Union team, of USA Rugby are in partnership with the Atlanta Silverbacks. They use the complex for all their training and home games. The team mainly play at "Renegade Field.".
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The Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union is the governing body for rugby union in Trinidad and Tobago. It was founded in 1928 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1992. It is also a member of the West Indies Rugby Union, the Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee and the North American and West Indian Rugby Association.
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Abraham Papali'i (born 20 June 1993) is a professional rugby player from New Zealand. He has played both rugby union and rugby league professionally. Papali'i currently plays rugby union for Irish Pro14 side Connacht Rugby as a back row. He last played league professionally with French side Lézignan Sangliers in the Elite One Championship, where he covered and .
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Horace Sampson Lyne MBE (31 December 1860 – 1 May 1949) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport Rugby Football Club. He won five caps for Wales. After retiring from play, he became the longest serving president of the Welsh Rugby Union, and was one of six representatives that formed the International Rugby Board.
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The Essex Rugby Football Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Essex in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Essex, and administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in the county. It also administers the Essex county rugby representative teams.
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Henry Joseph Simpson (1856 - 22 March 1911)Joe Simpson player profile ESPN Scrum.com was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales. He won only three caps for Wales but captained the squad for one match during the first years of international rugby.
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The Devon Rugby Football Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Devon in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Devon, and administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in the county. It also administers the Devon county rugby representative teams.
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Aberystwyth Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Aberystwyth, West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and a feeder club for the Scarlets regional side. Rugby had been played in Aberystwyth since the late 19th centurySmith (1980) p. 67 when the local college founded a rugby team.
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Brian Smith (born 9 September 1966) is an Australian rugby union coach and former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for both Australia and Ireland in rugby union. Smith was born in St George, Queensland. He played rugby union for Queensland, and won six caps for Australia in 1987.
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Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second tier of rugby union club competition division in France. It is operated by Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) which also runs the division directly above, the first division Top 14. Rugby Pro D2 was introduced in 2000. It is the world's best supported second tier rugby union league.
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The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) is the governing body for rugby union in Nigeria. It is affiliated to the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Rugby Africa and World Rugby. The NRFF is constituted with a democratic board headed by President; Kelechukwu Mbagwu and Vice President; Grace Iyorhe whom have been elected to run the affairs of rugby in Nigeria.
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Club de Rugby Santander, known for sponsorship reasons as Bathco Rugby Club or simply as Bathco, is a Spanish rugby team from the city of Santander, founded in 2007. The senior men's first team competes in the top tier of Spanish rugby, the División de Honor de Rugby, and plays their matches at the Ruth Beitia Municipal Sports Complex.
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Jack Read (birth unknown – death unknown) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Gloucestershire, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Rugby League XIII, and at club level for Oldham, as a , i.e. number 8 or 10.
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Ackland was inducted as a New Zealand Rugby League "Legend of League" in 1995.Legends of League New Zealand Rugby League He is an Auckland Rugby League Immortal.Stacey Jones, Auckland Rugby League Immortal est1995.co.nz, 21 September 2003 In 2009, he was named in the New Zealand Rugby League Team of the Century in the second row.
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Carroll played over 250 with the Mosman Rugby Club and served as its president. His first primary involvement in sports administration was as a Rugby Director at the NSW Rugby from 1991 to 1995. He was responsible for representative and club rugby. Between 1995 and 2000, Carroll was General Manager at the Australian Rugby Union (ARU).
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Christiaan Petrus 'Tiaan' Strauss, (born 28 June 1965) is a former rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented both South Africa and Australia at international level in rugby union and also played top-level domestic rugby league in Australia. He won the 1999 Rugby World Cup with Australia and the Currie Cup with Western Province.
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The Somerset County Rugby Football Union (SCRFU) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Somerset in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Somerset. The SCRFU administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in the Somerset including the county rugby representative teams.
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Robert Charles Appleyard (born 9 December 1972)Ron Appleyard international rugby profile Scrum.com is a former Wales international rugby union player. A flanker, he played club rugby for Swansea RFC Sale Sharks and Cardiff RFC. He was assistant coach to the Wales national under-20 rugby union team for the 2008 and 2010 Junior Rugby World Cup.
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Ireland, 2007 Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. Murrayfield Stadium, in Edinburgh, is the home of the Scotland national rugby union team. Scotland are placed 5th in the World Rugby Rankings. They annually take part in the Six Nations and participate in the Rugby World Cup, which takes place every four years.
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Henry Melvill Napier (2 May 1854 – 18 December 1940) was a Scottish rugby union international who represented Scotland in the 1876–77 Home Nations rugby union matches, 1877–78 Home Nations rugby union matches, 1878–79 Home Nations rugby union matches and 1879–80 Home Nations rugby union matches. Napier was also a noted engineer and shipbuilder.
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The Fiji national rugby union team during the 2007 Rugby World Cup playing against Canada Rugby Union is the most-popular team sport played in Fiji. The Fiji national sevens side is a popular and successful international rugby sevens team and has won the Hong Kong Sevens a record eighteen times since its inception in 1976. Fiji has also won the Rugby World Cup Sevens twice — in 1997 and 2005. The Fiji national rugby union sevens team is the reigning Sevens World Series Champions in World Rugby.
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The 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, Scotland, in April 1993. This tournament was the inaugural Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament. The International Rugby Board invited the established rugby union nations but also were keen to involve emerging nations in the event, recognising the fact that Sevens was providing the bridge between the developed rugby nations and those whose rugby union traditions were less well established. The IRB situated the tournament in the spiritual home nation of rugby sevens, Scotland.
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On 29 July 2019, Bristow joined HKRFU Premiership Kowloon RFC rugby team for the upcoming 2019–2020 season. On 12 November 2019 Bristow was confirmed he would be part of Hong Kong Rugby Union European test match tour to face Spain national rugby union team and Belgium national rugby union team. Bristow was capped for both test matches. Bristow was picked to play for the Hong Kong South China Tigers rugby team in the fast pace international rugby union 2020 Global Rapid Rugby competition.
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Bradley Carnegie Thorn (born 3 February 1975) is a rugby union coach and former rugby league and rugby union player. Born in New Zealand, he represented Australia in rugby league and New Zealand in rugby union in a 22-season career as a player. He is currently the head coach of the Queensland Reds. Thorn played rugby league for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition for a total of ten seasons in two spells, and represented Queensland in the State of Origin series.
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Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) is the rugby union governing body in France; they are responsible for the governing of rugby union in France, including the French national team and the organisers of the country's professional competitions, Ligue Nationale de Rugby. It was formed in 1919. In 1934 the FFR set up the Federation Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA) in an attempt to organize rugby union outside the authority of the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB). It included the national teams of , France, , , and .
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Atlanta is home to many rugby union clubs. On September 21, 2018, Major League Rugby, the top-level rugby union league in North America, announced that Atlanta was one of the expansion teams joining the league for the 2020 season. The team name Rugby ATL was revealed on February 26, 2019. Other rugby union teams include the Atlanta Harlequins, who ranked number two in the United States in Division 1 for women's clubs under USA Rugby, the governing body for rugby in the United States.
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In 2019, World Rugby, the global governing body of rugby football unions announced a global campaign to revolutionize women's participation in the game of rugby world-wide. The campaign Dubbed Try And Stop Us is aimed globally at encouraging and increasing participation among fans, players and investors in the women's game of rugby. In Ghana, Herbert Mensah, President of Ghana Rugby and the union has for the past two years, in compliance with a World Rugby youth development program Get Into Rugby focused on recruiting, training, coaching and inspiring the next generation of young women rugby players in Ghana through basic schools. Ghana Rugby in the past two seasons organized women's sevens tournaments alongside men's fifteens.
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Official logo International Gay Rugby (IGR), formerly known as the International Gay Rugby Association and Board (IGRAB), is the umbrella organisation for the world's gay and inclusive rugby clubs. Based in London, UK, IGR is recognised by World Rugby as the representative organisation of the LGBT and inclusive rugby community, up to the point they both have signed a Memorandum of UnderstandingWorld Rugby signs historic agreement with International Gay Rugby, World Rugby Site. outlining a commitment between the two organisations to work together to educate and eliminate homophobia in rugby. Also, IGR provides its member clubs with development support and resources in the areas of club organisation, recruitment, retention, fundraising, event management, and regional and national union relations.
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Tru Blu Entertainment has published all major rugby league games since the release of the first three rugby league video games: E.T.'s Rugby League in 1992, Australian Rugby League in 1995, and ARL '96 in 1996. The Rugby League franchise started in 2003 when Rugby League was released by Sidhe Interactive and Tru Blu Entertainment. This led to Rugby League 2 in late 2005 and the World Cup Edition (a content update of RL2) in 2008. In 2009, Wicked Witch Software released two off-series games on the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable and Rugby League 3 was released. Big Ant Studios in 2010 starting releasing the Rugby League Live series in 2010.
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In December 2009, the IRB confirmed that the governing rugby boards of Brazil (Brazilian Rugby Association), Germany (German Rugby Federation) and Russia (Rugby Union of Russia) formally expressed their intention to tender to host the tournament. Scottish Rugby Union, the governing rugby board of Scotland, which did not choose to express interest, was also previously considering bidding for the tournament. In February 2010, the IRB reported that Rugby Union of Russia had formally submitted its tender for the right to host Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013, while the Brazilian and German rugby boards had confirmed their withdrawal from the bidding process. This announcement left Russia as the only country bidding to host the event.
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More than 98,000 people are registered members of USA Rugby. The numbers of registered rugby members are highest in California, New York and Pennsylvania. On a per-person basis, rugby membership is highest in New England and in the Rocky Mountain states of Colorado and Utah. There are 32,754 men and 11,790 women playing senior-level rugby. Over 34,000 high school athletes (26,212 boys and 8,706 girls) play rugby for their schools or U19 clubs. Over 2,200 pre-teens (1,988 boys and 228 girls) play organized rugby. With over 20,000 registered females in USA Rugby, the U.S. has more female rugby players than any other country in the world. There are 1,582 referees within USA Rugby.
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The 1933–34 Rugby Football League season was the 39th season of rugby league football. The first rugby league club in London, London Highfield competed in its inaugural season.
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The club has won the Campeonato Paulista do Interior, also known as Caipirão (state league) in 2006. The Rugby São Carlos also contests rugby sevens and beach rugby tournaments.
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Nelson Rugby Union was founded New Zealand in 1885 and played provincial rugby until 1967 when it merged with the Golden Bay-Motueka Rugby Union to create Nelson-Bays.
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Kyle Sumsion (born 29 October 1993) is an American professional rugby union player. He plays as a flanker for Rugby United New York (RUNY) in Major League Rugby (MLR).
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The 1997 United States rugby union tour of Wales was a series of rugby union matches played during January 1997 in Wales by the USA national rugby union team.
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Rugby union in Guatemala is a minor, but growing sport. The governing body is the Union de Rugby de Guatemala, which is not affiliated to the International Rugby Board.
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The London and South East Division Rugby Football Union is a rugby union governing body for London and South East England and is part of the Rugby Football Union.
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Heino Bezuidenhout (born 13 March 1997) is a South African rugby union player. His regular position is outside centre in fifteens rugby and as a forward in sevens rugby.
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The Comité Territorial de Rugby de Guyane is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within French Guiana.
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William "Pussy" Jones (1871/72 – 13 February 1940)Pussy Jones player profile Scrum.com was a rugby union centre who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales.
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Kevin is the father of Australian dual code rugby league and rugby union player Darren Junee who also played rugby league for the Eastern Suburbs club between 1995-1998.
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The Thailand national rugby union team has not played at the Rugby World Cup, but have been playing in qualifying tournaments since the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales.
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Ron Morgan is the son of the rugby union and rugby league footballer; Bill Morgan, and the nephew of a rugby league footballer who played for Wigan (Heritage No.).
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Rugby ATL started with a developmental side, called 404 Rugby. From September to November 2019, 404 Rugby played exhibition matches against Mystic River, NYAC, Old Blue, and Life University.
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The Wairarapa Rugby Football Union was formed in 1886 and played until 1971, when they amalgamated with the Bush Rugby Football Union to form Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union.
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City won the Auckland Rugby League's competition.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1990 New Zealand Rugby League, 1990. p.72 Ponsonby won the Roope Rooster. Lou Brown played for Newtown.
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Grafton won the Auckland Rugby League's competition.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1990 New Zealand Rugby League, 1990. p.72 North Shore won the Roope Rooster. Grafton included Karl Ifwersen.
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Born in Glebe, New South Wales to parents Ernest and Jane Gray, Gray learnt the game of Rugby in the Glebe rugby union juniors before switching to rugby league.
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Franck Moutsinga (born 12 August 1985) is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Berliner RC in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
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The Serbia women's national rugby union team (sevens) represents Serbia in international rugby sevens competitions and is controlled by Serbian rugby federation. Serbia currently competes in European B division.
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Facundo Isa (born 21 September 1993) is an Argentine rugby union footballer who plays as a loose forward for Rugby Club Toulonnais and the Argentina national rugby union team.
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The club competes locally within Division III of the MidSouth Rugby Football Union, a local area union within the USA Rugby South territorial union, itself part of USA Rugby.
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Llandaff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Llandaff, a district of Cardiff in Wales. They presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Four East.
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Brando Va'aulu (born 3 May 1987) a junior product of Sunnybank Rugby Union Club. A former Samoan rugby union player whom previously played for the Reds in Super Rugby.
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Robert Emmett Honan (born 24 January 1944) is an Australian former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s - a dual code rugby international.
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Beatrice Rigoni (born 1 August 1995) is an Italian rugby union player who plays centre and winger for Valsugana Rugby Padova and the Italy women's national rugby union team.
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He is also the club's honorary president since 2003. Felipe also attended the Spanish national rugby union team's final home rugby union match in the 2018 Rugby Europe Championship.
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Albert Hybart JP (1865 – 28 January 1945) was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Canton Wanderers RFC, Canton RFC, Cardiff and international rugby for Wales.
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RC Armazi is a Georgian professional rugby club from Marneuli, who plays in the Didi 10, the first division of Georgian rugby. Rugby club Armazi was founded in Tbilisi.
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In 2006, Steinlager provided sponsorship to specific USA Rugby Union teams, including Media Rugby Football Club and York/Lancaster Rugby Football Club, as part of a US marketing campaign.
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However the stadium was primarily a rugby and cricket ground and was the home of the Crusaders rugby union team, who compete in Super Rugby. Its capacity was 38,628.
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The British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) is an association for social and recreational rugby league. It works jointly with the Rugby Football League through the RFL Community Board.
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William Henry Howell (December 1863 - unknown)Player statistics for WH Howell Scrum.com was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and international rugby for Wales.
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Both are affiliates of NSW Country Rugby League and the New South Wales Rugby League.
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The 1928–29 Rugby Football League season was the 34th season of rugby league football.
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The 1929–30 Rugby Football League season was the 35th season of rugby league football.
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The 1930–31 Rugby Football League season was the 36th season of rugby league football.
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The 1926–27 Rugby Football League season was the 32nd season of rugby league football.
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The 1924–25 Rugby Football League season was the 30th season of rugby league football.
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The 1925–26 Rugby Football League season was the 31st season of rugby league football.
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Past and present professional Australian rugby players are represented by the Rugby Union Players Association.
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Rugby São Carlos, is a Brazilian rugby team based in São Carlos, established in 2000.
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Philip Bolton (born April 5, 1983) is an American rugby union and Rugby Seven's player.
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Monaco's national rugby team, as of April 2019, is 101st in the World Rugby Rankings.
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The 1922–23 Rugby Football League season was the 28th season of rugby league football.
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The Russian Bears represent Russia in international rugby league tournaments and other rugby league fixtures.
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Luka Bulatovic is a Serbian rugby union player. He currently play for Rugby Club Pobednik.
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Ivan Pirkovic is a Serbian rugby union player. He currently play for Rugby Club Pobednik.
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The Tunisian women's national rugby union sevens team is Tunisia's representative in women's rugby sevens.
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East Kilbride Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire.
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Ponsonby is home to the Ponsonby Ponies rugby league club and Ponsonby Rugby Football Club.
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Alhambra Union Rugby Football Club is a rugby football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Chris Birchall (born 25 March 1981) is an English rugby league and rugby union footballer.
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USA Div 1 Club Public Rosters. USA Rugby. [Access 2012-02-13]. 7\. . Rugby World.
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In 2018, Brown joined Rugby League's elite by being inducted as a Rugby League Immortal.
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Predrag Todorovic is a Serbian rugby union player who currently plays for Rugby Club Pobednik.
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Rugby Nova Scotia is the provincial administrative body for rugby union in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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The Saskatchewan Rugby Union is the provincial administrative body for rugby union in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Burr coached youth rugby with Aberdeen Wanderers. He now coaches youth rugby with Stirling County.
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While at Loughborough, Jim Greenwood's pivotal coaching books, "Total Rugby" and "Think Rugby", were penned.
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The governing body for the game is the Cameroonian Rugby Federation (Fédération Camerounaise de Rugby).
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The 1964–65 Rugby Football League season was the 70th season of rugby league football.
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The 1952–53 Rugby Football League season was the 58th season of rugby league football.
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The 1956–57 Rugby Football League season was the 62nd season of rugby league football.
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The 1954–55 Rugby Football League season was the 60th season of rugby league football.
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The 1973–74 Rugby Football League season was the 79th season of rugby league football.
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The 1970–71 Rugby Football League season was the 76th season of rugby league football.
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The 1968–69 Rugby Football League season was the 74th season of rugby league football.
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The 1967–68 Rugby Football League season was the 73rd season of rugby league football.
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Graham Law is the brother of the rugby union, and rugby league footballer; Neil Law.
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The Canberra Royals Rugby Football Club is an Australian rugby union club, based in Canberra.
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He coached a local Kimberley rugby club called De Beers rugby club from 1958-1971.
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The 1936–37 Rugby Football League season was the 42nd season of rugby league football.
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The Guyana women's national rugby union team represents Guyana in the sport of rugby union.
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The 1937–38 Rugby Football League season was the 43rd season of rugby league football.
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The 1938–39 Rugby Football League season was the 44th season of rugby league football.
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James Barber was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in rugby league.
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The President of the Scottish Rugby Union is the figurehead of rugby union in Scotland.
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The 1947–48 Rugby Football League season was the 53rd season of rugby league football.
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The 1945–46 Rugby Football League season was the 51st season of rugby league football.
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The 1946–47 Rugby Football League season was the 52nd season of rugby league football.
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The 1950–51 Rugby Football League season was the 56th season of rugby league football.
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The 1951–52 Rugby Football League season was the 57th season of rugby league football.
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He was called for the 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
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Mitchell AT (1892) Rugby School Register, vol.2, p.180. Rugby: AJ Lawrence. (Available online.
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"More On The Business Side Of PRO Rugby", This Is American Rugby, November 10, 2015.
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The Guam Women's National Sevens Rugby Union Team is Guam's national representative in Rugby sevens.
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The Singapore women's national sevens rugby union team is Singapore's national representative in Rugby sevens.
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The India women's national sevens rugby union team is India's national representative in Rugby sevens.
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In 1885, Rugby established a university, Arnold School, named for Rugby School headmaster Thomas Arnold.
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Shanghai Rugby Football Club also participated. They play at the 1,000-capacity SAS Rugby Field.
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Leo Gerard Williams AO (1941 - 14 October 2009) was an Australian rugby union player and official, who played for the Queensland Reds (1962-1965), managed the team (1971-1972), then was president of Queensland Rugby Union (1988-1995), chairman of Australian Rugby Union (1994-1996) and chairman of Rugby World Cup (1995-2000). Williams was chair of Australian Rugby Union during the formation of SANZAR, a governing body which united ARU with New Zealand Rugby Union and South African Rugby Union and which operates the Super Rugby and Tri Nations championships. Along with Louis Luyt (South Africa) and Richie Guy (New Zealand), he was one of the signatories to a broadcasting contract with News Limited which signified rugby union's transformation to a professional sport.Former rugby official Leo Williams dies, Special Broadcasting Service, 15 October 2009.
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Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by male and female players of all ages. In 2014, there were more than 6 million people playing worldwide, of whom 2.36 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, and currently has 101 countries as full members and 18 associate members. In 1845, the first football laws were written by pupils at Rugby School, In Rugby; other significant events in the early development of rugby include the decision by Blackheath F.C. to leave the Football Association in 1863 and, in 1895, the acrimonious split between the then amateur rugby union and the professional rugby league.
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The Tonga Rugby Union is the governing body of the sport of rugby union in Tonga. They are members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA) along with Fiji and Samoa. There is a rugby union playing population of less than 800 out of a total population of 100,000. They were formed in 1923, and joined the International Rugby Board in 1987 when they were invited to play in the inaugural Rugby World Cup.
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Ruan Sims (born 1982) is a female rugby league footballer. She played rugby union for and was a member of the squad at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished in third place. She played rugby league for Australia at the 2013 & 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup and was part of the squad that won the tournament. She is the older sister of Fijian rugby league internationals Ashton, Tariq and Korbin.
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Touch rugby is governed by the ETA who are supported by the Federation of International Touch and are affiliate members of the Rugby Football Union. They are not affiliated to the RFL or BARLA. During the early months of 2010, Tony Fretwell set up Great Britain Teachers' Rugby League for qualified teachers who were interested in playing representative rugby league. Teachers' Rugby League are supported by the NASUWT teaching union and the Rugby League Foundation.
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Creedy originally played rugby union and represented both the Southland Rugby Union and the Canterbury Rugby Union. Creedy later switched codes to rugby league and joined the Marist club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition. He represented Canterbury and in 1955 was selected at halfback for the South Island. That year he was first selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team, playing against the French and touring Great Britain and France.
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Walter Irvine founded "Unión Mexicana de Rugby A.C." in 1973 to organise and develop rugby union in Mexico. The "UMR" was the body directing Mexican rugby union until October 2003 when the Federación Mexicana de Rugby (FMR) was founded. In November of that year the FMR was made an associate member of the International Rugby Board. Mexico could thus take part in competitions organised by the supreme authority of rugby on a world level.
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During World War II, the RFU relaxed its restrictions on rugby league footballers playing rugby union. In 1943, a Northern Command army rugby league side defeated a Northern Command union side, 18–11, at Headingley under rugby union laws. The following year a Combined Services rugby league side beat a Combined Services union side, 15–10, at Bradford again at rugby union. These were the only league v union matches played until 1996.
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The Prairie Fire was a Canadian rugby union team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The team played in the Rugby Canada Super League and the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship, which followed once the former was disbanded. The Fire drew most of their players from the Saskatchewan Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL. The Prairie Fire played their home games at Regina Rugby Park in Regina.
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Newcastle & Hunter Community Rugby League is the governing body of Second Tier Rugby League in the Newcastle and Hunter region. Formed in 2006 after a merger between the Maitland & Coalfields Rugby League and Lower Hunter Rugby League Competitions. It is now the largest senior Rugby League competition in the world. Newcastle & Hunter Community Rugby League or NHCRL consists of five senior men's divisions, A Grade, B Grade, C Grade, Northern Conference & Southern Conference.
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The Associació Catalana de Rugby Lliga (ACRL) (Catalan Rugby League Association) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Catalonia. The Association was formed in 2007 and since then has organized and governed the Catalan competitions. Is an unranked member of the Rugby League European Federation since 2008. Rugby league in the region of Northern Catalonia in Southern France come under the governance of the Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII.
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Adrian O. Cambriani (birth registered first ¼ 1962) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, and coached rugby union in the 2000s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Fulham RLFC and Hull FC, as a , i.e. number 2 or 5, and coached club level rugby union (RU) for Penlan RFC.
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The Guadeloupe Rugby Committee (French: Comité de Rugby de Guadeloupe, —or officially: Comité Territorial de Rugby de Guadeloupe) is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within Guadeloupe. It is affiliated with the NACRA, which is the regional governing body for North America and the Caribbean, but it is not affiliated with the International Rugby Board (IRB) in its own right.
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The South African Rugby Union (SARU) is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to World Rugby. It was established in 1992 as the South African Rugby Football Union, from the merger of the South African Rugby Board and the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SACOS), and took up its current name in 2005. SARU organises several national teams, most notably the senior national side, the Springboks.
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The Queensland Rugby Football LeagueQRL Constitution, 2009: 3 (QRLQRL Constitution, 2009: 2) is the governing body for rugby league in Queensland. It is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARL Commission) and selects the members of the Queensland rugby league team. The QRL aims to "foster, develop, extend, govern and control Rugby League Football throughout the State of Queensland". Today the QRL administers the rugby league through its regional divisions.
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Leslie Pearce (13 October 1923 – 21 April 2018) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1970s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC as a lock, and club level rugby league (RL) for Halifax (Heritage № 619) as a , and coached representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Halifax, Leigh and Dewsbury.
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Club de Rugby Atlético Portuense is a Spanish rugby union club. The club began as the rugby section of the Club Atlético Portuense in 1971, joining the junior and senior leagues in 1972. In 1982 the rugby section became an independent club and has been known as Club de Rugby Atlético Portuense since. Currently the 1st team competes in the División de Honor B competition, the second-highest level of Spanish club rugby.
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Semi Radradra Turagasoli Waqavatu (born 13 June 1992) is a Fijian rugby union and rugby league player. He currently plays rugby union for the English club Bristol Bears and the Fiji national team. Nicknamed 'Semi Trailer', Radradra has played primarily as a wing in both codes. He played for Fiji in sevens (rugby union) in 2011, then began his professional career playing rugby league for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League.
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The Rugby Americas North Sevens, or RAN Sevens, is an international rugby sevens competition organised by Rugby Americas North (known before 2016 as NACRA, for North America Caribbean Rugby Association). The event has been held annually since 2004. It was originally known as the North America and West Indies Rugby Association Sevens (NAWIRA 7s). The RAN 7s competition periodically serves as the regional qualifying competition for the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Olympic sevens.
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Simon Middleton (born 2 February 1966) is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and has coached rugby union in the 2010s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Knottingley RUFC (in Knottingley, Wakefield), and club level rugby league (RL) for Castleford, as a .David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History".
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New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is the governing body of rugby union in New Zealand. It was founded in 1892 as the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU), 12 years after the first provincial unions in New Zealand. In 1949 it became an affiliate to the International Rugby Football Board, now known as World Rugby, the governing body of rugby union for the world. It dropped the word "Football" from its name in 2006.
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Pretoria Police Rugby Club was founded in 1922 and was the most successful team in the Blue Bulls Rugby Union Carlton League, winning the title on 31 occasions. Prior to the formation of the Blue Bulls Rugby Union (then called the Northern Transvaal Rugby Union) in 1938, Pretoria Police also played in the Pirates Grand Challenge League of the Golden Lions Rugby Union (then called the Transvaal Rugby Union), winning that competition on four occasions.
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Brendon Pickerill (born 20 June 1989)Rugby World Cup profile is a New Zealand Rugby Union elite referee. Before becoming a professional referee, Pickerill earned his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and Commerce and went on to work in project management in the construction industry.Super Rugby profile He made his Super Rugby debut in 2016 and Test rugby debut in 2017. He is one of seven designated Assistant referees for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
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Luke Hume (born 26 January 1988), nicknamed the "Bald Eagle", is an American rugby union and rugby league footballer who plays for the USA Eagles and USA 7s rugby teams. He currently plays Wing and Fullback for Rugby United New York (RUNY) in Major League Rugby (MLR). Hume also played for French club RC Narbonne in the Pro D2 during the 2013–14 season. He formerly played rugby league with the USA Tomahawks.
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Milby is involved with the Philippine Rugby Football Union as its Secretary General. In 2013, she was the head of development for grassroots rugby in the country, launching the "Get Into Rugby" program in the same year. This led to her nomination as a member of the Philippine Rugby board of directors. She then became a member of the Asia Rugby Executive Committee and the Women's Rugby Chairperson of the continental body.
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He was also one of the only rugby union players allowed to play rugby league over the 2004 summer season in order to keep his weight down. He played for West London Sharks in the Rugby League Conference. In 2010 he joined Welsh rugby league club Bridgend Blue Bulls in the Rugby League Conference Welsh Premier. On 28 August 2010 he played in a friendly match for Nuneaton Rugby Club against Blackheath, playing prop.
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The Latvia national rugby sevens team is a national rugby sevens side, representing Latvia. They currently play in the Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy tournament. Latvian rugby received a surprise boost when they qualified for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in 1993.Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p70 At the time, there were only two pitches in the country, both of which spent much of their time under snow.
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In 2009 the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union celebrated their 125th Anniversary. First founded in 1884 the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union became only the sixth team to celebrate 125 years in New Zealand Rugby."Member Unions", New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 November 2009. Rugby in Hawke's Bay began in 1875 when the Napier Football Club changed and adopted rugby rules. By 1878 Napier, calling itself Hawke's Bay arranged matches with Gisborne on a regular basis.
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The 2. Rugby-Bundesliga is the second-highest level of Germany's Rugby union league system, organised by the German Rugby Federation. Its set below the Rugby-Bundesliga, the top-tier of German rugby, and above the Rugby- Regionalliga, the third tier. The league was undergoing a major revamp for the 2012-13 season with the number of clubs expanded from 20 to 24 and the league divided into four regional divisions of six teams each.
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In January 2012 Castle announced his retirement from rugby due to a persistent back injury.Castle retires Castle was the Manager of Player Contracting and Relationships at New Zealand Rugby, now General Manager for Rugby at the Hurricanes Super Rugby Team and commentates for Sky Television.
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The Rocky Mountain Rugby Football Union is the Geographical Union (GU) for rugby union teams playing in the Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. It is an association of youth, high school, collegiate, and adult men's and women's rugby teams in the Rocky Mountain under USA Rugby.
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Tautalatasi Tasi (born 22 November 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby union footballer who currently plays as a wing for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby. He previously played rugby league for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. He plays at and .
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Ben Mowen (born 1 December 1984) is an Australian professional rugby union player. He was the captain of the ACT Brumbies rugby union club in the Super Rugby competition and the Australia national rugby union team. He usually plays at blindside flanker or number-eight.
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Gilbert Benausse played in AS Carcassonne's 1951–52 and 1952–53 French Rugby League Championship victories, and 1954–55 French Rugby League Championship defeat, and FC Lezignan's 1960–61 and 1962–63 French Rugby League Championship victories, and 1958–59 French Rugby League Championship defeat.
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When Hull Kingston Rovers converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code for the 1897/98 season, Sammy Morfitt would have been approximately 28 years of age. Consequently, he was both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Hull Kingston Rovers.
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The Midlands Junior League is an age group rugby league competition for club in the English Midlands. It is run by the Midlands Rugby League. Many of the teams taking part also run open-age sides in the Rugby League Conference or Midlands Rugby League.
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Rugby da Universidade de Aveiro is a rugby team based in Aveiro, Portugal. As of the 2012/13 season, they play in the Second Division of the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby (National Championship). The club is the official rugby team of the University of Aveiro.
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John Yates is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in two World Cups. His brother, Victor, was a New Zealand rugby union representative and played rugby league for Auckland while his father, Moses, represented North Auckland in rugby union.
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The first German rugby team was formed at Neuenheim College around 1850. Heidelberger Ruderklub von 1872 founded in 1872 is the oldest German rugby club. The German Rugby Federation was set up in 1900. Germany was Olympic silver medallist in rugby union in 1900.
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When Swinton converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 2 June 1896, James Holt Marsh would have been approximately 30 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Swinton.
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Taranaki Rugby League is the local sporting body responsible for the administration of Rugby league in the Taranaki region of New Zealand. The TRL are represented by the Taranaki rugby league team. They are in the Mid-Central zone along with the Manawatu Rugby League.
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John Tamanika (born 15 November 1984) is a rugby football player who currently plays rugby union for Randwick in the Shute Shield. He plays as a or on the . He formerly played rugby league professionally in the National Rugby League at the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
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The USA Rugby Women's Premier League (WPL or WPL Rugby) is the top annual American women's rugby union competition. It is player-run and operates in partnership with USA Rugby. It involves the top 10 clubs in the country. The league was founded in 2009.
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Sampson is the son of the rugby league footballer, and coach; Dave Sampson and Mavis (née Dean), the nephew of the rugby league footballer; Malcolm Sampson, and the cousin of the sprinter; Denise Ramsden, and the rugby union, and rugby league footballer; Paul Sampson.
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Frederick Henry Cornish (1876 – 27 April 1940)Fred Cornish player profile Scrum.com was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales. Cornish 'Went North' in 1899 switching to rugby league, joining Hull F.C.Jenkins (1991), pg 32.
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The China Lions is a professional rugby union team that competes in Global Rapid Rugby across the Asia-Pacific region. The team was formed in 2020 as a joint venture between the China Rugby Football Association and New Zealand's Bay of Plenty Rugby Union.
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He played club rugby for Kelso RFC. He made his international rugby debut on 22 November 1997 against Australia at Murrayfield. His last appearance was against Australia at Brisbane during the 1998 Scotland rugby union tour of Oceania. Roxburgh was a talented rugby sevens player.
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Voluntaris de Protecció Civil Andorra Rugby XV (commonly known as VPC Andorra XV) is a rugby union team based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Nowadays the Andorran rugby club plays in the French Championship since 1986 after being participated in the Catalan Rugby Championship.
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When Huddersfield converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Ernie Woodhead would have been 38. Consequently, he may have been too old to have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Huddersfield.
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In 2010, Du Plessis reverted to rugby union, signing with the Super Rugby side for their inaugural season in Super Rugby in 2011. He made a single Super Rugby appearance for the Rebels, coming on as a late replacement in their match against the .
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When Huddersfield converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Henry Huth would have been 39. Consequently, he may have been too old to have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Huddersfield.
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Early rugby union in China was often played by expatriates of various rugby playing nations, and colonials. For example, there was a rugby club in Shanghai,Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing.
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The Midwest Rugby League (MWRL) is a rugby league football competition in the Midwest United States. In 2009 an organization named Midwest Rugby League was formed to promote rugby league in the Midwestern United States, and to operate the Stockyarders team from 2010 onwards.
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