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The Arabian Gulf rugby union team combined various teams from Arab countries in the Persian Gulf and competed in World Cup qualification. The Arabian Gulf Rugby Union has now been dismantled and responsibility for the game devolved to each of the member nations, although the team may be revived in the future.
Bingham Cup — Held every two years, this is the largest international gay rugby tournament and honours 9/11 hero, Mark Bingham; Rugby union at the Maccabiah Games: representative XVs from various countries have been taking part in the Maccabiah Games since 1981. Mad River/Stowe 15's Tournament.
This list shows each country which has a union affiliated to World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby union.It also shows the number of registered clubs playing in each country, official referees and the number of registered players broken down by gender and age group.
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. [1] One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand.
The English rugby union league pyramid is topped by the Premiership. Below this are the Championship and National Leagues 1 to 3. Below this, the structure is split geographically into four regions: Midlands, North, London and South East, and South West.
The following article lists the oldest known rugby union competitions. Rank Competition Location Date First winner First Runner-up Ref 1: United Hospitals Challenge Cup:
International rugby union eligibility rules; List of dual-code rugby internationals; List of players who have converted from one football code to another; List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation
The following is a list of Wales national rugby union team results since the first match in 1881. [1] [2] [3] Summary.