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The Queensland Rugby Union dissolved, and was only able to reorganise again in 1928. Such was the drop in playing numbers that the only players available during the 1920s for representing Australia were the Waratah players. [6] An event that was to greatly shape rugby union's future in Australia was the onset of World War I in 1914.
Rugby union in Australia is governed by Rugby Australia, which is a member of World Rugby (WR). There are constituent state and territory unions with the New South Wales Rugby Union and Queensland Rugby Union traditionally being the dominant members, reflecting the games higher status in these states.
Since 1908 Australia and Wales have competed against each other in rugby union in forty-nine matches, Australia having won thirty-four, Wales fourteen, with one draw. Since 2007 the teams have competed for the James Bevan Trophy, which was created to celebrate 100 years of rugby between the two nations. [1]
Rugby Australia Ltd, [2] previously named Australian Rugby Union Limited and Australian Rugby Football Union Limited, is an Australian company operating the premier rugby union competition in Australia and teams. [3] It has its origins in 1949. It is a member of World Rugby.
In Australia the constant flow of rugby union juniors to rugby league clubs has slowed, but Australian rugby union has failed to successfully promote a club or franchise league below the elite level. With professional club games every weekend, Australian rugby league has maintained its dominance over union, especially in its traditional ...
The Australian Wallabies and Argentina, otherwise known as Los Pumas have a rugby union rivalry dating back to 27 October 1979. The teams have met forty-one times, with Australia winning twenty-nine, Argentina winning nine and three matches drawn.
The national rugby union teams of Australia and Scotland have been playing each other in test rugby since 1927, and by November 2024, they have met in thirty five test matches. Their first meeting was on 17 December 1927 , and was won 10–8 by Scotland .
The professional era in rugby union began in 1995, marked by creation of the SANZAR group (a combination of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia) [2] which was formed with the purpose of selling TV rights for two new competitions, the domestic Super 12 competition and the Tri-Nations. [2]