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On 10 August 2020, World Rugby decided to retain the 36-month residency requirement for one more year, to 31 December 2021. World Rugby considered that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were too limited playing opportunities for players to meet the residency requirement and have represented their union before the end of the year 2020. [23]
The World Rugby anti doping programme includes testing at the under 19 and under 21 level, sevens and senior 15 a side. Testing is a mix of in-competition at World Rugby organised events, as well as out-of-competition testing, which can occur during a specified one-hour time slot designated by a player.
The tournament will be the first branded as the Men's Rugby World Cup, a change that was announced in October 2023. [27] All previous editions were branded as simply the Rugby World Cup, with the Women's tournament branded as the Women's Rugby World Cup between 1991—2017 and without a gender designation in 2021 tournament.
The World Rugby headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. [92] World Rugby, founded in 1886, governs the sport worldwide and publishes the game's laws and rankings. [92] As of February 2014, World Rugby (then known as the IRB, for International Rugby Board) recorded 119 unions in its membership, 101 full members and 18 associate member countries. [2]
The World Rugby Under 20 Championship (known as the IRB Junior World Championship until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby , and is contested by 12 men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement.
The World Rugby Nations Championship is an upcoming biennial international rugby union competition, which is scheduled to take place in the existing men's mid-year and end-of-year international windows, with the inaugural edition taking place in 2026. [1]
In a first, South America gains an automatic berth in the World Cup through the qualification process, which will be awarded to the winner of the 2025 Sudamerica Rugby Championship (South America 1), whilst the runner-up (South America 2) advances to a South America / Pacific play-off match against Pacific 4, for a chance to qualify for the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. International men's rugby union competition Not to be confused with Rugby League World Cup. This article is about the men's rugby union tournament. For the women's World Cup in union, see Women's Rugby World Cup. For other world cups for rugby, see World cup of rugby. "RWC" redirects ...