The Rugby Union Players' Association (RUPA) is the representative body for professional rugby union players in Australia. It was formed in October 1995...

The Rugby Players' Association (RPA) is a trade union representing elite rugby rugby union players in England. The RPA is the representative body and collective...

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby...

professional Australian rugby players are represented by the Rugby Union Players Association. In 2000, figures from World Rugby (then the IRB) show there...

rugby union can be traced to three events: the first set of written rules in 1845, the Blackheath Club's decision to leave the Football Association in...

Australia men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is the representative men's national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of Australia...

from the Irish Rugby Union Players Association (IRUPA) to Rugby Players Ireland. Rugby Players Ireland has run the annual Rugby Players Ireland Awards...

sports rugby union and rugby league share origins and thus have many similarities. Initially, following an 1895 split in rugby football, rugby union and...

player in world rugby. In addition he was recognised with the Australia's Choice Wallaby of the Year and awarded the Rugby Union Players Association (RUPA)...

A list of players who have appeared for Ulster Rugby since rugby union was declared open to professionalism on 26 August 1995. Prop. Born 13 June 1998...

The England national rugby union team represents the Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship...

the Brumbies' Players' Player for the fifth consecutive year; Super 14 Player of the Year; and the Rugby Union Players' Association 'Rugby Medal for Excellence'...

States Rugby Players Association, also referred to as the USRPA, is the union of professional Major League Rugby players. United States Rugby Players Association...

for Super Rugby teams or the Players' Association. There were simply fourteen votes split as follows: NSW Rugby Union: 5 Queensland Rugby Union: 3 Other...

football remains amateur, whereas rugby union now offers professional and semi-professional levels of competition. Players have successfully made the transition...

Connacht has a much smaller base of rugby union players to choose from than the other three provinces. This player base is also affected by the relative...

Comparison of association football (football/soccer) and rugby union (rugby/rugby football/rugger) is possible because of the games' similarities and...

football, Gaelic football, rugby league, and rugby union. It has been estimated that there are 250 million association football players in the world, and many...

modern rugby union numbering schemes have the starting players numbered from 1 to 15, and the replacements numbered 16 onwards. Rugby union players have...

players than their rivals. Salary caps can be a major issue in negotiations between league management and players' unions because they limit players'...

under England for cricketing purposes. Both Irish rugby players and cricketers, unlike soccer players, also play as one nation. The two sports have also...

seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. Rugby sevens is administered by World Rugby, the body...

The laws of Rugby Union are defined by World Rugby (originally the International Rugby Football Board, and later International Rugby Board) and dictate...

football), rugby (like its union counterpart), or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular...

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...

recruit and retain players. The salary cap is a key component of the negotiation between the ARU and the Rugby Union Players Association over the collective...

The Wales national rugby union team (Welsh: Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) represents Wales in men's international rugby union. Its governing body...

football and rugby union is possible because of the games' shared origins, despite their dissimilarities. In the event of a tackle in rugby the player may pass...

professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Top 14 club Toulouse and the England national team. Willis played junior rugby for Reading Abbey...

The Scotland national rugby union team represents the Scottish Rugby Union in men's international rugby union. The team takes part in the annual Six Nations...