The South African Rugby Football Federation was an association formed by the majority of "Coloured" rugby union clubs that broke away from the South African...
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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)...
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as the South African Rugby Union. SARU's predecessor was the South African Coloured Rugby Football Board, founded in 1897 during South Africa's British...
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by the South African Rugby League. The sport has long struggled in South Africa due to traditional schism dispute over professionalism in rugby and the...
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significant role in South African culture. The three most popular mainstream sports in the country — cricket, football and rugby — reflect the country's...
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(SARR), absorbing the South African Rugby Football Federation (SARFF) and the South African Rugby Association (SARA). South African Rugby Union Springboks...
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Republic of South Africa (RSA) and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). SAFA established in 1991. The South African Football Association...
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Association South African Rugby Football Federation Rugby league in South Africa South African Rugby League South Africa national rugby league team History...
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union), the representative side of the South African Rugby Football Federation in apartheid South Africa South Africa national cricket team, called "The Proteas"...
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The South African African Rugby Board (later renamed the South African Rugby Association) was the body that governed black African South African rugby union...
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2013. "SOUTH AFRICAN UNDERWATER RUGBY". SOUTH AFRICAN UNDERWATER RUGBY. Retrieved 17 June 2013. SAUSF home page South Africa Underwater Rugby (website)...
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nation's favourite sports team followed by rugby union and cricket. The governing body is the South African Football Association (SAFA), while the Premier...
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South African Rugby Board and the mainly black South African Rugby Union). In March 1992 these were formally combined to form the South African Rugby...
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The South Africa national rugby league team to date have competed at two Rugby League World Cups in 1995 and 2000. South Africa traditionally play in...
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India Rugby Football Union was founded and in 1999 the IFRU gained association from the International Rugby Board. In March 2019, former South African player...
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Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league. Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire...
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Herzegovina Rugby Federation 1992 South African Rugby Union (founded as South Africa Rugby Football Union, a merger of the white South African Rugby Board and...
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The history of rugby union follows from various football games long before the 19th century, but it was not until the middle of that century that the...
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South African Football Association and "football" is mostly used in official contexts. Rugby union is another popular football code in South Africa,...
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hosting the event, but the South African Rugby Union has stated that it would not be bidding for the 2027 World Cup. World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont suggested...
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African country, although rugby and cricket are also very popular in South Africa. The first football stadium to be built in Africa was the Alexandria Stadium...
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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...
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United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales...
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Rugby League (ERL) (previously Rugby League European Federation (RLEF)) is the umbrella body for nations playing the sport of rugby league football across...
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Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in...
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The 1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia was a controversial six-week rugby union tour by the Springboks to Australia. Anti-apartheid protests...
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is divided: Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania. World Rugby was founded as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB)...
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governing body of football, and affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation and South Asian Football Federation. The federation was founded in 1947;...
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the sport of rugby league. Rugby League International Federation Morocco Rugby League Lebanese Rugby League Federation South Africa Rugby League Asia-Pacific...
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South Africa national rugby union team dates back to 1891, when the British Lions first toured South Africa where they played against South African representative...
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