The Rugby Union Players' Association (RUPA) is the representative body for professional rugby union players in Australia. It was formed in October 1995...
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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...
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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...
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from the Irish Rugby Union Players Association (IRUPA) to Rugby Players Ireland. Rugby Players Ireland has run the annual Rugby Players Ireland Awards...
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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...
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professional Australian rugby players are represented by the Rugby Union Players Association. In 2000, figures from World Rugby (then the IRB) show there...
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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...
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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'...
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sports rugby union and rugby league share origins and thus have many similarities. Initially, following an 1895 split in rugby football, rugby union and...
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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...
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David Pocock (redirect from David Pocock (rugby union player))
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)...
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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...
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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...
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States Rugby Players Association, also referred to as the USRPA, is the union of professional Major League Rugby players. United States Rugby Players Association...
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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...
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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...
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The laws of Rugby Union are defined by World Rugby (originally the International Rugby Football Board, and later International Rugby Board) and dictate...
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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...
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Comparison of association football (football/soccer) and rugby union (rugby/rugby football/rugger) is possible because of the games' similarities and...
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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...
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under England for cricketing purposes. Both Irish rugby players and cricketers, unlike soccer players, also play as one nation. The two sports have also...
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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...
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The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for rugby league in England. Founded in 1895 as the Northern Rugby Football Union following 22 clubs...
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Salary cap (section Rugby union)
players than their rivals. Salary caps can be a major issue in negotiations between league management and players' unions because they limit players'...
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The Welsh Rugby Players Association (WRPA) is a trade union representing athletes who currently play or who have played rugby union in Wales at a professional...
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football remains amateur, whereas rugby union now offers professional and semi-professional levels of competition. Players have successfully made the transition...
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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...
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national rugby union team (Scots: Scotland naitional rugby union team, Scottish Gaelic: sgioba nĂ iseanta rugbaidh na h-Alba) represents the Scottish Rugby Union...
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The Zimbabwe national rugby union team, nicknamed the Sables, represents the Zimbabwe Rugby Union in international competition. While sides representing...
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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...
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