Dangerous play in rugby union is dealt with under the foul play law (Law 9) in the official International Rugby Board (IRB) rugby union law book. It defines...
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sports rugby union and rugby league have shared origins and thus many similarities. Initially, following the 1895 split in rugby football, rugby union and...
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players to play for national teams in rugby union, both in the fifteen-a-side game and rugby sevens, are the responsibility of World Rugby, the governing...
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Rugby union is a contact sport that consists of two teams of fifteen players. The objective is to obtain more points than the opposition through scoring...
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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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the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jerseys with white shorts, and their emblem...
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Rugby union is a team sport played between two teams of fifteen players. This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of rugby union...
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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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to foul play within a scrum). A penalty goal cannot be scored from a differential penalty. Sports portal Free kick (rugby union) Offside (rugby) Professional...
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rugby union footballer who plays as a prop for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and Canterbury in the Bunnings NPC. He made his debut for New Zealand in 2014...
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In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15)...
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2024 mid-year rugby union internationals (also known as the summer internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) are international rugby union matches that...
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Peter Claffey (category Irish rugby union players)
actor and former rugby union player. Claffey is from Portumna, in County Galway, he attended Garbally College and played rugby union for Galwegians RFC...
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handball and rugby union. The sport is governed by the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) which was established in 1993. Wheelchair rugby was created...
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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...
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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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Dan Carter (redirect from Daniel Carter (rugby union))
(born 5 March 1982) is a New Zealand retired rugby union player. Carter played for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and for New Zealand's national team, the All...
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Rugby sevens (commonly known as simply sevens and originally known as seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven...
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Mat Rogers (redirect from Mat Rogers (rugby player))
Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He also played rugby union at the highest level, becoming...
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Jasper Wiese (category South African expatriate rugby union players in England)
professional rugby union player who plays for Urayasu D-Rocks in Japan's Rugby League One and South Africa internationally. He can play as a number 8...
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national rugby union team (Scots: Scotland naitional rugby union team, Scottish Gaelic: sgioba nàiseanta rugbaidh na h-Alba) represents the Scottish Rugby Union...
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has a union affiliated to World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby union. It also shows the number of registered clubs playing in each country...
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Quade Cooper (category Australian expatriate rugby union players in France)
1988) is a professional rugby union player and occasional boxer. Although born in New Zealand, he has represented Australia in rugby at international level...
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Lote Tuqiri (redirect from Lote Tuqiri (Australian rugby union player))
rugby footballer who primarily played as a winger across both codes. He represented Australia in both rugby league and rugby union, and Fiji in rugby...
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Willie le Roux (category South African expatriate rugby union players in Japan)
professional rugby union player. He is a versatile back-line player who generally plays as a fullback or wing, though earlier in his career he played mostly...
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Concussions in professional rugby union are the most common injury received. Concussion can occur where an individual experiences an impact to the head...
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Women's rugby union is a full contact team sport based on running with the ball in hand. The same laws are used in men's rugby union with the same sized...
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In July 2024, the England rugby union team toured New Zealand, where they played two tests against the New Zealand national team, a part of the 2024 Summer...
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is a list of notable rugby union competitions that are still in existence. This includes both international tournaments played by national Test teams...
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teams. The rules of rugby league have changed significantly over the decades since rugby football split into the league and union codes. This article...
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