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...

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

2024 mid-year rugby union internationals (also known as the summer internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) are international rugby union matches that...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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

list of notable rugby union competitions that are still currently in existence. This includes both international tournaments played by national Test...

actor and former rugby union player. Claffey is from Portumna, in County Galway, he attended Garbally College and played rugby union for Galwegians RFC...

rugby league as a separate form of rugby football goes back to 1895 in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire when the Northern Rugby Football Union broke...

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...

national rugby union team (Scots: Scotland naitional rugby union team, Scottish Gaelic: sgioba nàiseanta rugbaidh na h-Alba) represents the Scottish Rugby Union...

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...

Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He also played rugby union at the highest level, becoming...

Rugby union in France is a popular team sport. Rugby union was first introduced in the early 1870s by British residents, which makes the country one of...

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...

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...

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...

teams. The rules of rugby league have changed significantly over the decades since rugby football split into the league and union codes. This article...

(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...

The 2023–24 Premiership Rugby is the 37th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition and the sixth to be sponsored by Gallagher...

the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), was established in 1881, the same year that Wales played their first international against England. The team plays its home...

in 2020 as well as during his announcement in March 2023 of switching to rugby union starting in 2025. In 2021, he was granted an exemption to play in...

In rugby league football, the Laws of the Game are the rules governing how the sport is played. The Laws are the responsibility of the Rugby League International...

football and rugby union is possible because of the games' shared origins, despite their dissimilarities. The most significant difference in play is the allowance...

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...