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This list shows each country which 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, official referees and the number of registered players broken down by gender and age group. In 2023, the total number of registered players increased ...
These are men's player records in international rugby, [1] updated at the conclusion of the Autumn internationals window each year. To view men's international team records, see International rugby union team records. To view records of the men's Rugby World Cup, see Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup.
Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio OBE (born 10 August 1972), known as Lawrence Dallaglio, is an English retired rugby union player, former captain of England, and 2016 inductee of the World Rugby Hall of Fame. [1] Dallaglio played as a flanker or number eight for London Wasps and never played for another club, having arrived at Sudbury as a teenager.
By the 1950s, the Rugby Football Union had produced a booklet called Know the Game, in which it is stated that "there are no hard and fast rules governing the names of the positions or the numbers worn", but it lists the custom in Britain as being 1 for the fullback, to 15 for the lock (now known as the number 8). Rugby league still uses this ...
The women’s version of the Rugby Union World Cup was first played in 1991, which are held every four years alternating with the men’s version, to avoid clashing with other sporting events: Rugby 7s at both the Commonwealth Games and the Summer Olympics. The United States won the inaugural women’s version of the Rugby Union World Cup.
The World Rugby headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. [92] World Rugby, founded in 1886, governs the sport worldwide and publishes the game's laws and rankings. [92] As of February 2014, World Rugby (then known as the IRB, for International Rugby Board) recorded 119 unions in its membership, 101 full members and 18 associate member countries. [2]
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World Rugby cites rugby union's global participation, with men playing the game in well over 100 countries and women playing in over 50 as well; the organisation's compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code; and that a rugby sev3ns tournament could be (and generally is) accommodated in one stadium and is relatively inexpensive to play. [52]