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2. 1871 Scotland versus England rugby union match - Wikipedia

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   The rugby union match played between Scotland and England on 27 March 1871 was the world's first international rugby match. It is also officially the first international football match in any football code. The match was played at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh in front of 4,000 spectators.

3. History of rugby union matches between England and Scotland

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   The 1938 Calcutta Cup match was the first live televised rugby international. It was broadcast by BBC Television. [1] [2] The first two international sides to play against each other, the England–Scotland fixture is the second most-played international rugby union match as of 2023.

4. Timeline of rugby union on UK television - Wikipedia

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   10 September – BBC Wales launches a new rugby union programme, Scrum V. It replaces Rugby Special Wales. September – Sky Sports begins showing a weekly game from the top division of England club rugby. This is the first time that a live match from domestic rugby union had been shown in the UK.

5. History of rugby union - Wikipedia

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   The rugby union authorities of the time also hoped that as players could now play in either code, in the long term most of the sponsorship and interest would gravitate away from league to the more international game of union. However, rugby union has not managed to lure away more than a handful of elite players from rugby league, as the two ...

6. 1880–81 Home Nations rugby union matches - Wikipedia

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   The first Welsh team to play an international rugby match, February 1881. The 1880–81 Home Nations rugby union matches were a series of international rugby union friendlies held between the England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales national rugby union teams. This season is most notable for the introduction of Wales as an international rugby union ...

7. Test match (rugby union) - Wikipedia

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   A test match in rugby union is an international match, usually played between two senior national teams, that is recognised as such by at least one of the teams' national governing bodies. [1] [2] Some teams do not represent a single country but their international games are still considered test matches (for example the British and Irish Lions).

8. History of rugby union matches between England and France

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   The first rugby union match between England and France was held on 22 March 1906 at Parc des Princes in Paris. The traditional name for the annual England versus France rugby union match in the Six Nations Championship as used on both sides of the English Channel is Le Crunch , used since at least 1981 (although it has been named " Eurostar ...

9. Rugby union - Wikipedia

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   The spread of rugby union as a global sport has its roots in the exporting of the game by British expatriates, military personnel, and overseas university students. The first rugby club in France was formed by British residents in Le Havre in 1872, while the next year Argentina recorded its first game: 'Banks' v 'City' in Buenos Aires. [110]