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Rugby union is a popular team sport on the island of Ireland, organised on an all-Ireland basis, including players and teams from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Its governing body, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), was founded in 1875, [ 2 ] making it the third oldest rugby union in the world after the RFU (England) and ...
Men's Rugby World Cup: Top 12 teams from previous World Cup (the top 3 in each group) plus 8 nations from regional qualifying tournaments. 1987: 2023: Quadrennial Women's Rugby World Cup: 12 top national women's teams 1991: 2021: Quadrennial [1] Men’s Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales: 1883: 2023: Annually
It is the women's equivalent of the IRFU Interprovincial Championship. The competition takes place every December and features four teams representing Connacht , Leinster , Munster and Ulster . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The competition effectively acts as a selection trials process for the Ireland women's national rugby union team that competes in the ...
The Ireland women's national rugby union team represents Ireland in international women's rugby union competitions such as the Women's Six Nations Championship and the Women's Rugby World Cup. They have also represented Ireland in the FIRA Women's European Championship. Ireland won the 2013 and 2015 Women's Six Nations Championships.
The following is a list of women's international rugby union matches and tournaments. For a list of games involving advertised "A" teams and other games of doubtful international status, see the related article Women's international rugby union (non test matches).
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Ulster wing Robert Baloucoune says he is "raring" for the opportunity to compete at the Paris Olympics with the Ireland men's sevens team.
Women's international rugby union has a history dating back to the late 19th century. It was not until 1982 that the first international fixture took place.The match was organised in connection with the Dutch Rugby Union's 50th anniversary: as part of the celebrations, on 13 June 1982, the France national women's team played the Netherlands in Utrecht, with France winning 4–0 [a].