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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
Rugby union in Sri Lanka is mainly played at a semi-professional and recreational level. It is a popular team sport with a history dating back to 1879. In 2012, according to International Rugby Board figures, there were over 160,000 registered rugby union players in Sri Lanka, making it the second largest rugby-playing nation in Asia, behind Japan.
Pages in category "International rugby union competitions hosted by Sri Lanka" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Stade Français Paris (known commonly as Stade Français, French pronunciation: [stad fʁɑ̃sɛ]) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era. The original Stade Français was founded ...
The Sri Lanka national rugby union team was founded in 1908 and joined the IRB in 1988. [14] The first rugby club in Sri Lanka, the Colombo Football Club, was founded in 1879. The first rugby match played between two selected teams occurred on the 30th of June of that year between Colombo and a 'World' Team.
Touch Digne – Rugby Club Dignois Digne-les-Bains (04) Stade Niçois Nice (06) SBM XV Nice Touch Nice (06) Touch Azur Saint-Laurent-du-Var (06) Lynx Rugby Coursegoules (06) Phoenix touch Rugby Annonay Annonay (07) Club Aurillac Rugby Touch – CARTouch Aurillac (15) Atlantique Touch Rochelais La Rochelle (17) Touch Rebel Union Club Bourges (TRUC)
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].
Although the IRB produce a complex and continually updated ranking for men's international rugby they do not compile any ranking system for the women's game. Rugby statistician Serge Piquet has produced a currently unofficial, but generally accepted, world ranking, but where rankings are referred to by some boards these will normally be the ...