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Japan served as the hosts for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which saw them become the first Asian country to host the tournament. [7] The Top League is Japan's premier rugby club competition, founded in 2003. In 2016, the Sunwolves joined the Southern Hemisphere-based Super Rugby. The team is based in Tokyo but also plays home games in Singapore.
Rugby union in Asia by country (39 C, 2 P) E. Rugby union in Europe by country (50 C) N. ... (19 C) O. Rugby union in Oceania by country (13 C) S.
The MVCC claims to be the oldest rugby club outside Europe. [41] Rugby also appears to have been the first (non-indigenous) football code to be played in Russia, around a decade before the introduction of association football. [42] Mr Hopper, a Scotsman, who worked in Moscow arranged a match in the 1880s; the first soccer match was in 1892. [42]
Asia Rugby, formerly the Asian Rugby Football Union, is the governing body of rugby union in Asia under the authority of World Rugby.Founded in 1968 by eight charter nations, the Union today has 36 member unions in countries across Asia, stretching from Kazakhstan to Guam.
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby is based on running with the ball in hand.
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.
Each member country must also be a member of one of the six regional unions into which the world is divided: Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania. [6] World Rugby was founded as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) in 1886 by Scotland, Wales and Ireland, with England joining in 1890. [7]
Americas Rugby Championship]] – Originated with four franchised Canadian teams, the Argentina Jaguars, and a "USA Select XV" (effectively the USA A national team). Relaunched in 2016 as the Western Hemisphere's equivalent to the Six Nations Championship; see the table of international competitions for more details. Asia Rugby Championship