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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 - 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 ...

4. Rugby union - Wikipedia

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   Historically rugby union was an amateur sport, but in 1995 formal restrictions on payments to players were removed, making the game openly professional at the highest level for the first time. [ 4 ] Rugby union spread from the Home Nations of the United Kingdom and Ireland , with other early exponents of the sport including Australia , New ...

5. List of oldest rugby union competitions - Wikipedia

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   First winner First Runner-up Ref 1: United Hospitals Challenge Cup: The Oval: 1874: Guy's Hospital: St George's Hospital [1] Shute Shield: Sydney: 1874: Waratah: 3: Ulster Schools' Cup: Ulster: 1876: The Royal School, Armagh: Royal Belfast Academical Institution [2] 4: Yorkshire Cup: Recreation Ground, Holbeck: 1877: Halifax: York [3] 5 ...

6. 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).

7. 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 ...

8. History of rugby union in Scotland - Wikipedia

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   The first international rugby football game resulted from a challenge issued in the sporting weekly Bell's Weekly on 8 December 1870 and signed by the captains of five Scottish clubs, inviting any team "selected from the whole of England" to a 20-a-side game to be played under the Rugby rules. The notice itself was inconspicuous, being slotted ...

9. History of rugby union in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The second game Between Harvard and McGill of 1874 were played under the rugby rules, becoming the first rugby match in the US. The first recorded match between two colleges in game played in United States using rugby union code rules occurred on May 14, 1874 between Harvard University and McGill University.