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The Northern Football Union of Ireland was founded in January 1875, and controlled the game in the Belfast area The two unions amalgamated to form the IRFU in 1879, [35] but not before the first interprovincial match, between Ulster and Leinster, [36] and Ireland's first international match against England, both in 1875. [37]
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) (Irish: Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium , where adult men's Irish rugby union international matches are played.
Irish Rugby Football Union, The Irish rugby football union (IRFU), is the national rugby association of Ireland ... [Founded] 1879 [Current President] Greg Barret ...
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is founded, being an amalgamation of the Irish Football Union and the Northern Football Union of Ireland. 20 September – Cliftonville F.C. is founded in Belfast.
South Africa and Ireland teams posing together at their 1912 test at Lansdowne Road. 1920 illustration of the Ireland versus Wales match Such was the level of interest in the visit of the first All Blacks team to Dublin in November 1905 that the IRFU made the match the first all-ticket rugby international in history.
Officially disbanded in 2011; to be replaced with separate national unions in each of its former member countries. The new United Arab Emirates union was founded shortly before the AGRFU dissolution. 1974 Luxembourg Rugby Federation; 1974 Saint Lucia Rugby Football Union; 1975 USA Rugby (founded as United States of America Rugby Football Union)
On 26 October 1968, Ireland made it four successive wins over the Wallabies. In 1969, Ireland claimed a 17–9 victory over France in the Five Nations, a first victory over Les Bleus in 11 years. In the autumn of 1969, the Irish Rugby Football Union appointed a coach for the national team for the first time, the role went to Ronnie Dawson.
Map of IRFU provincial branches. A number of clubs were operating in Ulster prior to the foundation of the Irish Rugby Football Union and the Ulster branch. The Belfast-based North of Ireland F.C., founded in 1868, was the earliest club to operate in the province.