Rugby union

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. ^[1]

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the debut novel of Irish writer James Joyce, published in 1916.

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A Run for Your Money

A Run for Your Money is a 1949 Ealing Studios comedy film starring Donald Houston and Meredith Edwards as two Welshmen visiting London for the first time.

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Agustín Pichot

Agustín Pichot (born 22 August 1974) is an Argentine retired rugby union player, formerly captain of the Argentine team and the English club Bristol.

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Albert Gleizes

Albert Gleizes (8 December 1881 – 23 June 1953) was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris.

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Albert Pell

Albert Pell (12 March 1820 – 7 April 1907) was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician.

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Alun Wyn Jones

Alun Wyn Jones (born 19 September 1985) is a Welsh former international rugby union player who played as a lock.

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Amateur sports

Amateur sports are sports in which participants engage largely or entirely without remuneration.

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American flag rugby

American flag rugby (AFR) is a mixed-gender, non-contact version of rugby union played in the United States, and is a variant of the sport Tag Rugby.

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American football

American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. Rugby union and American football are ball games and team sports.

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American Raptors

The American Raptors are a professional rugby union team based in the municipality of Glendale in Colorado.

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André Lhote

André Lhote (5 July 1885 – 24 January 1962) was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life.

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Ankle tap

An ankle-tap or tap-tackle is a form of tackle used in rugby league, rugby union and gridiron football.

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Apartheid

Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Argentina national rugby union team

The Argentina national rugby union team (Spanish: Selección de rugby de Argentina) represents Argentina in men's international competitions, The Argentine Rugby Union (Unión Argentina de Rugby).

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Argentine Rugby Union

The Argentine Rugby Union (Unión Argentina de Rugby, abbreviated "UAR") is the governing body for rugby union in Argentina.

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Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Art competitions were held as part of the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Asia Rugby

Asia Rugby, formerly the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU), is the governing body of rugby union in Asia under the authority of World Rugby.

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Asian Games

The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every fourth year among athletes from all over Asia.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. Rugby union and Association football are ball games, football codes, sports originating in England, team sports and Turf sports.

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Attendance

Attendance is the concept of people, individually or as a group, appearing at a location for a previously scheduled event.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian rules football

Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Rugby union and Australian rules football are ball games, football codes, team sports and Turf sports.

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Ba (town)

Ba is a town in Fiji, 37 kilometres from Lautoka and 62 kilometres from Nadi, inland from the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Rugby union and basketball are ball games and team sports.

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BBC Cymru Wales

BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Wales.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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Beach rugby

Beach rugby is a sport that is based on rugby union. Rugby union and Beach rugby are team sports.

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Bective Rangers

Bective Rangers Football Club is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.

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Bermuda Rugby Football Union

The Bermuda Rugby Football Union is the rugby governing body in Bermuda.

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Bernard Lapasset

Bernard Lapasset (20 October 1947 – 3 May 2023) was a French rugby administrator who was Chairman of the World Rugby from 2008 to 2016.

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Blackheath F.C.

Blackheath Football Club is a rugby union club based in Well Hall, Eltham, in south-east London.

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Bomb (kick)

A bomb, also known as an up and under or a Garryowen, is a type of kick used in various codes of football.

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Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.

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British & Irish Lions

The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

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British Guiana

British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies.

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Caid (sport)

Caid (meaning "stuffed ball") is a collective name used in reference to various ancient and traditional Irish mob football games. Rugby union and Caid (sport) are ball games.

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Calcutta Cricket and Football Club

Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (popularly known by its abbreviation CC&FC, or CCFC) is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal.

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Cambridge rules

The Cambridge Rules were several formulations of the rules of football made at the University of Cambridge during the nineteenth century.

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Cambridge University R.U.F.C.

The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, sometimes abbreviated "CURUFC", is the rugby union club of the University of Cambridge.

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Camp Nou

Camp Nou (meaning New Field, often referred to in English as the Nou Camp, currently known as Spotify Camp Nou for sponsorship reasons) is a stadium in Barcelona and the home of La Liga club Barcelona since its opening in 1957.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canadian football

Canadian football, or simply football (in Canada), is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field long and wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone. Rugby union and Canadian football are team sports.

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Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League (CFL; Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada.

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Cardiff Arms Park

Cardiff Arms Park (Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), also known as The Arms Park, is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales.

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Charles Monro (rugby union)

Charles John Monro (5 April 1851 – 9 April 1933), sometimes also referred to as Charles Munro in accordance with his clan name, is credited with introducing rugby union to New Zealand.

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China women's national rugby sevens team

The Chinese women's national sevens rugby union team represents China in Rugby sevens at an international level.

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Christ's College, Finchley

Christ's College is a secondary school with academy status in East Finchley, London, United Kingdom.

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Citing commissioner

In rugby union, a citing commissioner is an independent official, appointed by the competition organizer, the union in which the match is taking place, or World Rugby, who is responsible for citing players who commit foul play which is not detected by the match officials.

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Cleat (shoe)

Cleats or studs are protrusions on the sole of a shoe or on an external attachment to a shoe that provide additional traction on a soft or slippery surface.

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Cnapan

Cnapan (alternative spellings criapan, knapan or knappan) is a Welsh form of Celtic medieval football. Rugby union and Cnapan are ball games.

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College rugby in the United States

College rugby is played by men and women throughout colleges and universities in the United States.

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College sports

College sports or college athletics encompasses non-professional, collegiate and university-level competitive sports and games.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.

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Comparison of rugby league and rugby union

The team sports rugby union and rugby league have shared origins and thus many similarities.

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Concussions in rugby union

Concussions in professional rugby union are the most common injury received.

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Contact sport

A contact sport is any sport where physical contact between competitors, or their environment, is an integral part of the game.

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Coventry University

Coventry University is a public research university in Coventry, England.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Crash ball

The crash ball is an attacking tactic in rugby league and rugby union where a player receives a pass at pace and runs to the opposition's defensive line.

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Currie Cup

The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.

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Dan Carter

Daniel William Carter (born 5 March 1982) is a New Zealand retired rugby union player.

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Danie Craven

Daniël Hartman Craven (11 October 1910 – 4 January 1993) was a South African rugby union player (1931–1938), national coach, national and international rugby administrator, academic, and author.

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De facto

De facto describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.

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Didi 10

The Didi 10 ("Big 10") is a professional domestic rugby union club competition in Georgia.

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DK (publisher)

Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages.

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Drop goal

A drop goal, field goal, or dropped goal is a method of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league and also, rarely, in American football and Canadian football.

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Dubai Sevens

The Dubai 7s is an annual rugby sevens and social event held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, UAE.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Dynamo Moscow

MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (Динамо Москва), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow.

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East Africa Protectorate

East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as present-day Kenya, from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west.

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East Division (CFL)

The East Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League, its counterpart being the West Division.

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Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada (Est du Canada, also the Eastern provinces, Canadian East or the East) is generally considered to be the region of Canada south of Hudson Bay/Hudson Strait and east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces (from east to west): Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.

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Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape (iMpuma-Kapa; Oos-Kaap) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.

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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edward Bramwell Clarke

Edward Bramwell Clarke (31 January 1874 – 28 April 1934) was an educator in Meiji period Japan, who is credited with introducing the sport of rugby to Japan.

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Emily Valentine

Emily Frances Valentine, designated the first lady of rugby and "female William Web Ellis" by the media, is the earliest documented female rugby player (at the age of 10) in 1887, and provides the only confirmed record of a woman playing in the nineteenth century.

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Encyclopaedia of Wales

The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, published in January 2008, is a single-volume-publication encyclopaedia about Wales.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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England national rugby union team

The England men's national rugby union team represents the Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union.

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England women's national rugby union team

The England women's national rugby union team, commonly known as the Red Roses, represents England in women's international rugby union.

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English public school football games

During the early modern era, pupils, former pupils and teachers at English public schools developed the rules of football, eventually leading to the first written codes of football most notably the Eton College (1815) and Aldenham school (1825) football rules, and rugby football (1845).

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ESPN The Magazine

ESPN The Magazine was an American monthly sports magazine published by the ESPN sports network in Bristol, Connecticut.

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ESPNscrum

ESPNscrum was an online news site based in United Kingdom dedicate to providing the latest news in rugby union.

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Eton College

Eton College is a 13–18 public fee-charging and boarding secondary school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, England.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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European Rugby Champions Cup

The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Investec Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR).

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Experimental law variations

The experimental law variations (ELVs) were a proposed set of amendments to the laws of rugby union.

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FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known by its acronym FIFA, is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.

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Fiji

Fiji (Viti,; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.

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Fiji national rugby union team

The Fiji national rugby union team represents Fiji in men's international rugby union.

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Finnegans Wake

Finnegans Wake is a novel by Irish writer James Joyce.

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Football

Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Rugby union and Football are ball games and team sports.

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Forever Strong

Forever Strong is a 2008 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Little, written by David Pliler and released on September 26, 2008.

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Forward pass

In several forms of football, a forward pass is the throwing of the ball in the direction in which the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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France women's national rugby union team

The France women's national rugby union team represents France in women's international rugby union.

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French Rugby Federation

The French Rugby Federation (Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR)) is the governing body for rugby union in France.

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Gareth Edwards

Sir Gareth Owen Edwards (born 12 July 1947) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey".

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Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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Georgian Rugby Union

The Georgian Rugby Union (GRU) (საქართველოს რაგბის კავშირი) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the nation of Georgia.

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Gerald Laing

Gerald Ogilvie-Laing (11 February 1936 – 23 November 2011) was a British pop artist and sculptor.

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Ginnosuke Tanaka

is credited with the introduction of rugby to Japan.

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Glossary of rugby union terms

;Rugby union This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of rugby union.

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Grand Slam (1978 film)

Grand Slam is a 1978 sports comedy film produced by BBC Wales.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Grey Cup

The Grey Cup (Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football.

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Hacking (rugby)

Hacking is the name of a tactic in the early forms of football that involved tripping an opposing player by kicking their shins.

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Half-time

In several team sports, matches are played in two halves. Rugby union and half-time are ball games.

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Harare

Harare, formerly known as Salisbury, is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.

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Harpastum

Harpastum, also known as harpustum, was a form of ball game played in the Roman Empire. Rugby union and Harpastum are ball games and team sports.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau

"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" is the unofficial national anthem of Wales.

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Henri Rousseau

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910) at the Guggenheim was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner.

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History of the England national rugby union team

The History of the England national rugby union team covers the period since 1871, when the England national rugby union team played Scotland in the first ever rugby union international.

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History of the English rugby union system

England has a comprehensive league structure in place, including national fully professional leagues to amateur regional leagues.

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Home Nations

Home Nations is a collective term in sport, usually referring to England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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Hong Kong Sevens

The Hong Kong Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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International Rugby Hall of Fame

The International Rugby Hall of Fame (IRHOF) was a hall of fame for rugby union.

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International rugby union eligibility rules

Regulations relating to the eligibility of players to play for national teams in rugby union, both in the fifteen-a-side game and rugby sevens, are the responsibility of World Rugby, the governing body for the sport.

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International rugby union player records

These are men's player records in international rugby, updated at the conclusion of the Autumn internationals window each year.

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International rugby union team records

These are men's International Team records in international rugby, updated at the conclusion of the November Internationals window each year.

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Invictus (film)

Invictus is a 2009 biographical sports film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, making it the third collaboration between Eastwood and Freeman after Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Ireland women's national rugby union team

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.

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Irish Rugby Football Union

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) (Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland).

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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James Magee (sportsman, born 1872)

James Mary Magee (4 September 1872 – 18 January 1949) was an Irish cricketer and rugby union player.

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James Naismith

James Naismith (November 6, 1861November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japan national rugby sevens team

The Japan national rugby sevens team participates in competitions such as the World Rugby Sevens Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens.

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Japan Rugby Football Union

The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU; translit) is the governing body for rugby union in Japan.

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Japan Rugby League One

Japan Rugby League One (formerly the Top League) is a rugby union competition in Japan.

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Jean Jacoby

Jean Lucien Nicolas Jacoby (March 26, 1891 – September 9, 1936) was a Luxembourg artist.

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John Carlin (journalist)

John Carlin (born 12 May 1956), Curriculum Vitae is a British journalist and author, who deals with both sports and politics.

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Jump ball

A jump ball is a method used to begin or resume play in basketball.

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Ka Mate

"Ka Mate" is a Māori haka composed by Te Rauparaha, war leader of the Ngāti Toa tribe of the North Island of New Zealand.

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L'Équipe

L'Équipe (French for "the team") is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sport, owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury.

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Laws of the Game (association football)

The Laws of the Game are the codified rules of association football.

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Lelo burti

Lelo or lelo burti (ლელო ბურთი), literally a "field ball ", is a Georgian folk sport, which is a full contact ball game, and very similar to rugby.

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Liga de Rugby Kaufland

The Liga Națională de Rugby is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in Romania.

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Line-out (rugby union)

A line-out or lineout is a means by which, in rugby union, play is restarted after the ball has gone into touch.

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List of international rugby union teams

The following is a list of international rugby union teams.

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List of oldest rugby union competitions

The following article lists the oldest known rugby union competitions.

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List of rugby union stadiums by capacity

The following is a list of stadiums at which rugby union is played, ordered by seating capacity.

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Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher.

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Madagascar

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.

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Mainstream Publishing

Mainstream Publishing was a publishing company in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Major League Rugby

Major League Rugby (MLR) is a professional rugby union competition for clubs in North America.

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Mark (rugby)

In rugby union, a player may mark a ball, which means that the player may catch it and cannot be tackled by rival players.

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McGill University

McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Mediahuis Ireland

Mediahuis Ireland (formally Independent News and Media, or INM) is a Belgian/Dutch-owned media organisation that is based in Dublin and publishes national daily newspapers, Sunday newspapers, regional newspapers and operates multiple websites including Independent.

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Melrose Sevens

Melrose Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Melrose Rugby Club, at The Greenyards in Melrose, Scotland.

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Melrose, Scottish Borders

Melrose (Maolros, "bald moor") is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire.

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Millennium Stadium

The Millennium Stadium (Stadiwm y Mileniwm), known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium (Stadiwm Principality) for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of Wales.

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Mini rugby

Mini rugby, also known as New Image Rugby, is a form of rugby union designed to introduce the sport to children.

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Montevideo Cricket Club

The Montevideo Cricket Club (abbreviated "MVCC") is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo, established in 1861 by English immigrants.

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Mouthguard

A mouthguard is a protective device for the mouth that covers the teeth and gums to prevent and reduce injury to the teeth, arches, lips and gums.

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Murrayfield Stadium

Murrayfield Stadium (Scottish Gaelic: Stadium Murrayfield) is a rugby union stadium located in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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National Post

The National Post is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper and the flagship publication of Postmedia Network.

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National Provincial Championship (2006–present)

The National Provincial Championship, often simply called the NPC, is an annual round-robin rugby union competition in men's domestic New Zealand rugby.

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National sport

A national sport is a physical activity or sport that is culturally significant or deeply embedded in a nation, serving as a national symbol and an intrinsic element to a nation's identity and culture.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Netherlands women's national rugby union team

The Netherlands women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Netherlands, representing them at rugby union.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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New Zealand Army rugby team of 1919

The New Zealand Army rugby team of 1919 was a rugby union team which represented New Zealand after the end of the First World War.

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New Zealand national rugby sevens team

The New Zealand national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games.

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New Zealand national rugby union team

The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport.

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New Zealand Rugby

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is the governing body of rugby union in New Zealand.

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Niue Rugby Football Union

Niue Rugby Football Union is the governing body for rugby union in Niue.

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Oceania

Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.

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Oceania Rugby

Oceania Rugby, previously known as the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), is the regional governing body for rugby union in Oceania.

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Old Scores

Old Scores is a 1991 television film jointly produced by New Zealand and Wales, about the two countries' mutual national sport of rugby union.

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Oxford University RFC

The Oxford University Rugby Football Club (Oxford University RFC or OURFC) is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford.

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Penalty (rugby)

In rugby football, the penalty is the main disciplinary sanction available to the referee to penalise players who commit deliberate infringements.

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Penalty card

Penalty cards are used in many sports as a means of warning, reprimanding or penalising a player, coach or team official.

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Portora Royal School

Portora Royal School located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, was one of the public schools founded by the royal charter in 1608, by James I, making it one of the oldest schools in Ireland at the time of its closure.

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Portugal national rugby union team

The Portugal national rugby union team (Seleção Portuguesa de Rugby), nicknamed Os Lobos (The Wolves), represents Portugal in men's international rugby union competitions.

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Premiership Rugby

Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby union system.

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Pro D2

Pro D2 is the second tier of rugby union club competition division in France.

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Racing 92

Racing 92 is a French professional rugby union club based in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Paris' western inner suburbs that competes in Top 14.

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Raeburn Place

Raeburn Place is the main street of the suburb of Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, and the name of the playing fields there.

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RC Toulon

Rugby Club Toulonnais, also referred to as Rugby Club Toulon or simply Toulon, is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon and competing in the Top 14.

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RFU Championship

The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising eleven clubs.

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Robert Delaunay

Robert Delaunay (12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist of the School of Paris movement; who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes.

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Romanian Rugby Federation

The Romanian Rugby Federation (Federația Română de Rugby), abbreviated as FRR, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Romania.

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RTÉ.ie

RTÉ.ie is the brand name and home of Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)'s online activities.

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Rugby Africa

Rugby Africa is the administrative body for rugby union within the continent of Africa under the authority of World Rugby, which is the world governing body of rugby union.

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Rugby Americas North

Rugby Americas North, abbreviated as RAN, is the governing body for rugby union in the North American continental region.

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Rugby Australia

Rugby Australia Ltd, previously named Australian Rugby Union Limited and Australian Rugby Football Union Limited, is an Australian company operating the premier rugby union competition in Australia and teams.

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Rugby ball

A rugby ball is an elongated ellipsoidal ball used in both codes of rugby football.

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Rugby Europe

Rugby Europe is the administrative body for rugby union in Europe.

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Rugby football

Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league. Rugby union and rugby football are football codes, team sports and Turf sports.

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Rugby Football Union

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the national governing body for rugby union in England.

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Rugby Football Union for Women

The Rugby Football Union for Women (RFUW) was the governing body for women's rugby union in England.

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Rugby league

Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends. Rugby union and rugby league are ball games, football codes, rugby football variants, sports originating in England, team sports and Turf sports.

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Rugby Samoa

Rugby Samoa (Lakapi Samoa) is the governing body of the sport of rugby union in Samoa.

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Rugby School

Rugby School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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Rugby sevens

Rugby sevens (commonly known as simply sevens and originally known as seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves.

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Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games

Rugby sevens has been played at every Commonwealth Games since its first appearance at the 1998 edition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Rugby shirt

A rugby shirt, also known as a jersey or jumper, is worn by players of rugby union or rugby league.

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Rugby shorts

Rugby shorts are a type of shorts that are worn while playing rugby.

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Rugby tens

Rugby tens, also known as ten-a-side and Xs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of ten players, typically five forwards and five backs.

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Rugby union at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Rugby union at the 1900 Summer Olympics was played in Paris.

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Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

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Rugby union at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Rugby union at the 1920 Summer Olympics was played in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Rugby union at the 1924 Summer Olympics

In rugby union at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, the won the gold medal, beating in an upset in front of a partisan crowd.

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Rugby union in Argentina

Rugby union in Argentina is a hugely popular team sport.

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Rugby union in Australia

Rugby union in Australia has a history of organised competition dating back to the late 1860s.

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Rugby union in Bahrain

Rugby union in Bahrain is a minor but growing sport.

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Rugby union in Barbados

Rugby union in Barbados is a minor, but relatively successful sport.

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Rugby union in Belgium

Rugby union in Belgium is a growing sport.

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Rugby union in Brazil

Rugby union in Brazil is a rapidly growing sport, with rugby union increasing in popularity at universities across Brazil.

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Rugby union in Canada

Rugby union (rugby à XV) is a moderately popular sport in Canada; it is quite strong as a participation sport, particularly in several hotspots like British Columbia, Atlantic Canada (particularly in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador), the West Island of Montreal, Quebec City and Ontario but does not attract the same level of spectator support yet, likely because the CFL's popular brand of Canadian Football is still similar to rugby in many ways, whilst also being the dominant football code in the country.

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Rugby union in Chile

Rugby union in Chile is a fairly popular sport.

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Rugby union in China

Rugby union in China is a growing sport; however, it is still not overly popular.

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Rugby union in Czechoslovakia

Rugby union in Czechoslovakia was a moderately popular sport.

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Rugby union in England

Rugby union in England is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports.

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Rugby union in Fiji

Rugby union in Fiji is a popular team sport and is considered to be the national sport of the country.

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Rugby union in France

Rugby union in France is a popular team sport.

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Rugby union in Georgia

Rugby union in Georgia is a popular team sport.

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Rugby union in Germany

Rugby union in Germany is a moderately popular and growing sport with 124 men's clubs and 5 women's clubs competing in 4 men's and 1 women's national leagues.

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Rugby union in Hong Kong

Rugby union in Hong Kong is long established, partly as a result of its being a British colony.

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Rugby union in India

Rugby union in India is a minor sport.

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Rugby union in Ireland

Rugby union (Aontas Rugbaí) 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.

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Rugby union in Israel

Rugby union in Israel was brought to the country by British soldiers during the British Mandate for Palestine.

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Rugby union in Italy

Rugby union in Italy is governed by the Italian Rugby Federation.

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Rugby union in Ivory Coast

Rugby union in Ivory Coast is essentially amateur, with some degree of semi-professionalization in its top-flight league and the national rugby union team.

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Rugby union in Jamaica

Rugby union in Jamaica is a minor but growing sport.

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Rugby union in Japan

Rugby union in Japan is a moderately popular sport.

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Rugby union in Kenya

Rugby union in Kenya is a popular sport, in particular due to the success of the Kenya national rugby sevens team in the rugby sevens format, and tournaments such as the Safari Sevens, which has been growing yearly, and now includes numerous international teams.

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Rugby union in Lithuania

Rugby union in Lithuania is a moderately popular sport.

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Rugby union in Madagascar

Rugby union in Madagascar is the most popular team sport in the nation.

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Rugby union in Malaysia

Rugby union in Malaysia is a sport with a long history, and a significant participation.

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Rugby union in New Zealand

Rugby union has been played in New Zealand since 1870 and is the most popular sport in the country as well as being its national sport.

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Rugby union in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is a tier three rugby union playing nation.

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Rugby union in Paraguay

Rugby union in Paraguay is a secondary sport.

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Rugby union in Poland

Rugby union in Poland is a moderately popular sport and currently, the Polish men`s national team are ranked 30th in the world as of 20th November 2022.

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Rugby union in Romania

Rugby union is a moderately popular team sport played in Romania with a tradition of more than 100 years.

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Rugby union in Russia

Rugby union in Russia is a moderately popular sport.

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Rugby union in Samoa

Rugby union in Samoa is the country's most popular sport.

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Rugby union in Scotland

Rugby union in Scotland (aonadh rugbaidh) is a popular team sport.

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Rugby union in Singapore

Rugby union is not a major sport in Singapore.

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Rugby union in Solomon Islands

Rugby union is a popular sport in Solomon Islands.

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Rugby union in South Africa

Rugby union in South Africa is a highly popular team sport, along with cricket and soccer, and is widely played all over the country.

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Rugby union in South Korea

Rugby union in South Korea is a minor but growing sport.

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Rugby union in Spain

Rugby union is a growing team sport in Spain.

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Rugby union in Sri Lanka

Rugby union in Sri Lanka is mainly played at a semi-professional and recreational level.

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Rugby union in the Arabian Peninsula

Rugby union in the Arabian Peninsula is a minor, but growing sport.

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Rugby union in the Cook Islands

Rugby union in the Cook Islands is a popular sport.

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Rugby union in the Netherlands

Rugby union in the Netherlands is a popular sport.

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Rugby union in the Philippines

Rugby union in the Philippines is a minor but growing sport.

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Rugby union in the United States

Rugby union in the United States is played at youth, high school, college, amateur, professional, and international levels and governed by USA Rugby.

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Rugby union in Tonga

Rugby union is the national sport of Tonga.

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Rugby union in Trinidad and Tobago

Rugby union in Trinidad and Tobago is a popular sport.

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Rugby union in Uganda

Rugby union in Uganda has been played since colonial times when it was introduced by the British.

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Rugby union in Uruguay

Rugby union in Uruguay is considered a popular sport.

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Rugby union in Wales

Rugby union in Wales (undeb rygbi) is considered a large part of Welsh national culture.

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Rugby union in Zambia

Rugby union in Zambia is a minor but growing sport.

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Rugby union in Zimbabwe

Rugby union in Zimbabwe is a popular sport and ranks after association football and cricket as one of the oldest and most popular sports in the country.

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Rugby Union of Russia

Rugby Union of Russia (Soyuz regbistov Rossii) is the governing body for rugby union in Russia.

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Rugby union positions

In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15).

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Rugby World

Rugby World is a monthly rugby union magazine running since October 1960.

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Rugby World Cup

The Men's Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised as the World champions of the sport.

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Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union.

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Russian Rugby Championship

The Russian Rugby Championship, officially known as the Pari - Russian Rugby Championship for sponsorship reasons (Пари - Чемпионат России по регби), is Russia's top level professional men's rugby union competition.

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Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism

Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism (SCOLIPE) (Российский государственный университет физической культуры, спорта, молодёжи и туризма (ГЦОЛИФК)) is a university in Moscow, founded in 1918.

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Samoa

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nu'utele, Nu'ulua, Fanuatapu and Namua).

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SANZAAR

SANZAAR (South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina Rugby; previously known as SANZAR) is the body which oversees Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship competitions in rugby union.

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Scotland national rugby union team

The Scotland national rugby union team (Scotland naitional rugby union team, sgioba nàiseanta rugbaidh na h-Alba) represents the Scottish Rugby Union in men's international rugby union.

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Scottish Rugby Union

The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; Aonadh Rugbaidh na h-Alba) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland.

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Scrum (rugby union)

In rugby union a scrum is a means of restarting play after a minor infringement.

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Scrum (rugby)

A scrummage, commonly known simply as a scrum, is a method of restarting play in rugby football that involves players packing closely together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the ball.

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Scrum cap

The scrum cap is a form of headgear used by rugby players to protect the ears in the scrum, which can otherwise suffer injuries leading to the condition commonly known as cauliflower ears.

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Shin guard

A shin guard or shin pad is a piece of equipment worn on the front of an athlete's shin to protect it from injury.

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Six Nations Championship

The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

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Snow rugby

Snow rugby refers to forms of rugby union that are especially adapted to be played in winter conditions, particularly in deep snow.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South Africa national rugby union team

The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabhokobhoko), is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union.

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South African Rugby Union

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to World Rugby.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Southern Africa

Southern Africa is the southernmost region of Africa.

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Spheroid

A spheroid, also known as an ellipsoid of revolution or rotational ellipsoid, is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters.

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Stade de France

Stade de France is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis.

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Stadio Flaminio

The Stadio Flaminio is a stadium in Rome.

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Stadio Olimpico

Stadio Olimpico (Olympic Stadium), colloquially known as l'Olimpico (The Olympic), is an Italian multi-purpose sports venue located in Rome.

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Stadium Australia

Stadium Australia, commercially known as Accor Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Sydney Olympic Park, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Sudamérica Rugby

Sudamérica Rugby (previously known as Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (abbreviated CONSUR) between 1988 and 2015), on Rugby Full, 5 Jan 2015 is the governing body for rugby union within South America and most of Central America.

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Super Rugby

Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.

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Super Rugby Americas

Super Rugby Americas (SRA) is a franchise rugby union tournament format in the Americas that began its first season in February 2023 after efforts by World Rugby.

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SVNS

The SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons, is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams.

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Swedish football (code)

Swedish football (Svensk fotboll) was a code of football devised and played in Sweden from the 1870s to the early 1890s, when the modern association football was introduced.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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Tag rugby

Tag-rugby belt Tag rugby, Flag rugby or Rippa rugby is a non-contact team game in which each player wears a belt that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches.

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Tasker Watkins

Sir Tasker Watkins (18 November 1918 – 9 September 2007) was a Welsh Lord Justice of Appeal and deputy Lord Chief Justice.

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Team sport

A team sport is a type of sport where the fundamental nature of the game or sport requires the participation of multiple individuals working together as a team, and it is inherently impossible or highly impractical to execute the sport as a single-player endeavour. Rugby union and team sport are team sports.

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Teddy Morgan

Edward Morgan (22 May 1880 – 1 September 1949) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

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The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire

"The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire", written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes stories collected between 1921 and 1927 as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.

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The Football Association

The Football Association or the FA is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

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The Original All Blacks

The Original All Blacks (also known simply as "The Originals") were the first New Zealand national rugby union team to tour outside Australasia.

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The Rugby Championship

The Rugby Championship, formerly known as the Tri Nations Series (1996–2011), is an international rugby union competition contested annually by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

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The Star-Spangled Banner

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States.

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The Varsity Match

The Varsity Match is an annual rugby union fixture played between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England.

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Three-quarter back

Three-quarter back is the back-line positions of wing or centre in either rugby league or rugby union.

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TNT Sports 4

TNT Sports 4 is a British sports television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and the BT Group.

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Tom Brown's School Days

Tom Brown's School Days (sometimes written Tom Brown's Schooldays, also published under the titles Tom Brown at Rugby, School Days at Rugby, and Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby) is a novel by Thomas Hughes, published in 1857.

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Tom Williams (rugby union, born 1859)

Thomas Williams (9 October 1859 – 4 February 1913) was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and Pontypridd and international rugby for Wales.

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Tonga

Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania.

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Top 14

The Top 14 is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France.

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Touch (rugby)

Touch is the area outside two touch-lines which define the sides of the playing area in a game of rugby football.

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Touch rugby

Touch rugby refers to games derived from rugby football in which players do not tackle each other but instead touch their opponents using their hands on any part of the body, clothing, or the ball.

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Try (rugby)

A try is a way of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league football.

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Twickenham Stadium

Twickenham Stadium in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, is a rugby union stadium owned by the Rugby Football Union (RFU), English rugby union governing body, which has its headquarters there.

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UEFA Euro 2016

The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA.

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Ulysses (novel)

Ulysses is a modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

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United Rugby Championship

The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States women's national rugby union team

The USA Women's National Team XVs represents the United States in women's international rugby union.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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USA Rugby

USA Rugby (formally the United States of America Rugby Football Union, Ltd.) is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States.

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Utrecht

Utrecht (Utrecht dialect) is the fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

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Victor Matfield

Victor Matfield (born 11 May 1977) is a South African former professional rugby union player.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team (Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) represents the Welsh Rugby Union in men's international rugby union.

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Welsh Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby.

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West Division (CFL)

The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), its counterpart being the East Division.

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Western Canada

Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West or the Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West, is a Canadian region that includes the four western provinces just north of the Canada–United States border namely (from west to east) British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

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Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair rugby (originally murderball, and known as quad rugby in the United States) is a team sport for athletes with a disability.

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Winchester College football

Winchester College football, also known as Winkies, is a code of football played at Winchester College. Rugby union and Winchester College football are football codes.

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Women's Rugby World Cup

The women's Rugby World Cup is the women's rugby union world championship which is organised by World Rugby.

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Women's Six Nations Championship

The Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations for sponsorship purposes, is an international rugby union competition contested between six European women's national teams.

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Women's SVNS

The World Rugby SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby.

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World Rugby

World Rugby is the governing body for the sport of rugby union.

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World Rugby Hall of Fame

The World Rugby Hall of Fame (formerly the IRB Hall of Fame) recognises special achievement and contribution to the sport of rugby union.

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World Rugby Nations Cup

The Nations Cup is a rugby union competition that was first held in 2006 at Estádio Universitário in Lisbon with Argentina A, Italy A, Portugal and Russia taking part.

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World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup

The Pacific Nations Cup is an international rugby union competition held between three Pacific states.

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World Rugby Rankings

The World Rugby Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body.

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World Rugby U20 Championship

The World Rugby Under 20 Championship (known as the IRB Junior World Championship until 2014) is an international rugby union competition.

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World Rugby U20 Trophy

The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy (known as the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy until 2014) is an international rugby union competition.

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.

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1871 Scotland versus England rugby union match

The rugby union match played between Scotland and England on 27 March 1871 was the world's first international rugby match.

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1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

The 1888 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia was a tour by a British rugby union team, known at the time as the "English Footballers", throughout New Zealand and Australia.

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1888–89 New Zealand Native football team

The 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team was a New Zealand rugby union team that toured Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in 1888 and 1889.

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1900 Summer Olympics

The 1900 Summer Olympics (Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad (Jeux de la IIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 14 May to 28 October 1900.

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1906–07 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe

The 1906–07 South Africa tour of Europe was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the South Africa national team against the four British Home Nation teams.

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1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908.

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1908–09 Australia rugby union tour of Britain

The 1908–09 Australia rugby union tour of the British Isles was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the Australia national rugby union team against invitational and national teams from England and Wales, as well as several games against sides from North America.

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1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics (Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; Spelen van de VIIe Olympiade; Spiele der VII.) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (Anvers 1920; Dutch and German: Antwerpen 1920), were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.

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1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics (Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France.

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1975 Five Nations Championship

The 1975 Five Nations Championship was the forty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship.

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1991 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup was the first Women's Rugby World Cup.

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1994 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup was the second world cup for women.

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1995 Rugby World Cup

The 1995 Rugby World Cup (Rugbywêreldbeker 1995), was the third Rugby World Cup.

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1996 Women's Home Nations Championship

The 1996 Women's Home Nations Championship was the first Women's Home Nations Championship and was won by England, who achieved the Triple Crown.

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1998 Asian Games

The 1998 Asian Games, officially known as the 13th Asian Games and the XIII Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 athletes across the continent.

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1998 Commonwealth Games

The 1998 Commonwealth Games (Malay), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay), was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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1998 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup was the first world cup fully sanctioned by the International Rugby Board (IRB) and the third Women's Rugby World Cup in history.

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2002 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup was the second World Cup fully sanctioned by the sports governing body the International Rugby Board (IRB).

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2006 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup (officially IRB Rugby World Cup 2006 Canada) took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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2006 Women's Six Nations Championship

The 2006 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2006 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the fifth series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by, who achieved the Grand Slam.

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2007 Rugby World Cup

The 2007 Rugby World Cup (Coupe du monde de rugby 2007) was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board.

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2010 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in England.

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2012 Rugby Championship

The 2012 Rugby Championship was the inaugural annual rugby union series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Argentina.

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2012 Women's Six Nations Championship

The 2012 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2012 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 11th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between six European rugby union national teams.

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2014 Asian Games

The 2014 Asian Games (Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games (Jesipchilhoe Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Jesipchilhoe Asian Geim) and also known as Incheon 2014 (Incheon Icheon sip-sa), was a pan-Asian multi-sport event held in Incheon, South Korea.

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2014 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup, and the sixth held in Europe.

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2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.

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2017 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in Ireland in August 2017.

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2017 Women's Six Nations Championship

The 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2017 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 16th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between six European rugby union national teams.

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2019 Rugby World Cup

The 2019 Rugby World Cup (ラグビーワールドカップ2019) was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams.

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2020 Summer Olympics

The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021.

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2023 Rugby World Cup

The 2023 Rugby World Cup (Coupe du monde de rugby 2023) was the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national rugby union teams.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union

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