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All-Ireland League. Rugby union ( Irish: 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. Its governing body, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), was founded in 1879, making it the third oldest rugby union ...
The most common point system is: 4 points for winning a match. 2 points for drawing a match. 0 points for losing a match. 1 losing bonus point for losing by 7 points (or fewer) 1 try bonus point for scoring (at least) 4 tries or equivalent (20 points), regardless of the outcome. In this system, winning teams get 4 or 5 points; drawing teams 2 ...
The Hampshire Cup is currently open to club sides based in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight or the Channel Islands, who play between tier 6 (London 1 South) and tier 7 (London 2 South West) of the English rugby union league system. The format is a knockout cup with a preliminary round, semi-finals and a final to be held at the home ground of one of the finalists between March–May.
Lyon received a berth for winning the 2021–22 European Rugby Challenge Cup. Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2022–23 European Rugby Challenge Cup . Pink background (row 13) will be contest a play-off with the runners-up of the 2020–21 Rugby Pro D2 season for a place in the 2022–23 Top 14 season .
The Scottish Regional Leagues are the lowest levels of the Scottish rugby union system. They consist of three regions: West Regional Leagues. East Regional Leagues. Caledonia Regional Leagues. Unlike the Premiership, National League and parts of the League Championship, which were formed in 1973 and have remained roughly the same since, the ...
www.brasilrugby.com.br. The Brazil national rugby union team, nicknamed Tupis, [1] is controlled by the Brazilian Rugby Confederation. Brazil is one of the founding unions of CONSUR (now Sudamérica Rugby) and played in the inaugural South American tournament. Brazil has not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but participated in the first edition ...
1989 Five Nations Championship. The 1989 Five Nations Championship was the 60th series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 95th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends between 21 January ...
The Celtic Challenge is a cross-border women's rugby union competition that will be held annually, launched in 2023. Designed to develop players for the Celtic nations of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the inaugural pilot edition featured a double round robin between three teams, one from each participating union. From 2024 the competition will ...