History of rugby league

Until the late 20th century the Olympics nominally only accepted amateur athletes. However, successful Olympians from Western countries often had endorsement contracts from sponsors. Complex rules involving the payment of the athlete's earnings into trust funds rather than directly to the athletes themselves, were developed in an attempt to work around this issue, but the intellectual evasion involved was considered embarrassing to the Olympic movement and the key Olympic sports by some. In the same era, the nations of the Communist bloc ent ...

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Amateurism, Amateurism - Background, Amateurism - The present day, Amateurism - The Olympics, Amateurism - Rugby, Amateurism - Cricket, Amateurism - Football soccer, Amateurism - Sailing, Amateurism - Figure Skating, Amateurism - Other sports, Amateurism - Footnote

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Those nations that play rugby league are in their greater numbers in Europe and the Oceania. Of these two areas Oceania is the strongest region; it consists of Australia who has dominated the sport for since the 1970s, New Zealand who's players may be found throughout both southern and northern hemisphere club competitions and Papua New Guinea which is the only country to call rugby league its national sport. The Oceanic region has strong support for both forms of rugby. People of Islander heritage are typically larger then Europeans, ...

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Rugby league, Rugby league - History, Rugby league - Playing rugby league, Rugby league - Attacking Tactics, Rugby league - Defensive Tactics, Rugby league - Players, Rugby league - Backs, Rugby league - Forwards, Rugby league - Rugby league worldwide, Rugby league - Competitions, Rugby league - Representative, Rugby league - Club, Rugby league - Glossary

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Rugby league - Representative. The Ashes introduced in 1908 became the first regular meetings between two nations in Rugby League and was last played in 2003. The inaugural event was held on 28 September 1908 and was named in honour of a similar event that takes part between the Australian and English national cricket teams. The premier international competition is the Rugby League World Cup, first held in 1954. Australia has dominated the competition, winning for the fourth time in 1975, and defending it ...

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Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. The most popular of these worldwide is Association football, which is called soccer in several countries. The English language word football is also applied to Rugby football (Rugby union and Rugby league), American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, and Canadian football. When the term "foot ball" originated, it referred to a wide variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot — that is, by peasants — as oppose ...

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• Football - History
• Football - Ancient games
• Football - Mediæval football
• Football - Calcio Fiorentino
• Football - Official disapproval and attempts to ban football
• Football - The establishment of modern codes of football
• Football - English public schools
• Football - The Cambridge Rules
• Football - Other developments in the 1850s
• Football - Australian Rules football
• Football - The Football Association
• Football - Rugby football
• Football - North American football
• Football - Gaelic football
• Football - The split in rugby football
• Football - The reform of American football
• Football - The two rugby codes diverge further
• Football - Football today
• Football - Use of the word football in English-speaking countries
• Football - Games descended from the FA rules of 1863
• Football - Games descended from Rugby School rules
• Football - Irish and Australian varieties of football
• Football - Surviving Mediæval ball games
• Football - Other surviving public school games
• Football - More recent inventions and derivations
• Football - Tabletop games and other recreations

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Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level team sports. There are four sports in the United Kingdom which operate high profile professional leagues. Football is the most popular sport and is played from August to May. Rugby union is also a winter sport. Cricket is played in the Summer, from April to September. Rugby league is traditionally a winter sport, but since the late 1990s the elite competition has been played in the summer to minimise competition for attention with football. There are also professional lea ...

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Sport in the United Kingdom, Sport in the United Kingdom - Structure, Sport in the United Kingdom - Administration and funding, Sport in the United Kingdom - The role of sport in British life, Sport in the United Kingdom - Sports media, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level team sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level individual sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level equestrian sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Great Britain at the Olympics, Sport in the United Kingdom - Disability sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Major sports facilities, Sport in the United Kingdom - National stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club football grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Cricket grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club rugby grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Golf courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Athletics stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Race courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Indoor arenas, Sport in the United Kingdom - External links, Sport in the United Kingdom - Student sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - School sport

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See also: Football; History of rugby union; History of rugby league. The legendary story/myth about the origin of Rugby football — whereby a young man named William Webb Ellis "took the ball in his arms [i.e. caught it] and ran" while playing Rugby School's already distinctive version of football (not to be confused with association football, which was codified much later) in 1823 — has little evidence to support it. Pundits have dismissed the story as unlikely since it was first given the School's seal of approval followin ...

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Rugby football, Rugby football - Rules, Rugby football - History, Rugby football - Culture and humour, Rugby football - Games descended from Rugby School rules

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Playing football has a long tradition in England and football had probably been played at Rugby School for two hundred years before three boys published the first set of written rules in 1845. The rules had always been determined by the pupils and not the masters and they were frequently modified with each new intake. Rules changes, such as the legality of carrying or running with the ball, were often often agreed shortly before the commencement of a game. There were thus no formal rules for football during the time William Webb Ellis was at ...

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History of rugby union, History of rugby union - Early history, History of rugby union - The schism between the Football Association and Rugby Football, History of rugby union - The forming of the First Rugby Union, History of rugby union - First international game, History of rugby union - The forming of the International Rugby Football Board, History of rugby union - Evolution of modern rules, History of rugby union - The schism between union and league, History of rugby union - World War I, History of rugby union - Interesting times 1931 – 1947, History of rugby union - The Rugby Union World Cup, History of rugby union - The Professional Era, History of rugby union - Timeline of the foundation of national rugby unions/federations, History of rugby union - The history of the International Rugby Board, History of rugby union - Important international competitions, History of rugby union - List of Rugby Union World Cups, History of rugby union - List of Rugby and the Olympic Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Tours

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Football - English public schools. The earliest evidence that games resembling football were being played at English public schools — attended by boys from the upper, upper-middle and professional classes — comes from the Vulgaria by William Horman in 1519. Horman had been headmaster at Eton College and Winchester and his Latin textbook includes a translation exercise with the phrase "We wyll playe with a ball full of wynde". The first specific mention of football can be found in a Latin poem by Robert ...

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Football, Football - History, Football - Ancient games, Football - Mediæval football, Football - Calcio Fiorentino, Football - Official disapproval and attempts to ban football, Football - The establishment of modern codes of football, Football - English public schools, Football - The Cambridge Rules, Football - Other developments in the 1850s, Football - Australian Rules football, Football - The Football Association, Football - Rugby football, Football - North American football, Football - Gaelic football, Football - The split in rugby football, Football - The reform of American football, Football - The two rugby codes diverge further, Football - Football today, Football - Use of the word football in English-speaking countries, Football - Games descended from the FA rules of 1863, Football - Games descended from Rugby School rules, Football - Irish and Australian varieties of football, Football - Surviving Mediæval ball games, Football - Other surviving public school games, Football - More recent inventions and derivations, Football - Tabletop games and other recreations

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Australian national rugby league team - Early Days. See also: History of rugby league Rugby has been played in Australia since the 1860s. In 1864 University became the first rugby club to be formed in Sydney, and would play games amongst themselves or against the crews of visiting British ships. The Sydney Football Club (1865) and the Wallaroos (1870) followed, and inter-club competition commenced. By 1880, there were 100 clubs across the country, and rugby quickly became the dominant ...

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Australian national rugby league team, Australian national rugby league team - History, Australian national rugby league team - Early Days, Australian national rugby league team - Tours, Australian national rugby league team - Today, Australian national rugby league team - War Cry, Australian national rugby league team - Jersey, Australian national rugby league team - Captains, Australian national rugby league team - Other Famous players, Australian national rugby league team - Sources

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The government department responsible for sport is the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. This department is headed by a cabinet minister, but the Minister for Sport and Tourism is not in the cabinet, and it is not a prestigious office. It is often perceived that there is a lack of political commitment to sport in the United Kingdom: that prime ministers and other top politicians are keen to be photographed with Olympic gold medallists a ...

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Sport in the United Kingdom, Sport in the United Kingdom - Structure, Sport in the United Kingdom - Administration and funding, Sport in the United Kingdom - The role of sport in British life, Sport in the United Kingdom - Sports media, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level team sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level individual sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level equestrian sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Great Britain at the Olympics, Sport in the United Kingdom - Disability sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Major sports facilities, Sport in the United Kingdom - National stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club football grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Cricket grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club rugby grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Golf courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Athletics stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Race courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Indoor arenas, Sport in the United Kingdom - External links, Sport in the United Kingdom - Student sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - School sport

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For more details see History of rugby league On August 29, 1895 at a meeting at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, twenty clubs from Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cheshire decided to resign from the RFU and form the Northern Rugby Football Union which from 1922 would be known as the Rugby Football League. The dispute about payment was one which at the time was also effecting soccer and cricket. Each game had to work out a compromise; Rugby was the least successful at doing this. It would be a century before union legalised payments to players and would allow players who h ...

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History of rugby union, History of rugby union - Early history, History of rugby union - The schism between the Football Association and Rugby Football, History of rugby union - The forming of the First Rugby Union, History of rugby union - First international game, History of rugby union - The forming of the International Rugby Football Board, History of rugby union - Evolution of modern rules, History of rugby union - The schism between union and league, History of rugby union - World War I, History of rugby union - Interesting times 1931 – 1947, History of rugby union - The Rugby Union World Cup, History of rugby union - The Professional Era, History of rugby union - Timeline of the foundation of national rugby unions/federations, History of rugby union - The history of the International Rugby Board, History of rugby union - Important international competitions, History of rugby union - List of Rugby Union World Cups, History of rugby union - List of Rugby and the Olympic Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Tours

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Sport is also an important outlet for patriotism. The legitimacy of nationalism is even more strongly denigrated by much of the academic and media establishment in the United Kingdom than in other developed countries, due to post-colonial guilt, but sport retains a partial exemption from this suppression of patriotism. Such manifestations are however complicated by the mixture of sporting competition at UK wide level, requiring British patriotism, and competition at national l ...

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Sport in the United Kingdom, Sport in the United Kingdom - Structure, Sport in the United Kingdom - Administration and funding, Sport in the United Kingdom - The role of sport in British life, Sport in the United Kingdom - Sports media, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level team sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level individual sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level equestrian sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Great Britain at the Olympics, Sport in the United Kingdom - Disability sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Major sports facilities, Sport in the United Kingdom - National stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club football grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Cricket grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club rugby grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Golf courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Athletics stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Race courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Indoor arenas, Sport in the United Kingdom - External links, Sport in the United Kingdom - Student sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - School sport

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The British media is dominated by national outlets, with local media playing a much smaller role. Traditionally the BBC played a dominant role in televising sport, providing extensive high-quality advertisement free coverage and free publicity, in exchange for being granted broadcast rights for low fees. ITV broadcast a smaller portfolio of events. In the early 1990s this arrangement was shaken up by the arrival of pay-TV. BSkyB based its early marketing largely on its acquisition of top division English league football, which was renamed Th ...

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Sport in the United Kingdom, Sport in the United Kingdom - Structure, Sport in the United Kingdom - Administration and funding, Sport in the United Kingdom - The role of sport in British life, Sport in the United Kingdom - Sports media, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level team sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level individual sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level equestrian sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Great Britain at the Olympics, Sport in the United Kingdom - Disability sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Major sports facilities, Sport in the United Kingdom - National stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club football grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Cricket grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club rugby grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Golf courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Athletics stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Race courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Indoor arenas, Sport in the United Kingdom - External links, Sport in the United Kingdom - Student sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - School sport

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Throughout the history of mankind the urge to kick at stones and other such objects is thought to have led to many early activities involving kicking and/or running with a ball. Football-like games predate recorded history in all parts of the world, though the earliest forms of football are not known. Football - Ancient games. Documented evidence of what is possibly the oldest organized activity resembling football can be found in a Chinese military manual written during the ...

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Football, Football - History, Football - Ancient games, Football - Mediæval football, Football - Calcio Fiorentino, Football - Official disapproval and attempts to ban football, Football - The establishment of modern codes of football, Football - English public schools, Football - The Cambridge Rules, Football - Other developments in the 1850s, Football - Australian Rules football, Football - The Football Association, Football - Rugby football, Football - North American football, Football - Gaelic football, Football - The split in rugby football, Football - The reform of American football, Football - The two rugby codes diverge further, Football - Football today, Football - Use of the word football in English-speaking countries, Football - Games descended from the FA rules of 1863, Football - Games descended from Rugby School rules, Football - Irish and Australian varieties of football, Football - Surviving Mediæval ball games, Football - Other surviving public school games, Football - More recent inventions and derivations, Football - Tabletop games and other recreations

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In the early 20th century the United Kingdom had some of the largest sports facilites in the world, but the level of comfort and amenities they offered would be considered totally unacceptable by modern standards. After a long period of decline relative to other developed countries British facilities have made a relative improvement since the 1980s, and this is ongoing. Sport in the United Kingdom - National stadia. Most of the best stadia in the United Kingdom were built for national teams, and are not us ...

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Sport in the United Kingdom, Sport in the United Kingdom - Structure, Sport in the United Kingdom - Administration and funding, Sport in the United Kingdom - The role of sport in British life, Sport in the United Kingdom - Sports media, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level team sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level individual sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level equestrian sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Great Britain at the Olympics, Sport in the United Kingdom - Disability sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Major sports facilities, Sport in the United Kingdom - National stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club football grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Cricket grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club rugby grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Golf courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Athletics stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Race courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Indoor arenas, Sport in the United Kingdom - External links, Sport in the United Kingdom - Student sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - School sport

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Domestic sport and international sport both have high profiles in the United Kingdom. The four home nations of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have separate teams in most team sports, but the United Kingdom sends a combined team to the Olympics, which is formally "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" but commonly referred to as "Great Britain". Competition between the home nations was traditionally at the centre of British sporting life, but it has become less important in recent decades. In particular, fo ...

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Sport in the United Kingdom, Sport in the United Kingdom - Structure, Sport in the United Kingdom - Administration and funding, Sport in the United Kingdom - The role of sport in British life, Sport in the United Kingdom - Sports media, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level team sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level individual sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level equestrian sports, Sport in the United Kingdom - Great Britain at the Olympics, Sport in the United Kingdom - Disability sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - Major sports facilities, Sport in the United Kingdom - National stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club football grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Cricket grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Club rugby grounds, Sport in the United Kingdom - Golf courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Athletics stadia, Sport in the United Kingdom - Race courses, Sport in the United Kingdom - Indoor arenas, Sport in the United Kingdom - External links, Sport in the United Kingdom - Student sport, Sport in the United Kingdom - School sport

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On August 26, 1995 the International Rugby (Football) Board declared Rugby Union an "open" game and thus removed all restrictions on payments or benefits to those connected with the game. It did this because of a committee conclusion that to do so was the only way to end the hypocrisy of Shamateurism and to keep control of rugby union (there were rumours that Rupert Murdoch was planning to finance a Southern Hemisphere professional league). The rugby union authorities of the time hoped that as players could now play in either code, in ...

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History of rugby union, History of rugby union - Early history, History of rugby union - The schism between the Football Association and Rugby Football, History of rugby union - The forming of the First Rugby Union, History of rugby union - First international game, History of rugby union - The forming of the International Rugby Football Board, History of rugby union - Evolution of modern rules, History of rugby union - The schism between union and league, History of rugby union - World War I, History of rugby union - Interesting times 1931 – 1947, History of rugby union - The Rugby Union World Cup, History of rugby union - The Professional Era, History of rugby union - Timeline of the foundation of national rugby unions/federations, History of rugby union - The history of the International Rugby Board, History of rugby union - Important international competitions, History of rugby union - List of Rugby Union World Cups, History of rugby union - List of Rugby and the Olympic Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Tours

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See also: Rugby culture. Because of its long adherence to amateurism, an ethic considered to have discouraged working class players, rugby union often has a reputation as a middle-class and upper-class game. Exceptions to this occur in New Zealand, Wales and the Pacific Islands, where rugby union remained popular in working class communities. Rugby league retains great popularity among working-class people in the English counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, and in the ...

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Rugby football, Rugby football - Rules, Rugby football - History, Rugby football - Culture and humour, Rugby football - Games descended from Rugby School rules

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For many years, the sport’s authorities had suspected that the govering body of French Rugby Union, the French Rugby Federation (FRF) was allowing the abuse of the rules on amateurism, and in 1931 the French Rugby Union was suspended from playing against the other nations. Looking round for an alternative, many French players turned to rugby league, which soon became the dominant game in France, particularly in the south west of the country. In 1934 the Federation Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA) was formed at the insti ...

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History of rugby union, History of rugby union - Early history, History of rugby union - The schism between the Football Association and Rugby Football, History of rugby union - The forming of the First Rugby Union, History of rugby union - First international game, History of rugby union - The forming of the International Rugby Football Board, History of rugby union - Evolution of modern rules, History of rugby union - The schism between union and league, History of rugby union - World War I, History of rugby union - Interesting times 1931 – 1947, History of rugby union - The Rugby Union World Cup, History of rugby union - The Professional Era, History of rugby union - Timeline of the foundation of national rugby unions/federations, History of rugby union - The history of the International Rugby Board, History of rugby union - Important international competitions, History of rugby union - List of Rugby Union World Cups, History of rugby union - List of Rugby and the Olympic Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Tours

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In 1884 England had a disagreement with Scotland over a try that England had scored but the referee disallowed citing a foul by Scotland. England argued that the referee should have played advantage and since they made the Law, if they said it was a try then it was. The International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) was formed by Scotland, Ireland and Wales in 1886 but England refused to join since they believed they should have greater representation on the board because they had a greater number of clubs. They also refused to accept that the IR ...

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History of rugby union, History of rugby union - Early history, History of rugby union - The schism between the Football Association and Rugby Football, History of rugby union - The forming of the First Rugby Union, History of rugby union - First international game, History of rugby union - The forming of the International Rugby Football Board, History of rugby union - Evolution of modern rules, History of rugby union - The schism between union and league, History of rugby union - World War I, History of rugby union - Interesting times 1931 – 1947, History of rugby union - The Rugby Union World Cup, History of rugby union - The Professional Era, History of rugby union - Timeline of the foundation of national rugby unions/federations, History of rugby union - The history of the International Rugby Board, History of rugby union - Important international competitions, History of rugby union - List of Rugby Union World Cups, History of rugby union - List of Rugby and the Olympic Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Tours

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For more details see Rugby Union World Cup#History The first Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand in 1987, and was won by the hosts. The Second was held in England in 1991 and was won by Australia who beat the hosts in the final. The World Cup of 1995 proved to be a turning point for the game. The competition was held in South Africa, newly readmitted from international exile. The first superstar was created when giant wing Jonah Lomu scored four tries for the All Blacks against England. The Springboks won the final, beating ...

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History of rugby union, History of rugby union - Early history, History of rugby union - The schism between the Football Association and Rugby Football, History of rugby union - The forming of the First Rugby Union, History of rugby union - First international game, History of rugby union - The forming of the International Rugby Football Board, History of rugby union - Evolution of modern rules, History of rugby union - The schism between union and league, History of rugby union - World War I, History of rugby union - Interesting times 1931 – 1947, History of rugby union - The Rugby Union World Cup, History of rugby union - The Professional Era, History of rugby union - Timeline of the foundation of national rugby unions/federations, History of rugby union - The history of the International Rugby Board, History of rugby union - Important international competitions, History of rugby union - List of Rugby Union World Cups, History of rugby union - List of Rugby and the Olympic Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Games, History of rugby union - Memorable Tours

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