Rugby in 2014 were played by 6 million people around the world in which 2.36 million were registered players it shows how popular sport Rugby is around the world which is also known as Rugby Union. It is played with the rugby ball with use of human hands and players have to score by running towards opponent side of course in the H-shaped ground. Under World Rugby currently 101 countries is registered as full members with 18 associate members that means more than half of the world’s countries in the list. Rugby Union spread from the Home Nations which is Great Britain and Ireland that were followed by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France and then rest of the world, some other countries even made it their official sports.
First international match was played back in 1871 between Scotland and England. The Rugby World Cup took place in 1987 for first time and from then it takes place after every 4 years. The other major events of Rugby that held every year are The Six Nations Championship that happens in Europe and The Rugby Championship in the Southern Hemisphere. Most famous leagues of Rugby around the world on national club or provincial level contest include the Premiership of England, the Mitre 10 Cup of New Zealand, the Currie Cup in South Africa and the National Rugby Championship in Australia. Few other remaining main events on club levels are “the Pro14” in Europe and South Africa, “the European Rugby Champions Cup” fully in Europe, and ”Super Rugby” in the Southern Hemisphere and Japan, Super Rugby contains 15 teams and is the most popular league in rugby. These events names can be changed by including their sponsor names before or after the official names.
Women's Rugby is also famous in the rugby lovers as they also watch women rugby as well. Australia, NewZealand, South Africa and Argentina are the big teams of women game. Two of big rivals of the games are Australia and New Zealand, mostly NZ won the games and are the strong holders of the women world cup and trophies.
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