Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby...

Touch (also known as touch football or touch rugby) is a variant of rugby league that is conducted under the direction of the Federation of International...

Century of Welsh Rugby Players. Ansells. p. 10. "Chilean Rugby greats added to IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 26 May 2012...

The body was renamed the International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1998, and took up its current name of World Rugby in November 2014. In 2009, the International...

and France were invited to re-submit their plans. The International Rugby Board (IRB) stated that both countries must comply with tender document terms...

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International Rugby Board 2011, p. 62. International Rugby Board 2011, p. 78. Total Rugby – Forward Pass. IRB. 15 September 2011. International Rugby Board 2011...

senior delegates from the IOC attended the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai at the invitation of the IRB. The event attracted 78,000 fans over the three...

might have been stripped of hosting rights after the International Rugby Board (IRB) removed official status from the 2001 Brisbane Sevens in response...

The 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup (officially IRB Rugby World Cup 2006 Canada) took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The tournament began on 31 August...

September 2011. "Argentina". IRB. Retrieved 25 September 2011. Chadwick, Simon (5 April 2011). "Economic Impact Report on Global Rugby; Part III: Strategic and...

two touch judges or assistant referees." Further officials can be authorised depending on the level and form of the game. When the game of rugby union...

rugby season, the IRB issued trial law amendments, one of which affected the call sequence. The referee continued to start with "crouch" and "touch,"...

In rugby union the initiation of the process is verbally coordinated by the referee who calls 'crouch, bind, set' as of 2013 (formerly 'crouch, touch, pause...

Rugby World Cup competition organised by the International Rugby Board (IRB) for national rugby union teams. The match was played at Stadium Australia in...

there is less scope for a turnover to occur than in rugby union. A study commissioned by the IRB found that between the years 2002 and 2004 possession...

a set of experimental laws of rugby union considered by World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Board (IRB), from 2006 to 2008. The trials...

eventual merger with the IRB, Rugby Europe was the most multinational rugby organisation in the world, partly because the IRB had concentrated on the Five...

1991 Women's Rugby World Cup was the first Women's Rugby World Cup. The tournament was not approved by the International Rugby Board (IRB), yet it still...

lobbying by the IRB, rugby sevens was added to the Olympic Programme for the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics on 9 October 2009. In 2014, the IRB amended its...

"Rugby: Man in the middle". New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014. "Steve Walsh". rwc2003.irb.com...

amendments to the laws of rugby union. They were proposed by the sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB), and trialled games at Stellenbosch...

2010. Retrieved 30 July 2009. IRB.com (22 October 2007). "2006: The Rugby School Legacy – The Laws". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original...

The 2007 Rugby World Cup final was a rugby union match, played on Saturday, 20 October 2007 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, to determine the...

of the Year in international rugby by the International Rugby Players' Association, an award handed out at the 2007 IRB Awards. Thretton Palamo became...

Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league. Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire...

Jonah Lomu in 1999. He was subsequently named the 2007 IRB Player of the Year. During the 2015 Rugby World Cup Habana equalled Lomu's career record of 15...

(football/soccer) and rugby union (rugby/rugby football/rugger) is possible because of the games' similarities and shared origins. Rugby union has a number...

McCaw deserves gong as rugby union's No.1 player". Courier-Mail. "New Zealand honoured by trio of IRB Awards". International Rugby Board. 1 December 2010...

The 2011 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match between France and New Zealand, to determine the winner of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The match...