ACJC is a traditional sporting powerhouse and is strong in bowling, rugby, swimming, water polo, badminton, golf, billiards, netball, air rifle and track and field.

Since then, Alumni has played at the highest level of Argentinian rugby and its rivalry with Belgrano Athletic Club is one of the fiercest local derbies in Buenos Aires.

The ground has also hosted Oxbridge varsity matches in rugby and football.

In a rugby union kick-off, or drop out, the kicker usually aims to kick the ball high but not a great distance, and so usually strikes the ball after it has started to bounce off the ground, so the contact is made close to the bottom of the ball.

The development of the forward pass in American football shows how the game has evolved from its rugby roots into the distinctive game it is today.

In Australian rules football, the move commonly described as a " tackle " is similar to in rugby and involves wrapping, holding or wrestling a player who has possession of the ball to the ground.

They are today seen mainly in a sporting context, as Ireland's four professional rugby teams play under the names of the provinces, and the Gaelic Athletic Association has separate Provincial councils and Provincial championships.

However, in recent years, the Wolfhound has been adopted as a symbol by both rugby codes, which are organised on an All-Ireland basis.

Cardiff Arms Park (), also known as The Arms Park, situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales, is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green.

The rugby ground has remained the home of the semi-professional Cardiff RFC despite the professional Cardiff Blues regional rugby union team moving to the Cardiff City Stadium in August 2009.

The site is owned by Cardiff Athletic Club and has been host to many sports, apart from rugby union and cricket ; they include athletics, association football, greyhound racing, tennis, British baseball and boxing.

The site also has a bowling green to the north of the rugby ground, which is used by Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club, which is the bowls section of the Cardiff Athletic Club.

The rugby ground has two main stands, the North Stand, which was renamed the Bmibaby Stand in August 2002, and the South Stand.

The rugby ground has two main entrances, the south entrance, and the Gwyn Nicholls Memorial Gates ( north entrance ), which was unveiled on 26 December 1949 in honour of the Welsh international rugby player Gwyn Nicholls.

Cardiff RFC Ltd, the company that runs Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC, still has a 15-year lease on the Arms Park, but talks are underway to release the rugby club from the terms of the lease, to enable the Millennium Stadium to be redeveloped with a new North Stand and adjoining convention centre.

Cardiff Arms Park is best known as a rugby union stadium, however Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club ( CABC ) was established in 1923, and ever since then, the club has used the Arms Park as its bowling club.

The MCG, often referred to by locals as " The G ", has also hosted other major events, including International Rules between the Australian Football League ( AFL ) and Gaelic Athletic Association, international Rugby union, State of Origin series ( rugby league ), FIFA World Cup qualifiers and International Friendly matches, serves as the finish line for the Melbourne Marathon and also major rock concerts.

The IRB has been the governing body for rugby union since its formation in 1886.

Crowe is a known sports fan and has been a supporter of the rugby league football team the South Sydney Rabbitohs since childhood.

A typical mercy rule used in amateur rugby matches means that the game is stopped if one team leads by a set number of points ( usually 50, though each league has its own rules ).

* The local rugby union team is Haagsche Rugby Club ( a. k. a. HRC ) and has been in the Guinness Book of Records for becoming Dutch ( in adult and youth ) champions so often.

The song has been used by as a National Anthem by the Scotland national rugby union team, ever since the winger, Billy Steele, encouraged his team-mates to sing it on the victorious Lions tour of South Africa in 1974.

It consists of a " class 2 " eight-lane 400-metre running track and rugby field that has spectator seating for 1, 335.

Benetton Rugby has since become a major force in Italian rugby, with 11 league titles and supplying many players to the national team.

Between 1914 and 1915 talks were held for a proposed amalgamation with rugby league, the predominant code of football in New South Wales and Queensland was considered and trialled.

1883 was also the year the first rugby sevens tournament at Melrose, the Melrose Sevens, which is still held annually.

The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987.

* Pig Roast, Established: 1986 — Pigroast is an annual barbecue held at Raystown Lake and is sponsored by the Men's rugby team with the support of the Women's Rugby team.

It started as a replacement activity after the school banned the annual Raft Regatta, another event held by the notorious rugby teams.

In the sport of rugby league, the RFL has held its Challenge Cup final at Wembley from 1929 onwards.

Managed by Teddy Lewis, reserve captain of local rugby club, Pontypridd RFC, Wilde went undefeated in 103 bouts, all of which were held in Britain, a remarkable achievement.

The 16th arrondissement hosts several large sporting venues, including: the Parc des Princes, which is the stadium where Paris Saint-Germain football club plays its home matches ; Roland Garros Stadium, where the French Open tennis championships are held ; and Stade Jean-Bouin, home to the Stade Français rugby union club.

The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era.

One of MacAskill's first acts as a cabinet secretary was to lift the ban on alcohol sales at international rugby union games held at Murrayfield Stadium.

Johnson's testimonial match and farewell to competitive rugby, held at Twickenham on 4 June 2005, was one of the biggest rugby events of the year.

The first sporting event held at the stadium was on 6 March 1999 when a then-record rugby league football crowd of 104, 583 watched the NRL first round double-header, featuring Newcastle v Manly and Parramatta v St George Illawarra Dragons.

* An Inter-Services Championship is held in Great Britain between Allied Forces rugby teams.

The club organises an annual beer festival: a 3 day event, held each August, featuring real ale, music and rugby.

In 2008, the Santa Clara Men's rugby club reached the Pacific Coast Playoffs, which were held that year in Orem, Utah.

As expression of the esteem that he is held in by South African rugby fans, Du Preez was named the country's rugby Player of the 20th Century.

Hampden Park has held four full rugby union international matches.

The first women's rugby union championship was held in November 1998.

It previously held the free-to-air rights to New Zealand cricket tests and one day internationals from 1999 to 2004, All Blacks rugby tests, Super 12 and the National Provincial Championship from 2000 to 2005 as well as the NRL from 1998 to 2002, but lost these when Sky Network Television bought Prime Television, TV3 also had a weekly sports show and became broadcaster for the Wellington 500.

Celebrations took the form of two matches that were held at the Rugby school grounds, where William Webb Ellis is thought to have originated the rugby union game.

* Asian Five Nations, a rugby tournament held between the top five Asian sides

The Super League grand final has been played at Old Trafford every year since the introduction of the playoff system in 1998 ; the first rugby league match to be played at Old Trafford was held during the 1924 – 25 season, when a Lancashire representative side hosted the New Zealand national team, with Manchester United receiving 20 % of the gate receipts.