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The Rugby Championship ( until 2011: The Tri Nations ) is an international rugby union competition contested annually by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and from 2012, Argentina.
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:* Central Coast Rays, a rugby union club playing in the Australian Rugby Championship
Originally built for the Central Coast Bears team in the NRL rugby league competition ( to this day, the seats are arranged to say ' Go Bears '), since 2005 it is now the home of the Central Coast Mariners A-League association football team and was the home venue of the Central Coast Rays rugby union Australian Rugby Championship team
The Six Nations Championship in Europe and The Rugby Championship in the Southern Hemisphere ( the latter replacing the Tri Nations ) are major international competitions held annually.
Other transnational competitions include the Pro 12, involving Irish, Italian, Scottish and Welsh teams ; The Rugby Championship, involving South African, Australian, New Zealand and Argentinian Teams ; and the Heineken Cup, involving the top European teams from their respective domestic competitions.
* Canadian Rugby Championship, a rugby union tournament
* Collegiate Rugby Championship, a rugby sevens tournament
* Australian Rugby Championship ( August – October 2007 ), rugby union
The Wildcats won the 2011 Las Vegas Invitational to qualify for the 2011 Collegiate Rugby Championship.
The Wildcats gained national attention for their rugby program when, led by Tim Stanfill, they finished fourth at the 2011 Collegiate Rugby Championship, a tournament broadcast live on NBC.
The former three teams compose the sport's elite, and between them have won six out of the seven Rugby World Cups, in addition to maintaining positive win records against all competitors of the Six Nations Championship.
The high degree of competitive success and dominance in the rankings of these participating countries leads many to consider the Rugby Championship the toughest annual rugby union competition in the world.
While historically weaker, Argentina's level of play has equaled the stronger half of the Six Nations since the 2000s, and proved their worth in the Rugby Championship with a 16-16 draw to the Springboks in only their second test.
* 1980 European Rugby League Championship
* 1979 European Rugby League Championship
* 1978 European Rugby League Championship
* 1977 European Rugby League Championship
* 1975 European Rugby League Championship
The Welsh national rugby union team takes part in the annual Six Nations Championship and has also competed in every Rugby World Cup, hosting the tournament in 1999.
The Radford men's Rugby club team won the Division II National Championship in 2003 and 2008.
However, on 16 August, the Argentine Rugby Union announced that it would delay the launch of its event until the 2013 – 14 series, citing demands associated with the 2012 entry of the country's 15-a-side team into The Rugby Championship.
* In the 1895 – 96 Northern Rugby Football Union season's final match, Manningham defeats Halifax to claim the inaugural Rugby Football League Championship.
Rugby and until
Rugby union was an amateur sport until the IRB declared the game ' open ' in 1995, removing restrictions on payments to players.
The headquarters of the Irish Rugby Football Union Leinster Branch is located opposite Donnybrook Stadium, where the professional Leinster team played their home games until recently.
England Rugby had their training base at Bisham Abbey until 2005, when they moved to the University of Bath.
He remained an ardent fan of the Munster Rugby and Young Munster teams then until his death, and attending many of its matches, and there are numerous stories of japes at rugby matches with the actors and fellow rugby fans Peter O ' Toole and Richard Burton.
The flagship sports of the brand are cricket, National Rugby League ( NRL ), and formerly Australian rules football, until Nine lost the rights in 2006, and Super League while it existed.
Nine's other popular recurring sporting events include the Rugby League State of Origin, British Open, US Golf Open, US Tennis Open, Wimbledon, the French Open, KFC Twenty20, Commonwealth Bank Series Cricket, and Test cricket and formerly the Australian Swimming Championships until Nine lost the rights in 2009.
South of Rugby, the canal passes through rural scenery and doubles back on itself for several miles until it heads southwards again passing for a short distance into Northamptonshire towards Braunston.
Rugby remained a sleepy country market town until the 19th century and the coming of the railways.
From 1885 until 1983 Rugby was a constituency in itself.
One of the most notable landmarks around Rugby was, until August 2007, the Rugby VLF transmitter, a large radio transmitting station located just to the east of the town.
It also served the Rugby and Stamford Railway from 1850 until the closure of this line in 1966 under the Beeching Axe.
The route between Rugby and Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stafford was the original main line until the shorter line was built in 1847 via the Trent Valley.
From the time signal's inauguration in 1950 until 1 April 2007 it was transmitted from Rugby radio station near Rugby, Warwickshire.
A diesel multiple unit service ran between Rugby Central and Nottingham ( Arkwright Street ) until it was also withdrawn on 5 May 1969.
A railway did not serve the town until 1850 with a link to Rugby but this was quickly followed by links to Leicester and London in 1857 and to Northampton in 1859.
Rugby: Market Harborough Rugby Club is near the leisure centre and until recently known as Kibworth Rugby Union Club.
This is much closer to Rugby than Daventry, being situated just off junction 18 of the M1 ( its original northern terminus in 1959 until 1964 ).
His education was conducted entirely at home until, at the age of 14, he entered Rugby, where he remained for five years.
Rugby and 2011
Following the performances of the Canadian, American and Argentine teams at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, some commentators have suggested the Lions conduct a shortened tour the Americas in the future.
* Des Hasler – Former Rugby league player, NSW & Australian representative player, 1987 & 1996 Manly Sea Eagles premiership player, 2008 & 2011 Manly Sea Eagles premiership coach
Because the 2011 season ran up against that year's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, the competition window was truncated, with only the top two teams in each division advancing to the final match.
In 2010 / 2011, in what is now commonly referred to as the Invictus season, the college Rugby team under the leadership of Tom Blight achieved a perfect season, winning 10 games from 10 and in doing so gained a double promotion.
Lomu was also inducted into the IRB Hall at the October 2011 IRB Awards ceremony, being specifically recognised as one of four new inductees " who had left an indelible mark on Rugby World Cup for their moments of magic, inspiration or feats ".
Canadian Rugby Union flanker Adam Kleeberger attracted much media attention before, during, and after the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
Football ground sectioned off for children's matches ( 2011 ) The Hong Kong Rugby Sevens is traditionally one of if not the biggest event on the Hong Kong sporting calendar.
* Sonny Wool-Psychic sheep of the 2011 Rugby World Cup ( b. Dannevirke )
* Since adopting its current 15-team format in 2011, Super Rugby has conducted a 16-game regular season.
The Devonport Wharf / Ferry Terminal received a variety of maintenance and repairs during 2011 in advance of the Rugby World Cup.
The competition was known as Super 12 through to the end of the 2005 season ; the name was changed to Super 14 with the addition of two teams for the 2006 season ; with expansion to 15 teams in the three countries for the 2011 season, the competition has been rebranded as Super Rugby ( no number included ).
Palmerston North hosted two matches of the 2011 Rugby World Cup at Arena Manawatu.
Despite no coaching experience, he was appointed team manager of the national England Rugby Union side in April 2008, but left the post in November 2011.
On 24 October 2011, at the IRB Awards in Auckland, Johnson was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame alongside all other Rugby World Cup-winning captains and head coaches from the tournament's inception in 1987 through 2007 ( minus the previously inducted John Eales ).
He resigned on 16 November 2011 follow England's poor performance on and off the field at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
The song was also remixed by The Feelers to be used in advertising for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
" Right Here Right Now " being used as the backing track for the 2011 Rugby World Cup ticket TV commercial in New Zealand.
Ngaruawahia Rugby League Club ( Panthers ) are 2011 champions, Premiers, U17, U14, U13 are all champions.
The Racecourse stadium was home to European Super League club Crusaders Rugby League from 2010 – 2011.
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