In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland it is traditional for the Premier League, Scottish Premier League and Irish Premier League respectively, as well as the lower divisions and rugby leagues, to hold a full programme of football and Rugby League matches on Boxing Day.

They have since evolved into the London Crusaders, the London Broncos, and then into Harlequins Rugby League.

* Fulham Rugby League Club, now London Broncos, played at Craven Cottage between 1980 and 1984, hosting their largest attendance.

Fulham Rugby League Club

Cheergirls from Australia's National Rugby League

* Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, an Australian National Rugby League team

* Cumberland ( rugby league team ), a team in the inaugural New South Wales Rugby League competition

:* Central Coast Division of Country Rugby League, an association operating junior rugby league

Compaq sponsored Bradford Bulls Rugby League club.

** Darwin Rugby League

* 1979 – Craig Wing, Australian Rugby League Player

Ireland's domestic Rugby League competition has been running since 1997.

Recent popularity has been increased with the Irish Wolfhound's success in the Rugby League World Cup which was held in Australia in 2008.

Edinburgh's professional rugby team, Edinburgh Rugby, play in the Magners League at Murrayfield.

Edinburgh Eagles are a rugby league team who play in the Rugby League Conference Scotland Division.

A Rugby League tackle during a NRL | National Rugby League Match Between the Manly Sea Eagles and the Cronulla Sharks

And also away from the world of Football there are a number of established fanzines, for example Rugby League has such notable publications as Who The Hell Was St. George Anyway?

( the world's longest-running Rugby League fanzine, by supporters of Doncaster RLFC ) and Scarlet Turkey of National League One club Salford City Reds.

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.

Historically an amateur sport, in 1995 the International Rugby Board ( IRB ) removed restrictions on payments to players, making the game openly professional at the highest level for the first time.

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

* IRB. com Official site of the International Rugby Board.

* March 27 – The first Rugby Union International results in a 4 – 1 win by Scotland over England.

They may cover a range of sport at an international level, like the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee, or only a single sport at a national level, like the Rugby Football League.

* Willie Anderson – Ireland Rugby Union International

The exciting possibilities afforded by this scenario, as well as the spectacular worship setting of the College's neo-Gothic Chapel, have enabled the College to attract a very high calibre of applicants for its Choral and Parry-Wood Organ Scholarships, and former Organ Scholars include Robert Sharpe ( Director of Music, York Minster ), Christopher Herrick ( International Concert Organist and former Organist, Westminster Abbey ), and David Trendell ( Director of Music, King's College London ), as well as the current Directors of Music at Rugby, Charterhouse, Sherborne, and Latymer Upper Schools.

* Mike Blair, Scottish Rugby International.

* Ross Rennie Scottish Rugby International

( Examples include the Ospreys, a Rugby Union team ; the Missoula Osprey, a minor league baseball team ; the Seattle Seahawks, an American football team ; and the North Florida Ospreys ) or as a mascot ( examples include the Springs School Ospreys in Springs, New York ; Geraldton skiing team in Australia ; the University of North Florida ; Salve Regina University ; Wagner College ; the University of North Carolina at Wilmington ; Richard Stockton College ; and Wells International School in Bangkok, Thailand.

Fifteen former All Blacks have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame ; Sir Fred Allen, Don Clarke, Sean Fitzpatrick, Grant Fox, Dave Gallaher, Michael Jones, Ian Kirkpatrick, Sir John Kirwan, Sir Brian Lochore, Jonah Lomu, Sir Colin Meads, Graham Mourie, George Nepia and Wilson Whineray.

* Tom Shanklin, rugby player, Lions tourist and Wales Rugby Union International

Baarle-Hertog-Badius, Jodocus-Balen-Banking in Belgium-Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission ( Belgium )-Barrier Treaty-Basilica of the Sacred Heart-Basketball League Belgium-Bastogne-Batetela Rebellions-Battle of Benevento-Battle of Beverhoutsveld-Battle of Bouvines-Battle of Cadsand-Battle of Cassel ( 1071 )-Battle of Cassel ( 1328 )-Battle of Charleroi-Battle of Flanders-Battle of Flushing-Battle of Hasselt-Battle of Leuven ( 891 )-Battle of Leuven ( 1831 )-Battle of lillo-Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle-Battle of Nieuwpoort-Battle of Oudenarde-Battle of Passchendaele-Battle of Roosebeke-Battle of Saint-Omer-Battle of Sluis ( 1603 )-Battle of Sprimont-Battle of the Downs-Battle of the Golden Spurs-Battle of Turnhout ( 1789 )-Battle of Warns-Battle of Waterloo-Baudouin I of Belgium-Beaulieu International Group-Beaumont-Beer in Belgium-Beernem-Beerse-Bekaert-Bekaert, Léon-BEL20-Belgacom Fund-Belgacom TV-Belgae-Belga ( news agency )-Belgian American-Belgian Anti-Racism Law-Belgian Badminton Federation-Belgian Brazilian-Belgian Chamber Committee on Justice-Belgian Chamber Committee on the Interior-Belgian colonial empire-Belgian Congo-Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms-Belgian Eifel-Belgian euro coins-Belgian Federal Science Policy Office-Belgian franc-Belgian French-Belgian general election, 2003-Belgian general election, 2007-Belgian general election, 2010-Belgian General Information and Security Service-Belgian general strike of 1893-Belgian general strikes-Belgian Holocaust denial law-Belgian Institute for Normalization-Belgian Labour Party-Belgian Lorraine-Belgian Linguistics Case-Belgian Medical Component-Belgian minehunter Bellis ( M916 )-Belgian municipal elections, 2006-Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships-Belgian national identification card-Belgian nationalism-Belgian nationality law-Belgian National Geographic Institute-Belgian National Internet eXchange-Belgian Official Journal-Belgian passport-Belgian Post Group-Belgian provincial and municipal elections, 2000-Belgian Red Cattle-Belgian Resistance-Belgian regional elections, 2004-Belgian revolution-Belgian Royal Escort-Belgian Rugby Federation-Belgians-Belgian Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Defence-Belgian State Security Service-Belgian stay-behind network-Belgian waffle-Belgian Women's First Division-Belgium-Belgium at the 2004 Summer Olympics-Belgium at the European Athletics Championships-Belgium – Canada relations-Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986-Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003-Belgium – Malaysia relations-Belgium – Kosovo relations-Belgium – Luxembourg Economic Union-Belgium – Mexico relations-Belgium – Netherlands relations-Belgium – Russia relations-Belgium – Ukraine relations-Belgium – United Kingdom relations-Belgium – United States relations-Belgium women's volleyball Division of Honour-BELNET-Beringen-Berlaar-Berlare-Berx, Cathy-Beurre d ' Ardenne-Beveren-BIPIB-Bilzen-Biographie Nationale de Belgique-BioLiège-BioVallée-Biographie de la faim-Bishopric of Liège-Blankenberge-Bloso-Bocholt, Belgium-Boël, Yves-Boechout-Boelare Castle-Boerentoren-Bois de la Cambre-Bombardment of Brussels-Bonheiden-Boom, Antwerp-B Plus-Borgloon-Borinage-Bornem-Borsbeek-Bossemans et Coppenolle-Le Boulevard périphérique-Le Bourgmestre de Furnes-Brabançonne-Braine-le-Comte-Brakel-Brasschaat-Brecht-Bredene-Bree-Bree BBC-Brel, Jacques-Brepols-Brepols, Philippus Jacobus-Brueghel, Pieter the Elder-Bruges-Brussels-Brussels Airport-Brussels and the European Union-Brussels-Capital Region-Brussels Coin Cabinet-Brussels Conference Act of 1890-Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry-Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde-Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company-Brussels International ( 1897 )-Brussels International 1910-Brussels International Exposition ( 1935 )-Brussels Metro-Brussels Parliament-Brussels Parliament building-Brussels South Charleroi Airport-Buckriders-Buggenhout-Bureau Veritas-Paul Buysse

There are over 100 student clubs and organizations on campus, including the college radio station WMCN, the Macalester Peace and Justice Committee, the Experimental College, Student Labor Action Coalition, African Music Ensemble, Macalester Gaming Society, Macalester Mock Trial, Mac Dems, Mac GOP, Mac Greens, Bad Comedy, Fresh Concepts, The Macalester Review: A Political Magazine, The Hegemonocle Humor Magazine, The Trads and other a cappella groups, Cheeba, MacBrews, MacBike, the Macalester Outing Club, the Macalester Climbing Club, Minnesota Public Interest Research Group ( MPIRG ), Macalester Conservation and Renewable Energy Society ( MacCARES ), Macalester International Organization ( MIO ), MacPlayers, NARAL Pro-Choice Macalester, Queer Union, Macalester for Justice in Palestine, Macalester Young Artists for Revolutionary Needlework ( MacYARN ), Mac Rugby, and Medicinal Melodies.

The tournaments, run by the International Rugby Board, feature national sevens teams.

In early October, the International Rugby Board announced that they had concluded a 5-year deal with HSBC which granted them status as the first ever title sponsor of the IRB Sevens World Series.

As a rugby player he represented Ireland, the British and Irish Lions and the Barbarians and is enshrined in a member of the International Rugby Board's Hall of Fame.

He was in the first class of inductees into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 1997, and was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in 2009.

In 2001, Orange becomes a sponsor of the French Rugby Federation.

Betfair now has information-sharing agreements with most racing bodies in Australia and most major professional sports, including the Australian Football League, the National Rugby League, the Australian Rugby Union, Football Federation Australia, Cricket Australia, the PGA Tour of Australasia and Tennis Australia.

It has been given a five-star rating by the Rugby League European Federation.

* Federazione Italiana Rugby, the Italian Rugby Federation, which is the rugby union governing body in Italy

* Cyprus Rugby Federation, the governing body for rugby union in Cyprus

His grave in " le cimetière du vieux château " at Menton in Alpes Maritimes was rediscovered by Ross McWhirter in 1958 and has since been renovated by the French Rugby Federation.

In 1958, long after the legend of William Webb Ellis had become engrained in rugby culture, Ross McWhirter managed to rediscover his grave in " le cimetière du vieux château " at Menton in Alpes Maritimes ( it has since been renovated by the French Rugby Federation ).

The Österreichischer Touch Verband ( Touch Austria Association ) became an associate member of F. I. T ( Federation International Touch ) in October 2009 with 3 official member clubs ( Touch Rugby Vienna, ACC Touch, Touch Voralberg ).

In June 2012, the French Rugby Federation announced that the now-closed Ris-Orangis horse racing track in Évry had been chosen as the site for a proposed new stadium for the national rugby union team.

* " RLIF Meeting ", Rugby League European Federation website.

( g ) liaise with the Rugby League International Federation Limited and organisations controlling the game in other countries in the fostering and control of the game of Rugby League throughout the world ;</ br >

The sport is governed by the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation ( IWRF ) which was established in 1993.

In 1990, Wheelchair Rugby first appeared at the World Wheelchair Games as an exhibition event, and in 1993 the sport was recognised as an official international sport for athletes with a disability by the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation ( ISMWSF ).

In the same year, the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation ( IWRF ) was established as a sports section of ISMWSF to govern the sport.

* John O ' Neill ( sport administrator ) ( born 1951 ), CEO of the Australian Rugby Union and former head of Football Federation Australia

The team is organized by Rugby League Ireland and are accredited as an affiliate member of the Rugby League International Federation ( RLIF ).

The company is owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union, the Welsh Rugby Union, the Scottish Rugby Union and the Italian Rugby Federation.