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Encyclopedia > Australian Rugby Union
Australian Rugby Union
Founded 1949
IRB affiliation 1949
President Paul McLean
Men's coach John Connolly
Women's coach Steven Hamson
Official website
www.rugby.com.au

The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. It was founded in 1949 and is a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB) the sport's governing body. It is responsible for the Australia national rugby union team. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The IRB logo. ... McLean Family (rugby union footballers) The McLean family were a remarkable Australian rugby clan who between them played 77 Tests for the Australian national rugby union team and a number of Tests for the Australian national rugby league team. ... John Connolly (26 June 1951 in Brisbane) is a rugby union coach and the current head coach of the Wallabies. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... A rugby union scrum. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The IRB logo. ... First international Australia 13 - 3 British and Irish Lions (24 June 1899) Largest win Australia 142 - 0 Namibia (25 October 2003) Worst defeat South Africa 61 - 22 Australia (23 August 1997) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1991, 1999 The Australian national rugby union team is...

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History

See also: History of rugby union

In 1874 the Southern Rugby Union was established, administered from Twickenham in England. The administration was handed over to New South Wales in 1881 and in 1892 the Southern Rugby Union of New South Wales and the Northern Rugby Union of Queensland (formed in 1883) became New South Wales and Queensland Rugby Unions respectively. Football games of various types were played long before the 19th century but it was not until the middle of that century that rules were formulated and codified. ... The Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the State of Queensland, Australia. ...


New South Wales, as the senior union, was responsible for the administration of all tours and for representing Australia on the International Rugby Board. However in 1947 the various State Unions agreed that the future of rugby union in Australia would be better served by forming one administrative body. In 1948, the International Board invited Australia specifically (rather than a New South Wales representative), to take a seat on the Board. The IRB logo. ... A rugby union scrum. ...


The inaugural meeting of the Australian Rugby Football Union was held on November 25th, 1949 with 11 delegates from New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. The Australian Capital Territory became a member in 1972 and the Northern Territory an associate member in 1978. In 2004, the ACT union changed its name to the ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union after two regional unions in southern New South Wales switched affiliation to the ACT union.


In 1985 the Australian Rugby Football Union was incorporated as a company and in 1997, it became simply The Australian Rugby Union Ltd.


Teams

Men

  • Wallabies - the national mens rugby union team.
  • Under 21s - an age graded side that has developed some of today's current Wallabies.
  • Under 19s - an age graded side that has developed some of today's current Wallabies.

First international Australia 13 - 3 British and Irish Lions (24 June 1899) Largest win Australia 142 - 0 Namibia (25 October 2003) Worst defeat South Africa 61 - 22 Australia (23 August 1997) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1991, 1999 The Australian national rugby union team is...

Women

  • Wallaroo Team - the national womens rugby union team.

First international Australia 0-37 New Zealand (1994) Largest win Worst defeat World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1998) Best result 5th 1998 Womens Rugby World Cup 5th 2002 Womens Rugby World Cup The Australia national womens rugby union team, also known as the Wallaroos, are the...

See also

The ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the Australian Capital Territory and southern regions of New South Wales. ... The Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the State of Queensland, Australia. ... The New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU) is the organisation responsible for the sport of rugby union in most of the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The Victorian Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the state of Victoria, Australia. ... The Western Australia Rugby Union, also known as RugbyWA is the governing body for rugby union in the state of Western Australia, Australia. ... First international Australia 13 - 3 British and Irish Lions (24 June 1899) Largest win Australia 142 - 0 Namibia (25 October 2003) Worst defeat South Africa 61 - 22 Australia (23 August 1997) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1991, 1999 The Australian national rugby union team is...

External links

  • Australian Rugby Union
  • ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union
  • New South Wales Rugby Union
  • Queensland Rugby Union
  • South Australian Rugby Union
  • Victorian Rugby Union
  • RugbyWA
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  Results from FactBites:
 
Rugby Union history Australia (1249 words)
Officially, the distinctive feature of rugby union was invented in 1823 when a schoolboy named William Webb Ellis showed a "fine disregard" for the rules of the day by picking up the ball and running with it.
Because it was rugby league rather than Aussie rules that became dominant in Brisbane and Sydney, there remained a white-collar niche that could be filled by rugby union.
This pride in Australian history and culture is all very ironic considering that 120 years ago, union supporters were so fearful of Australia's indigenous code on the grounds it threatened their patriotism to England.
history of rugby union: Information from Answers.com (4316 words)
Rugby union stuck to its Corinthian ideals of amateurism and it was not until the end of the 20th century under growing commercial pressure that the game turned professional.
However, the trophy for the Rugby Union World Cup is named "Webb Ellis" in his honour (as is Ellis Park in Johannesburg a major international rugby union stadium), and a plaque at the school commemorates the 'achievement'.
The Queensland Rugby Union disbands after the war and is not reformed until 1929, NSW takes responsibility for rugby union in Australia until the formation of the ARU in 1949.
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