Categories: Rugby union in Australia | Rugby union stubs | Australian rugby union teams Rugby union is a popular team sport played in Australia, particularly in New South Wales, Queensland and the A.C.T.. In these states it competes with rugby league, as well as being in competition with soccer and AFL. Rugby union has a lesser following in the AFL dominated states... The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. ... 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 New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU) is the organisation responsible for the sport of rugby union in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... 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 Suburban Rugby Union (NSWSRU) is affiliated to the New South Wales Rugby Union and runs the competition affectionately known as Subbies rugby. ... First international British Isles 3 - 13 Australia (24 June 1899) Largest win Namibia 0 - 142 Australia (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 the representative... The Australia national womens rugby union team, also known as the Wallaroos, are the national womens rugby union team of Australia. ... The Australian national rugby union sevens team compete in the World Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. ... The Australian national under-21 rugby union team represents Australia on a national level at rugby union at an under-21 year old age. ... The Rugby World Cup trophy, the William Webb Ellis Trophy. ... The Tri Nations Series is an annual international Rugby Union series held between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. ... The Rugby World Cup Sevens is the worlds premier international contest in the Sevens version of rugby union, first held in Scotland in 1993 and held every four years. ... The current Super 14 logo The Super 14 is a rugby union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ... The Australian Provincial Championship is an Australian rugby union tournament that will commence in 2006. ... The National Rugby Competition (it is unknown if this title will be official) is a semi-professional rugby union competition that will commence in Australia in July 2007. ... The Telstra Australian Rugby Shield is a national rugby union competition intended to unearth new talent and foster rugby union development outside the traditional rugby states New South Wales and Queensland. ... The Shute Shield is a rugby union competition in Sydney, New South Wales. ... The Tooheys New Cup (TNC) is a rugby union competition established by the New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU) in 2002 as a stepping stone between the existing grade rugby (see Shute Shield) and Super 14 competitions. ... Queensland Premier Rugby is a club rugby union competition in Queensland, Australia. ... The ACTRU Premier Division is a rugby union club competition based in Canberra, Australia. ... The Brumbies (formerly known as the ACT Brumbies, for sponsorship reasons referred to as CA Brumbies) are a Super 14 rugby union team based in Canberra, Australia and named for the wild horses which inhabit Canberras hinterland. ... The New South Wales Waratahs (referred to as HSBC Waratahs for sponsorship reasons, the Waratahs or simply the Tahs) are an Australian rugby union team, representing most of New South Wales in the Super 14 (formerly Super 12) competition—though not the Riverina or other southern parts of the state... Western Force (referred to as Emirates Western Force for sponsorship reasons) is a Super 14 Rugby Union team based in Perth, Western Australia. ... The Queensland Reds (for sponsorship reasons referred to as QR Queensland Reds) represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union. ... The Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union Football Club is a team in the Shute Shield and the Tooheys New cup, the premier club rugby union football competition in New South Wales. ... Eastwood Rugby Club is a rugby union club playing in the Sydney grade competition. ... Gordon Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales. ... Manly Rugby Union Football Club are a rugby union club based in [[Manly], a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. ... Northern Suburbs Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team from Sydney, Australia. ... Parramatta Two Blues Rugby are a rugby union club based in the seconnd CBD of Sydney, Parramatta. ... Penrith Rugby Club, known as the Emus, are a rugby union club based in Penrith a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. ... Randwick Distruct Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens are one of the most famous rugby union clubs in the world. ... Southern Districts Rugby Club are a rugby union club based in southern Sydney, New South Wales. ... Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863, is the oldest rugby union club in Australia. ... Warringah Rugby Club are a rugby union club based in the northern beachside suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. ... The West Harbour Rugby Football Club is a team in the Shute Shield and the Tooheys New cup, the premier club rugby union football competition in New South Wales. ... The Gold Coast Breakers are an Australian rugby union club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland. ... Norths/QUT is a Brisbane rugby union club. ... Club History Sunnybank Rugby Union Club was founded in 1969 as a junior Rugby Union club, in the southern Brisbane, Queensland, Australia suburb of Sunnybank. ...