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Australian Rugby Union - Definition and Overview

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.

The ARU is responsible for the Australia national rugby union team one of the best national rugby union teams in the world.

History

see also: History of rugby union

  • 1874 Southern Rugby Union was founded (later New South Wales Rugby Union)
  • 1883 Northern Rugby Union was founded (later Queensland Rugby Union)
  • 1949 Australian Rugby Union was founded
  • 1949 Australia, became a member of the IRB.

External links


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Federation Links
Australian Rugby Union | New Zealand Rugby Football Union | South Africa Rugby Football Union

Competitons
Super 12 | Tri Nations

National teams
Australia | New Zealand | South Africa

Super 12 teams
Blues | Brumbies | Bulls | Cats | Chiefs | Crusaders | Highlanders | Hurricanes | Reds | Sharks | Stormers | Waratahs


National Rugby Unions of the IRB

Andorra | Arabian Gulf | Argentina | Australia | Austria | Bahamas | Barbados | Belgium | Bermuda | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Botswana | Brazil | Bulgaria | Cameroon | Canada | Cayman Islands | Chile | China | Chinese Taipei | Columbia | Cook Islands | Croatia | Czech Republic | Denmark | England | Fiji | Finland | France | Georgia | Germany | Guam | Guyana | Hong Kong | Hungary | India | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Ivory Coast | Jamaica | Japan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Latvia | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Madagascar | Malaysia | Malta | Moldova | Monaco | Morocco | Namibia | Netherlands | New Zealand | Nigeria | Niue Island | Norwegian | Papua New Guinea | Paraguay | Peru | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia | St. Lucia | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Samoa | Scotland | Serbia and Montenegro | Senegal | Singapore | Slovenia | Solomon Islands | South Africa | South Korea | Spain | Sri Lanka | Swaziland | Sweden | Switzerland | Tahiti | Thailand | Tonga | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Uganda | Ukraine | Uruguay | U.S.A. | Vanuatu | Venezuela | Wales | Zambia | Zimbabwe

Example Usage of Australian
BlakRocky: @Prissy_LIFER_B why yes....yes I am actually! They're #goodgirl and #Australian to me LOL
Iko: @_ophelia And, as it turns out, before she joined the Dollhouse, her character of Priya is supposed to be Australian.
clairelouise2: RT @jilliansdrawers: Australian #breastfeeding Association commercial: would you eat in a bathroom? http://bit.ly/6N6fMO
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