World Rugby
Sign in to saveAlso known as International Rugby Football Board, IRB, IRFB, International Rugby Board
international governing body of rugby union and its variants
Key facts
- Formation
- 1886 ; 140 years ago ( 1886 ) , (as the International Rugby Football Board)
- Type
- International sport federation
- Headquarters
- Dublin , Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53°20′13″N 6°15′08″W / 53.33694°N 6.25222°W / 53.33694; -6.25222
- Region served
- Worldwide
- Members
- 113 member unions, 17 associated unions
- Official languages
- English French Italian Spanish
- Chairman
- Brett Robinson
- Vice chairman
- Jonathan Webb
- Ceo
- Alan Gilpin
- Affiliations
- International Olympic Committee
- Website
- www .world .rugby
- Formerly called
- International Rugby Football Board (1886-1998), International Rugby Board (1998-2014)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Funder, Other
- Founded
- 1886
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Also known as
- IRB, International Rugby Board, International Rugby Football Board
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.497635.a · ISNI 0000 0001 0484 6474
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- World Rugby
- Official language
- French
- Founded by
- Welsh Rugby Union
- Headquarters
- Dublin
- Chairperson
- Brett Robinson
- Sport
- rugby sevens
- Official website
- www.world.rugby
- Image
- World Rugby member unions and associates.svg
- Motto
- Building Character Since 1886
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- phone number
- +353-1-240-9200
- fax number
- +353-1-240-9201
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- Commons category
- World Rugby
- topic's main category
- Category:World Rugby
- inception
- 1887-03-05
- social media followers
- 1950000
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Encyclopedic overview
World Rugby is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international competitions, such as the SVNS, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the World Under 20 Championship, and the Pacific Nations Cup.
World Rugby's headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Its membership now comprises 133 national unions. Each member country must also be a member of one of the six regional unions into which the world is divided: Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “World Rugby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.