World Rugby

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international sports governing body rugby union governing body

World Rugby is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of rugby union worldwide.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
World Rugby canonical 143
International Rugby Board 25
World Rugby Council 9

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international sports governing body ⓘ
rugby union governing body ⓘ
abbreviation WR ⓘ
basedInCity Dublin ⓘ
basedInCountry Ireland ⓘ
currentChairman Bill Beaumont ⓘ
currentChairmanStartYear 2016 ⓘ
formerName World Rugby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: International Rugby Board

World Rugby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: International Rugby Football Board
foundedBy Irish Rugby Football Union ⓘ
Rugby Football Union ⓘ
Scottish Rugby Union ⓘ
Welsh Rugby Union ⓘ
foundingDate 1886 ⓘ
governsDiscipline international rugby union matches ⓘ
hasMemberType national union ⓘ
regional association ⓘ
hasOfficialRankingSystem World Rugby Men’s Rankings ⓘ
World Rugby Women’s Rankings ⓘ
headquartersCountry Ireland ⓘ
headquartersLocation Dublin ⓘ
introducedFormat professional Rugby World Cup era ⓘ
legalForm association ⓘ
maintains World Rugby Hall of Fame ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
organizesCompetition Rugby World Cup ⓘ
rugby sevens ⓘ
surface form: Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (regional involvement) ⓘ
surface form: World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup

World Rugby Sevens Series ⓘ
World Rugby U20 Championship ⓘ
World Rugby U20 Trophy ⓘ
World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series ⓘ
oversees international rugby union rankings ⓘ
presidentTitle Chairman ⓘ
publishes World Rugby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: World Rugby Laws of the Game
recognisedBy International Olympic Committee ⓘ
regionServed worldwide ⓘ
renamedFrom World Rugby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: International Rugby Board
renamedInYear 2014 ⓘ
responsibleFor anti-doping regulations in rugby union ⓘ
global development of rugby union ⓘ
player welfare policies in rugby union ⓘ
setsRulesFor Laws of the Game of rugby union ⓘ
sportGoverned rugby sevens ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ
viceChairman Bernard Laporte ⓘ
website https://www.world.rugby ⓘ

Referenced by (190)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All Blacks → union → World Rugby ⓘ
1995 Rugby World Cup → organisedBy → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Board
2011 Rugby World Cup → organisedBy → World Rugby ⓘ
2011 Rugby World Cup → organisedBy → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Board
New Zealand Rugby → affiliatedTo → World Rugby ⓘ
New Zealand Rugby → memberOf → World Rugby ⓘ
2015 Rugby World Cup → governingBody → World Rugby ⓘ
2015 Rugby World Cup → hostSelectionBody → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Rugby Council
Oceania Rugby → parentOrganization → World Rugby ⓘ
Oceania Rugby → affiliation → World Rugby ⓘ
World Rugby → formerName → World Rugby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Football Board
World Rugby → formerName → World Rugby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Board
World Rugby → renamedFrom → World Rugby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Board
World Rugby → publishes → World Rugby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Rugby Laws of the Game
1987 Rugby World Cup → organiser → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Board
1987 Rugby World Cup → governingBody → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Board
1987 Rugby World Cup → nowGoverningBody → World Rugby ⓘ
Freedom Cup → confederation → World Rugby ⓘ
South Africa national rugby union team → confederation → World Rugby ⓘ
Rugby World Cup → organisedBy → World Rugby ⓘ
Rugby World Cup → formerOrganiser → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Board
Rugby World Cup → governingBody → World Rugby ⓘ
Fédération Française de Rugby → memberOf → World Rugby ⓘ
USA Rugby → affiliatedWith → World Rugby ⓘ
USA Rugby → memberOf → World Rugby ⓘ
Super Rugby → confederation → World Rugby ⓘ
Rugby Australia → memberOf → World Rugby ⓘ
Welsh Rugby Union → memberOf → World Rugby ⓘ
Welsh Rugby Union → represents → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wales at World Rugby
1999 Rugby World Cup → organisedBy → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Board
1999 Rugby World Cup → governingBody → World Rugby ⓘ
Rugby World Cup 2007 matches → organisedBy → World Rugby ⓘ
Rugby World Cup 2007 matches → organisedBy → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Board
Wales national rugby union team → globalAssociation → World Rugby ⓘ
France national rugby union team → worldGoverningBody → World Rugby ⓘ
Association of Summer Olympic International Federations → hasMember → World Rugby ⓘ
1991 Rugby World Cup → governingBody → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Board
rugby sevens → governingBody → World Rugby ⓘ
World Cup competitions → organizer → World Rugby ⓘ
subject surface form: Rugby World Cup
World Cup competitions → organizer → World Rugby ⓘ
subject surface form: Rugby World Cup Sevens
Rugby World Cup 2003 matches → governingBody → World Rugby ⓘ
Rugby World Cup 2003 matches → governingBody → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Rugby Board
Rugby World Cup 2003 matches → confederation → World Rugby ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Rugby member unions
Irish Rugby Football Union → representsIn → World Rugby ⓘ
Irish Rugby Football Union → memberOf → World Rugby ⓘ
Rugby Football Union → memberOf → World Rugby ⓘ
Scotland national rugby union team → worldGoverningBody → World Rugby ⓘ
New Zealand national rugby sevens team → worldGoverningBody → World Rugby ⓘ
New Zealand national rugby union team → worldRugbyGoverningBody → World Rugby ⓘ
2007 Rugby World Cup → hostConfederation → World Rugby ⓘ