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2013 Mid-year Women's Rugby Union Tests
The 2013 mid-year women's rugby union tests were a series of women's rugby union matches played through June and July around the world. United States looked to avenge two losses suffered to France during last year's European tour in Orléans and Paris. As a part of a three-year test series agreement between New Zealand Rugby Union and Rugby Football Union, New Zealand will play against England its first match at home since 2007, when the team challenged Australia. The first test will be the curtain-raiser to the Blues – Chiefs Investec Super Rugby match and will be broadcast live on Sky in New Zealand. For England and United States, the matches were warm-ups ahead of the 2013 Nations Cup in Denver, Colorado. United States vs France (1st match) Assistant referees: n/a n/a Assessor: n/a United States vs France (2nd match) Assistant referees: n/a n/a Assessor: n/a United States vs France (3rd match) Assistant referees: n/a n/a Assessor: n/a New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people of all genders, ages and sizes. In 2014, there were more than 6 million people playing worldwide, of whom 2.36 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, and currently has 101 countries as full members and 18 associate members. In 1845, the first laws were written by students attending Rugby School; other significant even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
