UMB Rugby Lugano
UMB Rugby Lugano is a 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 m ... Swiss club that plays in the Swiss LNA, highest rugby competition in Switzerland. Alessandro Borghetti is the manager of the team and Alessandro Serventi is the captain of the 2015-2016 squad. The second team of the UMB Rugby Lugano plays in first league east as rules of Swiss rugby that every team in the highest league must have a second team in the lower leagues. Rugby union in Switzerland {{Rugbyunion-team-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Swiss Rugby Federation
The Swiss Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Suisse de Rugby it, Federazione Svizzera di Rugby german: Schweizerischer Rugby Verband)) is the governing body for rugby union in Switzerland. It currently runs the League A, League B, League C and League 1 national championships. The leading teams compete for the Swiss Cup in the League A, that for the 2012-2013 season is organized as follows : * Grasshoppers Club Zürich * Hermance Région Rugby Club * Lausanne Université Club Rugby * Nyon Rugby Club * Stade Lausanne Rugby Club * Rugby Club Avusy * Rugby Club Genève Plan-les-Ouates * UMB Rugby Lugano See also *Switzerland national rugby union team *Nyon Rugby Club *Rugby Club CERN References External links *Fédération Suisse de Rugby- official site Rugby union in Switzerland Rugby union governing bodies in Europe Rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod le ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |