French rugby union system information

sides in France. The second major competition in France is the Rugby Pro D2 competition. A relegation system exists between the two tiers of competition....

Rugby union in France is a popular team sport. Rugby union was first introduced in the early 1870s by British residents, which makes the country one of...

Bonus points are group tournament points awarded in rugby union tournaments in addition to the standard points for winning or drawing a match. Bonus points...

are two lists of the clubs playing in the French rugby union system in the following levels: Top 14 Rugby Pro D2 Some other clubs are listed (only if...

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in...

The Top 14 (French pronunciation: [tɔp katɔʀz]) is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is...

English rugby union system. Premiership clubs qualify for Europe's two main club competitions, the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge...

Rugby league has been played in France since 1934. As with rugby union, rugby league was introduced by the English and the heartland of the game is in...

The history of rugby union follows from various football games long before the 19th century, but it was not until the middle of that century that the...

The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabhokobhoko), is the country's national...

The Namibia national rugby union team represents Namibia in men's international rugby union competitions nicknamed the Welwitschias, are a tier-two nation...

Rugby union (Irish: Aontas Rugbaí) is a popular team sport on the island of Ireland, organised on an all-Ireland basis, including players and teams from...

Lyon Olympique Universitaire Rugby or LOU is a French professional rugby union team based in Lyon that currently competes in the Top 14, the highest level...

The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and...

of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, as the result of a split from the Rugby Football...

but no definitive system was adopted. The matter was brought before the International Rugby Board by the English and Welsh Rugby Unions in 1921, but it...

The British rugby league system is based on a five-tier structure administered by the Rugby Football League. The top three divisions in Britain consist...

Rugby, it is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league system, known as the Scottish League Championship...

Provence Rugby (Occitan: Provença Rugbi) is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second tier of France's league system. They...

Rugby sevens (commonly known as simply sevens and originally known as seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven...

The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised...

Romania national rugby union team (Romanian: Echipa națională de rugby a României) represents Romania in men's international rugby union competitions. Nicknamed...

The England men's national rugby union team represents the Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations...