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词条 List of rugby union competitions
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  1. International tournaments

  2. Club and provincial tournaments

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  3. Sevens tournaments

  4. Other tournaments

  5. International trophies

     Six Nations Trophies  Trophies in The Rugby Championship  Other Trophies 

  6. rugby union schedule by year

  7. Notes and references

The following is a list of notable rugby union competitions that are still currently in existence. This includes both international tournaments played by national Test teams and also domestic club and provincial competitions.

International tournaments

Name Participants First played Last played Frequency Notes
Rugby World Cup Top 12 teams from previous World Cup (the top 3 in each group) plus 8 nations from regional qualifying tournaments. 1987 2015 Quadrennial
Women's Rugby World Cup 12 top national women's teams 1991 2014 Quadrennial[1]
Six Nations Championship England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales 1883 2017 Annually Originally the Home Nations Championship, then the Five Nations with France's entry into the competition in 1910. Became the Six Nations when Italy was added in 2000.
Women's Six Nations Championship England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales 1996 2017 Annually Originally the Home International Championship. Became the Five Nations in 1999 when France joined. Spain was added in 2000, but Ireland did not play all the other countries in 2000 or 2001, making the first true Women's Six Nations the 2002 competition. Spain were replaced by Italy effective in 2007 after the competition was taken over by the (men's) Six Nations committee.
The Rugby Championship Argentina (since 2012), Australia, New Zealand, South Africa 1996 2016 Annually From its inception through 2011, the competition involved only Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and was known as the Tri Nations.
Canada Cup Canada, plus up to three other invitational teams. 1993 2005 Approximately biennial International women's tournament generally including the USA (missing only in 2005), plus New Zealand and/or England.
Churchill Cup Canada, England Saxons, United States and three invitational teams. 2003 2011 Annually The England Saxons are England's "A" side. The invitational teams were a combination of "A" sides of top-tier nations and senior sides of lower-tier nations. The 2011 edition was the last, as Canada and the USA are now included in the global Test calendar.
FIRA Women's European Championship Up to 16 European national teams 1988 2012 Annually Tournament for European women's national teams. Number of participants varies from year to year. The tournament is often divided into two "pools", dependent on playing strength. France and England, when they take part, normally enter "A" teams.
Rugby Europe International Championships 36 European national teams 2000 2017 Annually Excludes European sides in the Six Nations Tournament. Currently played over a single season on a single round-robin basis with the competition split into five divisions, with promotion and relegation.
World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup Fiji, Samoa, Tonga 2006 2016 Annually Originally Pacific Five Nations — replaced the Pacific Tri-Nations. The original teams were Australia A, the Junior All Blacks (New Zealand's official "A" side), and the three Pacific Island nations. In 2008, the New Zealand Māori replaced the Junior All Blacks. From 2010-2012, only the Pacific Island nations and Japan participated who were then joined by Canada and USA. Due to their inclusion in the Quadrangular tournament in South Africa, Samoa did not feature in the 2013 edition of the Pacific Nations Cup.,[2] to the competition in 2014. Canada, Japan, and the USA withdrew for the 2016 and 2017 editions due to commitments to 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification.
World Rugby Pacific Challenge Fiji Warriors, Junior Japan, Samoa A, Tonga A 2006 2017 Annually Originally Pacific Rugby Cup. Introduced in 2006 with two developmental sides each from Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. Since 2011, the three Pacific nations have been represented by their A sides, and Junior Japan (that country's A side) joined them as a core team in 2013. At various times, Super Rugby academy teams and Argentine developmental side Pampas XV have also featured.
Nations Cup Varies from year to year; the participants in the most recent edition in 2016 were Argentina XV, Italy A, Namibia, Romania, Spain, and Uruguay. 2006 2016 Annually Argentina XV were formerly known as Argentina A and Argentina Jaguars. The inaugural tournament in 2006 featured Argentina A, Italy A, Portugal and Russia.
Americas Rugby Championship Argentina XV, Brazil, Canada, Chile, United States, and Uruguay. 2009 2017 Annually Originally involved Canadian regional sides plus a USA developmental side and Argentina XV (then known as Argentina Jaguars). Later editions mostly featured national A sides, though Uruguay normally sent its senior national team. Following a hiatus in 2015 to accommodate that year's Rugby World Cup, the competition was relaunched in 2016 with its current lineup of teams, all senior national sides except for Argentina XV.
Asia Rugby Championship Top three Asian sides 2008 2017 Annually Originally known as the Asian Five Nations; the inaugural tournament in 2008 featured Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and Arabian Gulf. Tournament renamed as Asia Rugby Championship in 2015, with the top division reduced to three teams playing in a home-and-away "Tri Nations" format. Yearly promotion and relegation with three lower divisions.
  • Four Nations Tournament — Belgium, Spain, Welsh club XV, France amateur
  • Pan-American Championship — Uruguay, Canada, United States and Argentina
  • South American Rugby Championship
  • Super Cup — Canada, Japan, Russia and United States (formerly called the Super Powers Cup)
  • Under 19 Rugby World Championship — Worldwide (defunct)
  • Under 21 Rugby World Championship — Worldwide (defunct)
  • World Rugby Under 20 Championship — First-tier worldwide competition for under-20 men; replaced Under 19 and Under 21 World Championships starting in 2008
  • World Rugby Under 20 Trophy — Second-tier worldwide competition for under-20 men
  • Autumn internationals — A name which refers to a series of Tests which take place usually in November each year in the Northern Hemisphere
  • Africa Cup — The main tournament for African nations.
  • CAR Super 16 — A regional tournament for African nations below the Africa Cup.
  • Viking Tri-nations Rugby A rugby tournament Played by Norway, Denmark, and since 2011 Sweden.[3]

See also:

  • Rugby union at the Summer Olympics
  • Rugby union tours
  • Women's international rugby

Club and provincial tournaments

Intercontinental

  • Super Rugby — teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Japan (known originally as Super 10 then Super 12 and later as Super 14; "Super Rugby" officially adopted from 2011). Also informally known as "Super 15".
  • Pro14 — now Guinness Pro14, because of the league's sponsorship by Guinness: provincial/regional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa and Wales. The competition began as the Celtic League, restricted to the three Celtic nations; became Pro12 when two Italian teams joined in 2010–11 and Pro14 when two South African teams joined in 2017–18.
  • Global Rapid Rugby

Africa

South Africa

  • Currie Cup — South African provincial tournament, also featuring an invitational team from Namibia
  • Rugby Challenge — Launched in 2017 as the replacement for the Vodacom Cup, also featuring an invitational team from Namibia
  • Varsity Rugby — a two-tier annual South African inter-university competition
  • Gold Cup — an annual South African inter-club competition, also featuring invitational teams from Namibia and Zimbabwe

Kenya

  • Kenya Cup — The top tier rugby union competition in Kenya since 1970.

Americas

  • Americas Rugby Championship – Originated with four franchised Canadian teams, the Argentina Jaguars, and a "USA Select XV" (effectively the USA A national team). Relaunched in 2016 as the Western Hemisphere's equivalent to the Six Nations Championship; see the table of international competitions for more details.

Argentina

  • Nacional de Clubes - Club competition in Argentina

Brazil

  • Campeonato Brasileiro de Rugby - Club competition in Brazil

Canada

  • Canadian Rugby Championship - Successor to the (now defunct) Rugby Canada Super League

United States

  • Major League Rugby - Men's club competition in the United States
  • USA Rugby Women's Premier League (USARWPL) - Women's club competition in the United States

Uruguay

  • Club Championship - Club competition in Uruguay

Asia

India

  • All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament - Indian club knockout tournament

Japan

  • Top League – League for Japanese corporate teams
  • Top Challenge League – Second-tier league for Japanese corporate teams
  • All-Japan Rugby Football Championship

Malaysia

  • MRU Super League - Malaysian club teams
  • MRU Super Cup - Malaysian club knockout tournament

Sri Lanka

  • Clifford Cup - Sri Lanka Division 'A' teams (end of season knockout tournament)
  • Sri Lanka Rugby Championship (Dialog Rugby League) - Sri Lanka Division 'A' club teams

Europe

  • European Rugby Champions Cup — Replaced the Heineken Cup effective with the 2014–15 season, although it claims the history of the former competition as its own. European club, provincial and regional teams, currently from the countries that participate in the Six Nations.
  • European Rugby Challenge Cup — Replaced the original European Challenge Cup in 2014–15; also claims the history of its predecessor as its own. Second-tier European club, provincial and regional teams knock-out tournament, also involving all of the Six Nations countries, with possible involvement from lower-tier countries (see below).
  • European Rugby Continental Shield – Third-tier competition involving teams from Italy's Top12, plus clubs from lower-tier countries; determines two places in each year's Challenge Cup. Originally known as the European Rugby Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition; current name adopted in 2016–17.
  • Copa Ibérica de Rugby — Annual competition between Spanish and Portuguese clubs.
  • Anglo-Welsh Cup — English and Welsh clubs knock-out tournament. From 1971–2005, open to all English clubs with no involvement from any other nation; from the 2005–06 season, has featured the 12 Premiership clubs and the four Welsh regional sides competing in Pro12.
  • British and Irish Cup — Tournament launched in 2009 featuring sides from second-level leagues in England and Wales, plus second-tier sides from Ireland and Scotland.
  • Regional Rugby Championship — Tournament launched in 2007 involving teams from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro and Serbia.

England

Men
  • Gallagher Premiership - English clubs, top tier
  • RFU Championship - English clubs, second tier
  • National League 1
  • National League 2 North
  • National League 2 South
  • Northern Division - North 2 East
  • Midlands 6 East (NW)
Women
  • Premier 15s – top flight

France

  • Top 14 — French clubs, top tier
  • Rugby Pro D2 - French clubs, second tier
  • Fédérale 1
  • Fédérale 2
  • Fédérale 3
  • Challenge Yves du Manoir
  • Coupe de l'Espérance
  • Coupe de France

Ireland

  • All Ireland League (AIL/AIB League) — Irish clubs from all 32 counties.

Italy

  • Top12 — Italian clubs, top tier
  • A Series — Italian clubs, second-level championship where winners can jump up to Top12.
  • B Series — Italian clubs, third-level league, winners can play on A Series.
  • C Series — Italian clubs, the lowest-tier for local teams. Winners are promoted to B Series.

Scotland

  • Scottish Premiership
  • Scottish National League Division One
  • Scottish National League Division Two
  • Scottish National League Division Three
  • Caledonia Regional League
  • East Regional League
  • West Regional League
  • Border League
  • Scottish Cup

Wales

  • Welsh Premier Division
  • WRU Division One East
  • WRU Division One West
  • WRU Division Two East
  • WRU Division Two West
  • WRU Division Three East
  • WRU Division Three South East
  • WRU Division Three South West
  • WRU Division Three West
  • WRU Division Four East
  • WRU Division Four South East
  • WRU Division Four South West
  • WRU Division Four West
  • WRU Division Five East
  • WRU Division Five South Central
  • WRU Division Five South East
  • WRU Division Five South West
  • WRU Division Five West
  • WRU Division Six East
  • WRU Division Six South East
  • WRU Division Six Central
  • WRU Division Six West
  • WRU Division One North
  • WRU Division Two North

Austria

  • 1. Rugby Bundesliga

Belgium

  • Belgian Elite League

Czech Republic

  • Extraliga

Denmark

  • DRU Superliga

Finland

  • Finnish Championship League

Georgia

  • Didi 10

Germany

  • Rugby-Bundesliga

Malta

  • Malta Rugby Union National Championship

Netherlands

  • Ereklasse

Norway

  • Norway Rugby Championship

Poland

  • Ekstraliga

Portugal

  • Campeonato Português de Rugby — Portuguese clubs
  • Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão
  • Campeonato Nacional de Rugby II Divisão
  • Taça de Portugal
  • Supertaça de Portugal

Romania

  • SuperLiga

Russia

  • Professional Rugby League - Russian club competition

Spain

  • División de Honor

Sweden

  • Allsvenskan

Ukraine

  • Superliga

Oceania

  • Pacific Rugby Cup - Franchise teams from Fiji, Tonga & Samoa

Australia

  • National Rugby Championship - Inaugural season in 2014. Also featuring an invitational side from Fiji.
  • Shute Shield - Sydney and regional NSW club teams
  • Tooheys New Cup - Sydney club teams
  • New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union - lower level suburban rugby in Sydney, the largest centrally administered rugby competition in the world.
  • Queensland Premier Rugby - Queensland club competition

Fiji

  • Colonial Cup — Fiji club competition
  • Sukuna Bowl — Fiji Police vs Fiji Military
  • Digicel Cup — Fiji's Local competition between 12 Districts

New Zealand

  • Mitre 10 Cup — New Zealand professional provincial tournament
  • Heartland Championship — New Zealand amateur provincial tournament
  • Ranfurly Shield — New Zealand provincial challenge trophy

Sevens tournaments

{{see also|Rugby sevens}}
  • Rugby World Cup Sevens — Sponsored by World Rugby, and held every four years, this was the highest prize in the Sevens version of the game before the introduction of sevens to the Olympics in 2016. It was initially planned for the 2013 edition to be the last, but it was later decided to retain the World Cup Sevens and establish a new four-year cycle starting in 2018.
  • World Rugby Sevens Series — Annual WR-sponsored series of tournaments for men's national Sevens teams. As of the upcoming 2017–18 series, the events in the series are (in order of play):
    • Dubai Sevens
    • South Africa Sevens
    • Australian Sevens
    • New Zealand Sevens
    • USA Sevens
    • Canada Sevens
    • Hong Kong Sevens, traditionally the biggest annual event in Sevens
    • Singapore Sevens
    • France Sevens
    • London Sevens
  • World Rugby Women's Sevens Series — Annual WR-sponsored series of tournaments for women's national Sevens teams. As of the most recent 2016–17 series, the events are (in order of play):
    • Dubai Women's Sevens
    • Australian Women's Sevens
    • USA Women's Sevens
    • Japan Women's Sevens
    • Canada Women's Sevens
    • France Women's Sevens
  • The National Schools Sevens - held at Rosslyn Park, in England, the biggest sevens competition in the world. News, photos and up to the minute results can be found on the official website  . Results can also be seen on The Schools' Rugby Website
  • Commonwealth Games — Quadrennial; most recent tournament in 2014. Men only through 2014; first women's event to be held in 2018.
  • Other:
    • Amsterdam Sevens
    • Bangkok Sevens
    • Benidorm Sevens
    • Bogota Sevens
    • Caldy Sevens
    • Cape Fear Sevens
    • Caribbean Sevens
    • Cayman Sevens
    • Cwmtawe Sevens
    • Heidelberg Sevens
    • Henley Sevens
    • Kinsale Sevens
    • Kiama Sevens
    • Lisbon Sevens
    • Melrose Sevens
    • Middlesex Sevens
    • Neuchatel Sevens
    • New York Sevens
    • Northern Sevens
    • Punta del Este Sevens
    • Rome Sevens
    • Safari Sevens
    • Scandinavian Sevens
    • Singapore Sevens
    • Sofia Sevens
    • Santa Teresa Sevens
    • Sri Lanka Sevens

Other tournaments

  • Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament held annually in Japan
  • English Colts Club Knockout Cup — Held annually
  • Ulster Schools Cup — Annual schools competition
  • Munster Schools Senior Cup — Annual schools competition
  • Craven Week — Annual South Africa schools competition
  • Bingham Cup — Held every two years, this is the largest international gay rugby tournament and honours 9/11 hero, Mark Bingham
  • Rugby union at the Maccabiah Games: representative XVs from various countries have been taking part in the Maccabiah Games since 1981.

International trophies

The trophies in this list are regularly contested between two nations. Some of the competitions for these trophies form part of other international tournaments, such as the Six Nations and The Rugby Championship.

Six Nations Trophies

  • Six Nations Championship Trophy, since 1993
  • Triple Crown Trophy, since 2006
  • Calcutta Cup — England and Scotland, since 1879
  • Centenary Quaich - Ireland and Scotland, since 1989
  • Millennium Trophy — England and Ireland, since 1988
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy — France and Italy, since 2007
  • Auld Alliance (Milroy-Burgun) Trophy - Scotland and France, since 2018

Trophies in The Rugby Championship

  • Bledisloe Cup — Australia and New Zealand, since 1931
  • Mandela Challenge Plate — Australia and South Africa, since 2000
  • Freedom Cup — New Zealand and South Africa, since 2004
  • Puma Trophy — Argentina and Australia

Other Trophies

  • Anexartisias Cup (Independence Cup) — Cyprus and Greece
  • Antim Cup — Georgia and Romania
  • Cook Cup — Australia and England
  • Dave Gallaher Trophy — France and New Zealand
  • Elgon Cup — Kenya and Uganda
  • Hillary Shield — England and New Zealand
  • Hopetoun Cup — Australia and Scotland
  • James Bevan Trophy — Australia and Wales
  • Lansdowne Cup — Australia and Ireland
  • Prince William Cup — South Africa and Wales
  • Trophée des Bicentenaires — Australia and France
  • Tom Richards Trophy— Australia and the British and Irish Lions
  • Raeburn Shield— Hypothetical World Title Shield

rugby union schedule by year

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Notes and references

1. ^From second tournament in 1994 through 2014; new four-year cycle to be established in 2017
2. ^http://www.espn.co.uk/southafrica/rugby/story/174220.html
3. ^ 

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