Rugby Canada
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The current Rugby Canada, the administrative body for rugby union in Canada, has its origins in the Rugby Union of Canada, founded in about 1929.
A Canadian Rugby Football Union was established in 1884, although this organisation (also known at different times as the Canadian Rugby Union) was the forerunner of the Canadian Football League, as rugby football in Canada evolved into Canadian Football. To make matters more confusing the word rugby continued to be applied to Canadian football. It was not until the latter half of the 20th century that the original CRU finally cleared up this confusion by renaming itself Football Canada.
The Rugby Union of Canada, re-formed in 1965 as the Canadian Rugby Union, was incorporated in 1974 and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board (IRB). Since then, Rugby Canada has been a permanent fixture on the global rugby scene, including trips to each of the five IRB Rugby World Cups (the first of which was 1987 in Australia and New Zealand)
As a regular on the IRB Sevens Circuit, Canada continues to climb the world rankings.
See also
External links
- Rugby Canada's Home Page (http://www.rugbycanada.ca)
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