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2023 Americas Rugby Trophy
The 2023 Americas Rugby Trophy was the first-ever sanctioned tournament for women's Rugby union, fifteens in the Sudamérica Rugby, South American region. The competition ran from 3 to 11 June, and was hosted in Brazil. Brazil women's national rugby union team, Brazil, Colombia women's national rugby union team, Colombia, and the United States women's national rugby union team, United States Under 23 team competed in the tournament. The United States Under 23 team won the tournament after they conceded three fewer points to be crowned champions. Table Fixtures Media The tournament was streamed live on Brazilian Rugby Confederation, Brazil Rugby's YouTube channel. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Americas Rugby Trophy 2023 in women's rugby union Rugby union in Colombia 2023 in American rugby union 2023 in American women's sports International rugby union competitions hosted by Brazil June 2023 sports events in Brazil 2023 in Brazilian women's sport 2023 in Colomb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby 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 Rugby ball, oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped Goal (sports)#Structure, goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people regardless of gender, age or size. In 2023, there were more than 10 million people playing worldwide, of whom 8.4 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, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
