The Guadeloupe Rugby Committee (
French: ''Comité de Rugby de Guadeloupe'', —or officially: ''Comité Territorial de Rugby de Guadeloupe'') is a committee under the umbrella of the
French Rugby Federation
The French Rugby Federation (, ; FFR) is the governing body for rugby union in France. It is responsible for the French national team and the Ligue nationale de rugby that administers the country's professional leagues.
History
Before the FFR ...
which is the governing body for
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 orig ...
within
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...
.
[
It is affiliated with the NACRA, which is the regional governing body for North America and the Caribbean, but it is not affiliated with the ]International Rugby Board
World Rugby is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international competit ...
(IRB) in its own right.
National teams
As an overseas department
The overseas departments and regions of France (, ; DROM) are the five departments and regions of the French Republic which are located outside European France (also known as " metropolitan France"). These overseas entities have exactly the s ...
of France, Guadeloupe can participate in international competition, but not for the Rugby World Cup
The Men's Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised as the World championship, world champions of the sport.
The tournament is administer ...
. Guadeloupe has thus far competed in the NACRA Caribbean Championship.[
]
See also
* Rugby union in Guadeloupe
Rugby union in Guadeloupe is a minor, but growing sport.
Governing body
The Comité Territorial de Rugby de Guadeloupe is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within Guadeloupe ...
* Guadeloupe national rugby union team
External links
Comité Territorial de Rugby de Guadeloupe
on facebook.com
on ASLagnyRugby.net
Reference list
Rugby union in Guadeloupe
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