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 ...

in Macau is long established, partly as a result of its being a Portuguese colony.

is one of the most popular sports in Macau. In contrast to the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, it has had a continuous existence dating back over a hundred years. Macau has a national side, which competes in international competitions, and there is also Macau Rugby Club, which takes part in various Seniors (adult) competitions . Macau also has a Junior (children's) club, called the Macau Bats Rugby Club, which competes in regional/international tournaments.

Beach rugby Beach rugby is a sport that is based on rugby union. Currently there is not a centralized regulation of the sport as in beach soccer or beach volleyball, but leagues are common across Europe. The sport is particularly popular in Italy, in the B ...

and

rugby tens Rugby tens, also known as ten-a-side and Xs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of ten players, typically five forwards and five backs. Matches are much shorter, usually played as two ten-minute halves. Unlike the other tw ...

tournaments have been held in the territory, and the game benefits from rugby's much stronger presence in neighbouring

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. A representative national Women's side played in the classification stages of the 2004

Hong Kong Women's Sevens The Hong Kong Women's Sevens held the first women's international rugby sevens tournament in 1997, and has since become an annual event. The 2020 edition marked the start of a new era for the Hong Kong Women's Sevens. For the first time, the tou ...

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Rugby in Asia, Macau page

Asian Rugby Football Union
Sport in Macau {{Rugbyunion-stub

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