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Rugby Football Union (RFU)
Homepage: http://www.rfu.com/
Rules and regulations: http://www.rfu.com/regulations/
History:
England’s governing body for the sport,
the Rugby Football Union (RFU) operates on regional,
divisional, national and international levels.
Since its foundation in 1871, RFU has been striving
to live up to its mission to “be the world
leaders through excellence in every aspect of
the elite game; and to promote and develop the
game within the community so as to encourage optimum
participation and enjoyment at every level.”
RFU is a proud founding member of the Six Nations
Championship, formerly known as Five Nations,
which was founded in 1910 to promote rugby in
the international sporting scene.
As fruits of its hard work, RFU has thus far
achieved membership of about 2000 clubs, 27 constituent
bodies, those from the armed forces, Oxford, and
Cambridge universities. RFU also authorizes more
than 200,000 games every year, and invests £1.6
million in youth development programs through
its affiliate schools numbering to about 3,000.
RFU also closed a successful deal with BSkyB,
worth £87.5m, to help sustain England’s
throne on the international rugby scene.
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