Ireland-Rugby.com: The home of Irish Rugby » International-Rugby-Board http://www.ireland-rugby.com The home of Irish Rugby Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Who exactly are the IRB? http://www.ireland-rugby.com/index.php/34/who-exactly-are-the-irb/ http://www.ireland-rugby.com/index.php/34/who-exactly-are-the-irb/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:26:47 +0000 Ireland Rugby http://www.ireland-rugby.com/index.php/34/who-exactly-are-the-irb/ The IRB is the International Rugby Board, and were found in 1886 in Dublin – they are the governing and law making body for Rugby Union.

Membership:
95 Country Unions
20 Associate Member
6 Regional Assocations

Day to day running is handled by a staff of just over 40, but the overall management decisions are handled by the execuitve council (known as the IRB board). The council is dominated by the main rugby powers, the following countries all have two votes each at the council table:

New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and France

Canada, Italy, Japan, Argentina, Fira (Europe), Car (Africa), Foru (Oceania) and Arfu (Asia) have one each, while other individual nations do not get a separate vote.

The IRB control a number of existing rugby tournaments, including the Womens Rugby World Cup, Rugby World Cup Sevens, IRB Sevens, Under 21 World Cup, Under 19 World Championship, Super Powers Cup, and its premier event, the Rugby World Cup.

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