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772:. It originally featured nineteen clubs in two divisions, and currently has fifty clubs in five divisions, 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B and 2C, with promotion and relegation between them. The bottom team in Division 2C is relegated to their province's Junior League. Playoffs are held between the winners of the four provincial Junior Leagues to decide who will replace them. The
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during the reconstruction of
Lansdowne Road, attendances regularly topped 80,000. However, the Aviva saw disappointing attendance during its first Tests in 2010, with no match selling out; media reports indicated that this was largely due to an IRFU ticketing strategy that made little sense in an
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was founded to govern the game in
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As with all top-tier rugby nations, and many lower-tier countries, Ireland field an "A" national side, a second-level national selection primarily intended to develop younger talent for possible future duty on the senior national team. Since
February 2010, the IRFU have rebranded the A side as
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The last report on the number of players playing rugby union conducted by World Rugby in 2019 showed 79,000 registered players (i.e. those registered with clubs, including the 21,000 adult players) and an overall total of 196,000, incorporating women’ players, schools, sevens etc.
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is played for annually by the winners of the provincial Senior Cups. The Women's All-Ireland League was founded in 1992 has one division containing nine clubs. The provincial branches each organise a pyramid of league and cup competitions for both men's and women's teams.
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was discontinued. The League expanded to a 22-match schedule in 2003, and for the first time the Irish provinces could operate as full-time professional teams, with players only rarely able to play for their clubs. The competition was renamed the
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25–6. The attendance of 82,208 set a new world record attendance for a club rugby union game. Leinster broke this record at Croke Park again in 2024, drawing a capacity 82,300 crowd for an
Investec Champions Cup semi-final against
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in 2021 with the incorporation of four South
African teams. Irish provinces have won the competition fourteen times in 22 seasons, and all four provinces have won it at least once. Leinster won the league in
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made their international debut in 1993. The IWRFU became affiliated to the IRFU in 2001, and was incorporated into the IRFU in 2008. The
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area. As part of this amalgamation, the IRFU established three provincial branches to run the game in
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was in existence by 1855, giving it a strong claim to being the world's oldest extant football club of any code. Other early clubs still in existence include
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game. Rugby traditionally isn't as prevalent in Connacht, although it is less defined there by social class. In
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1846:"Six Nations Winners: Who Has Won the Most Six Nations?"
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2529:"Rugby: Harlequins take the Malone road"
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1591:Nowadays, rugby is played by both
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5674:List of conflicts in Ireland
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3294:European Rugby Challenge Cup
3289:European Rugby Champions Cup
2588:"Six Nations roll of honour"
2564:, Ballina RFC, 15 March 2022
2317:Rugby: A New Zealand History
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2084:, BBC Sport, 29 January 2023
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6885:Rugby union in Ireland
5684:List of Irish kingdoms
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3583:Rugby union in Europe
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2344:History of the IRFU
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4001:Sports league
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3996:League system
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