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International Rugby Board

LC control no.nb2005009699
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingInternational Rugby Board
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Variant(s)IRB (Organization)
See alsoPredecessor: International Rugby Football Board
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Successor: World Rugby (Organization)
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Beginning date1998
Ending date2014-11
LocatedDublin (Ireland)
Field of activityRugby Union football
Found inIRB world of rugby, Jan.-Mar. 2002: t.p. (International Rugby Board)
World Rugby yearbook 2016, ©2015.
Wikipedia, 19 January 2017 (World Rugby (WR) is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union organises the Rugby World Cup every four years; headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland; founded as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) in 1886 by Scotland, Wales and Ireland, with England joining in 1890; The body was renamed the International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1998, and took up its current name in November 2014)
Not found inLaws of the game of rugby football with instructions and notes on the laws, as framed by the International Rugby Football Board, 1994
Associated languageeng