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unusual facts about Australian Rugby Union


Cairns and District Rugby Union

They are an affiliated Sub-Union of the Queensland Rugby Union and ultimately the Australian Rugby Union and are run by 9 member clubs spread across the region from Innisfail to the South, Port Douglas and surrounds to the North and west to the Tablelands.


Denan Kemp

In April 2011 Kemp signed a contract with the Australian Rugby Union and was a part of the Australian Sevens squad that traveled to London for the IRB Sevens.

Johnnie Wallace

With no Queensland Rugby Union administration or competition in place from 1919 to 1929, the New South Wales Waratahs were the top Australian representative rugby union side of the period and a number of the fixtures of 1920s which were played against full international opposition were decreed by the Australian Rugby Union in 1986 as official Test matches.

Tom Lawton, Snr

With no Queensland Rugby Union competition in place at that time the New South Wales Waratahs were the top Australian representative rugby union side of the period and a number of Waratah matches of the 1920s played against full international opponents were in 1986 decreed by the Australian Rugby Union as Test matches.


see also

Australia national rugby team

Australia national rugby union team, often nicknamed the Wallabies, administered by the Australian Rugby Union.

Brockhoff

David Brockhoff (1928–2011), Australian rugby union identity a state and national representative

Douglas McLean

Doug McLean, Sr. (1880–1947), Australian rugby union and rugby league player

Edwin Carr

Slip Carr (Edwin William Carr, 1899–1971), his father, Australian rugby union player and Olympic sprinter

Ernest Dixon

Blue Dixon (Ernest Joseph Dixon, c. 1885–c. 1941), Australian rugby union player

McLinden

Mark McLinden (born 1979), Australian rugby union and rugby league player

Nicholas Jones

Nick Farr-Jones (born 1962), former Australian rugby union footballer

Paddy Moran

Herbert Moran (1885–1945), Australian rugby union player, known as Paddy Moran

SANZAR

This concept was developed by Queensland Rugby Union CEO Terry Doyle, NSW CEO David Moffett and Australian Rugby Union CEO Bruce Hayman.

William Tanner

Dooee Tanner, William Henry Tanner, Australian rugby union player