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List of international rugby union teams

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The following is a list of international rugby union teams:

Any team added to this list should have a corresponding Category:International rugby union teams or Category:National rugby union teams link put into the bottom of its article to keep the category database up to date.

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[edit] Multinational teams

[edit] Combination sides

The British and Irish Lions are a separate case, being a combination of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

A similar development has been of a Pacific Islanders XV combining Fiji, Tonga, and Manu Samoa.

The South American Jaguars were a combination team consisting of players from Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile who played the Springboks during the early 1980s.

The African Leopards are a development side drawn from across Africa, who have played representational rugby union against South African students.

In the aftermath of the Boxing Day 2005 tsunami, a Northern hemisphere side took on a Southern hemisphere side in the IRB Rugby Aid Match.

CIS also played during the early 1990s, comprising the Commonwealth of Independent States.

World XV sides have also been fielded.

[edit] Invitation sides

There are some invitation sides, most famously the Barbarian Football Club, and its spawned New Zealand Barbarians and French Barbarians.

[edit] National teams

[edit] First tier

as defined by the IRB

[edit] Second tier

as defined by the IRB

[edit] Third tier

as defined by the IRB

[edit] External links

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