International Rugby Board (1983: Doomsday)
From Alternative History
The official international governing body for the sport of rugby union is the International Rugby Board, founded in 1886 by the national unions of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as the International Rugby Football Board. It was reestablished in Auckland, ANZC in 1992, and renamed the International Rugby Board in 1997. The headquarters were moved to their current location, Dublin, Celtic Alliance, in 2005.
The IRB oversees the Rugby World Cup and other prominent international competitions. The IRB also oversees standards for national governing bodies, establishes laws for the sport, and suspends players and nations from competition if deemed necessary.
Member nations as of October 2009 were as follows:
- Alpine Confederation
- ANZC
- Bermuda
- Canada
- Celtic Alliance
- Chile
- Kingdom of Cleveland
- Colombia
- Denmark
- East Caribbean Federation
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- Fiji
- Guyana
- Iberica
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Japan
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Municipal States of the Pacific
- New Britain
- North Germany
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Norway
- Pais del Oro
- Paraguay
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Portugal
- Prussia
- Siberia
- Singapore
- Tonga
- Union of South Africa
- United American Republic
- Venezuela
- Victoria
The next Rugby World Cup is scheduled for 2011, in the New Zealand area of the ANZC. Qualification will begin in the fall of 2010, with one of the eight berths given to the host ANZC.
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