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South African Rugby Football Union
Homepage: http://www.sarugby.net/
Rules and regulations: http://www.irb.com/lawregulations/index.html
Overview:
The South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU)
was founded in 1992, resulting from the unification
of then South African Rugby Board and the South
African Rugby Union. The importance of the South
African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) does not
only lie in the fact that it is the national governing
body for the sport; SARFU also paved the way for
South Africa to be readmitted to the international
scene after years of absence.
Over the years, SARFU has been successful in promoting
rugby in South Africa. It successfully initiated
a development program in 1993 to enjoin more people
into the sport; and has also attracted significant
investments in the last 10 years. It has also
led South Africa into being one of the top rugby
playing nations in the world, ranked by the International
Rugby Board.
To date, SARFU has 14 member provincial unions:
Blue Bulls (Pretoria), Boland (Wellington), Border
(East London), Eastern Province (Port Elizabeth),
Falcons (Springs), Free State (Bloemfontein),
Golden Lions (Gauteng), Griffons (Welkom), Griqualand
West (Kimberley), Leopards (Potchefstroom), Mpumalanga
(Witbank), Natal (Durban), South Western Districts
(George), and Western Province (Cape Town).
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