Anglo-Saxon

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"In the 1980s, the IRB began to drop its Anglo-Saxon bias," This was added by User:MacRusgail glad to see that a Scot is "on side" and thinks of Ireland, Wales and Scotland as Anglo-Saxon :-) -- PBS (talk) 21:19, 25 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Name change

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According to the website of the former FIRA-AER, they have just changed name to Rugby Europe. I do not have the skill to change the name of the whole article.Hentheden (talk) 13:08, 23 June 2014 (UTC) http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/article-629.htmReply

Rugby Europe members

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I created a table that put all the Rugby Europe National teams into a table listed by their World Rugby Rankings (accurate as of 26 February 2018), World Cup appearances, and the European tournaments they are currently playing. However, there is still much work to be done as many of the members as listed by Rugby Europe either are not currently playing in a tournament or are no longer existing. Please feel free in adding any information you may have on the countries not listed in the table but are listed as Rugby Europe members

Performance (Men)

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Nation World Rugby European Tournament Participation Tournament Tier
World Ranking Ranking Points World Cup Appearances World Cup Years

(Winning Year in Bold)

  England 2 89.38 8 1987,1991,1995,1999,2003,2007,2011,2015 Six Nations tier-1
  Ireland 3 87.21 8 1987,1991,1995,1999,2003,2007,2011,2015 Six Nations tier-1
  Scotland 5 84.43 8 1987,1991,1995,1999,2003,2007,2011,2015 Six Nations tier-1
  Wales 7 83.07 8 1987,1991,1995,1999,2003,2007,2011,2015 Six Nations tier-1
  France 10 77.56 8 1987,1991,1995,1999,2003,2007,2011,2015 Six Nations tier-1
  Georgia 12 73.46 4 2003,2007,2011,2015 Rugby Europe Championship tier-2
  Italy 14 71.13 8 1987,1991,1995,1999,2003,2007,2011,2015 Six Nations tier-1
  Romania 16 68.24 8 1987,1991,1995,1999,2003,2007,2011,2015 Rugby Europe Championship tier-2
  Spain 19 64.59 1 1999 Rugby Europe Championship tier-2
  Russia 20 62.88 1 2011 Rugby Europe Championship tier-2
  Portugal 24 58.76 1 2007 Rugby Europe Trophy tier-3
  Germany 25 56.53 0 Rugby Europe Championship tier-2
  Belgium 28 55.37 0 Rugby Europe Championship tier-2
  Netherlands 29 55.13 0 Rugby Europe Trophy tier-3
   Switzerland 31 53.38 0 Rugby Europe Trophy tier-3
  Czech Republic 33 53.28 0 Rugby Europe Trophy tier-3
  Poland 34 52.14 0 Rugby Europe Trophy tier-3
  Lithuania 36 50.68 0 Conference North 1 tier-4
  Ukraine 37 49.05 0 Conference North 1 tier-4
  Malta 39 48.89 0 Conference South 1 tier-4
  Moldova 45 47.48 0 Rugby Europe Trophy tier-3
  Latvia 50 45.65 0 Conference North 1 tier-4
  Croatia 56 44.71 0 Conference South 1 tier-4
  Israel 58 43.64 0 Conference South 1 tier-4
  Sweden 60 42.84 0 Conference North 1 tier-4
  Luxembourg 63 41.20 0 Conference North 2 tier-5
  Andorra 67 38.88 0 Conference South 1 tier-4
  Slovenia 68 38.81 0 Conference South 2 tier-5
  Hungary 72 37.76 0 Conference North 1 tier-4
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 74 33.69 0 Conference South 1 tier-4
  Austria 79 35.79 0 Conference South 2 tier-5
  Denmark 83 34.89 0 Conference North 2 tier-5
  Serbia 84 34.87 0 Conference South 2 tier-5
  Bulgaria 84 29.94 0 Development tier-6
  Norway 96 29.52 0 Conference North 2 tier-5
  Finland 98 28.53 0 Conference North 2 tier-5
  Monaco 102 23.17 0 N/A N/A
  Greece 103 22.55 0 N/A N/A

Rugby Europe has no authority over Six Nations

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The article needs  a lot of revising. Someone has listed the Six Nations implying Rugby Europe have administer this tournament when in fact they have no involvement in it, as specified in Article 1.3.2 of Rugby Europe's Bye-Laws (see Here) The people that administer the Six Nations Championship are Six Nations Rugby LTD (See Here). Another two tournaments that Rugby Europe don't administer is the European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup. Clubs from Six Nations countries participate in these tournaments only. This needs to be made clear for readers. Another wiki article may be created to talk about rugby competitions played in Europe but Six nations Rugby Championship should not be covered as it is covered in the article as it has nothing to do with Rugby Europe  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.0.116.86 (talk) 01:07, 24 November 2018 (UTC)Reply