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2014 in rugby union

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Here are the match results of the 2014 Rugby union season.

Qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, meanwhile the Six Nations Championship and The Rugby Championship are set for another season.

International tournaments

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Rugby sevens

News

  • March 24: The Australian Rugby Union announces the launch of the National Rugby Championship, the newest attempt to establish a nationwide domestic competition in that country. The inaugural season will feature nine teams and will begin in August 2014.{{cite press release|url=http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/11186/ARU-Board-approves-nine-team-National-Rugby-Championship-to-start-in-August-2014.aspx |title=ARU Board approves nine team National Rugby Championship to start in August 2014 |publisher=Australian Rugby Union |date=2014-03-24 |accessdate=2014-03-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324074858/http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/11186/ARU-Board-approves-nine-team-National-Rugby-Championship-to-start-in-August-2014.aspx |archivedate=2014-03-24 }}
  • April 10 – An agreement is reached to replace the current European club championships, the top-level Heineken Cup and second-tier European Challenge Cup, with a new structure. Details are as follows:{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/26981154 |title=European Rugby Cup: Heineken Cup replacement gets go-ahead |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2014-04-10 |accessdate=2014-04-10}}
  • The Heineken Cup will be replaced by the new European Rugby Champions Cup, with the number of competing teams reduced from 24 to 20.
  • The European Challenge Cup will have a minor name change to European Rugby Challenge Cup. It will continue to involve 20 clubs.
  • A completely new third-tier Qualifying Competition will be introduced. It will involve top clubs from Italy's National Championship of Excellence, plus clubs from European nations outside of those involved in the Six Nations. Two teams will advance from this competition to the Challenge Cup.
  • European Rugby Cup, which ran the Heineken Cup and original Challenge Cup, will be replaced by a new body known as European Professional Club Rugby.
  • 31 July – The International Rugby Board announces that it and Global Rugby Enterprises Limited, owner of the International Rugby Hall of Fame, have reached an agreement to merge the International Hall into the IRB Hall of Fame. The merger is to take effect by the end of 2014, and will see all 37 members of the International Hall not previously honoured by the IRB enter what will eventually become the World Rugby Hall of Fame (see 28 August item below for more details).{{cite press release |url=http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid=2072560.html#rugby+greats+join+definitive+hall+fame |title=Rugby greats to join definitive Hall of Fame |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=31 July 2014 |accessdate=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812213421/http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid=2072560.html#rugby+greats+join+definitive+hall+fame |archive-date=2014-08-12 |url-status=dead }}
  • 28 August – The IRB announces that effective 19 November, it will change its name to World Rugby.{{cite press release|url=http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid=2072837.html#irb+change+name+world+rugby |title=IRB to change name to World Rugby |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=28 August 2014 |accessdate=28 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903113040/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid%3D2072837.html |archivedate=3 September 2014 }}

See also

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Category:Years of the 21st century in rugby union