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John Fyfe's son

Hi there - I have just created a brief stub on John Fyfe who represented Scotland at international level. My source makes mention that his son represented Scotlanf at rugby - it doesn't mention his name, and it doesn't mention his code. However I suspect it is Ken Fyfe - his place of birth matches with the Fyfe family moving to India. Can anyone confirm either way? Please ping me if so. Thanks in advance! Giant Snowman 19:04, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Jonathan Bell (rugby union)

Hello fellow rugby lovers. While writing the said player's article in Italian I noticed he was named in the Irish squad at 2003 RWC (see here). Regards! -- SERGIO aka the Black Cat 18:07, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Rugby World Cup Editathon

Hello! For all those interested in improving content relating to Rugby Union there will be a Rugby World Cup Edit-a-thon at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on September 7th. Please spread the word, and sign up here Jason.nlw (talk) 13:23, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Did I mention there will be a free lunch? Jason.nlw (talk) 09:07, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Dave Gallaher nominated at Featured Article Candidates

I nominated Dave Gallaher – the Irish-born captain of New Zealand's 1905 rugby team – at Featured Article candidates about ten days ago but haven't yet had a single comment (other than an image review). If anyone has the time or inclination to give their feedback on the article at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Dave Gallaher/archive1 it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Shudde ^talk 08:53, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

FR / IT / EN WikiProject Rugby union

Hello

if you work on some articles, it will be good for it wikipedia and fr wikipedia. In the other sense too. We better Scotland national rugby union team (Écosse GA). And some bio : Vincent Clerc (fr:Vincent Clerc), Walter Spanghero (fr:Walter Spanghero), Pierre Albaladejo (fr:Pierre Albaladejo).

I'm working on fr:Sergio Parisse. If a contributor wants to do it in English, we will enjoy each other's work (illustrations sources, etc.).

Somebody is interested ? Dd (talk) 14:30, 1 May 2015 (UTC) Dd (d)

@Dd: I'm always looking to collaborate, but my main problem is that I don't have all the sources that I'd like. If my personal library was larger I'd definitely edit articles that I don't bother with at the moment. And unfortunately I'm limited to writing in English -- so I can't help with translations either! Copy-editing and formatting are things I can do most easily. But I hate to say I've not had much luck with collaborating with other RU-focused editors; I've had the odd fruitful one, but I think many people are focused on more current events oriented articles than I am. -- Shudde ^talk 09:35, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

@Shudde: the interest is actually available sources and therefore the international pooling. I managed to have Featured Article for Vincent Clerc (fr:Vincent Clerc), Walter Spanghero (fr:Walter Spanghero), Pierre Albaladejo (fr:Pierre Albaladejo). And now Michel Crauste (fr:Michel Crauste), Jean Gachassin (fr:Jean Gachassin), Fabien Galthié (fr:Fabien Galthié). Long ago we took advantage of the English working on All Blacks and conversely we do Featured Article of national teams. To update these items we have interest to each other Wikipedia's resources : Wales -> Wales team and welsh players, N-Z, Italy and France... You can do your market here (fr label, BA or B) when you want (Italie (Italy), Écosse (Scotland)) and reciprocally (The Original All Blacks (fr:Tournée de l'équipe de Nouvelle-Zélande de rugby à XV en 1905-1906), Dave Gallagher). Good luck ! Dd (talk) 21:21, 7 July 2015 (UTC) Dd (d)

+1. fr:Christian Darrouy. Dd (talk) 18:59, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Phil Danaher

Hello, I noticed that Danaher was named in the Ireland squad at 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, though he newer went on the pitch. -- SERGIO aka the Black Cat 17:59, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Ruggero Trevisan

Hello, the player quit playing on June 2015 at age 25 because of too many injuries and later entered seminary in Rome to be ordained priest. All the sources are in the Italian article. -- SERGIO aka the Black Cat 21:35, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Category:2015 Rugby World Cup

Hello, is anyone attending the 2015 World Cup? Please take photos and videos. Thanks! --NaBUru38 (talk) 18:41, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Yes I encourage this too. There were some great photos uploaded from the last World Cup, and considering this one is in England and Wales, with the substantially larger population, I hope we see even more this year! -- Shudde ^talk 05:07, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Please help evaluate a draft submitted to AFC review

Please evaluate Draft:Scottish Rugby Schools Conference, particularly for notability. If you do not wish to, or know how to, perfprm a full AFC review simply post your opinion to the draft's Talk page. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:51, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Please, this draft has been waiting for almost three weeks. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:32, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

@Dodger67: If this brings no result, you should bring in some active members, perhaps? Callmemirela 🍁 {Talk} ♑ 00:53, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

This should also come to members' attention for reviewing about rugby. Callmemirela 🍁 {Talk} ♑ 01:20, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Will Green

Will Green (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Would someone please check the recent edits by an IP who has used some very confident edit summaries. If the IP's edits should be retained, the height needs to be fixed:

{{convert|5|ft|11|in|abbr=on}} → 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

The problem is that this ref says 6 ft 0 in and 256 lb. My instinct tells me the IP's claims should be checked but I don't know which sources are reliable. Johnuniq (talk) 07:18, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

- I've reverted and given a reason on the articles' talk page. FruitMonkey (talk) 18:00, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Winning streaks in international matches

I'm looking for any views on when a "winning streak" in international fixtures ends. I changed the winning streaks on the Australia v England article so that the streak end date is the date of the final win, rather than the next defeat. For example - Australia's record winning streak is 4 games, which took place on 3/11/84, 23/5/87, 29/5/88 and 12/6/88 - the streak end date is shown as 5/11/88, which is the date of England's next win. To me, the winning streak ended on 12th June 1988, but the change has been reverted so that the streak continues to 5th November 1988 - it seems a bit absurd to run a "winning streak" to a date past the last win - does anyone have any opinions either way? --Bcp67 (talk) 20:13, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

I think it would depend on the way it is phrased. For the above, I think one would say "Australia had a four-game winning streak from 3/11/1984 to 12/6/1988", but you would also say "Australia's four-game winning streak ended on 5/11/1988, when they lost to England". In the article you specified, which simply indicates the date range of the winning streak, it would be similar to the former, so ending on 12/6/1988 would be correct and I fully agree with your interpretation. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 06:28, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Chris Wyles

Hello, is actually this photograph suitable for Commons? I noticed that its uploader has some contributions of uncertain source.. -- SERGIO aka the Black Cat 18:02, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Tribute Somerset 3 South & notability

I have looked at Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union/Notability and the levels at English rugby union system but am unsure about the notability of some Rugby competition articles:

could some advise whether they should be nominated for deletion?— Rod ^talk 14:14, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

I have now nominated most of these at: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tribute Somerset 3 South.— Rod ^talk 10:59, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Glengarth Sevens

Nominated for AfD today - this sevens tournament had some notable participants but hard to claim notability for the event itself, and there is no secondary sourcing. Discussion here WP:Articles for deletion/Glengarth Sevens if anyone wants to comment --Bcp67 (talk) 13:17, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Rugby league or Rugby union

Some Rugby players have "rugby league" after their name and other players have "rugby union". What is the difference?--DThomsen8 (talk) 18:49, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Those are two completely different sports. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 19:21, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Draft:Nathan Daly

Hello rugby experts. Is this a notable player, and should the page be kept and improved, or deleted as a stale draft?—Anne Delong (talk) 23:56, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

He never played first grade for Brisbane Broncos and Sydney Roosters, and so is not notable that way. Can a rugby union expert confirm if he played for Munster and if that makes him notable? Mattlore (talk) 23:49, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

He never played for Munster either. It looks like he just played for an amateur club in the Munster region. I'd would say delete it. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 07:30, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. It's gone.—Anne Delong (talk) 10:26, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Tom Lister (rugby union)

Hi, I've just created an article (up there) and I'm wondering if the link on List of New Zealand national rugby union players of his name will be updated? (like red to blue link?) It's my first article so I've got no idea, haha. Sirpottingmix (talk) 20:11, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi there @Sirpottingmix:, the link on List of New Zealand national rugby union players was pointing to Thomas Lister (rugby player), not Tom Lister (rugby union). I updated the link on that page – and South Canterbury Rugby Football Union – to point to the page you created. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 21:31, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Andy Rock

In random-ing around, I came across Andy Rock - a long time unsourced BLP for an English rugby union player. Is Rock notable, and if so can anyone come up with some references to support the article? Thanks. -- Finlay McWalterᚠTalk 00:55, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

@Finlay McWalter: I looked at the article my self yesterday (great find!), just checked again and Hack has since added references/information. You probably know this already, but still. :) Sirpottingmix (talk) 21:41, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Kevin Sinfield's nomination for BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

Any responses to Talk:2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award#Kevin Sinfield from members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union would be appreciated as it concerns rugby union. Thanks. Leeds United FC fan (talk) 20:15, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Richie McCaw nominated for in the News

I've nominated Richie McCaw receiving the Order of New Zealand to be on Wikipedia's front page for In The News: Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates. Please add your opinion on whether or not it should be featured. Thanks! —Мандичка^YO 😜 16:45, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Help Me!

Hey guys, I'm hoping to help create atricles on red links on list of All Black representatives. I've created one already and I've got another in the making. I felt a bit stink when Paora added the All Black Id and number to my first article which I probably could've done myself. This might be a silly question, but if someone could fill me in on how to add the All Black ID in the infobox?? I have the All Black number just no idea how to add the ID and how it links to the All Black profile. Thanks. Sirpottingmix (talk) 04:04, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

No need to feel stink mate, happy to help when you are doing a great job! The All Black ID is just the number in the URL for the player page on the AB website, e.g. for Mickey Kiernan, the URL for his profile is http://stats.allblacks.com/ASP/Profile.asp?ABID=458 so his All Black ID for the infobox is 458, while his All Black number is 99. Paora (talk) 05:33, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Welcome to wikipedia and the project --Guerillero | Parlez Moi 05:47, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

National team infoboxes

Apparently there is a new Template:Infobox national rugby team. Were others aware of this? I am seeing it popping up in certain national team articles. Some aspects of it seem like improvements over the prior version, but I'm not thrilled about other aspects of it. CUA 27 (talk) 03:52, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

I don't really see the need for it either. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 17:31, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

To be clear, I like a number of the changes: (1) adds the current/best/worst rankings, which are highly relevant; (2) removes all those distracting flags, and (3) changes "coaches" to "head coach", which is good, because we don't need to lard up the infobox with a whole bunch of assistants. CUA 27 (talk) 20:56, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

But I have the following concerns regarding information of little use added to the infobox that does little more than add clutter: (1) the confederation doesn't need to be there, as confederations don't mean much in rugby. (2) The location of the biggest win/defeat doesn't seem important enough to add to the infobox. (3) We don't need to add the trigramme, that is not key information that most fans are looking for. CUA 27 (talk) 03:01, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

If others agree to your opinion CUA 27, we then need to start making changes to the current template and cleaning up most of the national sides articles. Only thing I would disagree with is your idea of not having the location of the biggest win/defeat. To me personally I think it gives a bit more information to readers just in case they would want to know, just my opinion. Kidsoljah (talk) 00:35, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Kidsoljah — Thanks for the response. I'm glad you are fine with two of the three changes I mentioned. On the third change, however, regarding location of the biggest win/loss, I don't see the value. If Spain defeats some poor team by 100 points, I don't see why the location of the game is so important as to go into the infobox. What does it matter if Spain's 100 point win is home or away? If at home, what does it matter whether the game was in Madrid, or Barcelona, or Sevilla, and do we need to link to those cities? CUA 27 (talk) 03:06, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

CUA 27, you have a valid point, I agree with you on not having the link to the cities, I think that can be left out. But I still personally and strongly think that they should be mentioned because some readers like myself would want to know where some matches are played. I get your side of it but I think it's still an important piece of information of the teams history. Also like I said if other users agree with your side, then we need to start making changes. Thanks, Kidsoljah (talk) 00:10, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Kidsoljah: Ok, I can live with that — i.e., include the place name but no need to link. We'll see if TheMightyPeanut or any others have anything to add to this discussion. If not, we can implement this proposal. CUA 27 (talk) 01:07, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Sounds good CUA 27. Kidsoljah (talk) 03:10, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Re the point your're discussing – in my opinion, a lot of people are trying to cram too much into the infobox. Personally, I feel the opposition and scoreline would suffice in the infobox. Yet, this should also be mentioned in the article itself, where is can provide much more information, such as the date, the venue, the competition and points scorers. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 07:04, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

I agree. There is already a fair amount of detail in the infobox, and saving details for the article text is the better approach. I'd prefer we include the score and date, but not location. If people want to know these details, they can read the article. (If these details are not important enough to be included in the article, they shouldn't be in the infobox either, per Help:Infobox. Kidsoljah, what do you think? CUA 27 (talk) 04:13, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

I agree CUA 27. Kidsoljah (talk) 08:03, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Draft:John Paul Kelly

Can anyone confirm whether any of Draft:John Paul Kelly is real? He was allegedly a major player for Exeter Chiefs. In either way, please comment at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:John Paul Kelly. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 00:24, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

2016 Women's Six Nations Championship

Hello, if it may help, here are the reports of Ireland vs Scotland and Wales vs Italy at Women's Six Nations (indicating the scoring sequence, I mean). -- SERGIO aka the Black Cat 12:08, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
PS. m = try, tr = conversion, c.p. = penalty kick.

Discussion - 2016 Super Rugby log

Hi all, just a quick note. There's been a bit of discussion regarding the format of the log for the 2016 Super Rugby season. I opened a discussion here, please feel free to add your thoughts if you're so inclined. Thanks, TheMightyPeanut (talk) 13:25, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Corrections

Hello ..... Jacques Brunel is no longer the head coach of Italy national team. His contract expired at the end of 2016 Six Nations and for the next season he will be assistant coach at the French side Bordeaux-Bègles. Conor O'Shea has been named today Italy's head coach according to BBC. -- SERGIO aka the Black Cat 14:44, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Rugby sevens national team names

Is there a reason why the national rugby sevens teams are listed at Foo national rugby union team (sevens) instead of Foo national rugby sevens team? This would match the article at Rugby sevens instead of Rugby union sevens or Rugby union (sevens) etc. I was considering proposing a move but thought I would get some input from the project before hand. Any suggestions? With the olympics this year, it would probably make the articles easier to find for people not familiar with rugby union pages. Mattlore (talk) 19:58, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

I don't know why it's like that, but I would back a proposal to move them. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 20:05, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Great idea. The tournament articles already follow the format you propose -- e.g., "Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics", not "Rugby union (sevens) at the Summer Olympics". CUA 27 (talk) 21:14, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

I'd also support a move as suggested. --Bcp67 (talk) 22:44, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

The reason why those articles are where they are is because there is also a sevens form of rugby league (see rugby league sevens), and the league lot are an uppity bunch who, in the past, have objected to the assumption that rugby union is the superior code of the game (which it is). I don't know where I personally stand on the issue, but I do agree that there should be a mass discussion. Someone will need to post a discussion notice on the talk page of every single national sevens team article, and it may even be advisable to post on the rugby league WikiProject talk page. No problem having the discussion here. – Pee Jay 22:57, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

According to Rugby League World Sevens, that tournament is a) defunct and b) not actually play by countries, but by club sides. There is a Latino Rugby League Sevens tournament, the country links on that page point to the main rugby league national teams, not to sevens teams. So for the time being anyway, there shouldn't be a clash if those naming conventions are used. However, if the proposed naming convention prove to be a non-runner, I would suggest an alternative of Foo national rugby union sevens team. Mattlore's suggested Foo national rugby sevens team would be preferable though. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 23:18, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Now might be a good time for me to point out to User:PeeJay2K3 that I'm one of the uppity bunch who follow the superior game of rugby league :P That doesn't mean I can't suggest improvements to other parts of the encyclopedia though. Yes, if the conversation here is supportive of my proposal (which it seems to be) then the next step is a big RM request and subsequent discussion. Mattlore (talk) 00:05, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

All in jest, fella ;) And yes, TMP, Rugby League World Sevens may be a defunct competition, but the sevens form of the game itself is still played. – Pee Jay 08:18, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

I don't think the fact that Rugby League Sevens exists is a problem. The articles for the sports are Rugby league sevens and Rugby sevens. Besides, rugby (union) sevens is by far the more popular code, having a World Series, World Cup, and Olympic tournament. Grande (talk) 19:45, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

I have requested the move at Talk:Great_Britain_national_rugby_union_team_(sevens)#Requested move 20 March 2016. Mattlore (talk) 20:16, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
Move(s) completed. Mattlore (talk) 20:35, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi

Hello, last weekend I was in Parma for a convention and since my hotel was just near to the new stadium, I got the chance to take some photographs of the venue (you can find them here on Commons). Regards, -- SERGIO aka the Black Cat 22:45, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

USA Rugby -- hatnote

There is a dispute over at USA Rugby about whether to add a WP:Hatnote, and if so, what the hatnote should point to. There is an editor (active under different IPs that has made the same revert four times) who is quite insistent that the USA Rugby article must include a hatnote and that the hatnote must point to USA Rugby League. Any views on what the best solution is? Has this come up on other articles, and if so, how has it been handled? Thanks. CUA 27 (talk) 00:02, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Have you thought about creating a disambiguation page (USA Rugby (disambiguation)) with a hat note from all the relevant articles pointing there? Calistemon (talk) 00:07, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

A hatnote linking to USA Rugby League seems sensible and justified per Wikipedia:SIMILAR. Hack (talk) 09:06, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

New template

We have a new template in enwiki, {{Football kit and logo}}, that I belive will related with copyright violations. --IM-yb (talk) 22:58, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

IP changing height/weight

Special:Contributions/82.15.63.115 seems to adjust values in infoboxes. Someone familiar with the topic may like to think about whether the changes are helpful. Johnuniq (talk) 10:22, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Eastern Counties

I think I've found a hole in Wiki - see e.g. David Emms, who played for that select team. Eastern Counties in that article points to a DAB page full of irrelevancies. IIRC (it was a bit before my time) there were several regional rugby teams, including Eastern Counties, who played regular (annual?) representative matches. Eastern Counties 1 and so on may be successors to the name, but are not the same thing at all. I doubt Eastern Counties (rugby) deserves an article, but British regional rugby union teams (or amateur competitions, or competitive drinking, or something) might. Narky Blert (talk) 00:58, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

If they meet WP:GNG they will warrant an article. I know many regional selections were considered first-class and would be considered very notable. The fact that they no longer hold that status is irrelevant as notability is not temporary (see WP:NTEMP). I would happily help but I have no sources. From memory there are probably a number of French regional/national selections that would also be notable, as during the amateur era touring teams generally played them and not club sides. Could be wrong about that though. -- Shudde ^talk 14:22, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Definitely merit an article. Eastern Counties is one of the county rugby unions which are "constituent bodies" of the RFU. They aren't the same as the "Western Counties" etc which used to play representative games against touring sides and were formed of players from various county sides. Eastern Counties adminster the game in Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire and used to include Essex until they split off. They are still very much active and are the same sort of body & team as Lancashire Rugby Football Union, North Midlands Rugby Football Union and so on. I've created a few articles on the RFU county bodies and I'll have a look at starting one out for Eastern Counties. They have their own website and should be enough stuff around online and in books to pass the GNG. --Bcp67 (talk) 19:26, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

There's a basic stub in place now for ECRU and I've fixed the link to David Emms, added the article to the dab page and got some other articles linked. Thanks to Narky Blert for spotting this. --Bcp67 (talk) 06:58, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Seb Adeniran-Olule

Just thought I'd notify members of the project that the above rugby player has been put up for AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2016 May 20#Seb Adeniran-Olule. It's true that there's virtually nothing to the article at present, but as he appears to have played for Harlequins a couple of times, he might pass notability requirements if some more information can be found about him... the article isn't tagged for WikiProject Rugby Union so the AfD won't appear on the project's alerts listing. Richard3120 (talk) 20:17, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Auto-assessment of article classes

Following a recent discussion at WP:VPR, there is consensus for an opt-in bot task that automatically assesses the class of articles based on classes listed for other project templates on the same page. In other words, if WikiProject A has evaluated an article to be C-class and WikiProject B hasn't evaluated the article at all, such a bot task would automatically evaluate the article as C-class for WikiProject B.

If you think auto-assessment might benefit this project, consider discussing it with other members here. For more information or to request an auto-assessment run, please visit User:BU RoBOT/autoassess. This is a one-time message to alert projects with over 1,000 unassessed articles to this possibility. ~ Rob^Talk 01:22, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Discussion of interest

There is a discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union/Project banner which may interest your project. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 15:35, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Broken infobox

Just a note, our current infobox (which has been shit since day one) no longer shows nicknames, maybe someone can fix that..--Ste moc 01:02, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Move discussion at Talk:Greater_Sydney_Rams

Hello all

There is a move discussion at Talk:Greater_Sydney_Rams, proposing to move it to the Western Sydney Rams, that hasn't had any input yet. If anyone has an opinion on that, please contribute. Thanks — Amakuru (talk) 23:02, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Raphaël Ibañez

Hello

we are working on fr:Raphaël Ibañez (Raphaël Ibañez), it will be a french GA nominated ; it can be interesting for you... Dd (talk) 21:17, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Scottish Cup

If that may help you, in the Italian article Scottish Cup I wrote the information for all the finals with at least one source per each of them. Regards, SERGIO aka the Black Cat 15:57, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

France Sevens (adding European results)

This is me thinking, but what about merging the Lyon Sevens and the France Sevens into one article as there is a massive gap of 10 years between the last French tournament and the current international tournament. Of course I would like some thoughts on this as we have got Singapore Sevens and the China Sevens merged together so why not merge the French tournaments. Matt294069 is coming 01:57, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Yes, for mine, it's probably okay to do that so long as certain conditions are satisfied. It provides one overview page per nation, rather than scattered amongst several articles.

As an aside, at least for the past 10 years or so, there seems to be a pattern for a maximum of one main international sevens tournament a year per World Rugby member (i.e. country) – be it a World Series event or the next step down at continental series level. I'm happy to be corrected on this. Maybe Hong Kong might have been a rare exception on an occasion or two, but even there, the main tournament has been hosted every year since the early 1970s and there is no doubt as to the premier event status.

In a similar vein, the events hosted from 1986 to 1988 at Concord Oval in Sydney were the premier international sevens tournaments in Australia during that period, with national teams from New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Scotland, Wales, and so on, competing.

It makes a bit of sense for the main tournament hosted within a country (be it on the world circuit or the relevant continental circuit) to be summarised on one page, e.g. the regular international sevens tournament alternating between Shanghai and Beijing, (in some years these were on the Asian Sevens Series circuit) are grouped under China Sevens. Of course, only events on the World Series should be formatted with a blue box around the year.

I was involved with editing the Singapore Sevens results to include international sevens tournaments within the Asian Sevens series; it just made easy sense as all events were being referred to as the Singapore Sevens. -- Ham105 (talk) 04:45, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Actually, even if there was the occasional season where a particular country hosted more than one main international sevens tournament, it would probably still make most sense to summarise them on the one page in Wikipedia. -- Ham105 (talk) 05:01, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
I have gone ahead in the spirit of WP:Bold and moved the European results into the France Sevens article to see how it looks, and think works better than having two separate pages. Obviously if a consensus forms otherwise, this can be reverted. -- Ham105 (talk) 08:47, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

That does look a lot better now. Matt294069 is coming 01:11, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Gareth Edwards

There is presently a discussion going on to move Gareth Edwards to Gareth Edwards (rugby player) to disambiguate him from the new Star Wars film director. I think the rugby player is still the main topic despite not achieving the majority of hits. If you would like to discuss either way, please do so on his talk page. FruitMonkey (talk) 07:21, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

In terms of their relative notability within their respective fields, I'd say the rugby player is still more notable, but in terms of general notability across all fields, they're much closer. Perhaps it is time to move Gareth Edwards to Gareth Edwards (rugby player) and let Gareth Edwards be a disambiguation page. – Pee Jay 08:03, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Notability question

Just looking at creating an article, but looking to see if they clear notability. They are a sevens player who has played in the IRB Rugby Sevens World Series, but not the World Cup, Commonwealth Games or Olympics that is described at Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union/Notability. To me it should be okay, but just looking to make sure I don't waste my time.Fleets (talk) 20:46, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Can I assume that someone who has featured in the IRB Rugby Sevens World Series is sufficiently noteworthy under the rugby notability guidelines?Fleets (talk) 16:02, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

They seem to be, as per WP:NRU. As long as they were well sourced, they may meet WP:GNG regardless. Mattlore (talk) 20:07, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Cheers for that insight Mattlore, much appreciated.Fleets (talk) 20:32, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Navbox color

I propose that rugby union squad navboxes should contain colors. Many navboxes have color in them, particularly and obviously to show their teams colors. All NBA and NFL navboxes are colored and they're high class notable. Personally I don't know why rugby navboxes aren't allowed color.

Cheers, Kidsoljah (talk) 03:48, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

WP:RU hierarchy decide to make them look shit, nothing we lesser ones can do anything about, I preferred color, it made the navboxes eye catchy and gave the articles they were on a bit of class..now every rugby union player articles look like something a dog took a large shit over..it just carries on from the fact that our rugby infoboxes are more so "soccer infoboxes" with 2 sections, "Caps and Goals" (Who cares about tries, penalties, conversion, drop goals etc).....we, as a project are devolving while the rest of the projects are evolving...If you are still part of this project, I ask you to drop out like I already have--Ste moc 04:10, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

What does adding colours do that makes the article better? Adding extra info into the infoboxes to cover tries etc would be useful but changing the colours of navboxes does not improve things and can contribute to making an article "look like something a dog took a large shit over" rather than making it less so. noq (talk) 12:34, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

No one is suggesting turning articles into cavalcades of colour, only the navboxes. Personally, I find it useful to be able to identify an appropriate navbox immediately by the colours used in the title bar. As the OP suggested, it works very well for NFL and NBA articles, and I can confirm it looks fine on soccer and cricket articles too. As long as the colours used are appropriate and don't cause accessibility issues, I don't see why we shouldn't reinstate the colours to rugby navboxes (not sure about infoboxes though!). – Pee Jay 12:45, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

User:Kidsoljah, others within WP:RU, perhaps even those you've discussed navbox issues with, have created rugby navboxes in the past which have been deleted from the encylopedia. You (or them or me) may think something is good, but doesn't mean you (or them or me) is right. If you don't know why, for example, a stack of ten navboxes lit up in multicolours might flag an issue then refer to MOS:NAVBOXCOLOR point 5: "If an article includes several navboxes whose colors conflict with each other, discretion should be used to minimize the disruption by using the default colors for navboxes". WP:RU is just a group of rugby editors, guided by the Wikipedia:Manual of Style like any other editors. Colour may be used but it must be with discretion without affecting simple readability. -- Ham105 (talk) 12:52, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Ham105, so you're saying that color is allowed? If so, how much? I want to be able to involve three different colors, not just one. Kidsoljah (talk) 20:44, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

I don't think that is what @User:Ham105 is saying. The problem is when you get multiple navboxes with clashing colours the result can be a mess. As the navboxes are templates, adding colour to them will affect all articles with them you can't pick and choose which articles the colours appear on - they appear on all or none. noq (talk) 07:06, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

I agree with that they will look a mess with clashing colors, but many football players articles witness that. I think it's just ridiculous that rugby navboxes can't introduce color because of one simple factor. Kidsoljah (talk) 22:34, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

So why do we need to follow football? Why do we need to introduce colour? To tell you what team someone plays for? That will be in the infobox at the top of the article so why add colour to navboxs at the bottom? Would you scroll to the bottom of an article to look at the colours if you wanted to know the team or read the infobox? noq (talk) 14:02, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

I agree the navboxes should have colour, makes them look better and all other sports I can see (football, cricket, NFL, NBA for a start) have them. Makes rugby look very odd and conservative to not have boxes with colour.Skeene88 (talk) 13:12, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Individual seasons

Is there a particular reason rugby union clubs do not have individual season articles? Leeds United FC fan (talk) 20:57, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Not really? There are a few here and there, but not as many as the league side where you might be coming from. However, there are "current season" articles for competitions. Just not individual club seasons. Sirpottingmix (talk) 07:47, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Fiji ranking

Could someone have a look at the Fiji rankings in the infobox? It had they were current number 1. I changed that to 10 and their highest ranking was number 1. I think it was 10 but I could be wrong.(Mobile mundo (talk) 20:45, 17 November 2016 (UTC))

Please update WP:NRU

I just commented on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giorgi Pruidze. He played for Georgia at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. In evaluating WP:NRU I see it hasn't been updated for the 2015 World Cup. I don't have the knowledge to make sure that the correct update is made and technically that the update should be made, but looks to me someone with the knowledge should. RonSigPi (talk) 21:35, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi @RonSigPi:, that's now been updated. Thanks, TheMightyPeanut (talk) 23:17, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi @TheMightyPeanut: and @RonSigPi: the update doesn't in fact address the change in the definition of High Performance Union by World Rugby.

They have now been split into 2 tiers.

Tier One (the 10 Six Nations/Rugby Championship Unions): England France Italy Ireland Scotland Wales + Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
Tier Two (the other 10 RWC qualified Unions): For the moment for the 2019 World Cup they are Georgia and Japan.

This definition is floating and the players enter and leave the notability status depending on when you look at the qualified teams. I have initiated a discussion on this talk page Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(sports)#NRU_update_High_performance_unions. to address the situation and would appreciate input from others. Domdeparis (talk) 10:24, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Joe Warbrick peer review

Hi all. I've opened a peer review for Joe Warbrick, the 19th century Maori New Zealand rugby player. Hasn't been a new rugby union Featured Article for a while, so I'm looking for feedback here before nominating at WP:FAC sometime early next year. So if anyone has a spare couple of hours over the holiday season I'd appreciate any constructive feedback you're willing to offer. Thanks! -- Shudde ^talk 14:37, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

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Billy Williams (cricketer, born 1861)

Hello, I've just created this article for a Middlesex cricketer of the 19th century who turns out to have been a significant figure in RU. If any of you would like to do the necessary for his RU career, please feel free. You may wish to rename the article and that would be fine. All the best. Jack | ^{talk page} 18:08, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2017 March 16#File:RUeyegouge.jpg.

May be of interest of members of this project Gnevin (talk) 16:24, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Rugby union / Rugby sevens at the Olympics

I have just realised there are some horrible inconsistencies across articles and templates as to whether Rugby union at the Summer Olympics and Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics constitute the same sport. The latter article seems to regard it as such, but the former article (despite the hatnote) includes the 2016 results. Also, Template:Rugby at the Summer Olympics puts them together, while Template:Sports at the Olympics keeps them separate. Which one should it be? St Anselm (talk) 04:50, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

@StAnselm: If you ask me I think Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics is basically just a fork of Rugby union at the Summer Olympics. The later was created and expanded many years ago, and includes much more information about the efforts to include rugby sevens than does the forked article (although it does need updating). I think it may be starting a merge discussion -- it was forked too early in my opinion. -- Shudde ^talk 18:42, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I see on the official Olympic site the sport is called "Rugby"[1] and the Men's 7s and Women's 7s are listed as "events". St Anselm (talk) 20:00, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Both Union and Sevens are different events under Rugby (which is what the sport is called at the Olympics). However, to add confusion rugby union is often referred to as just rugby (like indoor volleyball is referred to as just volleyball). I think they should be combined, though the article would have to be renamed "Rugby at the Summer Olympics" as rugby union does not include sevens. JoshMartini007 (talk) 20:26, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Rugby is a common name for any variation of rugby union in most countries. "Sevens" is used to distinguish it from the 15-a-side form, but both are variations of the same sport. Both are variations of rugby union as opposed to variations of rugby league. The Olympics site calls the 15-a-side form "rugby union" and the seven-a-side form "rugby sevens", but most reliable sources would probably not distinguish them in that way. I think the name renaming as is makes sense. But if a merge discussion is started it's probably better to discuss it then. -- Shudde ^talk 20:45, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

I too think 7s and 15-a-side should both be considered different events under the sport "Rugby". -- Lejman (talk) 05:53, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

1910 New Zealand Maori tour

Would the 1910 New Zealand Maori team be notable for an article? I understand there were similar tours of New Zealand and Australia by sides in 1913 and 1923 but since this was the first "official" team selected would this be worthy?

During the tour they played 2 games against the American Universities team who were also touring Australia at the time. This can/could be added to the History section of Rugby in the U.S. Just a thought. Sirpottingmix (talk) 03:57, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

I think New Zealand Māori/Māori All Black tours would generally be notable. But I wouldn't bother creating an article if it is just a list of matches. Expanding the history section of Māori All Blacks would probably be a good idea though. -- Shudde ^talk 06:15, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Request for comment at FAC

I posted something similar at the New Zealand noticeboard and I think it's probably a good idea to add something here as well. I have nominated Joe Warbrick as a FAC -- see here -- and would really appreciate any comments or feedback that editors here can provide. On a more general note; I rarely, if ever, see rugby related articles at FAC, and I can't remember the last time I saw a member of this project reviewing or nominating articles at FAC (I know PeeJay2K3 (talk · contribs) has had a couple of FAs; and FruitMonkey (talk · contribs) did nearly all of the work on Arthur Gould (rugby union); also FunkyCanute (talk · contribs) nominated an article last year I think). But at the moment the project is struggling to produce the 365 new Featured Articles per year we require to have a new article featured on the front page everyday (see discussion at WT:TFA on this problem). FAC lacks reviewers and also nominations. So this is a plea for people to get involved there. Please don't be intimidated by it; it's basically a peer review (with specific criteria). If someone wants to collaborate on a potential FA, or has an article they've worked on that they think may be appropriate, then do let me know. Collaboration does make it easier, and I've been through the process a few times now so have some experience on what's required to get an article through. Any comments, questions thoughts? Feel free to post them. Cheers. -- Shudde ^talk 16:33, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Template merger discussion

There is a merger discussion regarding {{infobox rugby biography}} and {{infobox rugby league biography}}. Your input is requested at the TFD page. Primefac (talk) 22:48, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

High Performance Unions omission?

I've just been looking over the High Performance Unions list at WP:RU/N and I think I have noticed an omission there. Shouldn't we also include the British and Irish Lions in that? I know they're not a Union per se, however not all their players (particuarly not in the early days) played for the national team before being chosen to represent the British Isles on tour, which means that some of the articles on the early Lions under the current criteria might not survive an AFD. Likewise we could probably include Barbarian F.C. in there too, but clarify only for matches against international sides. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 07:54, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Makes sense. Point 1 of the criteria needs reworking now that high performance union means "any of the twenty Unions which competed in the most recent Rugby World Cup."[2] Hack (talk) 05:20, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

RFC on sports notability

An RFC has recently been started regarding a potential change to the notability guidelines for sportspeople. Please join in the conversation. Thank you. Primefac (talk) 23:09, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Jessica Watkins nominated for deletion

Jessica Watkins (member of the US team at the 2009 Sevens World Cup in Dubai - and selected this week as NASA astronaut) is currently nominated for deletion. See deletion page here. Hektor (talk) 06:39, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

She has been removed from the AFD, though obviously if you feel like participating in the AFD (there are other pages nominated) feel free. Primefac (talk) 15:08, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

2017 Europe Pacific Rugby Trophy

I've just added some categories to the article 2017 Europe Pacific Rugby Trophy but am now thinking of marking it for a delete. I can't see any independent evidence that this exists as a tournament rather than a series of individual tests - does anyone know differently? --Bcp67 (talk) 10:50, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Delete. Don't think it exists as a separate trophy. -- Ham105 (talk) 18:14, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks - I've put an AfD on it, just to be cautious. Will look to have the main article deleted and the other individual years as well in due course - I'm pretty sure this doesn't really exist. --Bcp67 (talk) 20:57, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

listing tries

Is it normal practice to list every single international try a player has scored? I've seen this being inserted into player articles. LibStar (talk) 17:43, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

LibStar, that gets to the point of being rather excessive levels of detail. Where are you seeing this sort of thing? Primefac (talk) 17:45, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

James Haskell, Manu Tuilagi, Billy Vunipola. LibStar (talk) 17:49, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Oh, yeah. I know it's just one opinion, but those tables are definitely not necessary. I think "Joe Bloggs scored 12 international tries" somewhere in the body of the text is sufficient. Primefac (talk) 17:55, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

yes it's unworkable as prolific try scorers will have massive tables. LibStar (talk) 17:58, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

@Pelican 8: for his opinion. LibStar (talk) 01:57, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

I think for national team record scorers, e.g. Rory Underwood, or players on List of leading rugby union test try scorers, it is better to do as someone has done for Shane Williams and have it as a separate article List of international rugby union tries by Shane Williams. But for others e.g. Manu Tuilagi it is excessive to list every try. Equally though I don't like deleting factual accurate information for no good reason.Skeene88 (talk) 16:28, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Did Doug Yeabsley play for Harlequins or Saracens?

I just added this to his biog. Was it the Quins first team? More source material would be great - I dunno where to start with rugby. Ta. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:33, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Edit: I see I've asked this question before, without reply. Last time, I'd also found evidence he'd played for Saracens. Anyone? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:42, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

If you put "Yeabsley" and "Harlequins" into the search engine for The Times you come up with a single reference showing D. I. Yeabsley playing at No 6 for Harlequins against Birkenhead Park in March 1967, and scoring a try in a 17–5 victory.<ref>{{cite news| title = Solid tackling fails to stop Harlequins | newspaper = [[The Times]] | subscription = yes |issue = 56846 | page = 5 | location = London | date = 23 January 1967 }}</ref> If you put "Yeabsley" and "Saracens" into the same search engine, there's again a single reference, this time recording Yeabsley, described as "the Saracens flank forward", replacing a fellow Saracens player in the Hertfordshire county XV.<ref>{{cite news| title = Rugby Union: Internationals return for Surrey| newspaper = [[The Times]] | subscription = yes |issue = 58037 | page = 15 | location = London | date = 1 December 1970}}</ref> Johnlp (talk) 17:07, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

That's helpful thanks (didn't know you were into rugger, too, John!). I'll take those refs as evidence of a top-class rugby career then. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 21:06, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Not really my game at all, rugby. But I watch this page because I too have left questions here that have gone unanswered – and if I can answer any from other people, then I do. Johnlp (talk) 21:57, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Maybe we need to drum up some participation here from actual rugby fans. My question above went nine years without being answered. No wonder I forgot I'd asked it. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 22:27, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Welcome back, or even welcome!

If you're visiting because I nudged you, or because you noticed me nudge someone else, please do say hello below. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 00:07, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Unfortunately a lot of the editors for rugby union-related articles are rather gnomish and often won't reply to requests for help. If you were to propose something to do with infoboxes or flags you would get a flood of replies! But seriously, a lot of the more collaborative editors don't spend much time on the project anymore, which is a shame. -- Shudde ^talk 16:56, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Shudde, that's a shame. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 13:06, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Rugby tens

Is there any specific notability guideline for rugby tens? I note there isn't anything on WP:RU/N about it so is this an oversight or there just isn't any specific rule on it? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 13:43, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi @The C of E:, as far as I'm aware (and I absolutely stand to be corrected), rugby tens mainly played by amateur players, and there are no international tournaments where countries play each other. While the governing body World Rugby have released official rules for rugby tens (and rugby twelves, for that matter), I don't think they officially sanction or recognise any of the matches. If all of that is correct (and I am not sure it is), then I don't think anyone would be deemed eligible from rugby tens exploits alone. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 02:35, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

I thought not. It just isn't as high profile as sevens are. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 07:24, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Talk:New Zealand national rugby union team#TFA rerun

Just a pointer. - Dank (push to talk) 20:04, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

AFD for Jimmy Parker

Hello everyone! I would like to let you know that I have nominated Jimmy Parker (a supposed Belgian rugby player) for deletion because I believe that it is a possible hoax. Any input would be appreciated on the deletion discussion page. Thanks, Jith12 (talk) 20:31, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at NSPORTS

Hello all. In an effort to finally resolve the never-ending and annoying GNG v SSG issue, I've proposed a revision of the NSPORTS introduction. You are all invited to take part in the discussion. Thank you. Jack | ^{talk page} 06:20, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Lists of matches between Tier 1 nations and WP:SALORDER

I don't know if anyone here is aware of the articles that fall into a similar category to History of rugby union matches between Australia and Wales, but the vast majority of them are in the incorrect order per WP:SALORDER, which states that all chronological list should be in the order earliest-to-latest. I'm willing to go through the ones relating to Wales and correct the order, but there are quite a few and I'll need some help from the rest of you. Who's in? – Pee Jay 23:28, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Anyone? – Pee Jay 12:45, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

I can take on the Canadian ones. Grande (talk) 16:57, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

That would be most appreciated, Grande, thank you! – Pee Jay 19:56, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Anyone else? – Pee Jay 09:16, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Sure, do you have a master list of the ones that need doing? TheMightyPeanut (talk) 11:37, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Actually, just found Template:History of Tier 1 nations, which links to these articles. Looks like all pages with a red x need doing:

Opp	ARG	AUS	ENG	FRA	IRE	ITA	NZL	SCO	RSA	WAL	CAN	FIJ	GEO	JPN	ROM	RUS	SAM	TGA	USA	BAR	BIL	OTH
ARG	—	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	—	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	—
AUS	—	—	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	✓	—	—	—	—	✓	—	—	✓	✓	—
ENG	—	—	—	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	—	—	✓	—	—
FRA	—	—	—	—	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
IRE	—	—	—	—	—	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	—	—	✓	—	—	✓	—	—	✓	—	—
ITA	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NZL	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	✓	—
SCO	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	—	—
RSA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	✓	—
WAL	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	—	—
CAN	—	—	—	✓	—	—	—	—	—	✓	—	—	✓	—	✓	—	—	—	✓	—	—	—
FIJ	—	—	—	—	✓	✓	—	✓	—	✓	—	—	✓	—	—	—	✓	—	—	—	—	—
GEO	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	—	—
JPN	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ROM	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
RUS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
SAM	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	✓	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
TGA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
USA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
BAR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
BIL	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	✓
OTH	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

No tier 2 nations are included. I'll start working on some of those and tick them off as I go. Feel free to update the above table if you like. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 01:59, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, TMP, that's a great help! – Pee Jay 15:20, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

All Tier 1 v Tier 1 articles done. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 22:59, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Tier 2 nations and other teams are now included in the grid above. Please let me know if there are any ones missing. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 00:29, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

And all those done. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 01:41, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Amazing! How did you manage to get them done so quickly?! – Pee Jay 11:41, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Some of those were pretty small. Japan v South Africa had one game, most Georgia pages had 5, etc. It's just the Six Nations and Rugby Championship teams that had a lot of matches. TheMightyPeanut (talk)

Rfd

A suggestion has been made at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2017_October_27#Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting.2FRugby which seem to me to impact this project and your scope. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:47, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Clarity on women's rugby

I was wondering if we could clarify WP:RU/N on the issue of women players as the current notability guidelines seem a bit misleading. It starts off by saying a player is notable if "he or she...." and then lists the requirements. However, on section 4 of that, it then goes on to mention only women players who have played in the WRWC semis are notable. Could someone please clarify if we're using the same criteria as for men or if it is just the narrower WRWC criteria that we are using? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 08:32, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

The C of E, if any of the four criteria are met the player is presumed notable. I'll admit I do not follow women's rugby as closely as the men's (less TV coverage mainly) but the fourth clause seems to have been entered because a player could meet only the fourth criteria, which would still make her eligible for a page. Primefac (talk) 11:28, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Rugby union categories in South Africa

Not sure why @TheMightyPeanut: has chosen to empty perfectly legit categories regarding rugby union competitions in South Africa. No explanation, no discussion, no debate. Just emptied twice now. Not really acceptable behaviour. That said good job on finishing tidy up of Currie Cup seasons. Djln Djln (talk) 14:36, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Andrea Marcato

Just to update the project: he retired at the end of the past season and since this summer he's the head coach of Petrarca Rugby (in the Italian article you'll find the sources). -- SERGIO aka the Black Cat 18:43, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Notability of women RU players in England

Hi all. The article Maeve Liston has come up at DYK here. Are there any guidelines to notability here - I don't believe the league is fully professional (please tell me if I'm wrong!) and so players won't automatically pass WP:NRU#2, and so WP:GNG applies - this player's references are very vague and I can't even find reference to her playing a game for Bristol this season (only appearing on the bench a couple of times, but no info further). Black Kite (talk) 08:10, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Samoa vs World Rugby

November 2017 I hear that Samoa national rugby union team is bankrupt. However now World Rugby is claiming that the Samoan Rugby Union is not bankrupt. I am not sure who is telling the truth. The article probably should be edited by someone with more knowledge of this situation. Below is a BBC Sport article about it.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/42059958

Mobile mundo (talk) 00:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Mobile mundo:, editors shouldn't make judgement calls as to who is telling the truth. Something like this should cover it though. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 05:34, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Resources

Both RugbyData.com and ItsRugby.co.uk websites appear to be very out of date. RugbyData's most recent results are the 2016 six nations. ItsRugby has logos from the Celtic League and Heineken Cup. scrum.com appears to be the best for international head to heads. (Mobile mundo (talk) 00:48, 28 November 2017 (UTC))

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject

Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Rugby_union

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.— Rod ^talk 18:29, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Robert du Preez

Hello, here's something for you. -- SERGIO aka the Black Cat 13:02, 13 December 2017 (UTC)