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The Executive Council, meets twice a year. It consists of the eight Unions each with two seats – Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and France . Four unions have one seat each – Argentina, Canada, Italy and Japan as does FIRA–AER. The full membership meets at a General Meeting which is convened every two years. Regional meetings are held at regular intervals.

IRB controls several tournaments: the Rugby Union World Cup, the Women's Rugby World Cup, Rugby World Cup Sevens, IRB World Sevens SeriesThe World Sevens Series is an international rugby union series of tournaments run by the International Rugby Board. The tournaments span the globe, with this year's tour covering Dubai, South Africa, New Zealand, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Under 21 World Cup, Under 19 World Championship and the Super Powers CupThe Super Powers Cup is an annual international Rugby Union competition contested by national teams from Canada, Japan, Russia and United States. The name Super Powers denotes the political, economic and military power of the nations involved. The Cup was.

1 History

The board was founded in 18861886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. January 29 Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. March (see The history of the International Rugby BoardThis article covers the history of rugby union . See also football and the history of rugby league. Early history Playing football has a long tradition in England and football had probably been played at Rugby School for two hundred years before three boy).

• This IRB should not be confused with the same initials that appear under the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on coins in countries of the British Commonwealth minted in 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting ( 1999 in some countries) or later. The IRB mentioned in this paragraph stands for Ian Rank-Broadley, the artist who designed said effigy.