Alternate Titles: International Rugby Football Board, IRB
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The rapid spread of rugby union throughout many parts of the British Empire led to the establishment of the International Rugby Football Board (since 1997 the International Rugby Board; IRB) in 1886 to determine the laws of the game and settle any disputes that arose between countries. The initial members were the Rugby Football Union plus the Scottish, Irish, and Welsh national unions. In...