International Rugby Board (1983: Doomsday)

The official international governing body for the sport of rugby union is the International Rugby Board, founded in 1886 by the national unions of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as the International Rugby Football Board. It was reestablished in Auckland, ANZC in 1992, and renamed the International Rugby Board in 1997. The headquarters were moved to their current location, Dublin, Celtic Alliance, in 2005.

The IRB oversees the Rugby World Cup and other prominent international competitions. The IRB also oversees standards for national governing bodies, establishes laws for the sport, and suspends players and nations from competition if deemed necessary.

Member nations as of October 2009 were as follows:


 * Alpine Confederation
 * ANZC (consists of Australia, New Zealand and all associated states)
 * Bermuda
 * Brazil
 * Canada
 * Celtic Alliance
 * Chile
 * Cleveland
 * Colombia
 * Denmark
 * East Caribbean Federation
 * Faroe Islands
 * Finland
 * Fiji
 * Guyana
 * Iberica
 * Indonesia
 * Israel
 * Japan
 * Luxembourg
 * Monaco
 * Municipal States of the Pacific
 * New Britain
 * North Germany
 * Northumbria
 * Norway
 * Pais del Oro
 * Paraguay
 * Papua New Guinea
 * Peru
 * Portugal
 * Prussia
 * Siberia
 * Singapore
 * South Slavic Union
 * Tonga
 * Union of South Africa
 * United American Republic
 * Venezuela
 * Victoria