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The Rugby Football Union for Women (RFUW) is the governing body for women's rugby union in England. Its headquarters are at Twickenham Stadium, London. ==History== Women's rugby union was first played seriously in Great Britain in the late 1970s. Early teams were established through the student network and included Keele University, University College of London, Imperial College, York University and St Mary's Hospital. From 1983 until May 1994, Women's' Rugby in England - and across the UK - was run by the Women's' Rugby Football Union (WRFU). When it was formed there were 12 founder teams as members: Leicester Polytechnic, Sheffield University, UCL, University of Keele, Warwick University, Imperial College, Leeds University, Magor Maidens, York University and Loughborough University. In 1992, Ireland broke away from the WRFU, followed a year later by Scotland. As a result, in 1994 the England and Wales also established their own Unions. England's Union became the Rugby Football Union for Women (RFUW). Today the RFUW has over 500 clubs in membership, including over 200 Senior clubs, nearly 100 student sides, over 200 junior teams (U15 and U18), and around 50 Schools. Most of these clubs today are women's sections within larger men's clubs. In September 2010 the RFUW was integrated into the Rugby Football Union as a "Constituent Body", retaining significant levels of independence in the management of coaches and teams while at the same time adopting many of the RFU's structures - for example the RFU's 11 Regions (used for development and talent identification) were abolished and replaced with the four RFU Divisions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rugby Football Union for Women」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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