IF Attila, or Attila Rugby Club, the association's real name, is the oldest existing rugby club in Sweden. It was started in 1949.
The club has been located at a number of grounds over its long history, but currently plays at Bromma Sportsfield in the North of the city of Stockholm. The club has both men's, old boys, women's and junior's teams and also have members of the vintage Vikings old boys touring side.
The club has won national championships for men XV four times, 1957, 1958, 1961, and 1968 and the Women's team was in the national finals in 2004 but was defeated by Stockholm Exiles RFC.
Attila RG is known as perhaps the most social rugby club in Sweden the club can often be found in its sponsor pub in the Old Town after matches. The club is also one of the clubs who go abroad on tour often and only in recent years has been in Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Czech Republic, Spain, Poland, Italy, England, Ireland, France, Germany and Wales and played rugby and spread their own special Attila spirit.
The Club brand is a bulldog and the club's colors are blue and red.
Råsunda Stadium was the Swedish national football stadium. It was located in Solna Municipality in Stockholm and named after the district in Solna where it is located. The stadium was demolished in 2013 after being replaced by Nationalarenan.
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården, and Djurgår'n, Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an alliance club since 1991 and, as of 2025, it consists of 22 individual sports clubs.
Sport holds a central place in British culture, and the United Kingdom has played a key role in both the development and global spread of many sports. In the early stages of organized sport, the Home Nations were instrumental in establishing formal rules and forming some of the earliest governing bodies, national teams, and domestic league competitions.
Rugby union in England is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports. In 1871 the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in England, was formed by 21 rugby clubs, and the first international match, which involved England, was played in Scotland. The England national team compete annually in the Six Nations Championship, and are former world champions after winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The top domestic men's club competition is Premiership Rugby, and English clubs also compete in international competitions such as the European Rugby Champions Cup. The top domestic women's competition is the Premier 15s.
The Wellington Rugby Football Union are a New Zealand governing body of rugby union in the New Zealand province of Wellington Region. The main stadium is Sky Stadium which is located in Wellington. The union also represents the Wellington Lions, which is professional rugby union team who compete in the National Provincial Championship competition and contest for the Ranfurly Shield. Before 2006 the Lions competed in the original National Provincial Championship.
Old Blue Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club that competes in USA Rugby club leagues, most notably with their top side in the American Rugby Premiership. The team plays at Columbia Soccer Stadium within the Baker Athletic Complex in New York City, New York.
Santa Monica Rugby Club is a rugby union club from Santa Monica, California, United States. The club teams, known as the Dolphins, compete in the Southern California Rugby Football Union (SCRFU) a territorial union of USARugby, currently fielding teams in the following divisions: Division 1 (men), Division 1 (women), Division 2 (women), U18 boys, U16 boys, U14 boys, U12 boys, U10 coed, and U8 coed.
Unlike in most countries in Europe, sports in Luxembourg are not concentrated upon a particular national sport, but encompasses a number of sports, both team and individual. Despite the lack of a central sporting focus, over 100,000 people in Luxembourg, which has a total population of only 610,000, are licensed members of one sports federation or another.
Sport in Europe tends to be highly organized with many sports having professional leagues. The origins of many of the world's most popular sports today lie in the codification of many traditional games, especially in the United Kingdom. However, a paradoxical feature of European sport is the extent to which local, regional and national variations continue to exist, and even in some instances to predominate.
Australian rules football is played in Europe at an amateur level in a large number of countries. The oldest and largest leagues are those in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark, in each of these nations there are several established clubs, and organised men's, women's and juniors programs. The British AFL has now expanded into Welsh, Scottish and English leagues. The Danish AFL has been responsible for the expansion of Australian Football into Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Norway. The governing body for Australian Football in Europe was founded in Frankfurt in January 2010; the body was initially called the European Australian Football Association, but changed its name to AFL Europe at a general assembly meeting in Milan in October of the same year. It currently has 22 member nations. AFL Europe, with backing of the AFL in Australia has overseen a large improvement in the organisation of Australian football in Europe.
Södertälje Basketbollklubb, shortly SBBK, is a Swedish professional basketball club based in Södertälje. The city is located in Eastern Södermanland, 34 km south of Stockholm. Its men's team plays in the Swedish Basketball League (SBL) and has won the national championship 12 times, which makes it the most successful team in Swedish basketball. The team's home arena is the Täljehallen, which has a capacity of 2,000 people. From 1995 until 2020, the men's team was named Södertälje Kings.
Women's rugby union is a full contact team sport based on running with the ball in hand. The same laws are used in men's rugby union with the same sized pitch and same equipment. Women's rugby has become popular recently. These days, women's rugby is gaining a higher profile thanks to international tournaments' exposure and financial investment.
Smithycroft Secondary School is located in Riddrie, Glasgow, Scotland. In 2002 the school relocated to a new building constructed in the playing fields of the old school. The original facility was formally opened in 1967 by William Ross M.B.E MP, Secretary of State for Scotland. The Headteacher role changed after Jean Miller moved on to a higher role and in came Patrick Oberg.
Rugby union in Malta is a small but growing sport. The national senior men's team are ranked 46th by the World Rugby.
The Princeton University Rugby Football Club is the college rugby team of Princeton University. The team currently competes in the Ivy Rugby Conference, an annual rugby union competition played among the eight member schools of the Ivy League.
Sport in Paraguay is an important part of national culture. Association football is the most popular sport, while basketball is also very popular. Other sports such as padel, volleyball, futsal, swimming and tennis are popular as well. Other Paraguayan sports and pastimes are rugby union, chess, motorsport, golf and rowing.
Ajax Wanderers R.U.F.C. are a rugby union club that is based in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. The Senior men's team currently runs two teams with the top XV squad competing in the Ontario Marshall Provincial division. the 2012 season saw the men win both the 1st division and second division granting them promotion to the Ontario Marshall Premier division for the 2013 season. The Wanderers also run programme for all age groups and genders. The Following Programs are running for the 2014 season;
Enköpings Rugby Klubb - Also known as ERK - is situated in the town of Enköping, which has a population of approximately 40,000 people. The town is within a 40-minute drive of the major cities of Stockholm, Uppsala and Västerås.
The Dartmouth Rugby Football Club is the men's college rugby team of Dartmouth College.
Karlstads Rugbyklubb is a Swedish rugby club in Karlstad. They currently play in Allsvenskan North.
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