Nelson "Kelly" Ball (11 October 1908 – 9 May 1986) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing, Ball represented Wanganui and Wellington at a provincial...

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in...

The history of rugby union follows from various football games long before the 19th century, but it was not until the middle of that century that the...

civil engineer Nelson Ball (1942–2016), Canadian poet Nelson Ball (rugby union) (1908–1986), New Zealand rugby union footballer Nelson Balongo (born 1999)...

Rugby sevens (commonly known as simply sevens and originally known as seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven...

name, is credited with introducing rugby union to New Zealand. Monro was born on 5 April 1851 in Waimea West, near Nelson, New Zealand. He was the fourth...

The Manawatu Rugby Football Union (MRU) serves as the governing body of the sport of rugby union in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. Founded...

The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabhokobhoko), is the country's national...

Crusaders) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Christchurch, who compete in the Super Rugby competition. They are the most successful...

The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised...