Governing Body
Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) is the rugby union governing body in France; they are responsible for the governing of rugby union in France, including the French national team and the organisers of the country's professional competitions, Ligue Nationale de Rugby. It was formed in 1919.
In 1934 the FFR set up the Federation Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA) in an attempt to organize rugby union outside the authority of the International Rugby Board. It included the national teams of Italy, France, Catalonia, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Germany.
In 1978, the FFR became a member of the International Rugby Football Board (now IRB). In 1995, the same year that rugby union became a fully professional sport, FIRA officially recognized the IRB as the worldwide governing authority for the sport and turned itself into an exclusively European governing body. In recognition of this transition, FIRA changed its name in 1999 to FIRA – Association Européenne de Rugby (FIRA-AER).
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