Sport in Europe The three main domestic rugby union competitions are the fully professional Premiership (England), Top 14 (France) and Pro14 (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy and South Africa). The European Rugby Champions Cup is the premier continental championship, with clubs qualifying from the three professional competitions. Rugby league is popular in northern England, where the sport formed in 1895. The game is also popular in southern France. The Great Britain national team first played in 1908, and entered the World Cup until 1992 and the Tri-Nations until 2006. England, Scotland and Wales have played independently since then. Great Britain has won the World
Sport in Vanuatu successful Vanuatu Bid to host the 2017 Pacific Games and is currently working with the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for the establishment of the Melanesian Games in the near future. Cricket is also become very popular in Vanuatu from last decades. Vanuatu National Cricket team is associate member of International Cricket Council of ICC East Asia - Pacific region. Vanuatu has been runners up of ICC East Asia Pacific (EAP) cup against Papua New Guinea. Sport in Vanuatu Sports in Vanuatu are played throughout the country. Association football was and is the most popular sport in the country. In 1988,