History of rugby union a successful kick at goal after scoring a try (a conversion) and three points for a dropped goal or for a penalty goal. Most of the changes have been to increase the value of tries compared to goals (conversions, penalties, dropped-goals, and goals from mark) in order to promote positive, attacking play. The first national rugby union was the Rugby Football Union, founded in England in 1871. This was followed over the next decade by the home nations of Scottish Football Union (1873, later SRU), Irish Rugby Football Union (1879) and Welsh Rugby Union (1881). The French Federation (1919) and
Rugby union in Tunisia has now transferred into the Africa Cup. Tunisia's proudest day, perhaps, was when they beat Romania in Tunis in 1982. Rugby union in Tunisia Rugby union in Tunisia is a significant sport. They are currently ranked 35th in the world, with 15,057 registered players (3,941 female), and 72 clubs. The Fédération Tunisienne de Rugby was founded in 1972, and affiliated to the IRFB in 1988. Like rugby union in Morocco, and many of the other North African countries, Tunisian rugby is a legacy of French colonialism after the First World War. Like many other Maghrebi nations, Tunisian rugby tended to