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The Victorian Rugby Union, or VRU, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union within the state of Victoria in Australia. It is a member and founding union of the Australian Rugby Union. The VRU manages competitions for males and females in several age groups and divisions, and involving clubs from metropolitan Melbourne, regional Victoria, and Deniliquin in New South Wales.〔 〕 Rugby union was founded in Melbourne in 1888, but competition lapsed and was twice re-established during the first twenty years, and again after WWI when the present body of the Victorian Rugby Union was founded in 1926.〔 〕 ==History== The Melbourne Rugby Union was founded in 1888 and the first two clubs were founded in that year, prior to selecting a Victorian team to play the British tourists, now known as the first British Lions, with the Lions winning the tour 9-3.〔 Although formal competition ceased in 1890, a new Victorian Rugby Union was formed in 1893 and inter-colonial matches resumed in 1894, the year in which New South Wales was beaten 3-0 by Victoria at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground. Competition lapsed again after the Victorians were defeated 30-0 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) by the second Lions in 1899, but the Victorian Rugby Union was reformed in 1908. Victoria went down 26-6 at the MCG in August of that year to what were soon to be known as the First Wallabies, who were then en route to Great Britain. Of the seven clubs comprising the new Union in 1909, Melbourne, East Melbourne, South Melbourne and University were the first to compete for the Dewar Shield, a trophy which is still awarded today to the premier first grade team. Competition ceased during WW1 and recommenced under the present Union in 1926, ushering in what were later to be called the Golden Years of Victorian Rugby and which included the selection of the first Victorian born player to represent Australia, Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop in 1932. To date, Victoria has produced one Wallaby captain- Dave Cowper. In 1939/1940 four Victorian players were selected in the Wallaby side to tour Europe: Andy Barr, Max Carpenter, Stan Bisset and George Pearson. In 1958, the first test match in Victoria was staged at Olympic Park Stadium. The Maoris defeated the Wallabies 13 – 6. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victorian Rugby Union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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