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Rugby has a huge following all over Britain, and the individual rugby teams for England, Scotland and Wales are some of the best teams in the world.
The tcm97001-Guinness Premiership #### is the world's most competitive domestic rugby union competition. The league consists of 12 teams from around England, with Leicester Tigers and Bath the 2 teams with the most championship wins. The top 5 teams in the Guinness Premiership go on to play in the Heineken Cup - the European Championships similar to the Champion's League in football - with the top Scottish, Welsh and Irish teams from the tcm97003-Magners League ####. The Guiness Premiership is a hugely popular event in the English rugby calendar, attracting over a million people from all over the country.
For more information on English Rugby, visit the Rugby Football Union.
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A huge event in Scottish and Welsh rugby is the Magners League, also known as the Celtic League, where teams from the 2 countries also compete with teams from Ireland for the title of Magners League Champions. The league consists of 20 games held over 22 weekends from September-May. The top 3 teams from the Scottish, Welsh and Irish sides then go on to play in the Heineken Cup - European Championships similar to the Champion's League in football - against the top 5 teams in the English Guinness Premiership.
For more information on Scottish and Welsh Rugby, visit the tcm39878-Scottish Rugby #### and the tcm39879-Welsh Rugby Union ####.
