Girls Playing Rugby

1984 - Australia Rugby Union tour of Britain and Ireland—Australia completes the Grand Slam of victories over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales for the first time.
1987 - New Zealand Rugby Union defeats France 29–9 in the first Rugby Union World Cup, held in New Zealand and Australia.
1987 - A "free gangway" between the two codes of rugby at amateur level is introduced, but individual cases of discrimination continues.
1987 - The RFU introduces the Courage Leagues into Rugby Union—a league pyramid with roughly 1000 clubs playing in 108 leagues each with promotion and relegation.