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The Rest of the World XV was a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

team selected to play one match against the British Lions

British and Irish Lions

The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...

, and was set up to commemorate the centenary of the International Rugby Football Board

International Rugby Board

The International Rugby Board is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. It was founded in 1886 as the International Rugby Football Board by the unions of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. England refused to join until 1890. The International Rugby Football Board changed its name to the...

(IRFB), which would shortly afterwards become the IRB or International Rugby Board. It consisted mainly of players from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

They beat the British Lions 15-7 in April 1986.

British & Irish Lions selection

The team that faced "The Rest", as they were referred to, was that which had been expected to tour South Africa in 1986. The match was supposed to be a warm-up to that tour, which was subsequently cancelled, due to controversy over South Africa's racist apartheid regime.

The match

The match was a midweek game in Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

. The wet weather marred the game, a marked contrast to the second celebratory match 3 days later played in ideal conditions at Twickenham. At the time, there were only eight Unions affiliated to the Board

International Rugby Board

, thus only players from those unions were chosen.
British Lions: A G Hastings

Gavin Hastings

Andrew Gavin Hastings, OBE is a former Scotland rugby union player. He is frequently considered one of the best, if not the best, rugby player to come out of Scotland. His nickname is "Big Gav".Hastings was born in Edinburgh...

; T M Ringland

Trevor Ringland

Trevor Maxwell Ringland, MBE is a solicitor, former rugby union winger and Unionist politician. After attending Larne Grammar School Ringland studied law at Queen's University Belfast.-Rugby career:...

, B J Mullin

Brendan Mullin

Brendan John Mullin is a former Ireland international rugby union footballer. He played as a centre.-Profile:Mullin was educated at one of the leading Irish schools rugby nurseries Blackrock College, Dublin...

, J A Devereux

John Devereux (rugby)

John Anthony Devereux is a Welsh former dual-code rugby football international. In 1989 he toured with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby union for Bridgend...

, R Underwood

Rory Underwood

Rory Underwood MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played wing for, most notably, Leicester Tigers and Bedford. He represented England and the British Lions and is a former Royal Air Force pilot....

; J Y Rutherford , R N Jones ; J Whitefoot

Jeff Whitefoot (rugby player)

Jeffrey Whitefoot born 18 April 1956, Bedwas, near Caerphilly, Monmouthshire is a former Wales international rugby union player. Whitefoot played his club rugby for Bedwas and Cardiff and attained 19 international caps. He also made an appearance for the British and Irish Lions against an Overseas...

, C T Deans

Colin Deans

Colin Thomas Deans born on 3 May 1955 in Hawick in the Scottish borders was a rugby union player with Hawick RFC and . His nickname was the Hawick Hooker.He made his debut against in 1978 when Scotland lost, 16 - 19...

(captain), D C Fitzgerald , W A Dooley

Wade Dooley

Wade Dooley is a former England rugby union international who played lock forward. He played for his country 55 times and was known as the "Blackpool Tower", as a result of being 6 feet 8 inches tall and a police officer with Lancashire Constabulary in Blackpool.Dooley was born in Warrington,...

, D G Lenihan

Donal Lenihan

Donal Gerard Lenihan is a retired Irish rugby union player with 52 international caps.- Biography:Donal was raised in a sporting background. His father, Gerald Lenihan, was an All-Ireland heavyweight boxing champion and Gaelic footballer of distinction, and played in the same team as Jack Lynch...

, John Jeffrey

John Jeffrey

John Jeffrey is a Scottish former internationalistrugby union player. His nicknames are "The Great White Shark" and "JJ", the former because of his blond "thatch of hair"....

, J R Beattie , N J Carr

Nigel Carr

Nigel Carr was an Ireland rugby union international whose promising career was cut short due to injuries sustained in an IRA bomb explosion.-Early life:Nigel John Carr was born in Belfast on 27 July 1959...

Replacements I A M Paxton

Iain Paxton

Iain Angus McLeod Paxton is a Scottish rugby union player who won 36 caps at number eight and lock between 1981 and 1988, scoring a total of five tries. He made his debut against New Zealand All Blacks on the 1981 tour and later that year he helped Scotland to a memorable 24-15 win over Australia...

for Dooley; M Dacey

Malcolm Dacey

Malcolm Dacey is a former Wales international rugby union player who attained 15 international caps. An outside-half, he played club rugby for Swansea RFC....

for Rutherford

The Rest: S Blanco

Serge Blanco

Serge Blanco is a former rugby union footballer who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side, gaining 93 caps, 81 of them at fullback. His alternative position was wing....

; P Estève , A G Slack

Andrew Slack

Andrew Gerard Slack is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player who captained the Wallabies in 19 Test matches in between 1984 and 1987...

(captain), M P Lynagh

Michael Lynagh

Michael Lynagh is a former Australian rugby union footballer who played as a Fly-half.Lynagh represented Australia from 1984 to 1995, playing at both inside centre and fly half. Lynagh was capped 72 times for Australia, and was captain from 1993 to 1995. He was the world points scoring record...

, J J Kirwan ; W R Smith

Wayne Smith (rugby player)

Wayne Ross Smith is a former rugby union footballer, and currently a rugby union coach. He is currently the backs coach for New Zealand's national rugby union team the All Blacks. He played provincial rugby for Canterbury and became an All Black in 1980. He played first five-eighth, gaining 35...

, N C Farr-Jones

Nick Farr-Jones

Nicholas Campbell Farr-Jones is a former Australian rugby union footballer. His position was scrum-half. He attended Newington College and St Andrew's College within the University of Sydney...

; E E Rodriguez , T A Lawton , G A Knight , S A G Cutler

Steve Cutler

Steve Cutler is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player who represented Australia in 40 test matches between 1982 and 1991. He is a former Senior vice president and Chief operating officer of Kendle International, an international contract research organization...

, S W P Burger , M W Shaw , M G Mexted

Murray Mexted

Murray Graham Mexted is a New Zealand rugby union player who played 34 tests for the All Blacks from 1979 to 1983. He also played 38 non-test game including 7 as captain. During his time with the All Blacks, he wore the Number eight jersey and was considered an excellent ball winner and an...

, S P Poidevin

Simon Poidevin

Simon Paul Poidevin OAM is a former Australian rugby union player.-Rugby union career:Born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Poidevin played rugby at St Patrick's College in New South Wales, and made the Australian Schoolboy side...

British & Irish Lions selection

The match

See also