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===Rugby=== [[Brighton Football Club (RFU)]] is one of the oldest [[Rugby union|rugby]] clubs in England, founded in 1868 before the RFU. They currently play in the Premier division of London and South-East RFU League.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brightonrugby.org.uk |title=Brighton Rugby Club β Sussex, south of England |access-date=11 April 2007 |archive-date=16 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416124844/http://www.brightonrugby.org.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Brighton was chosen as one of the 13 [[2015 Rugby World Cup|Rugby World Cup 2015]] host cities,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/11082182/Rugby-World-Cup-2015-venues.html |title=Rugby World Cup 2015 venues |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=3 June 2015 |access-date=9 June 2016 |archive-date=23 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423230611/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/11082182/Rugby-World-Cup-2015-venues.html |url-status=live}}</ref> with two games being played at the 30,750 capacity [[Falmer Stadium]] (although it was named the "Brighton Community Stadium" throughout the tournament for sponsorship reasons). One of the two games played was one of the biggest shocks in the history of Rugby Union,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/19/south-africa-japan-rugby-world-cup-2015-match-report |title=Japan beat South Africa in greatest Rugby World Cup shock ever |last=Kitson |first=Robert |date=19 September 2015 |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 June 2016 |archive-date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122105436/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/19/south-africa-japan-rugby-world-cup-2015-match-report |url-status=live}}</ref> with [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]] defeating [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] 34 points to 32, with a try in the dying minutes of the game. The other game was between [[Samoa national rugby union team|Samoa]] and the [[United States national rugby union team|United States.]]
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