Wellington Rugby Football Union

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Wellington Rugby Football Union

Sport	Rugby union
Jurisdiction	Wellington Region
Abbreviation	WRFU
Founded	1879; 145 years ago (1879)
Affiliation	New Zealand Rugby
Regional affiliation	Wellington Hurricanes
Headquarters	Wellington
Official website
www.wrfu.co.nz

The Wellington Rugby Football Union (known as the Wellington Lions for competition reasons) are a New Zealand governing body of rugby union in the New Zealand province of Wellington Region. The main stadium is Sky Stadium (formerly named Westpac Stadium) which is located in Wellington. The union also represents the Wellington Lions, which is professional rugby union team who compete in the Mitre 10 Cup competition and contest for the Ranfurly Shield. Before 2006 the Lions competed in the National Provincial Championship.