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Occasionally the term Home Countries is used.[1] Sporting eventsThe term is often used when referring to sporting events in which each Home Nation competes separately, such as the now defunct British Home Championship in football. When the term came into use is not known, but it is fair to assume that before the partition of Ireland into the still-British Northern Ireland and the independent Irish Free State (now the Republic of Ireland) in 1922, that all of Ireland was considered to be a Home Nation (as all of it was part of the UK). This traditional usage is still seen today in the context of sports such as rugby union; the Ireland national rugby union team represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It is still common in Britain and elsewhere, for the team to be referred to as a Home Nation team. Examples of such usage can also be found in the media in the Republic of Ireland [1] and on the official site of the Irish Rugby Football Union[citation needed]. The term 'Home Union' is used to refer to the governing bodies of the four teams. For example, within the Six Nations Championship in rugby union, the Home Nation teams play for the honour of winning the Triple Crown, send players to the British and Irish Lions and take part in hosting Grand Slam tours.
The term is also used to refer to the 7 teams from the British Islands at the Commonwealth Games.[1] References
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