Rugby Union
Home Nations Championship
- 27th Home Nations Championship series is won by Wales
- Wales defeats France in a 1909 non-championship match. It is later retrospectively regarded as a Grand Slam winner.
- October 8 – The first rugby football match to be played at Twickenham Stadium is won by the Harlequins when they defeat Richmond at the brand new ground.
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“At all events, as she, Ulster, cannot have the status quo, nothing remains for her but complete union or the most extreme form of Home Rule; that is, separation from both England and Ireland.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
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