Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rugby union has been played in the Maccabiah Games since 1981. The variety played is the XV-a-side version, rather than rugby sevens. The national sides which compete are organised by the national branches of the Maccabi World Union, rather than by the national rugby unions of each country, with the exception of Israel. Israel is also exceptional in being the only Maccabiah team for which one does not need to be Jewish to qualify. Another notable difference is that Scotland, England, Wales and (Northern) Ireland do not compete separately as they would normally, but as a Great Britain XV.