Do you like to play sports with your friends? Well, some people like to play a special sport called rugby, and they play it all around the world! Rugby is a game where two teams try to score points by carrying or kicking a ball over the other team's goal line.
Now, imagine if you and your friends played rugby against other teams from different countries. That's what we call international rugby! And just like in any game, there are teams that are really good and teams that are still learning.
International rugby union team records are like the scorecards for each of these teams. They tell us how many games a team has played, how many games they've won or lost, and how many points they've scored. We use these records to know which teams are the best in the world.
For example, the New Zealand team is known as the All Blacks and they are really good at rugby. Their record shows that they have played over 500 games, won over 400 of them, and scored over 18,000 points! That means they are one of the best rugby teams in the world.
So, international rugby union team records are a way to keep track of which teams are the best in the world, and they're kind of like the scorecards you use to keep track of your own games with your friends.