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Introduction
Rugby Football refers to the sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School. In 1895 there was a schism that split the sport into separate games. The two competing versions are rugby union and rugby league.
Rugby and its cousin Association Football (more commonly referred to as "football" or "soccer") may not seem to be related, but they do share a common history. The term "football" does not (as many assume) imply a sport where the ball is played by the foot, but rather a sport which is played on foot (unlike sports such as polo, which are played on horseback). Rugby's official (though often debated) history dates back to 1823, although various forms of sport resembling the game previously existed throughout medieval Europe.
Rugby Football History
The legendary story/myth about the origin of Rugby football — whereby a young man named William Webb Ellis "took the ball in his arms [i.e. caught it] and ran" while playing Rugby School's already distinctive version of football (not to be confused with association football, which was codified much later) in 1823 — has little evidence to support it. Pundits have dismissed the story as unlikely since it was first given the School's seal of approval following an official investigation by the Old Rugbeian Society in 1895. However, the story has entered into legend, and the trophy for the Rugby Union World Cup bears the name of "Webb Ellis" in his honour and a plaque at the School commemorates the "achievement".
Various kinds of football have a long tradition in England and football games had probably taken place at Rugby School for 200 years before three boys published the first set of written rules (in 1845). At the time, a set of rules would be agreed between two teams before a match. Teams which competed against each other regularly would tend to agree to play similar rules.
Did you know...
- ... that Heather Moyse (pictured) of the Canada women's national rugby union team (pictured) won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in two-woman bobsleigh?
- ... that the Wheel Blacks are the national wheelchair rugby team of New Zealand?
- ... Garry Purdham, a victim of the 2010 Cumbria shootings was a professional rugby league player, and brother of England cap Rob Purdham?
- ... that Ireland's Thomas Gisborne Gordon is the only one-handed person to play international rugby of either code?
- ...that Irish taoiseach Éamon de Valera was a player for Munster Rugby and a keen fan all his life?
- ...that Mini rugby is a popular way of teaching children the game?
- ...that rugby sevens was invented in Melrose in the Scottish Borders by Ned Haig, a local butcher?
- ...that rugby league in Papua New Guinea is commonly considered the national sport?
- ...that the history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football?
- ...that rugby union in Jordan is notable for having hosted a rugby match at the lowest altitude ever recorded - at over 400 metres below sea level on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea?
- ...that the biggest scrum in the world was made on the 14th of October, 2007, in Croatia, with over 200 players of all categories from Croatian rugby club Nada?
Rugby league
Quotes
| “ | Rugby backs can be identified because they generally have clean jerseys and identifiable partings in their hair... come the revolution the backs will be the first to be lined up against the wall and shot for living parasitically off the work of others. | ” |
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- Peter Fizsimmons
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Web resources
- Nobok Sports Rugby
- Planet Rugby
- Scrum.com Website
- USARugbyNet.com: The online rugby community
- The Schools' Rugby Website
- World of Rugby League
- League Unlimited - Rugby League
- BBC's Rugby Union Page
- BBC's Rugby League Page
- Sky Sports Rugby Union Page
- Sky Sports Rugby League Page
- Sportal.com.au Rugby Union Page
- Sportal.com.au Rugby League Page
- [1] An informal guide to rugby
- Hartford Wanderers RFC Hartford, CT
Categories
- Category:Rugby union
- Category:Rugby league
- Category:Rugby football, covers rugby football prior to the 1895 schism that created rugby union and rugby league.
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