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Rugby football (28 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Football codes" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Rugby league; Rugby union; S. Samoa ...
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby is based on running with the ball in hand.
The first Clash of Codes game in England for over a decade will be played on 17 November at Headingley Rugby Stadium featuring legends from the England national rugby league team against legends from the England national rugby union team. The game will be 13-a-side and operate with unlimited tackles in the attacking team's own half but six ...
Comparison of Gaelic football and Australian rules football (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Comparison of football codes" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Rugby football match on the 1846 Shrove Tuesday in Kingston upon Thames, England. Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league.. Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, [1] where the rules were first codified in 1845. [2]
This category features footballers of all codes, including American football, association football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, gaelic football, rugby league, and rugby union. These players switched from one code to another.
The main reason for the split was the wish of players to be compensated for lost wages when playing Rugby. Many working class players in the North lost wages to play. The R.F.U. opposed players being paid. They set up the Northern Rugby Football Union (later renamed the Rugby Football League). The RFU took strong action against the clubs ...
Macclesfield RUFC is a rugby union team based in the Cheshire town of Macclesfield and operates three senior sides, senior and junior colts and ten mini/junior teams. [3] The first XV currently play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, National League 2 West, following their promotion from Regional 1 North West at the end of the 2023–24 season.