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A.A. Thomson, "Rugger My Pleasure" Chapter 2: Unhistorical Survey of Rugby; N Trueman, Rugby Football History; Scrum V's history of rugby—BBC; The History of The British & Irish Lions on the website of www.lions-tour.com; The Development ofknmik Rugby in the River Plate Region
This timeline lists the foundation dates of the national governing bodies for rugby union—known as rugby unions or federations. The first union was the Rugby Football Union (RFU) that was founded in 1871 to govern rugby union within England.
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]
The sport has changed since it left behind its amateur roots 25 years ago.
American football would take the professional route, something much frowned upon by the leadership of the rugby fraternity at the time. This was leading to crises in the Old World too, where in 1895, the Northern Rugby Football Union (a rugby league body) split away in England. While rugby league failed to gain much headway in North America ...
1871 Scotland versus England rugby union match; 1971 Scotland versus England rugby union match; History of the South Africa national rugby union team; Southern Hemisphere XV; 1906–1917 Stanford rugby teams
In 1845, the first laws were written by pupils at Rugby School; other significant events in the early development of rugby include the decision by Blackheath F.C. to leave The Football Association in 1863 and, in 1895, the split between rugby union and rugby league. Historically rugby union was an amateur sport, but in 1995 formal restrictions ...
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