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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]
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Rugby football has strong claims to the world's first and oldest "football club": the Guy's Hospital Football Club, formed in London in 1843, by old boys from Rugby School. Around the English-speaking world , a number of other clubs formed to play games based on the Rugby School rules.
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Rank Competition Location Date First winner First Runner-up Ref 1: United Hospitals Challenge Cup: The Oval: 1874: Guy's Hospital: St George's Hospital [1]Shute Shield
Decade Matches Points P W D L % PF PA Diff. 1870s: 14 8 4 2 57.14 — — — 1880s: 22 15 5 2 68.18 — — — 1890s: 30 14 1 15 46.67: 191 167 +24 1900s: 37 11
The rules of Rugby were first codified at Rugby School by William Delafield Arnold, W. W. Shirley and Frederick Hutchins in 1845. In 1848, representatives of the major public schools agreed a code of rules. [1] On 26 January 1871, a meeting was held in London that led to the founding of the Rugby Football Union.