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By the end of the 19th century, rugby football and rugby union had spread far and wide. This spread was by no means confined to the British Empire. [citation needed] FC 1880 Frankfurt at the 1900 Olympic Games. Rugby football was an early arrival in Germany.
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.
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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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During the late 19th century, in response to the perceived encroachment of English sports, including rugby, Irish nationalist Michael Cusack set up the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). [56] Rule 42 of the GAA's Official Guide prohibited the playing of non- Gaelic games in GAA stadiums, including rugby until it was lifted in 2007. [ 57 ]