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Years of the 19th century in rugby union (47 C) This page was last edited on 10 April 2020, at 16:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
It was not until a schism in 1895, over the payment of players, which resulted in the formation of the separate code of rugby league, that the name "rugby union" was used to differentiate the original rugby code. For most of its history, rugby was a strictly amateur football code, and the sport's administrators frequently imposed bans and ...
In 19th-century rugby football, they were positioned at the midpoint between the forwards and the three fullbacks used at the time. [23] Originally known as halfway backs. [23] Hand-off See Fend. Handover "The surrendering of the ball to the opposition after a team has been tackled the statutory number of successive times."
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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19th century in rugby union (8 C) 20th century in rugby union (11 C) 21st century in rugby union (5 C) This page was last edited on 2 September 2022, at 15:18 (UTC). ...
Rugby league football — 15th century • 16th century • 17th century • 18th century • 19th century • 20th century • 21st century:
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