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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]
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
10: French Championship: Bagatelle, Paris: 1892: Racing Club de France: Stade Français [9] 11 Mallett Cup Cardiff: 1893 Cardiff RFC Reserves: Canton RFC 12: Mulock Cup (University of Toronto Intramural Championship) Toronto: 1895: Faculty of Medicine [10] 13: River Plate Rugby Championship: Argentina: 1899: Lomas Athletic Club: Buenos Aires ...
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
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union 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.
William Webb Ellis (24 November 1806 – 24 February 1872) was an English Anglican clergyman who, by tradition, has been credited as the inventor of rugby football while a pupil at Rugby School. According to legend, Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it during a school football match in 1823, thus creating the "rugby" style of play.
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