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1.1 19th century. 1.2 20th century. 1.3 21st century. 2 See also. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... This page indexes the individual year in rugby union ...
A scrummage in a La soule game in Basse Normandie, France, 1852.. The history of rugby union follows from various football games long before the 19th century, but it was not until the middle of that century that the rules were formulated and codified.
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.
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
0-9 22 The 22 m line, marking 22 metres (72 ft) from the tryline. 89 An "89" or eight-nine move is a phase following a scrum, in which the number 8 picks up the ball and transfers it to number 9 (scrum-half). 99 The "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa, (the 99 comes from the British emergency services telephone number which is 999 ...
19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; 24th; Subcategories. This category has the following 47 subcategories, out of 47 total. 0–9. 1834 in rugby union ... Wikipedia® is a ...
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