What is Rugby?
Rugby is a free-flowing game that features a combination of strength, speed and strategy to move a ball into an opponents territory. Rugby is a full-contact sport yet players wear little-or no protective gear. Rugby evolved from football (i.e. soccer) and is often called the ‘game played in heaven’.
The most unique aspect of rugby is the srcum, pictured below, which is used to restart play following minor infractions during the match.
The most unique aspect of rugby is the srcum, pictured below, which is used to restart play following minor infractions during the match.
A Brief History
There is not definitive history of where rugby came from or when or how. The game is likely to have started as an amalgamation of soccer and other games including the Eton Wall Game and Winchester football.
The most famous, and widespread, legend on the founding of the game says the game originated at Rugby school in England, hence the name, when one of the pupils, a 16-year-old William Webb Ellis, picked up the ball during a game of soccer in 1823 and ran with it. Of course the story is most likely apocryphal, since games of some description, involving running with ball in hand, had existed for centuries before that.
Despite the historical unreliablilty of the Webb Ellis story, it has become an enduring part of the game and the Rugby World Cup trophy is named the Webb Ellis Cup.
The most famous, and widespread, legend on the founding of the game says the game originated at Rugby school in England, hence the name, when one of the pupils, a 16-year-old William Webb Ellis, picked up the ball during a game of soccer in 1823 and ran with it. Of course the story is most likely apocryphal, since games of some description, involving running with ball in hand, had existed for centuries before that.
Despite the historical unreliablilty of the Webb Ellis story, it has become an enduring part of the game and the Rugby World Cup trophy is named the Webb Ellis Cup.
Rugby Nations(Tier One International Rugby Teams) England: http://www.rfu.com France (Les Tricolores): http://www.ffr.fr/index.php/ffr/accueil__1 Ireland: http://www.irishrugby.ie/home.php Italy (Gli Azzurri): http://www.federugby.it Scotland:http://www.scottishrugby.org Wales (Dragons): http://www.wru.co.uk Australia (Wallabies): http://www.rugby.com.au New Zealand (All Blacks): https://www.allblacks.com South Africa (Spring Boks): http://www.sarugby.net Argentina (Pumas): http://www.uar.com.ar |
English rugby Teams(Premier/Championship Teams)
Bath Bedford Exeter Bristol Gloucester Cornish Pirates Harlequins Doncaster Leicester Jersey London Irish Leeds London Welsh London Scottish Northampton Moseley Sale Newcastle Falcons Saracens Nottingham Wasps Plymouth Worcester Rotherham Titans |